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| | [Illiad] THE BATCH FILE | Date:Sun Oct 15 20:40:54 2000 |
| Atlanta, You Shine So Bright: Hats off to the fine folks who worked so hard to put the Annual Linux Showcase together. Once again it was a terrific show laced with all the things that make the Deep South so much fun to visit. My thanks to the volunteers who made life a little easier for the UF staff at the booth: Axiom and Gruuk, and a little later falconr with her magic button machine. I'll definitely miss Atlanta next year; ALS is moving to Oakland, CA in 2001. Real Soon Now: Keep your eyes open for an announcement very shortly regarding the re-opening of the UF Store. It's that close. The Audience Is Speaking: The overwhelming vote is for Sid to stay, although not as a core character. He'll be back over and over again until he either dies from old age or someone (Pitr?) kills him. Thy wish is my command, and all of that. Last But Not Least: A thousand thank-yous to every one of the UF fans who came by the booth and said hello. I am once again reminded where a huge concentration of some of the nicest people are.
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| [Kethryvis] THE RETURN OF UPDATE FROM THE FLOOR : ALS | Date:Sat Oct 14 09:00:00 2000 |
| ALS is coming to a close today, and I'm actually rather sad! ALS has been a *great* show for us. The UFie meet last night went off WONDERFULLY! Somewhere between 35-40 UFies showed up for dinner at Mick's, then arcading, then to the Linux Journal party. My huge thanks go to #userfriendly regular falconr for her work in finding us a place to eat, and to the *great* folks at Mick's Restaraunt for putting up with 40 geeks! (Diva has nothing but raves about the fried green tomatoes. None for me thanks!) Today is rather quiet.. last minute shwag getting. Illiad will be at our booth for several hours this afternoon so today is the day to go see him. I also want to give a huge shout-out thanks to UFie DaveDude and his wife for addicting *all* of the UF Staff to Krispy Kreme doughnuts. These *are* my new crack. Wow. And thanks to the Mysterious Coke Elf who left 2 two-liters of Coke and several smaller bottles. I am on *such* a sugar high now! Thanks also go to the great organizers of ALS, of which I don't know all of them but a blanket thanks should do fairly well. Congrats to Chris, the show Director for doing one heck of a great show. We look forward to ALS next year! Back to the booth for me then its off on vacation... I'll see you all when I get back next week!
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| [Kethryvis] UPDATE FROM THE FLOOR: ALS | Date:Fri Oct 13 06:57:15 2000 |
| Holy Moley! Diva and I are having a *blast* in Atlanta this year! This show is great. Total community, very laid back and low key. We have met so many UFies.. its great! #userfriendly regulars Bhelliom, Tara_Li, falconr, Issac_31, Warlocke, and a host of others (I'm sorry if I've forgotton anyone) have been by to say hi and check out our new booth design! We've also got some kick-butt schwag to give away... storybooks with exclusive to ALS cartoons, temp tatoos (even one of our own WebDiva!), and posters of the Geek Dating Flowchart. UFies Gruuk and Axiom have been *huge* helps to us at the show, and we really appreciate it!! Illiad will be in our booth today starting at 2pm to sign...well just about anything. Also our newest UF Staffer, Zonker, will be on hand to sign his book as well. So if you're comin' to ALS, run by booth 306 and say hi!
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| [Yohimbe] UFIE/REN FAIRE GET TOGETHER | Date:Thu Oct 12 12:04:35 2000 |
| Date: Sat. 10.14 and Sun. 10.15 Meet Time: 11:30 - 12:00 for Sat. 10.14 and 13:00 for Sun. 10.15 Meet Place: White Heart Tavern at the MD Ren Faire http://www.rennfest.com/mrf/ Why: If you had to ask... Its Ren Faire and its good ol' wholesome geeky fun for the whole family ;) And its also our #uf cutie rynsey's bday celebration on 10.15 (her bday is really on 10.12) so do stop by to say happy bday! Look for: Some kinda UFie flag fashioned from UF tee and broom stick and a few DP tees/UF stuff here and there. Contact SEA for more info.
