From tmh at cfl.rr.com Sun Aug 6 11:25:57 2006 From: tmh at cfl.rr.com (tmh at cfl.rr.com) Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:25:57 -0400 Subject: [buug] [ot] introduction Message-ID: Just joined the group; I'll introduce myself. My first name is Tim and I live in central Florida near Orlando. My vocation is as a business application programmer which I started in '66 by wire-wrapping boards for Univac 1004/1005s. I spent the next 14 years designing/writing big-iron financial applications: demand desposit, time deposit, installment loan. Since '81 I've specialized in designing/writing micro-iron vertical order processing applications for distribution businesses: automotive aftermarket, awards & presentations, pottery & landscaping. My hardware is limited to Intel/AMD powered computers on which I use FreeBSD and the Debian distribution of Linux. My current project is a web enabled horizontal order processing application using Apache and Linux/FreeBSD which you can test drive, if you wish, at my showroom at www.sababeach.net. I am retired excepting continued support for my order processing application. I join ix user groups as an enjoyable way to keep up with the state of ix software. From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Thu Aug 10 07:51:02 2006 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:51:02 -0700 Subject: [buug] Re: ... as a "participating group" for Linux Picnic? In-Reply-To: <20060804203749.GR3399@linuxmafia.com> References: <20060804203749.GR3399@linuxmafia.com> Message-ID: <1155221462.44db47d6e5b5c@webmail.rawbw.com> Can probably also add BUUG http://www.buug.org/ These days the majority of attendees of BUUG tend to use or prefer LINUX or some BSD flavor (e.g. OpenBSD) anyway. Quoting Rick Moen: > Question 1: Is there any reason we would _not_ want BAD to be > added to the list of "participating organisations" along with other > Bay Area LUGs? If, as I hope, there isn't, I'll be adding BAD to > the growing list on http://www.linuxpicnic.org/ . > > (If you're not familiar with the Linux Picnic aka "Picnix", it's a > social gathering and free BBQ feed put on every year on the approximate > anniversary of Linux's founding, at a park in Sunnyvale.) > > Question 2: Assuming we're participating, could someone add one of the > Linux Picnic logos to the BAD front page? (Michael?) Thanks. > http://www.linuxpicnic.org/twiki/bin/view/Picnix15/LinkToPicnx From kes at lifesabirch.org Thu Aug 10 09:59:35 2006 From: kes at lifesabirch.org (Alex Birch) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:59:35 -0700 Subject: [buug] [OT] Technical Support Analyst Jobs Message-ID: Please forward this to anyone who would be interested in the following job description: Primary Objective of Position: Under the direction of the Technical Services supervisor, the Technical Support Analyst is responsible for first and second level system support. Duties include providing on call support which may require after hours or weekend support of users; installing and maintaining desktop hardware and software; maintaining problem tracking databases; and developing operating instructions and support documentation. Special emphasis is given to constantly improving the call handling and resolution process. This is based in South San Francisco with a great company. Please contact me off the list if you're interested. Alex -- ~~ www.lifesabirch.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Thu Aug 10 21:06:43 2006 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:06:43 -0700 Subject: [buug] LinuxWorld, Debian@BALUG, BUUG, Picn*x15 Message-ID: <1155269203.44dc0253a2845@webmail.rawbw.com> FYI, The BALUG announcement is out: http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2006-August/000074.html Lots of stuff around LinuxWorld, including Debian at the BALUG meeting Tuesday evening. Woo Hoo - and there's also BUUG Thursday evening ... for wind-down/debriefing. ;-) Then "rest" one day on Friday, then more LINUX fun Saturday: Picn*x15 Baylands Park, Sunnyvale, CA http://www.linuxpicnic.org/ From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Wed Aug 23 20:47:23 2006 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:47:23 -0700 Subject: [buug] who wants to step up? In-Reply-To: <20060731065403.GV10196@primate.net> References: <20060727144454.GW30266@weak.org> <1154015491.44c8e103449dd@webmail.rawbw.com> <20060731065403.GV10196@primate.net> Message-ID: <1156391243.44ed214be8fa4@webmail.rawbw.com> Maybe