{"id":4949,"date":"2011-08-28T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T20:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2016-11-03T10:49:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:49:49","slug":"ubuntu-california-at-picnx-20-and-android-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/2011\/08\/ubuntu-california-at-picnx-20-and-android-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu California at Picn*x 20 and Android cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I worked with Jack Deslippe to get everything together for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxpicnic.org\/twiki\/bin\/view\/Picnix20\/\">20th Linux Anniversary Linux Picn*x<\/a> in Sunnyvale, California.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday morning we were ready for the picnic! We arrived around 11AM and got the table set up:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/082011\/picnix_20_ubuntu_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/082011\/picnix_20_ubuntu_1_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/082011\/picnix_20_ubuntu_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/082011\/picnix_20_ubuntu_2_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It was the inaugural use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/UbuntuAtConferences\/ApprovedTeamGift\">Approved Team Gifts<\/a> from Canonical (Ubuntu banner and tablecloth) and my new Ocelot stuffed animal. I&#8217;m also really glad we went with the flowers again, I was able to pick these orange and purple ones from a flower stand 2 blocks from where I live, win!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/082011\/picnix_20_ubuntu_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/082011\/picnix_20_ubuntu_3_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Several of us who were working the table are also Android fans, so when my fiance got me an Android cookie cutter last month I knew I&#8217;d be using it to make cookies at the picnic, even if it was an Ubuntu booth, it was a Linux picnic!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cookie recipe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup butter or margarine (two sticks)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>3 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Mix together butter and sugar, and beat until light and fluffy.<\/p>\n<p>Beat in eggs and vanilla, add flour, salt and baking powder.<\/p>\n<p>Blend well.<\/p>\n<p>Chill 2 to 3 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Roll out balls of dough into sheets 1\/8 inches thick, cut with [Android!] cookie cutters.<\/p>\n<p>Bake at 350F degrees for 10 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frosting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup soft butter (1 stick)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cup confectioner&#8217;s sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla<\/li>\n<li>food coloring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Mix butter, confectioner&#8217;s sugar, and vanilla together until creamy.<\/p>\n<p>Mix in a couple of drops of [green!] food coloring<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These recipes made about two dozen Android cookies, I doubled the recipe to get the four dozen I brought to the picnic.<\/p>\n<p>There were also tables for SVPerl, Fedora, Haiku, the local Ham radio club and others. The weather was beautiful, I met some really interesting people and had some great sysadminy conversations and we gave out about 25 Ubuntu CDs to new, interested users.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/082011\/picnix_20_grill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/082011\/picnix_20_grill_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>More photos from the picnic are here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pleia2\/sets\/72157627409699667\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pleia2\/sets\/72157627409699667\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next? The California Team is busy these next few weeks!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 3: <a href=\"http:\/\/loco.ubuntu.com\/events\/ubuntu-california\/1198\/detail\/\">Ubuntu Global Jam, San Diego<\/a><\/li>\n<li>September 11: <a href=\"http:\/\/loco.ubuntu.com\/events\/ubuntu-california\/1208\/detail\/\">Solano Stroll 2011, Berkeley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be at the Solano Stroll and have an <a href=\"http:\/\/loco.ubuntu.com\/events\/ubuntu-california\/1209\/detail\/\">Ubuntu Hour in San Francisco<\/a> scheduled for Wednesday, September 14th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I worked with Jack Deslippe to get everything together for the 20th Linux Anniversary Linux Picn*x in Sunnyvale, California. Saturday morning we were ready for the picnic! 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