Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What's the best URL shortener?

2018-03-22 Thread J.B. Nicholson
David Paul wrote: Better question: Should you use a URL shortener at all? Answer: No. URL shorteners obufuscate the destination of a link and if the shortening service ever shuts down, all the shortened URL become dead links to who knows what. I agree; the only acceptable exception I can

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What's the best URL shortener?

2018-03-22 Thread David Paul
On 3/20/18, Don Saklad wrote: > What's the best URL shortener? Better question: Should you use a URL shortener at all? Answer: No. URL shorteners obufuscate the destination of a link and if the shortening service ever shuts down, all the shortened URL become dead links to who

[libreplanet-discuss] LibrePlanet 2018 session list in TeamUp calendar and ICS format - please share

2018-03-22 Thread Brendan Kidwell
Hi all, As a convenience for myself, I've entered all the sessions into a calendar at the free service Teamup (not using free software). Sorry if this is a duplicate effort, but I didn't see any Ical feeds anywhere that are easy to use on my phone, so I took the initiative. Please share these

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Patrick McDermott
On 2018-03-21 at 01:31, Leah Rowe wrote: > Please confirm via reply on this list, if you're willing to commit to > this. I'll be at the conference, and I've packed some equipment. Look for me [1] in a gray Libiquity polo shirt. [1]: http://www.libiquity.com/media/images/patrick-mcdermott.jpg >

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi John, On 22/03/18 15:11, John Sullivan wrote: > We'll do our best to promote it at all opportunities, but at this > late stage, everyone who updates the sites is very swamped -- one > thing that would be helpful that anyone could do is add

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Any Libre Alternatives to Standard Accommodations for LibrePlanet?

2018-03-22 Thread John Sullivan
writes: > I like the idea behind couchsurfing.com but not its implementation, in > particular, in regards to its terms of service and work in conjunction > with Facebook. I am really looking to have a more human way of > spending time over in Cambridge. I am also interested in

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Any Libre Alternatives to Standard Accommodations for LibrePlanet?

2018-03-22 Thread Aaron Wolf
https://www.trustroots.org On 03/21/2018 05:45 PM, debo...@tuta.io wrote: > Greetings, > > I am Deborah, and I am a 24-year-old libre software enthusiast, who is > interested in learning more about libre software and meeting people in the > free software world! I am a recent associate member

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 John, Could you add a note about the unofficial workshop we're doing, and put the note somewhere on the Libreboot site? e.g. on https://libreplanet.org/2018/program/ and https://libreplanet.org/2018/social/ Just a note somewhere, linking to our

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 oh! btw, although the T61 mainboard is incompatible with coreboot/libreboot, you *could* bring a T60 mainboard with you (make sure it has an Intel GPU, not ATI). You can fit a T60 mainboard into the T61 chassis, and then flash libreboot. If you

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreboot workshop at libreplanet 2018

2018-03-22 Thread Leah Rowe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Arthur, On 22/03/18 00:16, Arthur Torrey wrote: > I am delighted to hear this - I had actually asked about this very > thing earlier in the week and had been told it wasn't happening > this year, glad that it is going to happen informally at