BALUG 2007-09-18: John D. Mitchell, Krugle Chief Architect - Find and reuse
code; etc.
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Contents:
BALUG 2007-09-18: John D. Mitchell, Krugle Chief Architect - Find and reuse code
door prizes - books, magazines, and other goodies
BALUG 2007-10-16: Paddy Sreenivasan of Zmanda
references
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For our 2007-09-18 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
John D. Mitchell, Krugle Chief Architect - Find and reuse code
2007-09-18 John D. Mitchell, Chief Architect, Krugle[1].
Krugle[1] is a vertical search engine for developers and
development teams. Krugle[1].com is a public search engine for
open/free software while Krugle Enterprise[2] is for
organizations. Krugle[1]'s built on top of a lot of F/OSS and
deployed on LINUX. John D. Mitchell is the Chief Architect of
Krugle -- a search engine for developers. Along with developing
and rescuing distributed enterprise systems, John advises
investors and executives on technology and high-tech companies.
Over the past 15 years, he has been the CTO of ElasticMedia,
HealthLogic.com, jGuru and the MageLang Institute. John
co-authored Making Sense of Java: A Guide for Managers and the
Rest of Us. He was the founder and contributing editor of the Tips
& Tricks column at JavaWorld. John writes extensively on complex
systems, development processes, computer languages and protocols,
open source and intellectual property, and technological business
risk management.
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Door prizes!
Yes, we still have giveaway items (books, magazines, etc.)[4] At least
presently, this is mostly stuff we got from/via LinuxWorld - mostly
generously donated books for User Groups from various publishers, but
also including other items (e.g. t-shirt(s), etc.)
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For our 2007-10-16 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
2007-10-16 Paddy Sreenivasan of Zmanda[3]
(watch future announcement(s) for more details)
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references:
1. http://www.krugle.com/
2. http://corp.krugle.com/product/
3. http://www.zmanda.com/
stuff likely to show up as door prizes at BALUG and/or other UGs:
4. http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000401.h…
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/
BALUG 2007-08-21: Ryan & Isabela Fernandes Bagueros - How to Start a Community
Colo; etc.
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Contents:
BALUG 2007-08-21:
Ryan & Isabela Fernandes Bagueros - How to Start a Community Colo; etc.
meeting fee $13.00 (includes dinner)
door prizes - books, magazines, and other goodies
BALUG fortune cookie!
references
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For our 2007-08-21 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
Ryan & Isabela Fernandes Bagueros - How to Start a Community Colo
[Editor's note: lots of exciting stuff: technical/legal
considerations, experiences and lessons learned, educational and
mentoring opportunities, much etc.]
San Francisco Community Colo is a node in a larger network of
non-profit colocation facilities springing up around the country.
CCP's leverage community participation to drive down the costs of
server colocation by evenly distributing costs within a transparent,
open organization.
This enables non-profits and community groups to rack their servers in
high-availability, high-speed facilities at an affordable cost.
We will discuss organizational logistics that we've learned and we'll
also talk about the practical and philosophical reasons for building
and supporting non-commercial Internet infrastructure.
Ryan Bagueros has worked in the Internet industry for over 10 years in
the San Francisco Bay Area. He was head of engineering at Tagged.com,
one of the fastest growing social networking websites today, and went
on to found his own company, northxsouth.com, an open source business
with offices in North & South America.
Isabela Fernandes Bagueros helped build one of Latin America's largest
independent media networks in Brazil. She's also worked with the
federal government of Brazil, migrating their systems to open source,
free software. She now lives in the SF Bay Area, working on a number
of digital media and open source projects, including the San Francisco
Community Colo.
San Francisco Community Colocation Project[1] http://www.sfccp.net/
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information[9]
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BALUG meeting fee has been increased to $13.00 - still a great deal!
For that relative bargain price you get:
wonderful folks to hang out with and talk LINUX and related stuff
generally quite ample portions of good Chinese food (we share "family
style", and I think it typically includes about seven or more different
dishes prepared for us)
often/typically (but not always) a speaker/presentation
sometimes also door prize giveaways (e.g. books, t-shirts)
tax and tip is already included
This is the first time the restaurant has gotten any more out of us
since at least 1999-02-16[2] and probably the very beginnings of BALUG
and our very first meeting (the restaurant will now be getting $12.00
per person from us - including tax and tip; the additional $1.00 of the
$13.00 goes towards buying dinner for speaker(s) and other miscellaneous
BALUG expenses - it wasn't until 2005-11-15[3] that we added that $1.00
to at least partially cover such BALUG expenses).
