From brando.fouts at gmail.com Tue Apr 14 17:17:21 2009 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:17:21 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org Support] Fwd: Keynotes Scheduled, New Sessions Added, Hotel Rate Reduced In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <609b18560904141717q4b8938enea81858d8c469b11@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: RailsConf 2009 Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:20 PM Subject: Keynotes Scheduled, New Sessions Added, Hotel Rate Reduced To: brando.fouts at gmail.com RailsConf May 4-7, 2009 Las Vegas Hilton Las Vegas, NV http://www.railsconf.com?CMP=EMC-conf_railsconf09_int&ATT=EM6 ======================================= Keynotes Confirmed, New Sessions Added, and Hotel Rates Reduced to $99 ======================================= Just as we're putting the finishing touches on the program for RailsConf, we've gotten word from the Las Vegas Hilton, that they've reduced the nightly room rate to $99 (plus taxes). Register for RailsConf now -- and book your room -- at: https://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/register?CMP=EMC-conf_railsconf09_int&ATT=EM6 (If you've already booked your room, your rate will be changed automatically.) Four days in Vegas, four packed days of Rails sessions, tutorials and keynote, and just about everyone you've wanted to meet in the Rails and Ruby world -- what more could you want from this annual geek fest? Here are some of the latest highlights. ======================================= Awesome Lineup of Keynote Speakers ======================================= We've corralled speakers on the cutting edge of Rails technology, including: - David Heinemeier Hansson (37signals) -- Creator and lead developer of Ruby on Rails - Timothy Ferriss (Author, The 4-Hour Workweek) -- serial entrepreneur and ultravagabond, Tim runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide and lectures at Princeton University on entrepreneurship as a tool for ideal lifestyle design and world change - Yehuda Katz (Engine Yard, Inc.) -- Co-author of jQuery in Action, full time Core Team member on the Rails and Merb projects - Jeremy Kemper (37signals) -- the most active contributor to Rails, knee deep in all aspects of the framework and one of the top batters against new, incoming tickets - Michael Koziarski (Koziarski Softwared Limited) -- software consultant, Rails contributor and Core Team member since 2005 - Robert Martin (Object Mentor Inc) -- a leader in the software development industry, former editor-in-chief of the C++ Report and first chairman of the Agile Alliance - Rick Olson (ENTP) -- Web application developer and member of the Rails Core Team, working on Mephisto and Beast in his spare time - Joshua Peek (consultant) -- Rails prodigy, whose Google Summer of Code project on making Rails thread-safe won him a spot on the Rails Core Team - Chris Wanstrath (GitHub) -- Err the Blog writer, full time GitHub employee, and lover of all things Ruby - Jon Crosby (Engine Yard) -- Author of CloudKit, an Open Web JSON Appliance. ======================================= Check Out These Newly Added Sessions ======================================= We moved the schedule around to accommodate six new sessions on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. - Build an App, Start a Movement -- Wynn Netherland, Jim Mulholland, and Bradley Joyce (Squeejee) - Advanced Views with Erector -- Jeff Dean (Pivotal Labs) - Webrat: Rails Acceptance Testing Evolved -- Bryan Helmkamp (weplay) - HTTP's Best-Kept Secret: Caching -- Ryan Tomayko (Heroku) - Crate: Packaging Standalone Ruby Applications -- Jeremy Hinegardner (Collective Intellect) - Rails Is from Mars, Ruby Is from Venus -- Rein Henrichs (Hashrocket) See a list of the 50+ sessions happening RailsConf: http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/schedule/topic/General?CMP=EMC-conf_railsconf09_int&ATT=EM6 ======================================= Build Your Skills at Monday's 3-Hour Tutorials ======================================= In-depth tutorials are the ideal opportunity to sharpen your skills or learn some new ones. - A-Z Introduction to Ruby on Rails -- Robert Dempsey (Atlantic Dominion Solutions, LLC) - jQuery on Rails -- Yehuda Katz (Engine Yard, Inc.) and Brandon Aaron (Sabre Holdings) - Running the Show: Configuration Management with Chef -- Edd Dumbill (O'Reilly Media, Inc.) - JRuby on Rails -- Nick Sieger (Sun Microsystems, Inc.) - Building Next Generation Web Apps with Rails and SproutCore -- Mike Subelsky (OtherInbox) - A Hat Full of Tricks with Sinatra -- Blake Mizerany (Heroku) - Solving the Riddle of Search: Using Sphinx with Rails -- Pat Allan (Freelancing Gods) - Testing, Design, and Refactoring -- Jim Weirich and Joe O'Brien (EdgeCase, LLC) ======================================= Create Your Personal Schedule Online ======================================= Check out the sessions, tutorials, and keynotes day by day and hour by hour. Then set up your own conference schedule with our personal scheduler function, so you won't miss a minute of the topics and speakers that are most important to you. It's easy at: http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/schedule/grid?CMP=EMC-conf_railsconf09_int&ATT=EM6 ======================================= RailsConf Extracurricular Activities ======================================= Lightning Talks Wednesday evening Anyone can join in these short, ad hoc presentations from the audience. You can sign up for a slot when you get there. http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/schedule/detail/9011?CMP=EMC-conf_railsconf09_int&ATT=EM6 Exhibit Hall Open Tuesday and Wednesday See the latest offering from the RailsConf sponsors and exhibitors. http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/content/exhibitors?CMP=EMC-conf_railsconf09_int&ATT=EM6 Birds of a Feather Sessions (BoFs) Monday - Wednesday evenings Anyone attending the conference can schedule a BoF. We post your topic online and provide the space and time. Submit a BoF at: http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/cfp/62?CMP=EMC-conf_railsconf09_int&ATT=EM6 CabooseConf Running concurrently Monday - Thursday This free, hacker-focused get-together gathers skilled Rails coders from all over the world, meeting to network, hack and work on their Rails projects. http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/content/cabooseconf?CMP=EMC-conf_railsconf09_int&ATT=EM6 Ruby Hero Awards Tuesday evening Celebrating the unsung heroes of Ruby and Rails, winners will be announced onstage at RailsConf. http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/schedule/detail/9067?CMP=EMC-conf_railsconf09_int&ATT=EM6 And, of course, there's all of Las Vegas at your feet -- restaurants, casinos, shows, music, and more. ======================================= Thank You to Our Sponsors ======================================= Helping us to make this a truly exciting and revelatory conference are our generous sponsors, whom we'd like to thank for their support: Engine Yard, heroku, Sun Microsystems, Blue Box Group, and New Relic. 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Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -21st anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brando.fouts at gmail.com Wed May 6 13:05:11 2009 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 13:05:11 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org Support] virtual machine tools Message-ID: <609b18560905061305i27475bccp5969d76c8b26bc92@mail.gmail.com> also see left nav buttons at psnug.org SUSE Studio and OpenSUSE Build Service ====================================== Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 19:52:49 -0700 From: Derek Simkowiak Subject: Re: [Fest-list] Slides from Open Source Virtual Machines? To: Linux Fest Discussion Sorry guys... my customer-facing deadlines keep interfering with my vm-shell work. But, I'm on the home stretch now. My current ETA is one week, maybe two. I have the new website for vm-shell, which will (soon) live at http://vm-shell.cool-st.com/. It will run as an Open Source project, with forums, wiki, and bug tracker. (Vm-shell is available under the Affero GPL license.) I still need to populate the wiki, but my slides will be available on this site. I also have a new website for my LLC. It will offer pre-fab VM machines using Google Checkout (with immediate download), along with other products and services. And contact info :) The sites are about 90% done. Please, hang in there. My wife and I are expecting, with a due date of May 10. I'm working very hard to get these things launched before she spawns a new child process. --Derek -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. 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Message-ID: <609b18560905201736g3cd04a38oe873d191c9a09ec7@mail.gmail.com> I know most of you already know about multi-layered security, and aren't you glad to see that Linus also knows it ;-) Linus Torvalds talks about Linux after 18 years http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7313/ http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7314/ *LM: The Linux approach to fixing security-related bugs seems to be just fix them in the mainstream kernel, and if a distributor needs to put out an advisory for their vendor kernel, they do. Are users getting a more or less secure kernel that way than if the upstream kernel participated in what you called the ?security circus??* LT: Hey, I?m biased. I think it?s much better to be open and get the advantages of that (which very much includes ?faster reaction times? both because it makes people more aware of things, and because that way the information can much more easily reach the *right* people). And it seems to be working. The kernel is doing pretty well security-wise. That said, anybody who really wants more security should simply try to depend on multiple layers. I think one of the biggest advantages of various virtual machine environments (be they Java or Dalvik or JavaScript or whatever) is the security layering aspects of them - they may or may not be ?secure?, but they add a layer of indirection that requires more effort to overcome. So I think we?re doing pretty well, and I obviously personally think that the Linux kernel disdain (at least from some of us ;) for that ?security theater? with all the drama is a good thing and is working. But I would always suggest that regardless of how secure you think your platform is, you should always aim to have multiple layers of security there. Anybody who believes in ?absolute security? at any level is just silly and stupid. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -22nd anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssinghose at wccg.net Tue Jun 16 17:28:52 2009 From: ssinghose at wccg.net (Steve Singhose) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:28:52 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org Support] %appdata% folders showing up Message-ID: <4A37D654.0D8B.00D2.3@wccg.net> Hi. I've got a user who XP Pro SP3 machine, after installing the patch of the week a while ago, has directories popping up all over his machine and mapped network drives name %appdata% The directories I've looked at have a number of sub directories but no files. Doesn't seem to be causing any issues other than cosmetic. Any thoughts? Thanks. Steve. From brando.fouts at gmail.com Tue Jun 23 19:24:06 2009 From: brando.fouts at gmail.com (Brandon Fouts) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:24:06 -0700 Subject: [PSNUG.org Support] Utah Open Source Conference 2009 Call for Papers Message-ID: <609b18560906231924kee2f590s3d9957a6b06d9c5e@mail.gmail.com> This years event http://utosc.com/pages/home/ Last year event http://2008.utosc.com/pages/home/ > 1. Utah Open Source Conference 2009 Call for Papers (Michael Titus) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:16:42 -0700 > From: Michael Titus > > Subject: [Fest-list] Utah Open Source Conference 2009 Call for Papers > > [Posted on behalf of UTOSC] > > News: Utah Open Source Conference 2009 Call for Papers NOW OPEN! > > The Utah Open Source Conference 2009 is just around the corner, > October 8-10, 2009 is not too far away!! It?s time to submit your > presentations. UTOSC 2008 received over 90 submissions, and we ended > up with over 50 presentations. The odds are good that if your > presentation is a good open source topic, it will get selected. > > The Call for Papers for UTOSC 2009 is officially open! Paper > submission deadline is August 15, 2009 at Midnight, just under 2 > months prior to UTOSC 2009, October 8-10 2009. > > This year, we?ve enabled a few new features to conman, our paper > submission system. First off, everyone can see all of the abstracts > which have been submitted, which includes a new RSS Feed for watching > new submissions. Also, about 1 month before selections are made > (about 2 months before UTOSC 2009), we?ll open voting to any > registered attendees, speakers, volunteers, etc. We?re excited to > enable these new features and will be working hard to make more > improvements to the system. We want to send a shout out to our > programmers for their hard work on our system this year. > > If you?ve got something to share, something to tell, something to > introduce or something to show, please take the time and submit a > presentation to the Utah Open Source Conference 2009. We?d love to > see your presentation!! > > Some people are natural public speakers and presenters while others > are reluctant to imagine themselves in front of a group of people at a > conference. Nobody should feel unqualified or inexperienced to > present. We want presenters who can share information at all levels. > > And now, some tough questions. > What should I talk about? > > You should talk about Open Source software, philosophy, technology, > etc. The theme for this year?s conference centers around ?Ability? so > your topic can be targeted at beginners, experts, or someone in > between. > > It may help to see what topics were presented last year. Go to > for information about 2008?s > conference sessions. > > This year, several sessions will be targeted at beginning or ?newbie? > users including those who are family members of an Open Source geek. > Basic sessions around Linux, The GIMP, or WordPress are good examples > of these types of sessions. > > We have really expanded our categories offerings this year and you can > select multiple audiences as well. If there is a category you do not > see listed, please let us know by emailing our program coordinator, > Clint Savage at . > What does a response to a call for papers look like? > > You should come up with a brief outline, or abstract, of your > presentation and who would be interested. You should also provide some > information about you, your > experience with open source software and the specific aspects you?re > proposing to speak about. > > Here?s an example of an abstract: > > Title: Open source home security > > This presentation will outline how I have used a Linux server, IP > cameras, and open source software, to provide around-the-clock video > and image surveillance of my home which is archived for later viewing > and is available for viewing via the Web when I?m not at home. > > The presentation will describe how to set up a system similar to mine > and what alternatives are available for software and hardware in the > system. > > What?s in it for me? > > There are lots of perks reserved for people chosen to present at the > Utah Open Source Conference! > > Resum? material > Having presented on a topic at a conference is a great thing to add to > your resum? and could make the difference the next time you apply for > a job. > > Free admission > If you?re chosen as a speaker, we?ll let you ? and your family ? into > the conference for FREE! > > A picture and a paragraph > Speakers are asked to submit a digital photo and a paragraph of > biographical information which will be seen by those viewing the UTOSC > website and those reading the conference program. > > Warm fuzzies > Being involved in the Utah Open Source Conference is a great > experience. Just ask anyone who was involved in UTOSC 2007 or UTOSC > 2008. > > What?s that URL again? > Go to and get yourself an account. Then you > can submit as many presentation ideas as you wish!! > ------------------------------ > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= www.psnug.org Puget Sound Network Users Group Building Technical Skills Through Teamwork And Education. Helping members realize Open Standards and investigate Open Source. _____________________ PSNUG dues/food $35 per year -22nd anniversary coffee mug that you can pickup at any meeting - no we don't ship. pay at monthly meeting or send checks payable to: PSNUG PSNUG c/o Brandon Fouts 9549a Olympus Beach Rd NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-3446 ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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