[Ubuntu Chicago] All the recent activity on the mailing list, my attempts at contributions.

[Max Luebbe]

Sounds good - some other decent books along that line:

Cathedral and the Bazaar - classic OSS literature
In the Beginning There Was the Command Line - interesting read on OS's 
by Neal Stephenson who is an amazing scifi writer (snow crash, 
cryptonomicon and a bunch of others) kinda dated because of the state of 
linux when he wrote it, and also that he's a BeOS fan. If I remember you 
can pick this up for under a buck on Amazon

Not so much a good one for strictly OSS/Linux topics but - The World is 
Flat by Thomas Friedman is an amazing read. Thomas Friedman is a really 
smart guy who writes for the NY Times - and the book is all about the 
effects of recent technology (in particular the internet) and how its 
forever changing the world and its economies. There are some lengthy 
passages about open-source and linux (the apache project is a favorite 
of his). Even if its not a pure Linux book, its a very enjoyable read 
and you'll come away with a whole new view towards a huge variety of 
subjects.

Nobody ever got stupider by reading, if anybody would be interested in a 
Ubuntu-Chicago book club of sorts (This could include non fiction- 
reference stuff if anybody is interested in learning technology xyz or 
programming language _______) I'd be down for heading it up.

Also, some other good news - I've got comcast coming out today to hook 
up cable internet at my apartment, which means at long last - the ports 
I need to be on IRC will be unblocked (finally off my building's 
ridiculous wireless network admin'd by some loser on a powertrip. (MAC 
authenticated, only ports 80 and the std email ports are unblocked...) 
Hope to see you all on there later!

-Max


Eddie Martinez wrote:
> I've been reading the mailing list for the past few days and I think
> the Chicago Loco is the most talented and potentially best Ubuntu/LUG
> out there. But then, again, we ARE in the Super Bowl (Go Bears) for a
> reason.
>
>
> I was in my usual internet groove the other day and an idea for a
> commercial popped into my mind, which involves Nixternal in several
> compromising positions ;-). It was actually more of less the approach
> of a regular computer user looking for a good computer system, which
> doesn't sound like much, but that's only because it's a rough sketch.
>
>
> I've been in contact with some art people for years, doing various
> side projects (music venues, movies, art shows blah) which I can try
> and tap into, I think someone mentioned graphics work?
>
> Has anyone seen Matt (RedDead)? I haven't heard from him in a month or
> two, I was wondering if anyone knew why he was MIA?
>
> I was also talking to Chadrius about possibly meeting up for lunch
> sometime in downtown Chicago, if anyone is interested, or maybe a
> bunch of us can get together Just for Fun? Just for Fun is a
> book/profile on and about Linus Torvalds which I picked up for 14
> books and was worth the $. I suggest it to everyone, or I'll share my
> copy.
>
> I think that's all I have, but I've been awake less then 25 minutes,
> so if anything else comes into mind, I will throw it up in IRC.
>
>
> Eddie Martinez
>
>