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Door prizes!
Yes, we have some giveaway items (books, magazines, etc.)[4] At least
presently, this is mostly stuff we got from/via LinuxWorld - mostly
generously donated books for User Groups from various publishers, but
also including other items (e.g. t-shirt(s), DVDs/CDs, etc.)
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BALUG fortune cookies![5]
Yes, we gave away a lot of fortune cookies at LinuxWorld Expo,
with one side of the "fortune" having a custom printed BALUG
message. Most of the fortune cookies were given away at LinuxWorld,
but we do (or at least did) have some left over. We hope to have
at least some for our 2007-08-21 BALUG meeting, so folks can at least
see them if they've not yet seen them, and we might possibly still
have some for folks to help distribute. Much thanks to Untangle.com[6]
and other BALUG contributors for making this possible. (one side of
the "fortune" has Untangle.com promotional message - Untangle.com
did cover significantly over half of the fortune cookie production
costs). We also, at least "temporarily", changed the main BALUG web
page a bit to tie in with the LinuxWorld fortune cookie giveaway, and
did also create an additional web page with a bit more information on
the BALUG fortune cookies. Expect to see some more information on
there hopefully relatively soon (when webmaster(s) have a bit more
time to update that stuff a more completely). We're still also looking
for some digital pictures of the fortune cookies[7][8].
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references:
1. San Francisco Community Colocation Project http://www.sfccp.net/
meeting cost history:
2. http://web.archive.org/web/19990202163724/http://balug.org/meetNow.html
3.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2005-November/000…
stuff likely to show up as door prizes at BALUG and/or other UGs:
4. http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000401.h…
5. BALUG fortune cookies!: http://www.balug.org/fortune_cookie.html
6. Untangle.com: http://www.untangle.com/
7. BALUG fortune cookie pictures?:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000400.h…
8. balug-webmaster(a)balug.org
9. meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/
BALUG 2007-07-17: Ed Cherlin: One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) & demo; etc.
For our July 17th, 2007 BALUG meeting, we have:
Ed Cherlin, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project contributor and author
of the forthcoming book _Ending Poverty for Fun and Profit_.
The One Laptop Per Child project was founded in 2005 by Nicholas
Negroponte with a core of MIT Media Lab veterans. Its flagship XO
laptop is a unique machine with features created specifically for
children of the emerging world. Ed Cherlin, project contributor and
author of the forthcoming book _Ending Poverty for Fun and Profit_,
will talk about the XO and demo its hardware and software. For more
information about the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, see:
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) http://www.laptop.org/
and:
One Laptop Per Child News http://www.olpcnews.com/
Meeting time, location, etc.:
7:00 P.M. US/Pacific
$11.00 fee for dinner
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
Feel free to join us as early as 6:30 P.M. at the bar for social chat,
etc. before the main meeting.
BALUG 2007-06-19 meeting reminder, etc.
For our June 19, 2007 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. 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. Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to be
had.
Also, if you're interested and willing to do a talk/presentation at
a BALUG meeting, or do or may know someone that would be interested in
doing so, please feel free to drop us a note or contact us - you can
find the information on how to reach us on our main web page.
Meeting time, location, etc. (also on the BALUG web site):
7:00 P.M. US/Pacific
$11.00 fee (includes dinner)
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
Feel free to join us as early as 6:30 P.M. at the bar for social chat,
etc. before the main meeting.
More details, directions, etc. can also be found on our website:
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG 2007-05-15: Ed Cherlin: One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) & demo; etc.
For our May 15th, 2007 BALUG meeting, we have:
Ed Cherlin, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project contributor and author
of the forthcoming book _Ending Poverty for Fun and Profit_.
The One Laptop Per Child project was founded in 2005 by Nicholas
Negroponte with a core of MIT Media Lab veterans. Its flagship XO
laptop is a unique machine with features created specifically for
children of the emerging world. Ed Cherlin, project contributor and
author of the forthcoming book _Ending Poverty for Fun and Profit_,
will talk about the XO and demo its hardware and software. For more
information about the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, see:
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) http://www.laptop.org/
and:
One Laptop Per Child News http://www.olpcnews.com/
Meeting time, location, etc.:
7:00 P.M. US/Pacific
$11.00 fee for dinner
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
Feel free to join us as early as 6:30 P.M. at the bar for social chat,
etc. before the main meeting.
BALUG mailing lists:
The mailing lists can be accessed via these URLs:
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.orghttp://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.orghttp://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-admin-balug.org
We're still getting some issues squared away on our main web site
(http://www.balug.org/) - so at the moment, what's displayed there may
not be current, but hopefully we'll be getting at least the key
information on there updated within a week's time or less. In the
meantime, here are some other URLs where one can at least temporarily
see some more updated information:
http://208.96.15.254/http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/186982/http://linuxisfun.com/balug/
BALUG 2007-04-17 Mike Ray: Linux Data Recovery, and How to Avoid It.; etc.
For our April 17, 2007 BALUG meeting, we have:
Linux Data Recovery, and How to Avoid It.
Hard drives are getting larger while their warranties get shorter.
Disk failure and data corruption are facts of life that no Linux
power-user can ignore. Mike Ray, formerly of DataSavers, offers
techniques for dealing with your direst disk dilemmas using freely
available tools. He also discusses best practices to prevent crisis
situations, and offers horror stories from the field for your
Schadenfreude.
Meeting time, location, etc. (also on the BALUG web site):
7:00 P.M. US/Pacific
$11.00 fee for dinner
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
Feel free to join us as early as 6:30 P.M. at the bar for social chat,
etc. before the main meeting.
Other - there may be some door prize / giveaway items:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2007-April/003930.html
BALUG mailing lists, etc.
The BALUG mailing lists have been back in operation again for a while
now, but we still have some issues with getting the web site updated.
The mailing lists can be accessed via these URLs:
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.orghttp://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.orghttp://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-admin-balug.orghttp://www.balug.org/
BALUG 2007-03-21 Gumstix: CTO & CEO; etc.
For our March 21, 2007 BALUG meeting, we have as guest speaker
Gumstix CTO Craig Hughes who will also be joined by Gordon Kruberg
Gumstix CEO and founder.
Gumstix, Inc. maker of the world's smallest full function miniature
computers(FFMC,) brings gum stick size, 20mm x 80mm x 8mm Linux
motherboards to designers providing easy design flexibility and open
source at nearly half the price of and a third the size of all other
offerings.
http://www.gumstix.com/
Meeting time, location, etc. (also on the BALUG web site):
7:00 P.M. PDT
$11.00 fee for dinner
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
Feel free to join us as early as 6:30 P.M. at the bar for social chat,
etc. before the main meeting.
BALUG mailing lists, etc.
The BALUG mailing lists have been back in operation again for a while
now, but we still have some issues with getting the web site updated.
The mailing lists can be accessed via these URLs:
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.orghttp://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.orghttp://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-admin-balug.orghttp://www.balug.org/
BALUG 2007-01-16 meeting reminder
For our Jaunary 16, 2007 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. 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. Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to be
had.
Meeting time, location, etc (also on the BALUG web site):
7:00 P.M. US/Pacific
$11.00 fee for dinner
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave., 3rd Floor Banquet Facility: "The China Room"*
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
Feel free to join us as early as 6:30 P.M. at the bar for social chat,
etc. before the main meeting.
*sometimes we eat and/or meet in the main dining facilities on the 2nd
floor, just ask where the BALUG meeting is when you arrive and you'll be
pointed to the appropriate place
http://www.balug.org/
Reminder - there is NO BALUG MEETING in DECEMBER this year
NEXT MEETING is 2007-01-16 - our regularly scheduled date and time
(3rd Tuesdays 7:00 P.M.)
http://www.balug.org/
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News & BALUG 2006-11-21: Marilyn Davis: "Why Python?"
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For our November 21st, 2006 BALUG meeting, we have:
"Why Python?"
Speaker: Marilyn Davis - Marilyn earned a Ph.D. in Radio Astronomy
from UCSD and Master's degrees in Applied Physics from UCSD and
Mathematics from Denver University. Computer programming and teaching
captured her imagination and she has made significant contributions
in scientific, statistical, operations research, test-development and
groupware applications. She has been teaching C Programming at
UCSC-Extension for 17 years, and Python for 3 years.
About the talk
Marilyn will outline the characteristics of a *good* program and show
how Python takes the sting out of achieving those characteristics. We
will study some Python program snippets to demonstrate syntax,
readability, the help facility, data structures, functional
programming, regular expression handling, introspection, library
access, portability and object-oriented programming.
Time permitting, we will look at the results of a few language
comparison studies and look at some ways that Python is used in the
industry.
http://www.deliberate.com/marilyn/http://www.balug.org/
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No BALUG meeting in December this year.
Note that BALUG will not be meeting in December of this year.
We meet again, as usual, resuming on the 3rd Tuesday of the month on
2007-01-16.
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