TOMORROW BALUG: Tu 2015-04-21: Meeting!, & other BALUG News ...
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items, details further below:
BALUG meeting 2015-04-21
giveaways (Books/publications, CDs/DVDs, ...)
help BALUG! :-) - venue, volunteering, ...
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
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For our 2015-04-21 BALUG meeting:
At least presently we don't have a specific speaker/presentation lined
up for this meeting, but that doesn't prevent us from having
interesting and exciting meetings and discussions.
E.g. at our last meeting on 2014-03-17, we had two founders show up:
Jonathan Cobb from Cloudstead http://www.cloudstead.io/
and
Suman Chakravartula from RockStor, Inc. http://www.rockstor.com/
Sometimes we manage to secure/confirm a speaker too late for us to
announce or fully publicize the speaker (that's happened at least twice
in the past). Got questions, answers, and/or opinions? We typically
have some expert(s) and/or relative expert(s) present to cover Linux
and related topic areas. Want to hear some interesting discussions on
LINUX and other topics? Show up at the meeting, and feel free to bring
an agenda if you wish. Want to help ensure BALUG has
speakers/presentations lined up for future meetings? Help refer
speakers to us and/or volunteer to be one of the speaker coordinators.
Great food and people, and interesting conversations to be had.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and our venue plan for the meeting and accommodations, so please
let us know.
6:30pm Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 2015-04-21
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
http://www.henryshunanrestaurant.com/
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $13.00 to $17.50 range, and
commonly around $15.00 to $16.50. Cash may be preferred to ease
splitting up the check. One can also specifically order the
dish(es) one needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and
we also commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Please arrive by
7:00 P.M., we expect to order entrees at that time, and may order
appetizer(s) and/or soup(s) anytime after 6:30 P.M.
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Books! - have a look here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
if interested make specific mention on our BALUG-talk list:
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
e.g. following up on many leads for possible venue, among many other
possibilities.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads
on-site coordination/preparations), see also:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG: Tu 2015-01-20: Bridging
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items, details further below:
BALUG meeting 2015-01-20: Bridging
giveaways (Books, CDs/DVDs, ...)
Got venue? (projector/screen ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2015-01-20 BALUG meeting:
Bridging[1] - we have a discussion topic for this meeting, even if we
don't have a "speaker", we do have folks at least rather to more
familiar with bridging - and we're not limited to only discussions on
and about bridging.
Bridging allows two or more networks to be connected, at the
OSI Layer 2 (data link layer)[2] level - e.g. Ethernet[3] packets. Linux
can be used to bridge physical and/or virtual networks and interfaces
together. So come join our meeting for interesting discussion on
bridging and other Linux and Open Source matters.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridging_(networking)
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model#Layer_2:_data_link_layer
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and our venue plan for the meeting and accommodations, so please
let us know.
6:30pm Tuesday, January 20th, 2015 2015-01-20
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
http://www.henryshunanrestaurant.com/
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $13.00 to $17.50 range, and
commonly around $15.00 to $16.50. Cash may be preferred to ease
splitting up the check. One can also specifically order the
dish(es) one needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and
we also commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Please arrive by
7:00 P.M., we expect to order entrees at that time, and may order
appetizer(s) and/or soup(s) anytime after 6:30 P.M.
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Books! - have a look here:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2014-December/000655.…
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
Got venue?
We can use your help on leads (and follow-up) for venue! Certainly feel
free to discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on
our admin list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. We could certainly use a venue that works well
for speakers/presenters (e.g. projector & screen), can handle fair sized
crowds (to 30 or more, ideally to over 100 as we sometimes have), is
reasonably economical and consistent across varying attendance sizes
(e.g. same location or very close in part of same facility), and where
dinner/food/beverages are either available at such a presentation
facility, or very close by. IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, follow-up on that, etc. that will get us
to our future venue(s)!
Henry's Hunan Restaurant - 110 Natoma St. can handle us well in most
regards for dining and up to fair size crowd, but we have no
screen/projector nor PA capabilities there, so for talks/presentations,
only the less formal, smaller, and without projected "slides" would
work there. (But in the meantime, the food there is really yummy!)
