Re: [PLUG] February PLUG meeting topic?

2010-01-30 Thread Russell Senior
Mike == Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com writes: Scott I'm just curious what the meeting topic will be for next week's Scott PLUG general meeting. Mike I also don't see the gen or adv PLUG meetings listed on Mike Calagator? Should they be? I recruited Jeri Ellsworth. As of two weeks ago, she

Re: [PLUG] February PLUG meeting topic?

2010-01-30 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:48:36AM -0800, Russell Senior wrote: Mike == Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com writes: Scott I'm just curious what the meeting topic will be for next week's Scott PLUG general meeting. Mike I also don't see the gen or adv PLUG meetings listed on Mike Calagator?

Re: [PLUG] February PLUG meeting topic?

2010-01-30 Thread Russell Senior
Michael == Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.us writes: Russell I recruited Jeri Ellsworth. As of two weeks ago, she was Russell still a go. I have no idea what she plans to talk about (I'm Russell checking), but I expect it to be good. Michael You mean this woman? Michael

Re: [PLUG] February PLUG meeting topic?

2010-01-30 Thread Mike Connors
Russell Senior wrote: Russell I recruited Jeri Ellsworth. As of two weeks ago, she was Russell still a go. I have no idea what she plans to talk about (I'm Russell checking), but I expect it to be good. Michael You mean this woman? Michael http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeri_Ellsworth

[PLUG] How To Learn Linux From the Developers of Linux. (For Free.)

2010-01-30 Thread Mike Connors
These free Linux training webinar series features notable technical leaders from the Linux community. Confirmed webinars include: • “An Introduction to Git,” by kernel maintainer and TAB chair James Bottomley; • “Linux System Troubleshooting and Tuning” and “Linux Administration 101,” by

Re: [PLUG] Step away from the PHP

2010-01-30 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Tim == Tim tim-pdx...@sentinelchicken.org writes: Tim Take a look at Python and Ruby and the web frameworks written for Tim them. I can't really vouch for many of them, but the languages Tim themselves are better designed/maintained. And Perl and Smalltalk. Heck, name a language that

[PLUG] Jeri Ellsworth at Feb. general meeting

2010-01-30 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:48:36AM -0800, Russell Senior wrote: I recruited Jeri Ellsworth. As of two weeks ago, she was still a go. I have no idea what she plans to talk about (I'm checking), But I expect it to be good. I have seen her talk, at Hackers in November. She probably won't be

Re: [PLUG] Step away from the PHP

2010-01-30 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Heck, name a language that *doesn't* have a web framework these days. Object COBOL? Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Jeri Ellsworth at Feb. general meeting

2010-01-30 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 01:17:01PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote: her talks are OUTSTANDING, and I expect this to be the best General meeting speaker we have ever had. Unless you have an emergency, life-saving surgery Thursday night, you should be there, and make room for others to be there.

Re: [PLUG] Jeri Ellsworth at Feb. general meeting

2010-01-30 Thread Jeme A Brelin
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Keith Lofstrom wrote: But her talks are OUTSTANDING, and I expect this to be the best General meeting speaker we have ever had. In my mind, this is a very high bar. Ward Cunningham blew me away. J. ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Debian Sid, Bluetooth, and IBM Thinkpad?

2010-01-30 Thread Daniel Johnson
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: I've done quite a bit of research on this but I just can't seem to get Bluetooth to work. I read some posts that say you have to compile bluetooth kernel support and others that say it just works out of the box. I have

Re: [PLUG] Debian Sid, Bluetooth, and IBM Thinkpad?

2010-01-30 Thread Russell Senior
Daniel == Daniel Johnson tekno...@gmail.com writes: Daniel I've never gotten bluetooth to work reliably with my thinkpad. I've had bluetooth working on my T42, but I haven't used it for a couple years. Bluetooth comes it two grades, class1 and class2. Class 1 is designed for 100m, Class 2 is

Re: [PLUG] Jeri Ellsworth at Feb. general meeting

2010-01-30 Thread Daniel Johnson
But her talks are OUTSTANDING, and I expect this to be the best General meeting speaker we have ever had.  Unless you have an emergency, life-saving surgery Thursday night, you should be there, and make room for others to be there.  If you have a school or work assignment due Friday, bring

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Digest, Vol 64, Issue 77

2010-01-30 Thread Dale Snell
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:24:11 -0800 Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: I've done quite a bit of research on this but I just can't seem to get Bluetooth to work. I read some posts that say you have to compile bluetooth kernel support and others that say it just works out of the box. I

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Digest, Vol 64, Issue 77

2010-01-30 Thread Dale Snell
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:53:36 -0800 mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: Heck, name a language that *doesn't* have a web framework these days. ARexx? :-) --Dale -- Q. What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches? A. A nervous wreck.

Re: [PLUG] Debian Sid, Bluetooth, and IBM Thinkpad?

2010-01-30 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:33:36 -0800 Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net dijo: Daniel == Daniel Johnson tekno...@gmail.com writes: Daniel I've never gotten bluetooth to work reliably with my thinkpad. I've had bluetooth working on my T42, but I haven't used it for a couple years. Bluetooth

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Digest, Vol 64, Issue 77

2010-01-30 Thread Mike Connors
Dale Snell wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:24:11 -0800 Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: I've done quite a bit of research on this but I just can't seem to get Bluetooth to work. I read some posts that say you have to compile bluetooth kernel support and others that say it just

Re: [PLUG] Debian Sid, Bluetooth, and IBM Thinkpad?

2010-01-30 Thread Mike Connors
John Jason Jordan wrote: I didn't see where Mike mentioned what model Thinkpad he has T60 During a recent voyage through various distros the only one which had issues was Debian Squeeze. Hmm, you might be onto something here. I run Sidux, a distro derived from Debian Sid. I usually

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Digest, Vol 64, Issue 77

2010-01-30 Thread drew wymore
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: Dale Snell wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:24:11 -0800 Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: I've done quite a bit of research on this but I just can't seem to get Bluetooth to work. I read some posts that say you have

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Digest, Vol 64, Issue 77

2010-01-30 Thread drew wymore
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:17 PM, drew wymore drew.wym...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: Dale Snell wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:24:11 -0800 Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: I've done quite a bit of research on this but I

Re: [PLUG] Jeri Ellsworth at Feb. general meeting

2010-01-30 Thread Keith Lofstrom
Keith wrote: and behave yourselves.  Think of her as the smart sister you always wanted to have, and pay attention to what she has to say. On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 04:36:10PM -0800, Daniel Johnson wrote: You might rethink having her as a sister if you watch that video, and hear about how she

[PLUG] Renaming back to orig thread = Debian Sid, Bluetooth, and IBM Thinkpad?

2010-01-30 Thread Mike Connors
drew wymore wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:17 PM, drew wymore drew.wym...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: Dale Snell wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:24:11 -0800 Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [PLUG] Debian Sid, Bluetooth, and IBM Thinkpad?

2010-01-30 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:15:25 -0800 Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com dijo: During a recent voyage through various distros the only one which had issues was Debian Squeeze. Hmm, you might be onto something here. I run Sidux, a distro derived from Debian Sid. I usually upgrade at least once a