{"id":5724,"date":"2012-02-17T09:48:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T17:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2016-11-03T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:46:18","slug":"linaro-dinner-ubuntu-and-debian-evening-and-saving-pangolins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/2012\/02\/linaro-dinner-ubuntu-and-debian-evening-and-saving-pangolins\/","title":{"rendered":"Linaro Dinner, Ubuntu and Debian Evening and Saving Pangolins"},"content":{"rendered":"

On February 5th several people from the Ubuntu California<\/a> team headed over to Redwood City for dinner with Ubuntu-loving attendees from the Linaro Connect<\/a> conference.<\/p>\n

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It was Super Bowl Sunday so we lucked out at a pizzeria that lacks a television – they seemed to be doing a brisk delivery service but the restaurant was pretty empty! Thanks again to Chris Johnston<\/a> for contacting me prior to the event to arrange a time so I could find a venue and we could organize this.<\/p>\n

I also hosted had another Ubuntu Hour<\/a> and Debian Dinner<\/a> evening the following evening. It was a lot of fun, even managed a small GPG keysigning at dinner.<\/p>\n

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Finally, I<\/a> love<\/a> animals<\/a>, but I didn’t know what a pangolin was until Mark Shuttleworth announced<\/a> Precise Pangolin as the 12.04 release name. He explains his selection of the pangolin:<\/p>\n

Now, I’ve recently spent a few hours tracking a pangolin through the Kalahari. I can vouch for their precision \u00e2\u20ac\u201c there wasn’t an ant hill in the valley that he missed. Their scales are a wonder of detail and quite the fashion statement. I can also vouch for their toughness; pangolin’s regularly survive encounters with lions. All in all, a perfect fit. There’s no sassier character, and no more cheerful digger, anywhere in those desert plains. If you want a plucky partner, the pangolin’s your match.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What an interesting creature! Now I haven’t yet met one (San Diego Zoo does have some tree pangolins<\/a>, but that’s pretty far from here), but I have had a chance to learn about them over these past few months. The first thing that is abundantly clear is that they’re now endangered due to loss of habitat and poaching.<\/p>\n

The SavePangolins.org<\/a> site is an aggregation of information about pangolins and organizations that folks can donate to to help the preservation of them and other animals sharing their Asian and African habitats.<\/p>\n

I bought a spiffy t-shirt<\/a>, 100% of profits go to support pangolin conservation.<\/p>\n

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The pangolin toy came from Amazon.com<\/a>, great for booths when people ask what a pangolin is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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