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on venue and on-site coordination/preparations
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG: No Dec. meeting, next mtg. 2015-01-20; & other news
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items, details further below:
BALUG: No Dec. meeting, next mtg. 2015-01-20; 2015 meeting dates
OMG no BALUG Dec. mtg., what Linux, etc. to do?: OpenLate ?
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, books, ...)
Got venue? (projector/screen ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
2014-12 no BALUG meeting in December. We typically skip December.
Happy Holidays! We generally meet 3rd Tuesdays, mark your calendars!:
2015-01-20 2015-02-17 2015-03-17 2015-04-21 2015-05-19 2015-06-16
2015-07-21 2015-08-18 2015-09-15 2015-10-20 2015-11-17 ...
http://www.balug.org/#Meetings-upcoming
Watch the web site[1] and announce[2] list for updates on upcoming
meetings, including 2015-01-20 meeting and specific venue location.
1. http://www.balug.org/
2. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org
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OMG no BALUG mtg., what Linux, etc. to do?: OpenLate ?
Going through Linux / Open Source / tech withdrawl with no BALUG meeting
today nor in December, and missing something in that realm to do today?
Might want to consider/try:
OpenLate @ OpenDNS - Agile Night[1]
OpenLate typically happens about alternate Tuesdays (conflicting with
about half of BALUG's meetings - but no BALUG Dec. meeting - no Dec.
conflict). I'm also guestimating one might need to RSVP for their event
to get in and/or get food.
1. http://www.meetup.com/OpenLate/events/215985962/
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
Books - have some books to give away at the 2015-01-20 BALUG meeting.
I posted that to the BALUG-Talk list[1] - and would give a link to that
posting here, but that link isn't available yet*. In the meantime, one
can peek here for information on the titles, etc.:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/berkeleylug/YFk-F3WZlOA
And if interested in title(s) on that list, post to the
BALUG-Talk list[1] as otherwise noted in that earlier posting to
increase your probability of getting one of the remaining copies.
* theoretically that link should be nearly instantly available
"You can use a 'View by date' link below to access more recent postings"
it used to work, and always or almost always worked consistently <=2012
and was very quickly updated on the "View by date" link, but though that
list mail has gone out (and been received), over an hour later it's
still not yet showing in the archive. We've had repeated problems with
hosting provider Dreamhost[2] in the last couple years, including
multiple problems with our email lists and archives thereof - absolutely
definitely not a vendor I'd currently recommend. Among many other
issues they've managed to lose over a decade of BALUG-Talk archives!
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2. http://www.dreamhost.com/
------------------------------
Got venue?
We can use your help on leads (and follow-up) for venue! Certainly feel
free to discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on
our admin list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. We could certainly use a venue that works well
for speakers/presenters (e.g. projector & screen), can handle fair sized
crowds (to 30 or more, ideally to over 100 as we sometimes have), is
reasonably economical and consistent across varying attendance sizes
(e.g. same location or very close in part of same facility), and where
dinner/food/beverages are either available at such a presentation
facility, or very close by. IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, follow-up on that, etc. that will get us
to our future venue(s)!
Henry's Hunan Restaurant - 110 Natoma St. can handle us well in most
regards for dining and up to fair size crowd, but we have no
screen/projector nor PA capabilities there, so for talks/presentations,
only the less formal, smaller, and without projected "slides" would
work there. (But in the meantime, the food there is really yummy!)
We also expect to announce any and all venue changes reasonably well in
advance (week(s) to month or more), so folks have reasonable time to
prepare/adjust and aren't (too) "surprised" and so folks don't have last
minute changes sprung on them.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
REMINDER: TODAY!: BALUG: Tu 2014-11-18: Michael Paoli on Rockbox @
Henry's Hunan - 110 Natoma St.
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG meeting 2014-11-18: Michael Paoli on Rockbox @ Henry's Hunan -
110 Natoma St.
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
Got venue? (projector/screen ...)
