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| | [Didactylos] WORLD COMMUNITY GRID'S SEVENTH PROJECT! | Date:Sun Aug 19 23:38:49 2007 |
DISCOVER DENGUE DRUGS - TOGETHER: Today World Community Grid are
launching a new project - their seventh. The mission of the project is to
identify drug leads with broad spectrum activity against the related dengue,
hepatitis C, West Nile, and yellow fever viruses. There are no effective
drugs to treat any of these diseases. Consequently, the supportive care
necessary to treat these infections and minimize mortality severely strains
already burdened health facilities throughout the world. The discovery of
both broad-spectrum and specific antiviral drugs will help change our world
by improving global health.
FIGHTAIDS@HOME UPGRADES: WCG have recently completed a major update
to AutoDock, the FightAIDS@Home software from Scripps. This version supports
flexible sidechains, and is also being used for the new Dengue project.
UNITED DEVICES GET THE BOOT: It's time to migrate to BOINC! WCG are
phasing out support for the old United Devices WCG agent (the one that
looks like this) in
favour of the Open Source, actively maintained Berkeley Open
Infrastructure for Network Computing (AKA BOINC). For best results,
follow my migration
instructions. There's no rush, though: work will be available for the
old agent at least until the end of 2007.
Thank you all for your amazing contribution, and remember - it's never too
late to join Team
UserFriendly.Org
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| [Illiad] CAN YOU CODE YOUR WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG? | Date:Fri Aug 17 18:27:28 2007 |
 We need a senior developer! UserFriendly's parent company, Quantum Charm Publishing Ltd., is in the process of developing the Next Big Thing. Since "developing" is involved in a Large Way, we came to the conclusion that we need a "developer." That is, one who "develops." He or she also needs to be a senior one of these, with lots of experience in a variety of projects.
To the specifics! These are the Nice-to-Have's!
- Strong knowledge of two or more of the following: mod_perl, Ruby or PHP
- Strong knowledge of DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, all that usual Web stuff
- Experience with Flash, Flex, Actionscript, XML
- Experience with Eclipse, Dreamweaver, Subversion or similar tools
- Familiarity with JavaScript libraries such as Prototype, Dojo, etc.
- Relational database and/or directory knowledge (mysql, postgresql)
- Excellent OO software design, coding, documenting and troubleshooting skills.
Educational backgound in Computer Science is an asset but real-world experience is (waaaay) more important. You also must be legally able to work in Canada, and commute to our office in Vancouver.
Essentials: Open-mindedness and willingness to work with others, combined with a drive to get things done. In other words, you can't be a sociopathic dork, nor will we hire you if you're a lazy so-and-so.
In exchange for having input into the development platform in use, you must be willing to "drink the koolaid" of said platform. We'll leave the exact mix proportions to you.
Ability to transfer skills from one platform to another; can pick up a new language or technology quickly. If you have a huge ego, we don't mind. You just won't be able to fit your head through our door.
Got all that? We want to talk to you! So send a 1-page (2 at most) resume to the "biz" address. We pay competitively and there's part of a very tasty pie to be had. Time frame is fairly short; we'd like to complete this hiring cycle inside of 4 weeks, fewer if possible. This position is officially titled "Senior Developer" and you'll be reporting directly to our Chief Technical Officer.
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| [Usenix] ANNOUNCING LISA '07 IN DALLAS, TX! | Date:Fri Aug 17 18:24:13 2007 |
Practical System Administration Training from Industry Experts at the
21st Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA '07)
Join us in Dallas, TX, November 11-16, 2007, for the 21st Large
Installation System Administration Conference. LISA '07 offers in-
depth training by experts such as Steve VanDevender on High-Capacity
Email System Design and Æleen Frisch on Administering Linux in
Production Environments. The comprehensive 3-day technical program
includes a keynote address by John Strassner, Motorola Fellow and
Vice President, Autonomic Networking and Communications, Motorola
Research Labs, on Autonomic Administration: HAL 9000 Meets Gene
Roddenberry; 22 refereed papers; and invited talks by Bruce Moxon,
Kenneth G. Brill, and more. Don't miss out on opportunities for peer
interaction around the topics that mean the most to you.
Register by October 19 and save up to $300!
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