Ubuntu-Chicago Speak Up

[Max Luebbe]

I've been busy moving to a new apt and doing contact work all over the
place.

I'd be for a hackathon/intro. to python. Python would be a good choice
cause its powerful, yet forgiving for beginners and is the lingua franca
for Ubuntu.

I was a CS TA at a state university for three semesters, so I'd be down
to organize it if there was sufficient interest.

I also think it would be amazing if the next time we have a meeting, we
do it somewhere accessable by mass trans, and located closer to the
city.

-Max


On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 12:16 -0500, RJ Marsan wrote:
> > What have I been up to?  Well here are a few goals I'm sorta-kinda
> working on:
> > Get a girlfriend (Lol!)
> 
> HEY ME TOO!
> 
> On 9/1/06, Eric O'Neal <fyedernoggersnodden at gmail.com> wrote:
>         I just started college (Computer Science major).  My Comp.
>         Sci. 1 course is going to be a breeze, being begginers C++ and
>         UNIX shell usage.  My professor is a true "guru" though, and
>         the class is small, so I expect to learn alot on the side
>         (Already have, in fact -- he likes to ramble about complex
>         things :-P). 
>          
>         What have I been up to?  Well here are a few goals I'm
>         sorta-kinda working on:
>          
>         Program an OS with a TCP/IP stack and HTTP server [over the
>         next four years]
>         Get the most of school (Got some awesome philosophy-type
>         classes, if you're a thinker)
>         Program a filing system database and implement OCR for my job
>         on campus
>         Get a Mac (I'll dual-boot Ubuntu, don't worry!)
>         Convert Fedora's man pages to XML and create a web archive of
>         them (On of their "bounties" for un-engaged projects)
>         Get a girlfriend (Lol!)
>          
>         I'd be highly intersted in that file system design thing -- I
>         want to make one eventually for my yet stagnant OS design
>         aspirations, but haven't a clue where to start.
>          
>         Siggy
>          
>         
>         
>         
>         On 9/1/06, Rich Johnson <nixternal at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>         
>         On Thursday 31 August 2006 23:30, John Quigley wrote: 
>         > Rich, et. al.:
>         > > Cool John, welcome to the group. 
>         >
>         > Thank you, sir!  Sorry for not making my presence known
>         earlier, I
>         > should have introduced myself when I subscribed.
>         >
>         > > I just hooked up with the CoD LUG, just tonight actually
>         since I am 
>         > > taking some classes there and they are quite close.
>         >
>         > Tell them the Chicago LUG sends a hearty "hello!"
>         >
>         > > Anywho, i know you are a  hacker, and we have a lot of
>         guys that 
>         > >
>         >  > want to learn, so a future hackfest might be in order ;)
>         >
>         > I've been known to take a turn or two with code, and I'd
>         particularly
>         > love to help in organizing a hack fest.  We could tackle
>         some systems 
>         > project specific in the Ubuntu domain, and divvy out jobs so
>         that we
>         > could get everyone (even non-coders) involved.
>         >
>         > The Chicago LUG just had a successful Hack-a-thon this
>         summer where we
>         > designed and wrote a file system in a single day: it's lots
>         of fun and a
>         > good bonding experience.
>         >
>         > Regards,
>         > John Quigley
>         
>         John,
>         
>         That might be what the doctor ordered. I know some of the guys
>         who are 
>         developers just yet are very interested, but don't want to be
>         left out. I
>         think something like this would be a great learning
>         experience, that I know I
>         sure could use as well. I always said, I can read the code,
>         just can't speak 
>         it clearly yet. But hopefully these C++, C#, and Python
>         courses will help fix
>         that ;)
>         
>         I'm sure the guys here would be interested in learning more
>         about a hack fest,
>         even if it wasn't distro dependent. Thanks again John, and I
>         will pass the 
>         news on to the CoD LUG, which it seems some of them have made
>         it out to your
>         past events as well. Talk to you soon.
>         
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