Last meeting this year, & 2015 meeting dates
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-11-18 BALUG meeting:
We have a (mini-)presentation/demo from Michael Paoli on Rockbox[1][2].
Rockbox is free Open Source replacement firmware and software for many
digital audio players. Rockbox offers many enhanced and additional
capabilities not available on the firmware/software provided by these
digital audio players. Michael will be providing demonstrations on a
SanDisk Sansa Fuze[3] v2. A partial listing of just some of what
Rockbox additionaly makes available on this device:
audio channel configuration, many additional modes/settings:
Karaoke, Stereo Width, Crossfeed
EQ - 10 band, peak and high and low shelf filters, save/load presets
dithering, timestretch, compressor
sleep timer, alarmclock
recording - 9 frequency settings, 4 file formats, file splitting by
size/time, sound activation, gain & monitor volumes
124 themes, 98 fonts
audio/recording metering
36 Games: frozen-bubble, chess, Mastermind, Doom, Go, maze, Pong,
sliding puzzle, solitaire, sudoku, ...
21 apps: calculator, calendar, clock, md5sum, metronome, pitch
detector, resistor, paint, stopwatch ...
demos: oscilloscope, life, vu_meter
text viewer, editor, (loadable UTF-8) virtual keyboard, Morse code
input mode
voice - talking audio menus
music database - many additional views and can be customized
dual boot, limit USB access, connect to USB & continue playing
Note also that this is our last meeting this year (see also further
below).
1. http://www.rockbox.org/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansa_Fuze
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and our venue plan for the meeting and accommodations, so please
let us know.
6:30pm Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 2014-11-18
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
http://www.henryshunanrestaurant.com/
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $13.00 to $17.50 range, and
commonly around $15.00 to $16.50. Cash may be preferred to ease
splitting up the check. One can also specifically order the
dish(es) one needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and
we also commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Please arrive by
7:00 P.M., we expect to order entrees at that time, and may order
appetizer(s) and/or soup(s) anytime after 6:30 P.M.
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
Last meeting this year, & 2015 meeting dates
2014-11-18 is our last meeting for 2014 (we'll skip December, as we
typically do). For 2015, please note our meeting dates (almost always
3rd Tuesday):
2014-11-18 2014-12-16 2015-01-20 2015-02-17 2015-03-17 2015-04-21
2015-05-19 2015-06-16 2015-07-21 2015-08-18 2015-09-15 2015-10-20
2015-11-17 ...
Be sure to check http://www.balug.org/ and/or watch our announcements
for updates, location and details, etc.
------------------------------
Got venue?
We can use your help on leads (and follow-up) for venue! Certainly feel
free to discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on
our admin list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. We could certainly use a venue that works well
for speakers/presenters (e.g. projector & screen), can handle fair sized
crowds (to 30 or more, ideally to over 100 as we sometimes have), is
reasonably economical and consistent across varying attendance sizes
(e.g. same location or very close in part of same facility), and where
dinner/food/beverages are either available at such a presentation
facility, or very close by. IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, follow-up on that, etc. that will get us
to our future venue(s)!
Henry's Hunan Restaurant - 110 Natoma St. can handle us well in most
regards for dining and up to fair size crowd, but we have no
screen/projector nor PA capabilities there, so for talks/presentations,
only the less formal, smaller, and without projected "slides" would
work there. (But in the meantime, the food there is really yummy!)
We also expect to announce any and all venue changes reasonably well in
advance (week(s) to month or more), so folks have reasonable time to
prepare/adjust and aren't (too) "surprised" and so folks don't have last
minute changes sprung on them.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG: Tu 2014-11-18: Michael Paoli on Rockbox @ Henry's Hunan - 110
Natoma St.
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG meeting 2014-11-18: Michael Paoli on Rockbox @ Henry's Hunan -
110 Natoma St.
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
Got venue? (projector/screen ...)
Last meeting this year, & 2015 meeting dates
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-11-18 BALUG meeting:
We have a (mini-)presentation/demo from Michael Paoli on Rockbox[1][2].