just something relativeliy simple, e.g.: Maybe just change the mail form link on the BUUG page such that it gets e-mailed to myself and one other person (e.g. Larry or some other regular or semi-regular attendee/participant) so that generally speaking at least one of us would see the item in a relatively timely manner and attend to it. Or could replace that with a spam resistant alias that would then forward to us, e.g. text on the BUUG page, such as: " To contact us, send e-mail to: buug_contact NOSPAM AT buug DOT org (remove NOSPAM, change AT to @, remove the spaces, change the DOT to .) " Then if/when that e-mail address ever starts getting spammed significantly, we could then always "retire" that one and similarly construct a new forwarding alias. Quoting Aaron Porter: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 08:51:31AM -0700, Michael Paoli wrote: > > > Maybe Aaron could set up a forwarding alias on/under the buug.org > > domain, and that could then forward to the appropriate e-mail > > address(es). That would have the advantages of having a "fixed" > > group contact e-mail address for "users" to see/use, and would be > > relatively easy to change/update. > > Yes, certainly. Let me know what you want and how you want to > check it (forward on to your mail, imaps, mailman list...) From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Wed Aug 23 22:56:17 2006 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:56:17 -0700 Subject: [buug] [ot] introduction In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1156398977.44ed3f8158dcb@webmail.rawbw.com> Well, I think you'll find many of us BUUG folks are fans of Debian, OpenBSD, Ubuntu, and other flavors of LINUX, BSD, and also users of various UNIX flavors (and OS X, etc.). I think theoretically we're relatively flavor agnostic, ... but I think each of has our preferences. Hmmmm, I think I may still have a Univac placard, ... but never worked on 'em. or seen one in operation, though I've seen some of them before, ... but I've used a Teletype ASR33, ... even saved some programs to punched tape with them. There's also: http://linuxmafia.com/bale/ ... if you haven't already discovered it. Welcome to the group/list. Quoting Tim: > Just joined the group; I'll introduce myself. My first name is Tim > and I live in central Florida near Orlando. My vocation is as a > business application programmer which I started in '66 by > wire-wrapping boards for Univac 1004/1005s. I spent the next 14 years > designing/writing big-iron financial applications: demand desposit, > time deposit, installment loan. Since '81 I've specialized in > designing/writing micro-iron vertical order processing applications > for distribution businesses: automotive aftermarket, > awards & presentations, pottery & landscaping. > > My hardware is limited to Intel/AMD powered computers on which I use > FreeBSD and the Debian distribution of Linux. > > My current project is a web enabled horizontal order processing > application using Apache and Linux/FreeBSD which you can test drive, > if you wish, at my showroom at www.sababeach.net. > > I am retired excepting continued support for my order processing > application. I join ix user groups as an enjoyable way to keep up with > the state of ix software. From tmh at cfl.rr.com Thu Aug 24 06:47:04 2006 From: tmh at cfl.rr.com (tmh at cfl.rr.com) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:47:04 -0400 Subject: [buug] [ot] introduction Message-ID: >even saved some programs to punched tape with them. :). Haven't thought about paper tape in generations. My first real- world computer job was operating a GE210; only input devices were paper tape and mag tape. Splicing paper tape - those were the days. Thanks for the welcome. tim From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Sun Aug 27 00:47:44 2006 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:47:44 -0700 Subject: [buug] Perl utilities for UNIX/LINUX/... Message-ID: <1156664864.44f14e2075838@webmail.rawbw.com> Anyway, I put a few more Perl utilities for UNIX/LINUX/... that I wrote out there: http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/perl/ multichown and disable_users might be particularly handy in the systems administration realm. I'd already put the other items out there much earlier. references/excerpts: http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/perl/ news:1156663711.574609.98570 at i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com