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

[Freddy Martinez]

http://arstechnica.com/articles/columns/linux/linux-20070128.ars
I like the idea of a book sharing thing. secondly, Friendman used to write
for the NY Times, he is now dead. My apologies for the short emails, I have
been really busy. More details on my blog, or check the planet.
planet.chi.ubuntu-us.org

On 2/3/07, Max Luebbe <max.luebbe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> >
>
>
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Freddy Martinez
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