Rockbox is free Open Source replacement firmware and software for many
digital audio players. Rockbox offers many enhanced and additional
capabilities not available on the firmware/software provided by these
digital audio players. Michael will be providing demonstrations on a
SanDisk Sansa Fuze[3] v2. A partial listing of just some of what
Rockbox additionaly makes available on this device:
audio channel configuration, many additional modes/settings:
Karaoke, Stereo Width, Crossfeed
EQ - 10 band, peak and high and low shelf filters, save/load presets
dithering, timestretch, compressor
sleep timer, alarmclock
recording - 9 frequency settings, 4 file formats, file splitting by
size/time, sound activation, gain & monitor volumes
124 themes, 98 fonts
audio/recording metering
36 Games: frozen-bubble, chess, Mastermind, Doom, Go, maze, Pong,
sliding puzzle, solitaire, sudoku, ...
21 apps: calculator, calendar, clock, md5sum, metronome, pitch
detector, resistor, paint, stopwatch ...
demos: oscilloscope, life, vu_meter
text viewer, editor, (loadable UTF-8) virtual keyboard, Morse code
input mode
voice - talking audio menus
music database - many additional views and can be customized
dual boot, limit USB access, connect to USB & continue playing
Note also that this is our last meeting this year (see also further
below).
1. http://www.rockbox.org/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansa_Fuze
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and our venue plan for the meeting and accommodations, so please
let us know.
6:30pm Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 2014-11-18
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
http://www.henryshunanrestaurant.com/
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $13.00 to $17.50 range, and
commonly around $15.00 to $16.50. Cash may be preferred to ease
splitting up the check. One can also specifically order the
dish(es) one needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and
we also commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Please arrive by
7:00 P.M., we expect to order entrees at that time, and may order
appetizer(s) and/or soup(s) anytime after 6:30 P.M.
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
Last meeting this year, & 2015 meeting dates
2014-11-18 is our last meeting for 2014 (we'll skip December, as we
typically do). For 2015, please note our meeting dates (almost always
3rd Tuesday):
2014-11-18 2014-12-16 2015-01-20 2015-02-17 2015-03-17 2015-04-21
2015-05-19 2015-06-16 2015-07-21 2015-08-18 2015-09-15 2015-10-20
2015-11-17 ...
Be sure to check http://www.balug.org/ and/or watch our announcements
for updates, location and details, etc.
------------------------------
Got venue?
We can use your help on leads (and follow-up) for venue! Certainly feel
free to discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on
our admin list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. We could certainly use a venue that works well
for speakers/presenters (e.g. projector & screen), can handle fair sized
crowds (to 30 or more, ideally to over 100 as we sometimes have), is
reasonably economical and consistent across varying attendance sizes
(e.g. same location or very close in part of same facility), and where
dinner/food/beverages are either available at such a presentation
facility, or very close by. IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, follow-up on that, etc. that will get us
to our future venue(s)!
Henry's Hunan Restaurant - 110 Natoma St. can handle us well in most
regards for dining and up to fair size crowd, but we have no
screen/projector nor PA capabilities there, so for talks/presentations,
only the less formal, smaller, and without projected "slides" would
work there. (But in the meantime, the food there is really yummy!)
