Entries tagged as familyRelated tags adam baby brooke catalyst geek admin ben photos lca2007 adsl asterisk audio debian dns enum evolution gnome google hardware house ipv6 laptop lca lca2009 lca2010 lca2011 lca2013 lca2014 lca2015 lca2019 lede linux linux.conf.au mythtv mythtv-status openstack oss perl recycle rpi software stereo voip fai fedora_coreos cacert catalystcloud kernel olpc social networkingTuesday, June 23. 2009
LCA2010 - First keynote announced! Posted by Andrew Ruthven
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The linux.conf.au 2010 organising team is proud to announce the first keynote speaker for LCA2010!
Our first speaker has a distinguished reputation in the free software world, with significant contributions to Debian, Ubuntu and OLPC across a variety of areas including development, policy, advocacy, activism, education and writing. He is an active board member with several non-profit organisations including The Free Software Foundation and Software Freedom International, and he is involved in the global discussion of copyright, software patents and free culture. We'd like to welcome Benjamin Mako Hill as our first confirmed keynote speaker for LCA2010! For information see the full announcement Monday, June 15. 2009
LCA2010 - Call for Miniconfs are now ... Posted by Andrew Ruthven
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Comments (0) Trackback (1) LCA2010 - Call for Miniconfs are now open!WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Monday 15th June 2009 - Linux.conf.au announced the opening of its Call for Miniconfs for LCA2010. Miniconfs provide the opportunity of hosting 1-day mini-conferences on a variety of topics that run for 2 out of the 5 days during linux.conf.au. The Call for Miniconfs will remain open until 17 July 2009, after which time successful Miniconf Proposals will be notified and the best twelve selected to be included on the programme for LCA2010. "Miniconfs are an important part of Linux.conf.au each year, and provide a great opportunity to host an entire day of sessions specific to a topic", says Andrew Ruthven, LCA2010 Director. "We're proud of hosting LCA2010 in Wellington, New Zealand and hope to see a variety of Miniconf Proposals to showcase the technical expertise of world's leading experts in free and open source software. When you gather IT experts together like this, the collective energy can help shape the future direction of emerging projects and developing technologies. That's what LCA2010 is all about â people getting together and making a difference". IT businesses, government and community groups from around the world will also have the opportunity to showcase their work through presentations, displays and demonstrations at the LCA2010 Open Day, which will be held on Saturday 23rd January 2010. The conference will open its doors to the general public and highlight the best of breed Free and Open Source technology. LCA2010 is easily affordable for professionals and hobbyists alike, thanks to generous sponsorship by leading proponents of free and open source software, and because the conference - much like the software - is largely organised by volunteers. If your business or organisation would like to take this opportunity to support LCA2010, please visit http://www.lca2010.org.nz/sponsors/why_sponsor. Registrations to LCA2010 will open to delegates in September 2009. About linux.conf.auLinux.conf.au is one of the world's best conferences for free and open source software! The coming Linux.conf.au, LCA2010, will be held at the Wellington Convention Centre in Wellington, New Zealand from Monday 18th January to Saturday 23rd January 2010. LCA2010 is fun, informal and seriously technical, bringing together Free and Open Source developers, users and community champions from around the world. LCA2010 is the second time linux.conf.au has been held in New Zealand, with the first being Dunedin in 2006. For more information see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/ About Linux AustraliaLinux Australia (http://www.linux.org.au/) is the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as such represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and developers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this international Free Software conference in a different Australasian city each year. For more information see: http://www.linux.org.au/ Emperor Penguin SponsorsLCA2010 is proud to acknowledge the support of our Emperor Penguin Sponsor, InternetNZ. For more information see: http://www.internetnz.org.nz/ Media EnquiriesLCA2010 Organisers Friday, March 27. 2009More Brooke Photos!
It seems to have been ages since we last uploaded any photos. Oops.
Wednesday, February 18. 2009
Copyright Act S92a Public Demonstration Posted by Andrew Ruthven
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Copyright Act S92a Public DemonstrationSo today there is a public demonstration at MIDDAY on Parliament grounds in support of MPs speaking against Section 92A. Details are here. "In Wellington on the steps of Parliament on Thursday 19th at MIDDAY with a petition handover at 12:30pm. This is a postive event where we will hand out hundreds of CDs and thank the politicans that support us - so please keep it friendly and polite. While we appreciate people arranging their own demonstrations it might be best if we don't dilute our numbers with multiple events. We want everyone reading this to email everyone they know in Wellington about this. We can't let this be another internet protest that results in few people turning up. This is important so we need to prove it in numbers. NOTE: Please don't wear all black as that has negative associations with other demonstrations but instead come along with bright clothes and BLACK PLACARDS!" As an example of how to be awesome do this Wednesday, January 21. 2009Keysigning - done!
Wow, this is probably the first time I've managed to sign the verified keys from the GPG keysigning within 24 hours of the keysigning finishing.
One task crossed off my imaginary todo list! Wednesday, January 21. 2009
MythTV Mini-conference - a success Posted by Andrew Ruthven
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The MythTV mini-conference has been and gone and from my point of view from organising it, it was a total success. We had a stack of great talks (including an impromptu talk by Paul Wayper on the customised wooden panel on his Dell laptop).
Nigel Pearson was great, giving us all an insight into the development of MythTV, not only how the development process works, but also the complexitiy of the internals of MythTV. That was really interesting. An unexpected bonus was that all the talks were recorded. We weren't expecting the A/V stuff to be setup until Wednesday, but it was all ready to go (after one minor cable change) on Monday morning in our room. Fantastic! A big thank you to Josh and his A/V team. The recordings aren't up for downloading yet, I'll post here (and on the mythtv-users mailing list) when they're ready. At the end of the day we had a large discussion about what features people wanted to see in MythTV, and in particular what features people wanted to see in MythTV for a 1.0 release. The general consensus was that MythTV as it stands has more than enough features for 1.0. Once the recordings are up I'll write a list of the key items that were discussed. Finally, thank you to all my speakers, and everyone who came along to listen, and who took part in the discussion afterwards. Cheers! Tuesday, January 13. 2009
MythTV Lightning Talks Posted by Andrew Ruthven
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For the MythTV Mini-conference at LCA 2009 we're going to have some lightning talks, and have a few spare slots.
If you'd like to tell people how great your setup is; your current pet project; or almost anything else, then please let me know. Thursday, January 1. 2009
MythTV Mini-conference Schedule Posted by Andrew Ruthven
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The MythTV Mini-conference schedule has now been published here. If you want to attend the mini-conference you have to be registered for linux.conf.au!
The talks are:
Thursday, December 18. 2008Brooke - More photos
It seems to have been ages since we last uploaded any photos. Oops. To make up for that here is a double whammy:
Also, a huge congratulations to Susanne's sister Debbie and her husband Jeff for the birth of their first child Ellie on Saturday morning. |
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