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| [Illiad] SEE Y'ALL THERE | Date:Thu Oct 12 11:18:52 2000 |
That's it, I'm on my way to Atlanta. I won't be back until Sunday so any e-mails will just get queued up. If you really need to get ahold of me or Diva or Keth, try info@userfriendly.org and someone will try to get a message to us. If you're going to ALS, hopefully I'll see you there, otherwise, see "all y'all" (the plural of "y'all" I've been told) next week!
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| [Illiad] LAUGH AND *PAFF!* | Date:Wed Oct 11 21:47:23 2000 |
| Our bud Wes Borg is at it again, with his latest skit Keep Your Parents Off The Internet. There's a lo-qual and hi-qual version available here. Note: MP3.com sign-in required. And for all of you who didn't have the opportunity to attend Linux World Expo in NYC, you missed a fabulous Nerf fight conducted by some UFies. I recognize the two valiant warriors on the left, lisha and rynsey from the #userfriendly IRC channel. Caption for the photo: "Wait wait! I have a wedgie!"
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| [Kethryvis] ALS IS ALMOST HERE! | Date:Tue Oct 10 17:13:12 2000 |
| Yay! Time for Keth to get real Coke, and meet lots of UFies! We'll be at booth #306 in Atlanta for the Annual Linux Showcase. The Conference starts Thursday at 10am. We've got cool new schwag to give away, and you'll get to see myself and the Wonderful WebDiva! Illiad will be doing a book signing Friday at 2pm at our booth, and will be hanging out for most of the afternoon on Saturday so be sure and come by! More info can be found here and the official ALS page is here. See you there!!!
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| [Yohimbe] ARS PROBLEMS | Date:Mon Oct 9 14:49:33 2000 |
| If anyone noticed some messages on Sunday about their password being wrong.... OOOPS. Sorry. Won't happen again. Thanks and greetings to all in #linux on undernet.org . EviiWuff, jgaddis.. Hey guys.
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| [Illiad] FROM THE BATCH FILE II | Date:Mon Oct 9 00:43:37 2000 |
| Does he stay or go? Sid Dabster, the latest addition to the UF cast of characters has, if nothing else, caused enough of a response that it bears examination. It seems that people want him to stay, mostly. I can promise that he'll be around, but not necessarily (and not necessarily not) as a core character. Guess we'll see how it goes, and I invite you to let me know what you'd like to see happen with him. And to head off the usual flood, yes, Cat Five and Matt will both be returning in short order. :) It's all about Character: In the past 8 weeks or so I've received at least two or three dozen emails about this, so I finally got off my duff and am posting it: MSLinux.org has some interesting quotes on the sidebar, one in particular from someone you know from this site, and it's NOT me or Arc or Iambe or WebDiva. :) Check the site out, it's actually quite amusing. The Long and Financing Road: No new news here, just that things are progressing one step at a time. As soon as something substantial occurs, you'll hear about it here. Public Service Announcement: This in from Ilan Rabinovitch about the upcoming LUGFest in Simi Valley, California. On October 28, 2000 the Simi Conejo Linux Users' Group will be hosting LUG Fest III in Simi Valley, California. A LUG Fest is an opportunity for Linux users to demonstrate Linux (or other Open Source operating systems), Linux applications, attend seminars, and BOF (Birds Of a Feather) sessions. Additionally, Linux vendors may participate and show off their wares. SCLUG is looking for persons willing to demonstrate their favorite application, and vendors willing to show off their latest and greatest Linux wares. If you have got amazing and awesome skills with a Linux application such as GIMP, Samba, or any other Linux application, we would love to have you volunteer for a seminar. If you are a vendor with a cool Linux product, we would love you to have a table. LUG Fest II was twice the size of the original LUG Fest. People came from Orange County, Santa Barbara, Santa Clarita, the South Bay area, and all points in between in California, and from areas outside California as well. Many Linux vendors donated items for give aways and raffles. Several vendors who came with their wares were Corel, eLinux.com, VMware, Loki Entertainment, and Magic Software. We need YOUR help to make number III even better! LUG Fest is put together by a local Linux Users' Group and the main focus of the event is Linux. However we do welcome participants and attendees from other open source/free OS communities.
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