We also expect to announce any and all venue changes reasonably well in
advance (week(s) to month or more), so folks have reasonable time to
prepare/adjust and aren't (too) "surprised" and so folks don't have last
minute changes sprung on them.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
REMINDER TOMORROW: BALUG: Tu 2014-09-16 Todd Varland of AWS; & other
BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-09-16 REMINDER TOMORROW: BALUG meeting - Todd Varland of Amazon's
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting we have:
Todd Varland of Amazon Web Services (AWS)[1] on:
Everything that's old is new again: Linux, Hardware and the Cloud[2]
(Internet of Things)[3]
Talk Outline:
o Observations from the front line - Trends in Internet of Things
(IoT)/Low Performance Computing (LPC)[4]
o Showcase a project that was done in the AWS Office
(simplebeerservice.com[5])
o Discuss and demo a file backup project that Todd did (Raspberry Pi[6]
networking device that backs files up to AWS)
o Discuss and demo an automation of Todd's home heating system
(Arduino[7] device that controls heating vents aided by the Cloud)
o Wrap up these examples by tying into observations and thoughts on
where the Maker movement[8] is headed with this
Todd Varland is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
based in San Francisco. Todd works with customers of all sizes helping
architect solutions being deployed in the AWS cloud across a broad
range of technical scenarios. Prior to joining AWS, Todd spent more
than a decade in traditional datacenter and cloud operations in senior
management positions. Other "tours of duty" include development,
performance engineering and operations in organizations ranging from
start-up to Fortune 50.
Note also that this will be the last time BALUG meets at this historic
location! So come by to also say goodbye to our Four Seas Restaurant
meeting location. We'll meet at a new location in October.
1. http://aws.amazon.com/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
4. https://www.google.com/#q=%22low+performance+computing%22+LPC
5. https://simplebeerservice.com/
6. http://www.raspberrypi.org/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_movement
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 2014-09-16
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
The Four Seas Restaurant lost their lease. So their last day of
business there is 2014-09-27, and our last meeting there will be
2014-09-16. We certainly want to thank The Four Seas Restaurant for
their wonderful hospitality, dining, and a great place for us to meet
over these many years! BALUG has been meeting there since our first
meeting back in October 1997. By my count, through September, I
believe BALUG will have held 186 meetings in total at
The Four Seas Restaurant, and The Four Seas Restaurant has been in
business there since the 1930s! We've had multiple meetings there with
over 100 attendees, including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and
many other speakers and highly notable speakers over the years - and we
want to thank them all too! ... and continue meeting!
And continue meeting BALUG will! 3rd Tuesdays, per usuaul - but with
change of venue starting 2014-10-21. Where will we be? We can
certainly use your help on leads for venue! Certainly feel free to
discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on our
admin list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. And IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, etc. that will get us to our future
venue(s)!
And watch the web site and "announce" list for updates - I'm hoping
we'll have venue figured out fairly soon. And in any case, I anticipate
us confirming and announcing meeting location not later than earlier
preceding BALUG meeting.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG: Tu 2014-09-16 Todd Varland of AWS; & Oct.: 2014-10-21 New Venue!
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-09-16 BALUG meeting - Todd Varland of Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting we have:
Todd Varland of Amazon Web Services (AWS)[1] on:
Everything that's old is new again: Linux, Hardware and the Cloud[2]
(Internet of Things)[3]
Talk Outline:
o Observations from the front line - Trends in Internet of Things
(IoT)/Low Performance Computing (LPC)[4]
o Showcase a project that was done in the AWS Office
(simplebeerservice.com[5])
o Discuss and demo a file backup project that Todd did (Raspberry Pi[6]
networking device that backs files up to AWS)
o Discuss and demo an automation of Todd's home heating system
(Arduino[7] device that controls heating vents aided by the Cloud)
o Wrap up these examples by tying into observations and thoughts on
where the Maker movement[8] is headed with this
Todd Varland is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
based in San Francisco. Todd works with customers of all sizes helping
architect solutions being deployed in the AWS cloud across a broad
range of technical scenarios. Prior to joining AWS, Todd spent more
than a decade in traditional datacenter and cloud operations in senior
management positions. Other "tours of duty" include development,
performance engineering and operations in organizations ranging from
start-up to Fortune 50.
Note also that this will be the last time BALUG meets at this historic
location! So come by to also say goodbye to our Four Seas Restaurant
meeting location. We'll meet at a new location in October.
