[XCSSA] July XCSSA Meeting Canceled in Lieu of the Open Source
Fest (12th-15th)
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Are there plans to put copies of the presentations online in a central
location post fest? Some of these sound quite interesting, but I will
not be able to make it :(
Thanks,
Cliff.
On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 02:49 -0500, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio *
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> Hey all!
>
> Well, we don't do this too often.. but there will be no XCSSA meeting this
> month. This is partly because the Open Source fest seems to be what everyone
> is focusing on this month (even SATLUG is cancling their meeting), plus I
> won't even be in town on the 17th when our normal meeting would have been.
> So the planets have aligned I guess.
>
> Instead.. come check out the Open Source Fest THIS WEEK from
> Wednesday-Saturday! Myself and other XCSSA, SATLUG and Rackspace geeks will
> be giving cool presentations. More info on the Fest site:
> http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/
>
> Or even better yet... volunteer to help out! Send Steve and email from the
> link above.
>
> Overview:
> The four day event (Wed-Sat) will be held at the Alamo Community College
> District's Advanced Technology Center on Kelly USA (yes, the old air force
> base). They have a very cool multimedia center there with classrooms, an
> auditorium and more! Map here:
> http://tinyurl.com/jyevo
>
> (If I have the time, maybe I can get a better map w/building photo together in
> time.)
>
> My little song and dance (presentation) is on Saturday from 1pm-4pm. It will
> be a rather non-technical, but interesting presentation on "The State of the
> Linux Desktop". I will focus on the Linux Desktop (past, present and future)
> as well as personal and business best practices for migrating to Linux on
> both the desktop and the back office/IT infrastructure side of the house.
> Fun fun.. good info if you work for a bunch of Windows-and-none-other
> types. ;) But if I were you.. I would rather check out my co-worker's
> "Regular Expressions" presentation (held at the same time as mine) on bash
> scripting with sed and awk! :)
> http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/#regex
>
> Want A Job?:
> Also.. Rackspace technical recruiting will be there on the last day, Saturday
> 15th from 10am-2pm with pizza and folks to chat to about positions we have at
> Rackspace. If interested.. bring a resume with you. Current job slots are
> here: http://www.rackspacecareers.com/joblistings.php
> We are really looking hard for experienced Linux Sys-Admins with
> apache/sendmail/bind/networking experience.
>
> NOTE: If you can't make the Rackspace meet-n-greet on the 15th, or you just
> want me to personally check out your resume and try to get it directly to the
> eyes of the hiring manager, then fire me a PDF copy to hire-me@theweeks.org
> and we'll talk.
>
> Ok.. well that's about it. Hope to see you at the Open Source Fest!
>
> Tweeks
> p.s. Please forgive any grammatical errors here.. it's quite late.. ;)
>
> Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio
> http://xcssa.org/
>
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Are there plans to put copies of the presentations online in a central location post fest? Some of these sound quite interesting, but I will not be able to make it :(<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
Cliff. <BR>
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On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 02:49 -0500, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> \_____\________\__________\___\______X</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> \________\__________\___\_____C</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> \__________\___\____S</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> \___\___S</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> \__A</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <A HREF="http://xcssa.org">http://xcssa.org</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hey all!</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Well, we don't do this too often.. but there will be no XCSSA meeting this </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">month. This is partly because the Open Source fest seems to be what everyone </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">is focusing on this month (even SATLUG is cancling their meeting), plus I </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">won't even be in town on the 17th when our normal meeting would have been. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">So the planets have aligned I guess. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Instead.. come check out the Open Source Fest THIS WEEK from </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Wednesday-Saturday! Myself and other XCSSA, SATLUG and Rackspace geeks will </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">be giving cool presentations. More info on the Fest site:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <A HREF="http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/">http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Or even better yet... volunteer to help out! Send Steve and email from the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">link above.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Overview:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The four day event (Wed-Sat) will be held at the Alamo Community College </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">District's Advanced Technology Center on Kelly USA (yes, the old air force </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">base). They have a very cool multimedia center there with classrooms, an </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">auditorium and more! Map here:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/jyevo">http://tinyurl.com/jyevo</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(If I have the time, maybe I can get a better map w/building photo together in </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">time.)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">My little song and dance (presentation) is on Saturday from 1pm-4pm. It will </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">be a rather non-technical, but interesting presentation on "The State of the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Linux Desktop". I will focus on the Linux Desktop (past, present and future) </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">as well as personal and business best practices for migrating to Linux on </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">both the desktop and the back office/IT infrastructure side of the house. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Fun fun.. good info if you work for a bunch of Windows-and-none-other </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">types. ;) But if I were you.. I would rather check out my co-worker's </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">"Regular Expressions" presentation (held at the same time as mine) on bash </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">scripting with sed and awk! :)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <A HREF="http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/#regex">http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/#regex</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Want A Job?:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Also.. Rackspace technical recruiting will be there on the last day, Saturday </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">15th from 10am-2pm with pizza and folks to chat to about positions we have at </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Rackspace. If interested.. bring a resume with you. Current job slots are </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">here: <A HREF="http://www.rackspacecareers.com/joblistings.php">http://www.rackspacecareers.com/joblistings.php</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">We are really looking hard for experienced Linux Sys-Admins with </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">apache/sendmail/bind/networking experience. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">NOTE: If you can't make the Rackspace meet-n-greet on the 15th, or you just </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">want me to personally check out your resume and try to get it directly to the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">eyes of the hiring manager, then fire me a PDF copy to <A HREF="mailto:hire-me@theweeks.org">hire-me@theweeks.org</A> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and we'll talk.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Ok.. well that's about it. Hope to see you at the Open Source Fest!</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Tweeks</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">p.s. Please forgive any grammatical errors here.. it's quite late.. ;)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Xotic Computer Systems of San Antonio</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <A HREF="http://xcssa.org/">http://xcssa.org/</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(* this email is best viewed in fixed fonts) </FONT>
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