As I’ve mentioned in some other posts, I’ve been trying to hit the major tourist destinations in the Philly area before my move. Last weekend the Rodin Museum was at the top of my list, but then when I popped into the #plug channel waltman suggested I check out the Italian Market in south Philly. […]
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Italian Market, Rodin and Art Museums
January 29th, 2010 by pleia2
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Ubuntu Community Learning Project Update
January 29th, 2010 by pleia2
On Monday the 11th The Ubuntu Community Learning Project (UCLP) held a meeting to review our progress through and since the holidays. The UCLP is attempting to make professional education course materials, because we believe that education is one of the biggest barriers to getting new users and increasing existing users abilities. We are working […]
Ubuntu User Day Success!
January 23rd, 2010 by pleia2
We just wrapped up our first Ubuntu User Day! Now, whose idea was it to have our first Ubuntu User Day last 15 hours? What a day! A 1 hour introduction, plus 13 instructors teaching 14 classes in #ubuntu-classroom! Thanks to our awesome crew for making this long day fun one, and for doing such […]
Philly Zoo and more move preparations
January 23rd, 2010 by pleia2
Last weekend my mother was visiting. We ended up spending much of the visit just relaxing, went out to dinner a couple of times, I introduced her to Firefly and she ended up borrowing Tru Calling after she started watching it while I was working on Monday. We did end up heading down to the […]
Pink USB Cable
January 23rd, 2010 by pleia2
More pink! A couple weeks ago friend of mine, knowing of my love for pink electronics and gadgets, sent me a pink USB cable. So here’s my pink mini9 charging my pink G1, with my brand new pink (ok, the photo makes it look more purple than it is) USB cable :) Thanks again, Fabian!
The Mercer Museum
January 16th, 2010 by pleia2
I’ve been trying to visit some of the local attractions I’ve missed while living here. I know as soon as I move away I’ll realize there are a hundred other things I wanted to see before I left, I’ll just have to see those when I come back for visits! One of the things on […]
Ubuntu User Day on January 23rd
January 15th, 2010 by pleia2
Yesterday Chris Johnston announced the upcoming Ubuntu User Day. From the announcement (emphasis is mine): The Ubuntu User Days Team would like to announce the first Ubuntu User Day, on January 23, 2010. This will be a very informative one day session geared towards beginner and intermediate Ubuntu users, as well as people who are […]
New Leader for the Ubuntu Women Project
January 15th, 2010 by pleia2
This morning I had the pleasure of announcing the appointment of the new leader of the Ubuntu Women project as selected by the Community Council. Congratulations to Amber Graner for being selected for this role! The leadership nominations process for this first formal project leader was outlined here. We were fortunate to have three fantastic […]
NYE and since
January 11th, 2010 by pleia2
I had a fantastic time with MJ while he was visiting over New Years. To celebrate we met up with some friends in Old City Philadelphia for dinner at Triumph Brewing. I had been to their location in New Hope never been to the one in Philadelphia, and I have to say I prefer their […]
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2009 was…
January 2nd, 2010 by pleia2
Full of freedom, adventure, travel, love, success, independence and fun. Sprinkled with just a bit of heartbreak, loss, failure and confusion. In all, the good far weighed out the unfortunate, it was a good year. Looking forward to 2010 being even better!
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