Re: [Debconf-discuss] Thanks from Columbia CS
Somehow I knew that Debian would be such a community. I guess Daisy is setting the stage for miniDebConf-NYC, now that we know how to run a DebConf ;) The ironic thing is that now we know how to run DebConf in NYC and have this goodwill from Columbia, it'll never be here again... maybe we could get letters of recommendation from her for the next DebConf venue. .hc On Aug 9, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Richard Darst wrote: Hi everyone, I just wanted to send a quick thank you mail, on behalf of Daisy and all of the CS staff. She was unbelievable impressed with our group overall, and had so much fun. She said that never before had she seen such a clean group. We made less mess than their faculty do at their events. Never before had she seen so many cheeses from around the world, and such a well organized party. She was impressed with how we left things better than we found it, for example, fixing up all the chairs in Davis auditorium. Never before had she seen a group so religiously obey no food rules - not even faculty conferences! Had she known how great we'd be, we would have had no problem using the courtyard for catering or a cw party, in addition to the CS Conference room. She's offered to sponsor any meetings or workshops we may want in the future. This is all thanks to _your_ great behavior. - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 384 days, 11:57 |http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss Information wants to be free.-Stewart Brand ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] Art Installations in NYC using Free Software
Hey all, If you are interested in seeing some art installations that use (almost) all Free Software, there are two projects that I worked on that are open to the public and free as in beer: Moveable Type, Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/arts/design/25vide.html Each of the 560 screens is also a little ARM computer with a speaker. The setup is a custom Debian-based distro running Pd for sound and Python for the screen and communications logic. As far as I know, each of these computers is running 100% Free Software. Magnum Mark, at FLAG Art http://www.flagartfoundation.org/current/ Magnum is a photographers' collective that has been around for decades. This is an exhibit of works from a range of Magnum photographers from journalists to artists. I created the digital display system which is Pd/Gem running on Ubuntu. The 10 screens are running 99% Free Software, all except the fglrx video driver (the open source one was close, but not quite there :'-( ). The video projection is on an Mac running Pd/Gem since that machine was already in place. .hc I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone. --Bjarne Stroustrup (creator of C++) ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] scheduling the FreedomBox BoF
Hey all, We had a very good impromptu meeting in 415 Schapiro after Eben Moglen's talk about the FreedomBox, now we need to schedule a BoF to iron things out. - we have submitted a request to create the 'freedombox' project on alioth. - we took notes to start the process: http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox Next thing to do is schedule a BoF so we can get more people involved in the project and figure out what we are going to do now. Add your name to the doodle schedule poll by 5pm TODAY so we can choose a time. http://doodle.com/8kwnst8phia4h4a5 .hc ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] [Fwd: Thursday night talk at NYCResistor on open source font design, by Dave Crossland]
Forwarded Message From: William Ward www...@pobox.com Reply-to: A discussion list for dorkbot-nyc dorkbotnyc-blab...@dorkbot.org To: A discussion list for dorkbot-nyc dorkbotnyc-blab...@dorkbot.org Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] Thursday night talk at NYCResistor on open source font design, by Dave Crossland Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:10:20 -0400 Dave Crossland stopped into NYC to attend the Debian shindig this past week, and is kindly giving a talk on open source font design using only free software, and the general state of fonts on the web. This talk will co-incide with our usual Craft Night at NYC Resistor from 6-9pm. Talk starts 6-ish. If you're attending craft night for crafting events, it will be business as usual in the room with too few A/Cs. Well, we did buy a fourth one. So that should be pleasant. Questions to cont...@nycresistor.com and our blog post here: http://www.nycresistor.com/2010/08/02/craft-night-special-talk-font-secrets-revealed/ -- William Ward www...@pobox.com .dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.. ..http://dorkbot.org ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
