Paul, after reading that opening paragraph I'm going to suggest that you take a day off.. go for a walk, smell the flowers, that sort of thing... your friends care about you! You've been working too hard!<div><br></div><div>I wanted to go to that meeting, but unfortunately I have to be in Stratford that night. I look forward to the film at 11...</div><div><br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat Jan 31 2015 at 1:20:05 AM Paul Nijjar <<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Just as penguins makes us think of penguin pee which makes us think of<br>
Linus Torvalds which makes us think of Linux, the first thing that<br>
comes to mind when one utters the phrase "application virtualization"<br>
are whales -- specifically, whales carrying boxes on their backs.<br>
Like whales, containerized applications are plentiful in our world,<br>
and make valuable contributions to the world's computing ecosystems. Noted<br>
marine biologist Tim Laurence has spent a significant fraction of his<br>
life -- like, three months -- studying the implications of whales<br>
carrying boxes on their backs. This month he will share his<br>
findings with us by telling us all about Docker, a trendy application<br>
virtualization platform that allows us to package and ship<br>
applications that can be run anywhere, but are more lightweight than<br>
traditional operating system virtualization methods. Tim's<br>
presentation will start around 7pm.<br>
<br>
In offtopic news, the laptop rescue project continues at Computer<br>
Recycling. The next project day is Saturday Feb 7, from 4-8pm. If you<br>
would like to participate, please contact me offlist.<br>
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And that's it for this edition of stretched metaphor meeting<br>
announcements. February's stretched metaphor meeting will be held at<br>
the usual location:<br>
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St John's Kitchen<br>
97 Victoria Street North<br>
(at the corner of Victoria and Weber)<br>
Kitchener<br>
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For maps and photos of the location, visit <a href="http://kwlug.org/sjk" target="_blank">http://kwlug.org/sjk</a> .<br>
Park your sailing ships in the thrift store parking lot, and your<br>
dinghies along the side of the building.<br>
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Doors open around 6:30pm, and setup helpers are always welcome.<br>
The meeting starts at 7pm.<br>
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- Paul<br>
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