1. http://aws.amazon.com/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
4. https://www.google.com/#q=%22low+performance+computing%22+LPC
5. https://simplebeerservice.com/
6. http://www.raspberrypi.org/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_movement
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 2014-09-16
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
The Four Seas Restaurant lost their lease. So their last day of
business there is 2014-09-27, and our last meeting there will be
2014-09-16. We certainly want to thank The Four Seas Restaurant for
their wonderful hospitality, dining, and a great place for us to meet
over these many years! BALUG has been meeting there since our first
meeting back in October 1997. By my count, through September, I
believe BALUG will have held 186 meetings in total at
The Four Seas Restaurant, and The Four Seas Restaurant has been in
business there since the 1930s! We've had multiple meetings there with
over 100 attendees, including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and
many other speakers and highly notable speakers over the years - and we
want to thank them all too! ... and continue meeting!
And continue meeting BALUG will! 3rd Tuesdays, per usuaul - but with
change of venue starting 2014-10-21. Where will we be? We can
certainly use your help on leads for venue! Certainly feel free to
discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on our
admin list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. And IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, etc. that will get us to our future
venue(s)!
And watch the web site and "announce" list for updates - I'm hoping
we'll have venue figured out fairly soon. And in any case, I anticipate
us confirming and announcing meeting location not later than earlier
preceding BALUG meeting.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG REMINDER TOMORROW: Tu 2014-08-19: Lightning talks; also:
2014-09-16 Todd Varland of AWS; 2014-10-21 New Venue!
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-08-19 BALUG meeting TOMORROW: Lightning talks: How I use Linux, ...
2014-09-16 BALUG meeting -Todd Varland of Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
giveaways (author autographed book!, CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-08-19 BALUG meeting we have Lightning talks! on ...
"What I do with Linux" and additional topics
(e.g. Cool stuff from BALUG).
You can drop us a note at balug-speaker-coordinators(a)balug.org
if you'd like to ensure we get you added to the line-up, or if you have
specific questions about the 2014-08-19 meeting format and such. If
you'll be joining the line-up, we also have wiki page which has lots of
relevant information and may answer many questions one may have - e.g.
our video projection capabilities at the venue:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:speaker-presenter_informat…
Promises to be an interesting meeting - and our next-to-last at the
Four Seas Restaurant (get in to see us there and/or do that bit of
talk/presentation there while you can, before we leave that historic
location!)
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 2014-08-19
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
For our 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting, we have:
Todd Varland of Amazon Web Services (AWS)[1] on:
Everything that's old is new again: Linux, Hardware and the Cloud[2]
(Internet of Things)[3]
Talk Outline:
o Observations from the front line - Trends in Internet of Things
(IoT)/Low Performance Computing (LPC)[4]
o Showcase a project that was done in the AWS Office
(simplebeerservice.com[5])
o Discuss and demo a file backup project that Todd did (Raspberry Pi[6]
networking device that backs files up to AWS)
o Discuss and demo an automation of Todd's home heating system
(Arduino[7] device that controls heating vents aided by the Cloud)
o Wrap up these examples by tying into observations and thoughts on
where the Maker movement[8] is headed with this
Todd Varland is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
based in San Francisco. Todd works with customers of all sizes helping
architect solutions being deployed in the AWS cloud across a broad
range of technical scenarios. Prior to joining AWS, Todd spent more
than a decade in traditional datacenter and cloud operations in senior
management positions. Other "tours of duty" include development,
performance engineering and operations in organizations ranging from
start-up to Fortune 50.
Note also that this will be the last time BALUG meets at this historic
location! So come by to also say goodbye to our Four Seas Restaurant
meeting location. We'll meet at a new location in October.
1. http://aws.amazon.com/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
4. https://www.google.com/#q=%22low+performance+computing%22+LPC
5. https://simplebeerservice.com/
6. http://www.raspberrypi.org/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_movement
------------------------------
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
The Four Seas Restaurant lost their lease. So their last day of
business there is 2014-09-27, and our last meeting there will be
2014-09-16. We certainly want to thank The Four Seas Restaurant for
their wonderful hospitality, dining, and a great place for us to meet
over these many years! BALUG has been meeting there since our first
meeting back in October 1997. By my count, through September, I
believe BALUG will have held 186 meetings in total at
The Four Seas Restaurant, and The Four Seas Restaurant has been in
business there since the 1930s! We've had multiple meetings there with
over 100 attendees, including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and
many other speakers and highly notable speakers over the years - and we
want to thank them all too! ... and continue meeting!
