I asked a friend of mine for some advice regarding “stuff to see in Vegas” and among her recommendations was to check out the MGM Tigers, along with a mention of tigers at the Mirage. Animals in Vegas? Cool! So I went searching for what other kinds of animals could be found in Vegas and […]
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Pink M&Ms!
July 9th, 2010 by pleia2
While in Las Vegas last weekend I checked out the original M&M’s World. 4 stories of M&Ms merchandise, insane! But most notable was the “My Color” Wall which has M&Ms in all kinds of crazy colors. Including pink! So of course I got some. Pink ones taste better than the other colors, of course.
Do you Ubuntu… with Penn and Teller?
July 8th, 2010 by pleia2
This past weekend I was in Las Vegas with my boyfriend for our 1 year anniversary (hooray!), and as a crazy huge fan of the duo, while I was there I had to see a Penn & Teller show! After the show they stood in the lobby for signing and photos, so I was able […]
Beer in Brussels!
May 22nd, 2010 by pleia2
I’ve wanted to visit Belgium ever since I had my first beer from Duvel back in 2001. The opportunity to go was unexpected this year, and as a result of the circumstances (attending the Ubuntu Developer Summit for Maverick Meerkat) I wasn’t able to spend my whole trip sampling beer and being a tourist, but […]
UDS Maverick Day 5
May 16th, 2010 by pleia2
Last day of UDS! – Community Roundtable – It was discussed that the LoCo Council will be formally deprecating the unmaintainable LoCo Team List wiki page in favor of loco directory. We also did some reviewing of good sessions throughout the week. – Ubuntu Women UDS-M Goals – The Ubuntu Women team has a full […]
UDS Maverick Day 4
May 16th, 2010 by pleia2
And on to day 4… – Community Roundtable – First off, Laura Czajkowski explained the LoCo Council healthcheck, a series of monthly Q&A sessions on IRC where the LoCo Council is available to answer questions from the community. The rest of the session was spent on smaller topics, including calendars on fridge, the idea of […]
UDS Maverick Day 3
May 13th, 2010 by pleia2
Day 3! – Community Roundtable – Once again started my day in the Community Roundtable discussion. Not much noteworthy to the outside world came of this, mostly just administrative loose ends that needed to be tied up, including touching base with Canonical about some things, changing some of the scheduled sessions (oh no, conflicts!), making […]
UDS Maverick Day 2
May 11th, 2010 by pleia2
Tuesday morning we were up bright and early for breakfast and the beginning of day 2 of UDS! As usual, the day for me started out over at the Community Roundtable. – Community Roundtable – In addition to being a general overview of the upcoming day, this roundtable really focused on the perception the community […]
Travel and UDS Maverick Day 1
May 10th, 2010 by pleia2
Saturday morning I woke up early to get to the airport on time and caught my flight out of San Francisco. The flight was slightly tense since I had to gate check my carry on (argh!) and further ash cloud problems were cancelling several flights out of the US that morning. I landed in Chicago […]
Nexus One, Ubuntu and leaving for Belgium
May 7th, 2010 by pleia2
Sunday was a pretty low-key day, which I really needed after all the release parties and events. MJ and I headed over to Kate O’Briens for lunch, turns out they have this *great* Corned Beef Quesadilla (yes, really). I then moved the SIM from my G1 to my new Nexus One. I had been reluctant […]