Before I woke up yesterday Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal” was released, and that could only mean one thing: That night we’d be having beers at Thirsty Bear! I met up with Grant Bowman prior to the event at a nearby coffee shop (the same one we use for San Francisco Ubuntu Hours) and around 6:30 […]
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April 28th San Francisco Natty Release Party
April 26th, 2011 by pleia2
We’ll be hosting a gathering at Thirsty Bear Brewing Company at 661 Howard Street in San Francisco on the evening of Thursday, April 28th to celebrate the release of Ubuntu 11.04, Natty Narwhal! Date: Thursday, April 28th Time: 7:30 – 9:30 PM Location: Thirsty Bear Brewing Company, 661 Howard Street, San Francisco 94105 (Map) RSVP/LoCo […]
SFMOMA How Wine Became Modern Exhibit
April 4th, 2011 by pleia2
On Saturday, when we should have been doing responsible things like filing mail and preparing for our vacation next week we instead decided to catch How Wine Became Modern exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which is closing on the 17th (so this was our last weekend to catch it). It’s almost […]
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Weekend food and California Academy of Sciences
March 29th, 2011 by pleia2
There was much delicious food this past weekend, I feel like I need to eat salad for a week. Friday I was lurking in the Shimmer Project channel when the conversation drifted from shimmery things and on to the subject of beer. Being a Friday this meant that I then had to go out for […]
Caligula teeth, Buena Vista, Streetcars, V-Day, Interview and Puerto Rico
February 16th, 2011 by pleia2
On Saturday morning we finally dropped Caligula off at the vet for his teeth cleaning. The bad news: His teeth were very bad, worse than the vet had anticipated. 3 of his 4 canines had to be removed and he’d already lost 3 of his lower incisors! Poor guy! The good news: Dental disease like […]
In which San Francisco parties for 4 days
November 6th, 2010 by pleia2
It sure was quite a week to live in San Francisco, plus we had lots of visitors! MJ’s father and father’s partner, Susana, were in town over the weekend, so on Friday night we joined them for dinner at Chaya on the Embarcadero. Saturday we met at Ferry Building for lunch and browsing of the […]
One Laptop per Child SF Community Summit 2010: Wrap-up
November 1st, 2010 by pleia2
I’m happy to report that the OLPCSF Community Summit 2010 on Oct 22-24th was an outstanding success! We had an excellent team of volunteers whose skills in a variety of different areas really came together under Sameer Verma’s lead and the attendees of the summit itself brought energy to the event that was palpable. On […]
San Francisco Mayor Proclaims October 23, 2010 OLPC Day
October 22nd, 2010 by pleia2
Tonight we launch our One Laptop per Child San Francisco Community Summit 2010 with an opening reception at 5PM. I’m so excited! But the big announcement today was that the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, has proclaimed that October 23, 2010 is One Laptop per Child Day in San Francisco! For more see the […]
OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2010
September 22nd, 2010 by pleia2
Back in April I went to a Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) meeting where Sameer Verma was doing a presentation titled One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Project: Plan, Updates, Direction, Participation (slides here). It was an inspiring presentation, Sameer’s excitement for the project was infectious and I asked a bunch of questions and attended […]
California Academy of Science, Cartoon Art Museum
September 3rd, 2010 by pleia2
Several months ago the Extreme Mammals exhibit opened at the California Academy of Science, on Saturday MJ and I finally took the opportunity to head down to see it. It was a beautiful day and we took MUNI over to Golden Gate Park. The Extreme Mammals exhibit itself was a real treat, the huge, the […]