BALUG 2006-07-18: Mark Ferlatte of Linden Lab on Second Life, etc.
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For our July 18th, 2006 BALUG meeting, we have: Mark Ferlatte of Linden Lab will talk to BALUG about the technology beneath Second Life and present techniques for managing large quantities of servers with only a few support staff. (Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents, population 200,000!) http://www.secondlife.com/
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Next month, for our August 15th, 2006 BALUG meeting, we have: Splunk, a company that claims to take the SH out of IT: TOPIC: Splunk: Illuminating the issues in your Data Center. SPEAKER: Patrick McGovern BACKGROUND: Splunk, based in San Francisco, makes a web-based AJAX-enhanced search engine that allows system administrators and programmers to search all their incoming log files in real time (any type of log files: Sendmail, Cisco, MySQL, syslog, etc.) with a browser. It's a powerful tool to allow people to 'see' inside their systems as they are running. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Patrick is the Chief Community Splunker at Splunk, Inc. Prior to joining Splunk, Patrick McGovern managed SourceForge.net for five years for VA Software / OSTG.
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Meeting time, location, etc. (also on the BALUG web site): 2006-07-18* 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. *Almost always the third Tuesday of each month, 7:00 P.M. local time **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.