A good a place as any to say Hi! My name is Chris. I've been in hospitality management in Christchurch for a while and am a long time hobbyist (and list reader, though seldom posts). I attended a gentoo installfest a while back - I think I was maybe 20 or so at the time.
Anyway now I'm 26, and looking for work in IT, preferably something with linux or at least an OSS bent. I have a cover letter at jandaltech.com/cv-cover.txt if anyone's hiring?? I'm sorry to plug - I already have a comfortable amount of communication open with employers. My main point though is I plan on being more active in technology and development in Christchurch, I'm under 30 and have no aversion to this meatspace you speak of. I have a bike which is perfect for Christchurch meetups right now given the roads... I've always been working at times when meetups have been suggested (jazz club hours at work), although I did make it to a Twisted Hop friday once, and with my newly open schedule am very keen to come along and get involved! Brief background: I prefer Debian for servers, Mint for ya Mum's PC, get along with Mac just fine, and run CTKArchLive on my netbook. I haven't ever spent more than a hundred dollars on a graphics card. My general passion is streamlining system through interface to keep things snappy as possible, while ultimately usable. So barring unforeseeable employment or natural disaster in the future, consider me confirmed to the next meatware integration. Chris Darby On 1 April 2011 11:51, John Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Jeff Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Does anyone under the age of 30 ever bother showing up? Based on a >> previous experience, I'd say it's not too common. Correct me if I'm wrong. > > Hackers under the age of 30 no not of this meatspace thing. > > If you mention it to them, they look at you Quizzically and say, "MySpace? > GrandDad! That's long Dead!". > > They regard "Outside" as a myth along the lines of "Tooth Fairy" and "Father > Christmas". > > They are incapable of talking face to face, and if via brute force you place > two of them in the same geographic location... they studiously ignore each > other and continue chatting via txt. > > They have heard of Beer, but only in the sense of "Virtual" and "Free as > in". > > > -- > John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [email protected] > New Zealand > > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > -- Chris Darby Think of the environment - please print this email. Buying more paper means the forestry industry will plant more trees. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