And continue meeting BALUG will! 3rd Tuesdays, per usuaul - but with
change of venue starting 2014-10-21. Where will we be? We can
certainly use your help on leads for venue! Certainly feel free to
discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on our
announce list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. And IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, etc. that will get us to our future
venue(s)!
And watch the web site and "announce" list for updates - I'm hoping
we'll have venue figured out fairly soon, but in most any case, I expect
we'll have that finalized - at least for our October meeting, some weeks
or more in advance.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Book! We have author autographed copy - signed by Elizabeth K. Joseph
of:
The Official Ubuntu Book, 8th Edition
By Matthew Helmke, Elizabeth K. Joseph,
with José Antonio Rey, Philip Ballew, Benjamin Mako Hill
Published Jul 15, 2014 by Prentice Hall.
Copyright 2015
Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
Pages: 368
Edition: 8th
ISBN-10: 0-13-390539-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-390539-7
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=013390539X
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG meetings & news: Tu 2014-08-19: Lightning talks; 2014-09-16 Todd
Varland of AWS; 2014-10-21 New Venue!
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-08-19 BALUG meeting - Lightning talks: How I use Linux, ...
2014-09-16 BALUG meeting -Todd Varland of Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-08-19 BALUG meeting we have Lightning talks! on ...
"What I do with Linux" and additional topics
(e.g. Cool stuff from BALUG).
You can drop us a note at balug-speaker-coordinators(a)balug.org
if you'd like to ensure we get you added to the line-up, or if you have
specific questions about the 2014-08-19 meeting format and such. If
you'll be joining the line-up, we also have wiki page which has lots of
relevant information and may answer many questions one may have - e.g.
our video projection capabilities at the venue:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:speaker-presenter_informat…
Promises to be an interesting meeting - and our next-to-last at the
Four Seas Restaurant (get in to see us there and/or do that bit of
talk/presentation there while you can, before we leave that historic
location!)
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 2014-08-19
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
For our 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting, we have:
Todd Varland of Amazon Web Services (AWS)[1] on:
Everything that's old is new again: Linux, Hardware and the Cloud[2]
(Internet of Things)[3]
Talk Outline:
o Observations from the front line - Trends in Internet of Things
(IoT)/Low Performance Computing (LPC)[4]
o Showcase a project that was done in the AWS Office
(simplebeerservice.com[5])
o Discuss and demo a file backup project that Todd did (Raspberry Pi[6]
networking device that backs files up to AWS)
o Discuss and demo an automation of Todd's home heating system
(Arduino[7] device that controls heating vents aided by the Cloud)
o Wrap up these examples by tying into observations and thoughts on
where the Maker movement[8] is headed with this
Todd Varland is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
based in San Francisco. Todd works with customers of all sizes helping
architect solutions being deployed in the AWS cloud across a broad
range of technical scenarios. Prior to joining AWS, Todd spent more
than a decade in traditional datacenter and cloud operations in senior
management positions. Other "tours of duty" include development,
performance engineering and operations in organizations ranging from
start-up to Fortune 50.
Note also that this will be the last time BALUG meets at this historic
location! So come by to also say goodbye to our Four Seas Restaurant
meeting location. We'll meet at a new location in October.
1. http://aws.amazon.com/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
4. https://www.google.com/#q=%22low+performance+computing%22+LPC
5. https://simplebeerservice.com/
6. http://www.raspberrypi.org/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_movement
------------------------------
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
The Four Seas Restaurant lost their lease. So their last day of
business there is 2014-09-27, and our last meeting there will be
2014-09-16. We certainly want to thank The Four Seas Restaurant for
their wonderful hospitality, dining, and a great place for us to meet
over these many years! BALUG has been meeting there since our first
meeting back in October 1997. By my count, through September, I
believe BALUG will have held 186 meetings in total at
The Four Seas Restaurant, and The Four Seas Restaurant has been in
business there since the 1930s! We've had multiple meetings there with
over 100 attendees, including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and
many other speakers and highly notable speakers over the years - and we
want to thank them all too! ... and continue meeting!
