The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter has been in a state of flux since the Editor in Chief had to step down. I worked with Nathan Handler over the weekend to get Issue 218 out the door today covering much of December and it gave me a taste of how challenging and time-consuming the task was (and […]
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Ubuntu Hour, Ubuntu upgrades at CACS with Partimus
January 1st, 2011 by pleia2
On Thursday I wrapped up work and MJ and I headed down to Palo Alto for an Ubuntu Hour at Antonio’s Nut House. It ended up being a great venue for the meeting, we got a booth right near the door, it was relatively quiet, the food was good and we had plenty of space […]
Ubuntu-California.org Launched!
December 21st, 2010 by pleia2
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working with James Tatum to launch a website for Ubuntu California at ubuntu-california.org. This is a project which has been discussed several times over the years: Does the team need a site? What would it contain? Where would it be hosted? Who would be responsible for it? In […]
Review: ZaReason Strata Pro 15 Laptop
December 19th, 2010 by pleia2
With the exception of my netbook, I have never owned a new laptop. In the recent past I’ve tinkered with the beloved old Pentium 2 Inspiron 7000 series laptops, of which I ended up with 3 of in varying states of disrepair, and my current laptop is a Pentium 3 Compaq Presario, which primarily runs […]
Partimus on TV and fundraiser
December 16th, 2010 by pleia2
I was recently brought on the board of the non-profit Partimus, which provides repurposed computers running free software (currently Ubuntu and related apps) to students and schools which need them. The organization currently has six deployments across the Bay Area. Following a press release last month (Albert G. Stoll, Jr. | A Law Corp. partners […]
Pink Android phone cozy
December 15th, 2010 by pleia2
In my last post I mentioned that I had ordered a pink and magenta case from freshonmondays’ Etsy shop. It arrived today! It’s really nice, and she does custom colors and makes modifications based on your model of phone. My Nexus One is happy in its new home.
Computer Engineer Barbie has a penguin
December 10th, 2010 by pleia2
I voted for it and I was pretty excited when I heard about Computer Engineer Barbie becoming a reality. I pre-ordered mine (product page here) as soon as I could and finally received it today! Unfortunately work tore me away from my new toy and I sat it next to my desk. Then, while doing […]
California Ubuntu Hour * 5 + Debian
November 9th, 2010 by pleia2
This month the Ubuntu California team has really embraced the Ubuntu Hour, we have a whopping 5 planned across the state the next 10 days! Tomorrow night I’ll be hosting the San Francisco one. San Francisco Ubuntu Hour Time & Date: Wednesday, November 10th @ 6-7PM Location: The Roastery, 199 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco […]
November Bay Area Geeknic
November 9th, 2010 by pleia2
Late last week Melissa Draper spent a couple nights at our home at the tail end of her visit to San Francisco. Friday evening we headed up to Ghirardelli Square for some ice cream sundaes. Then, having finished dessert, we headed back home to meet up with MJ to go out to dinner for a […]
It’s official, over 5% of Ubuntu Members are women!
November 2nd, 2010 by pleia2
Today I’m delighted to announce that it’s official: There are currently 625 Ubuntu Members and at least 32 of them are women, which means over 5% of Ubuntu Members are women! We hate turning people into numbers, but late last year it was decided by the Ubuntu Women Project that we’d start tracking metrics of […]