Michael Meffie

Ohio LinuxFest 2010 - it’s a wrap

mike — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:23:49 +0000

Well, we had a superb turnout for this year’s Ohio LinuxFest. Once again I helped work the registration desk with Phil Farris and a slew of other eager volunteers. We processed over a 1000 check-ins by late Saturday afternoon without any major malfunctions. There was a steady stream of people all day Friday and Saturday and everybody seemed to be having a great time. Sadly, I was not able to stay for the LinuxFest after-party this year. I’m sure it will be a heck of a party.

Ohio LinuxFest 2010 - September 10-12, 2010

mike — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:06:34 +0000

The next Ohio LinuxFest is less than a month away. Where does the time go? Maddog will be back for for this event, which is great news. We have a great line up of speakers and an entire track dedicated to open-source software for the medical industry. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Columbus. Be sure to register today.

EJ

mike — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:23:02 +0000

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Rest in peace,
Ed Frank
August 24, 1966 - December 8, 2009

Ohio LinuxFest 2009

mike — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:29:03 +0000

The OhioLinuxFest will be held on September 25th to the 27th 2009 in Columbus, Ohio.

This year’s theme is “40 years of UNIX” - keynote speakers are Doug McIlroy, the man who invented UNIX pipes, and Shawn Powers, Associate Editor of Linux Journal. It’s not just a look back; there are presentations on Drupal, Ruby on Rails, using Python for system administration, Samba, web application security, and many more subjects likely to be useful to you in running your Linode.

As noted, basic registration (aka the Enthusiast package) is free, and gets you into the Early Penguins’ Track talks and pre-party on Friday as well as the main event and after party on Saturday. Springing for the $65 Supporter package also gets you the cool t-shirt and lunch on Saturday. If that isn’t enough, you can opt for the $350 Professional package adding OLFU training where you can pick an LPI cram session or courses on disaster recovery, LDAP, spam filtering, and more. Any novices you bring along may be interested in the $250 Quick Start package which gets them a computer pre-installed with Ubuntu and instruction in getting started with Linux.

The schedule of events will help you sort out all your options. You can sign up for the free Enthusiast package initially and later upgrade to one of the others (deadline is noon, Friday September 18). You’ll also want to book your hotel room ASAP before they sell out.

Sunday offers the Diversity in Open Source workshop and the opportunity to take the LPI or BSDA certification tests.

There’s a lot going on, but you are free to pick and choose the days and subjects based on your availability and interest. As far as I am able I will answer questions on scheduling and options in this thread, or for a definitive answer you can reach the organizers.

See you in Columbus.

Registration is Open for Ohio LinuxFest 2009

mike — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:16:42 +0000

The Ohio LinuxFest will be held on the weekend of September 25, 2009 in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Registration is now open for attendees. Once again, a Supporter and Professional level registration packages are available to help support the event.

OLPC Laptop Arrived

mike — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:02:02 +0000

OLPC is running the get one/give one program again this year, and this time I didn’t want to miss out. I ordered the xo laptop at Amazon and it arrived one day later (even with standard shipping). So far, I have been very pleased with the device. The main reason I purchased the xo is I wanted a very portable machine with a sunlight viewable screen. I spend much of my time in ssh, so I dont need a powerful machine. Of course the main drawback of the xo is the keyboard, which is about completely unusable to my fat fingers. Fortunately, external usb keyboards work fine, and so I’m using a spare keyboard for the time being. I will look into buying a small but usable keyboard.

Geek joke of the day

mike — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:31:30 +0000

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says “You’re all idiots”, and pours two beers.

Ohio LinuxFest this weekend

mike — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:03:24 +0000

It’s hard to believe it’s already time for the sixth Ohio LinuxFest. Beth Lynn Eicher went above and beyond this year. The LinuxFest just would have not happened if it wasn’t for her leadership, time, and energy. The Open Source and Free Software community owe her a great deal of gratitude.

I hope to see you in Columbus this weekend.

Ohio LinuxFest Call for Paper Deadline Looms

mike — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:24:00 +0000

The deadline for the Ohio LinuxFest Call for Papers is August 15th. Please consider submitting an application if you would like to present at this year’s conference. Topics related to free and open source software will be considered.

Ohio LinuxFest 2008 will be on October 11, 2008

mike — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:13:03 +0000

It is official, the next Ohio LinuxFest will be on October 11, 2008 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, in downtown Columbus Ohio. This will be the sixth annual LinuxFest. We all owe a huge thank you Beth Lynn Eicher and Greg Boehnlein for securing the venue for this year’s event, as well for all the work they have done to make the Ohio LinuxFest a huge success.