And continue meeting BALUG will! 3rd Tuesdays, per usuaul - but with
change of venue starting 2014-10-21. Where will we be? We can
certainly use your help on leads for venue! Certainly feel free to
discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on our
announce list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. And IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, etc. that will get us to our future
venue(s)!
And watch the web site and "announce" list for updates - I'm hoping
we'll have venue figured out fairly soon, but in most any case, I expect
we'll have that finalized - at least for our October meeting, some weeks
or more in advance.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Book! We have author autographed copy - signed by Elizabeth K. Joseph
of:
The Official Ubuntu Book, 8th Edition
By Matthew Helmke, Elizabeth K. Joseph,
with José Antonio Rey, Philip Ballew, Benjamin Mako Hill
Published Jul 15, 2014 by Prentice Hall.
Copyright 2015
Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
Pages: 368
Edition: 8th
ISBN-10: 0-13-390539-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-390539-7
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=013390539X
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG news!: 08-19 mtg., 09-16 Todd Varland of AWS, 10-21 New Venue!
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-08-19 BALUG meeting - next to last at our historic meeting spot!
2014-09-16 Todd Varland of Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS)
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-08-19 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have a
specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but oh my
gosh, next-to-last meeting at our historic meeting venue location and
the VERY LAST YET UNFILLED SPEAKER/PRESENTER SLOT FOR THIS HISTORIC
LOCATION! So, got a lead for speaker presnter? Never givevn a
talk/presentation at BALUG and want to do so at the last still open
slot we have for this historic location? Or given talk/presentation(s)
at BALUG before, and would like to do so again before we say goodbye to
this venue? Well, now's your chance - let us know! Email us at:
balug-speaker-coordinators(a)balug.org
In all cases, we're sure to have an interesting and exciting meeting, so
be sure to come!
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 2014-08-19
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy Transit Access: The MUNI 1 line stops half a block away. For
folks on BART, the MUNI 1 starts about a block from Embarcadero
BART. Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
For our 2014-09-16 BALUG meeting, we're proud to announce we have:
Todd Varland of Amazon[1]'s Amazon Web Services (AWS)[2].
Watch for more details on that to appear on our web site and upcomming
announcements.
1. http://www.amazon.com/
2. http://aws.amazon.com/
------------------------------
2014-10-21 New venue starting in October!
The Four Seas Restaurant lost their lease. So their last day of
business there is 2014-09-27, and our last meeting there will be
2014-09-16. We certainly want to thank The Four Seas Restaurant for
their wonderful hospitality, dining, and a great place for us to meet
over these many years! BALUG mas been meeting there since our first
meeting back in October 1997. By my count, through September, I
believe BALUG will have held 186 meetings in total at
The Four Seas Restaurant, and The Four Seas Restaurant has been in
business there since the 1930s! We've had multiple meetings there with
over 100 attendees, including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and
many other speakers and highly notable speakers over the years - and we
want to thank them all too! ... and continue meeting!
And continue meeting BALUG will! 3rd Tuesdays, per usuaul - but with
change of venue starting 2014-10-21. Where will we be? We can
certainly use your help on leads for venue! Certainly feel free to
discus on our "talk[1]" list. See also the earlier item[2] on our
announce list that gives fair overview of what we're hopefully looking
to find as for venue. And IF YOU HAVE LEADS ON SPECIFIC VENUE(s) BE
SURE TO DROP US A NOTE!: balug-contact(a)balug.org - and can of course
also mention/discuss it on our "talk[1]" list. And much thanks for
leads/contacts, useful ideas, etc. that will get us to our future
venue(s)!
And watch the web site and "announce" list for updates - I'm hoping
we'll have venue figured out fairly soon, but in most any case, I expect
we'll have that finalized - at least for our October meeting, some weeks
or more in advance.
1. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
2.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------