SPUG: More Perl in the News: Why Six Apart is buying LiveJournal
David Innes (CSG)
davidinnes at chicagoscience.com
Thu Jan 6 16:13:32 CST 2005
According to a LiveJournal press release:
"Why is Six Apart buying LiveJournal? Lots of reasons:
* Our companies are more alike than different.
* We both use Perl.
<snip>"
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/news/82926.html?style=mine
---
In a world increasingly dominated by PHP (according to my informal bookstore
shelf-space board-foot index) it's good to know that a majority of bloggers
have their heads (or at least their host software) in the right place.
-- David Innes
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From: spug-list-bounces at mail.pm.org [mailto:spug-list-bounces at mail.pm.org]
On Behalf Of Ken Meyer
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 9:57 AM
To: SPUG; SeaBUG; Seattle Linux List; SeaSLUG-list-ALL; Seattle SAGE-Members
Subject: SPUG: October 9th GSLUG Meeting: Unix Apps for Doc Creation;Sound
Record & Edit Using Audacity
The October 2004 meeting of the Greater Seattle Linux Users Group (GSLUG)
will be held this Saturday, October 9th, starting promptly at 10:00 AM
on the North Seattle Community College campus.
Please feel free to forward this announcement as appropriate.
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We are confirmed to use room IB 3319. For directions, see the meetings
page: http://www.gslug.org/meeting.html
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The presentation topics will be:
* 10:00am - Overview of Document Formats Available Under Unix,
Including an Introduction to LyX for Easy Writing
By Jeremy Reed
This presentation will be an overview, with examples, of standard
documentation formats available under Unix, including nroff (and the
mandoc macro), DocBook, LaTeX, and others. Some document
processing and conversion tools will also be described.
Use of the LyX document editor for easy document creation will be
introduced. LyX is a full-featured graphical front-end for LaTeX, and
can be used to generate books, articles, reports, etc. The presentation
will cover some of the standard uses of LyX, its common features,
how to get started using it, and examples of the generation of
ready-to-print documents.
The audience will be encouraged to share their experiences and advice
with document generation under Unix.
Jeremy C. Reed's Bio:
Jeremy is a journalist, Unix instructor and consultant (for Puget Sound
Technology), and open source advocate.
http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/
http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
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* 11:15am - Audacity
By Matt Brubeck
Audacity is a free (GPL) audio recorder and multi-track sound editor.
Audacity is built on the cross-platform wxWidgets framework, and is
available for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows. It is designed for ease of
use, and efficient editing of large files with unlimited undo.
Presentation topics include:
* Introduction to Audacity, with demonstrations of recording,
mixing, and editing.
* The developer's view: under the hood of Audacity.
* Experiences with cross-platform development.
* Legal hurdles, including licensing, MP3 patent issues, and
trademark issues.
* Preview of recent developments in Audacity CVS.
The Audacity web site: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Matt Brubeck's Bio:
Matt Brubeck is one of the maintainers of the free (GPL) Audacity
sound editor for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows. He also maintains
the Debian package of Audacity, and is currently in the Debian
"New Maintainer" process.
http://advogato.org/person/mbrubeck/
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The typical GSLUG meeting agenda is as follows:
10:00 AM First Presentation
11:00 AM Break
11:10 AM Raffle Quiz
11:15 AM Second Presentation
12:15 PM Break
12:30 PM Raffle prizes giveaway
12:35 PM GSLUG announcements and business, including
discussion of potential future presentation
topics
Announcements from attendees
Requests for assistance with
trouble-shooting and
installations desired during the ensuing
Workshop session
1:00 PM-ish Formal meeting is adjourned; Workshop and
social networking opportunities begin,
including:
* Installation and trouble-shooting assistance
For recommendations on preparations to maximize the
probability of a successful outcome, it is recommended
that you consult the "What to Bring" topic, way down the
page at:
http://www.gslug.org/meeting.html
* Potential break-out discussions about interest-group
activities
* Informal PGP key signing
* Talking, chatting, blathering, etc, etc.
4:00 pm End of meeting
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