[OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG website

2010-06-22 Thread Lisa L
Greetings all, After my my recent presentation, I noticed that it was not immediately obvious where to view or post presentation slides from past meetings on our website. I volunteered to remedy this, and a new link has now been added under the Activities category in the main menu. However,

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender

2010-08-02 Thread Lisa L
-Tech] Fwd: Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 05:54:34PM -0400, Lisa L wrote: I'll paste below the contents of the files John sent.  To me, it appears to be a Viagra ad coming from a host in Spain, with a link to a website in Russia.  What we're trying

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender

2010-08-02 Thread Lisa L
Great! Getting approval from the full Board will be difficult because some folks are away, but it looks like we at least have a majority. I'd be happy to take care of this for us, but the form asks how many e-mail addresses need filtering... and I don't know enough about our setup yet to answer

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] 32MB PC100 SDRAM

2010-08-27 Thread Lisa L
'Fraid not, anymore. Due to the SAF (Spouse Approval Factor) I whittled down my spare parts to one box, and those went into the donate pile. :P But if you were going to find it locally, I'd imagine The Trailing Edge would be the place to try. HTH, Lisa On 25 August 2010 14:44, Prof. John C

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Software Freedom Day

2010-09-11 Thread Lisa L
contact information off-list. Many thanks! Lisa Lovchik Vice President, OCLUG On 10 September 2010 22:00, Lisa L exexp...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Michael, Thank you kindly for your offer.  That sounds great and we would certainly like to.  Several of us are working on it and we should have

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Software Freedom Day

2010-09-11 Thread Lisa L
Announcement: Software Freedom Day (http://softwarefreedomday.org/) What and Why From the official website: Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ottawa Release Party for Ubuntu 10.10

2010-09-26 Thread Lisa L
Hi George, Thank you for letting us know. I'll probably make it out. Is it a general social event, or are there demonstrations and/or installations? I wasn't clear from the announcement page. Cheers, Lisa On 24 September 2010 12:19, George Standish george.stand...@gmail.com wrote: For

[OCLUG-Tech] Ottawa Mini Maker Faire

2010-10-12 Thread Lisa L
Hi all, I attended the Ottawa Hackerspace group recently, which was both fun and fascinating. They have a great group of folks there working on all sorts of projects mechanical and/or electrical. They are looking for other Make type groups and individuals to represent various aspects of the DIY

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [Fwd: Ubuntu user sessions...?]

2010-11-11 Thread Lisa L
Hi all, I've cc'd the OCLUG mailing list and a couple of gentlemen from the Ottawa Ubuntu LoCo who might be interested in helping as well. Fellow OCLUG members, and Ubuntu folk, meet C4C. :) How 'bout it, guys and gals, do we feel an installfest coming on? =D I'm a huge proponent of

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] - List email burst

2010-11-12 Thread Lisa L
On 12 November 2010 20:55, J-F Bilodeau jfbilod...@chronogears.com wrote: Speaking of traffic, am I the only one that received over two dozen emails from the list all at once yesterday? Nope. They all arrived between 17:50 and 23:10. Some are dated from September 2009. IIRC one was from

[OCLUG-Tech] Hackathon and Open Data App Contest

2010-11-20 Thread Lisa L
Hello OCLUG and C4Cers, These events might be of interest. I'm e-mailing more than one list here because we may want to consider something collaborative. ArtEngine (Ottawa Hackerspace) may also participate. International Open Data Hackathon - Dec 4 http://www.opendataday.org/ Ottawa Open Data

[OCLUG-Tech] Microsoft's Hand in Novell Deal Bodes Ill for Linux

2010-11-22 Thread Lisa L
Has anyone heard about this? FUD, perhaps, to an extent anyway, but something to be aware of too. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/211414/microsofts_hand_in_novell_deal_bodes_ill_for_linux.html Lisa -- One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to

[OCLUG-Tech] Tux 2010 questions

2010-12-11 Thread Lisa L
(Note: Folks from the volunteer list have been BCC'd directly; apologies for any duplicates.) Hello all, Tux 2010 is ready for action. On behalf of the board, I would like to enlist your help with a few tasks, and some feedback: (1) Mailing list moderation: We are looking to set up a

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] C4C notes

2011-01-10 Thread Lisa L
Kind thanks to you Rob, and Jean-François Messier as well, for sending your helpful notes and great ideas from our discussion last meeting. For those not present, discussion revolved around how to attract and keep new members. Many valuable insights were shared, by newcomers and folks who have

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [oclug-board] C4C notes

2011-01-10 Thread Lisa L
replies and questions. I will try to find where such engines can be found. That's it for now. I have to get back to work. On 10 January 2011 14:06, Lisa L exexp...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, definitely great stuff Richard.  The Mini-Maker Faire was an awesome thing

[OCLUG-Tech] PS3 Computer Cluster talk

2011-01-10 Thread Lisa L
Hello all, Anyone know how to reach Matthew Bastian? I'd like to hit him up for the slides from his talk so I can post them on the wiki. I'm sure there are a number of folks besides me who would like to see them again. Thanks, Lisa -- One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] PS3 Computer Cluster talk

2011-01-12 Thread Lisa L
Hello all, Slides for the PS3 Supercomputer Cluster talk by Matthew Bastian have been posted. Thanks again to Matthew for sharing them. http://devel.oclug.on.ca/wiki/MeetingPresentations2011 Also reachable from the main site by clicking Presentation Slides, under Resources in the main menu.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Build systems job at Irdeto

2011-01-12 Thread Lisa L
Hi Rob, it looks like the link is missing. Lisa On 12 January 2011 08:33, Rob Echlin r...@echlin.ca wrote: Hi I heard about a build systems job. Job Link Additional notes on the job: I need someone with hacking experience on the mobile phone front (in addition to the job description)

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Build systems job at Irdeto

2011-01-14 Thread Lisa L
quality, what the customer actually needs. More satisfying, more fun! --- On *Wed, 1/12/11, Lisa L exexp...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Lisa L exexp...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Build systems job at Irdeto To: r...@echlin.ca Cc: linux@lists.oclug.on.ca Received: Wednesday, January 12

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] CD for library via C4C

2011-01-23 Thread Lisa L
Hi Rob, For the library project, OCLUG has teamed up with Computers for Communities (C4C). As a first step, we contributed some of the Ubuntu and Kubuntu CDs sent to us by Linux Fund. Dave Sampson of C4C has been spearheading the library project and handling the logistics from his end. He was

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: Anyone want to install Debian 6 -Squeeze this weekend? Ottawa release party anyone?

2011-02-01 Thread Lisa L
Hello all, thought some of us might be interested in this. ~Lisa Forwarded conversation Subject: Anyone want to install Debian 6 -Squeeze this weekend? Ottawa release party anyone? From: *Peter Timusk* ptim...@sympatico.ca Date: 1 February 2011 17:37 To: