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For Geeks, by Geeks: The Open Web Conference

In a binary view of the world, there are two types of of technology conferences: those run with a profit motive and those run for by technologists for technologists.
The Open Web Conference falls into the latter category. It is an event organized by the Vancouver PHP Users Association (who are a bunch of web developers, [...]

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Bay Area Linuxists: Butt kicking for goodness

On March 1st, the Alameda County Computer Resource Center and Untangle are pairing up to run a massive installfest, pairing donated computer hardware with Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
If you live in (or are visiting) the Bay Area, you can help by donating old hardware and by helping install Ubuntu.
If you are part of a company with a [...]

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Bay Area Techies: Help Schools with Your Old Hardware and Free Software

On March 1st, the Alameda County Computer Resource Center and Untangle are pairing up to run a massive installfest, pairing donated computer hardware with Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
If you live in (or are visiting) the Bay Area, you can help by donating old hardware and by helping install Ubuntu.
If you are part of a company with a [...]

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ApacheCon EU 2006 CfP

Lars Eilebrecht writes:

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is proud to announce that ApacheCon Europe 2006 will be held at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, June 26-30, 2006.
ApacheCon Europe is the official conference of the Apache Software Foundation in Europe. This annual event creates a unique platform for the Open Source community in Europe to [...]

Machine-readable licensing blocks

One of our recent activities at eZ has been to rework our licensing. While most of the changes have been related to improving the agreements involved (simplifying, internationalizing, improving the legal robustness, etc.) we plan to make some changes to how we attach licensing information to our source code.
The basic plan is to drop in [...]

My aunt Ruby passed on yesterday

Early in the morning she experienced a major stroke and passed away a day later. Behind her, she left my uncle Don, her children and their children, and the rest of her kin.
I knew that her health had been frail for years, her heart beating out of time with the rest of her, but all [...]

why's poignant guide to ruby / style as a filter

all the work on licensing has begun to atrophy the fun part of my brain. so, i wandered over to Dan Sugalski's blog in search of something that would get the neurons firing again in both my fun center and my code center.
this is where i ran across a link to why's (poignant) guide to [...]

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