Quoting Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Bay Area Debian, the only known Debian user's group, will hold its first > meeting tomorrow at 9:30pm in the CoffeeNet internet cafe in San Fransisco.
FYI, I'm the guy who lives upstairs, and as such can have you at The CoffeeNet as my guest for some time after its 11 PM Saturday closing time, if need be. (I am not part of CoffeeNet management, just a neighbour and co-tenant at the same building.) The meeting is now listed on Bay Area Linux Events aka "BALE" (http://linuxmafia.com/bale/), with a street map at http://linuxmafia.com/bale/map-coffeenet.jpeg. Parking at _9:30 PM_, Saturday night, probably won't be bad, but starts becoming scarce starting around 10-11 PM because of two nearby dance clubs. You are advised to not leave valuables visible in your car if you park near the dance clubs: Thieves often do smash-and-grab jobs on club nights, because they know that club-goers tend to leave purses et al. in their cars. Please also be aware that the CoffeeNet parking lot is reserved parking on club nights, costing $7. (It fills up after about 11 PM, when the nearby street parking starts becoming scarce.) Here are my own directions, taken from the BALE listing for CABAL: By Muni: Routes 15 Third Street, 30 Stockton, and 45 Union go past on 3rd Street, northbound. Routes 30 Stockton and 45 Union go past on 4th Street, southbound (but it's only a four-block stroll from 3rd and Market, or from the Transbay Terminal). By BART: Exit at Montgomery, walk four blocks south along 3rd Street to a right (west) turn onto Harrison. It's the purple building in mid-block. By CalTrain: The San Francisco terminus is at 4th Street and Townsend. Either take the 15 Third Street, 30 Stockton, or 45 Union Muni buses up 3rd to Harrison, or walk north along 4th, three blocks north to a right (east) turn on Harrison, and go 1/2 block. Return to CalTrain on routes 30 Stockton or 45 Union from 4th St. (or walk the three blocks). By car: From I-80 west, exit at 5th Street northbound bearing half-right onto 5th, go one block to a right (east) turn onto Folsom, three blocks to right (south) on 2nd Street, one block to right (west) on Harrison, proceed 1 1/2 blocks. From I-80 east, take 4th Street exit, bearing half-left (east) onto Bryant, one block to left (north) onto 3rd Street, one block to left (west) on Harrison, and proceed 1/2 block. On-street parking is 2-hour (1-hour in the alleys) during the day; there's a pay lot on the right (east) side of 3rd Street, just past Harrison. If Bay Area Debian needs Web space, I'll offer it on this (Debian-based) bitty box, hugin.imat.com aka linuxmafia.com. See you there. -- Cheers, Rick Moen This space for rant. rick (at) linuxmafia.com
