The local Ubuntu group Ralph Janke initiated is here: https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-waterloo-region.

I will never admit to going to a Linux launch party. No siree. But if I had gone to a hackerspace party and been coerced into presenting something, I might have made some slides like these.

The zip file contains slide sources and configuration snippets. I am puttting them here because I don't want to make an account on the Kwartzlab wiki.

The deadline to make a submission to the Canadian Copyright consultations is September 13.
Richard pointed out a guide with astroturfing instructions: http://faircopy.ca/participate/.

This is the main consultation site: http://copyright.econsultation.ca/

This is my uninformed, blathering submission. It is less well-informed than an article published in the Waterloo Record. If I can make a submission, so can you!

Here are the slides (and sources) from the August 2009 presentation on syslog servers. The slides are released under a Creative Commons 2.5 Noncommercial ShareAlike licence. See the tarball for licencing of the different slide components.

Slides

Sources

Living Well Using Open Source

Are you sick of cleaning viruses and spyware off your computer? Are you tired of nagware, time-limited trials, and sketchy download sites with lots of pop-up ads?

Would you like to use software in a way that suits your needs and avoids treating you like a criminal?

Does the cost of computing deter you from developing new skills and exploring new interests on the computer?

Thanks to John Kerr for providing these. You are a rockstar!

I am trying to upload information about 58 Queen Street. Here is a picture!

Here is a map!

I am trying to update the meeting location page. Here is a picture!

Here is a map!

I couldn't figure out how to configure the Notification module to send out better subject headings, so I changed the module code. The file to change is in modules/notify/notify.module .

This blog entry is intended to trigger a notification.

If you are one of the 11 people who signed up for notifications independently you may notice some problems. Unfortunately I am a terrible programmer, so I think the code I hacked to make the notification e-mail subject threadable has lots of bugs.