Re: Save the Planet!

2010-03-20 Thread Paul Gear
Melissa Draper wrote: > Greetings, > > I haven't done one of these calls for a while... > > Do you have a blog? Does it occasionally mention Ubuntu? > > If you answered yes to both of those questions, then congratulations! > Your blog qualifies for a listing on the Ubuntu Australian Team blog > syn

Lucid Lynx Release Party Melbourne?

2010-03-20 Thread Aryan Ameri
Is there a Victorian release party for Lucid Lynx? Would sure be nice to get to get together for this LTS release. Maybe Aubergine should be the theme? ;-) Cheers -- Aryan -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: ComputerBank (NSW or otherwise)

2010-03-20 Thread Michael
Thanks gentlemen. I'll check the links and number. Michael (k3lt01) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Save the Planet!

2010-03-20 Thread Dave Hall
Hi Paul, On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 17:14 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > Melissa Draper wrote: > > Do you have a blog? Does it occasionally mention Ubuntu? > > > > If you answered yes to both of those questions, then congratulations! > > Your blog qualifies for a listing on the Ubuntu Australian Team blog >

Re: Save the Planet!

2010-03-20 Thread Paul Gear
Dave Hall wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 17:14 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > >> Melissa Draper wrote: >> >>> Do you have a blog? Does it occasionally mention Ubuntu? >>> >>> If you answered yes to both of those questions, then congratulations! >>> Your blog qualifies for a listing

Re: ComputerBank (NSW or otherwise)

2010-03-20 Thread George Patterson
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Michael wrote: > Thanks gentlemen. I'll check the links and number. > > Michael (k3lt01) > Hi Michael, You could also try Computerbank Victoria. See http://computerbank.org.au/ for details. Regards George -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: ComputerBank (NSW or otherwise)

2010-03-20 Thread Michael
Thanks George -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: elections

2010-03-20 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 7 March 2010 15:53, Melissa Draper wrote: > On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 12:36 +1100, Scott Evans wrote: >> On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 09:37 +1100, peter baker wrote: >> > hey guys > > And gals, please :P I think he meant it in the unisex sense, which when used as a collective noun is quite socially accep

Re: elections

2010-03-20 Thread Melissa Draper
On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 23:36 +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On 7 March 2010 15:53, Melissa Draper wrote: > > On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 12:36 +1100, Scott Evans wrote: > >> On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 09:37 +1100, peter baker wrote: > >> > hey guys > > > > And gals, please :P > > I think he meant it in t

Re: Save the Planet!

2010-03-20 Thread Melissa Draper
On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 17:14 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > To those people who already have a blog on planet: it would be really > great if you could provide Melissa with a URL that filters out articles > on your blog that are not about Linux & Ubuntu. I grabbed the RSS feed > and found some stuff that

Re: elections

2010-03-20 Thread Matthew Rossi
It kind of reminds me of Italian grammar. Regardless of whether there are 99 women and only one man in a room, the masculine plural is used... Nonetheless, folks is a good word to use Regards, Matthew Rossi m...@pcpodcast.org +12539876413 +61488122990 Sent from my iPhone On 21/03/2010, at 12:

Re: Save the Planet!

2010-03-20 Thread Paul Gear
Melissa Draper wrote: > On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 17:14 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > >> To those people who already have a blog on planet: it would be really >> great if you could provide Melissa with a URL that filters out articles >> on your blog that are not about Linux & Ubuntu. I grabbed the RSS

Dyslexia & IRC

2010-03-20 Thread Paul Gear
Norm, VK3XCI wrote: > ... > Sorry I wasn't "at" the meeting. I'm dyslexic and found the random postings > VERY > hard to follow. Ended up printing out the log and going through it with a > couple > of hi-lighters. No way I could do it in real time! Hi Norm, Your comment got me thinking - i don

Brisbane Ubuntu Community Meeting - 7th February, 2010.

2010-03-20 Thread James Beake
A very late write-up from our most recent meeting. Enjoy. --- The second Brisbane Ubuntu community meeting was held at Gilhooley's Chermside, a typical Irish style pub. As I was the nominated meeting organiser for the event so I got there early, ordered a Kilkenny and sat back to wait for folks to

Re: Brisbane Ubuntu Community Meeting - 7th February, 2010.

2010-03-20 Thread AndrewG
Great write up James. Where are the photos On Mar 21, 1:09 pm, James Beake wrote: > A very late write-up from our most recent meeting. Enjoy. > > --- > The second Brisbane Ubuntu community meeting was held at Gilhooley's > Chermside, a typical Irish style pub. As I was the nominated meeting

Re: Dyslexia & IRC

2010-03-20 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
Hi Paul and others, I have in fact got a work-in-progress on this very issue. I've had sixty-something years to sort it out, and my "case" was pretty mild to start with. My son is not so lucky, 'tho' not as bad as some. Basically, looking at a printed page is chaos, literally, and requires some

Re: elections

2010-03-20 Thread Michael
On Mar 21, 12:52 pm, Melissa Draper wrote: > I find "Folks" to be a much more inclusive replacement. > > I'd also appreciate not have to defend my preference for women being > visible/women as opposed to invisible/"honorary guys" on this list. > > -- > Melissa Draper Folks is inclusive if your wi

Re: Brisbane Ubuntu Community Meeting - 7th February, 2010.

2010-03-20 Thread James Beake
Thanks Andrew. The photo is on its way with the post to AndrewS. He will add it to the website. James On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 1:39 PM, AndrewG wrote: > Great write up James. > Where are the photos > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/li

Re: elections

2010-03-20 Thread David Fawcett
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On 7 March 2010 15:53, Melissa Draper wrote: > > On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 12:36 +1100, Scott Evans wrote: > >> On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 09:37 +1100, peter baker wrote: > >> > hey guys > > > > And gals, please :P > > I think he meant it in t