Meetings

Meeting / 2009 - 05 Template:Meetings:Vitals placeholder Itinerary Presentations << Presentation (1) >> “Hypertext and Computer-Augmented-Thought (Xanadu and NLS)” By Matthew (Karamoon) Matthew (Karamoon) will give an overview of hypertext with reference to the work of Ted Nelsons and Doug Engelbart. Key concepts such as intertwingularity, transclusion, virtuality, linking and tumblers will be covered, as well as their relation to human-computer-interaction and augmentation. << Break >> Short break (maybe) << Presentation (2) >> “Semantic Web: Information wants to be useful” By Nicolas Raoul ...

Meeting / 2009 - 07 Template:Meetings:Vitals placeholder Itinerary Presentations << Presentation (1) >> “All your base are belong to us” by Marty Pauley Marty Pauley will talk about network security. In Marty's words "It's great to have a net connection almost everywhere. But when you read your email, are you the only one reading it? And while you may be happy with Google tracking your every move on the web, what about that guy sitting three rows behind you?" ...

Meeting / 2009 - 09 Template:Meetings:Vitals placeholder Itinerary Presentations << Presentation (1) >> “Using the shell effectively” By Zev Blut Zev will give a talk/demo/workshop about using the unix shell more effectively. His talk will include effective shell navigation with readline and history. "After a nice schooling about some shell navigation techniques at RubyKaigi, I figured I should share the love." Please bring your laptops! presentation slides << Break >> Short break (maybe) ...

Meeting / 2009 - 11 Template:Meetings:Vitals placeholder Itinerary Presentations << Presentation (1) >> “OpenBlockS 600 - an embedded Linux server made in Japan” By Martin Killmann and Daisuke Uraki Martin Killmann and Daisuke Uraki from Plat'Home, Japan's first Linux company, will introduce their latest embedded Linux server. The OpenBlockS 600 is a robust machine for network monitoring and many other server tasks. << Break >> Short break (maybe) << Presentation (2) >> “Programming Language Survey: Haskell” By Travis Cardwell ...

Meeting / 2010 - 01 Template:Meetings:Vitals placeholder Itinerary Presentations << Presentation >> “Revision Control for Managing Configuration Files, Part I” By Curt Sampson and Stephen Turnbull This month, Curt Sampson and Steve Turnbull will talk about revision control and how to apply it to managing Linux system configuration. We will describe what revision control is, show examples of at least two revision control systems (RCS and Git), explain what the issues are when using these to manage Linux system configuration files, and introduce etckeeper, which addresses those issues. ...

Meeting / 2010 - 03 Template:Meetings:Vitals placeholder Itinerary We will be running an Open Space style meeting[1]. Our theme for this gathering is The Tokyo Linux User Group, where we have been and where we are going this year. 1. http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm << OPENING >> Introduction of new members << AGENDA SETTING >> << OPEN SPACE >> << ANNOUNCEMENTS >> News about Linux/Open Source, general announcements, Q&A Auction (bring any gear that would would like to donate to TLUG) Elections for Position of Vice President << OPEN SPACE >> << CLOSING >>

from 12 What happened on 10th of September? Food Place All you can eat Mexican in Shibuya. Meeting Place Ed's apartment and Linux pleasure palace. Thanks Ed! Crazed Members Present Andrew “Nori” Nishigaya anishi@twics.com Craig Oda craig@twics.com Steve Casmar casmar@twics.com Ed Harter eharter@twics.com Rainer Mager forejin@twics.com Jim Tittsler jwt@twics.com Summary of events After eating Mexican food till we were sick, we travelled to Ed's place and popped open a few beers. After the first one, Rainer sat down in front of Ed's computer and decided to reformat Ed's disk and install Linux again from scratch. Since Rainer was doing pretty well with his beer, we let him. Surprisingly, the installation went smoothly. ...

from 1,2 What happened on 30th October? Food Place Serene splendor of Inogashira Koen. We watched children frolic in the park while eating chicken and talking about Linux. Meeting Place Jim's (JWT) radio-bombarded electronic wonderland and Linux development center. Thanks Jim! Crazed Members Present Nori Nishigaya anishi@twics.com Craig Oda craig@twics.com James Ellison jellison@twics.com Jim Tittsler jwt@twics.com Summary of events After stumbling into each other at the 0101 binary shop in Kichijoji, we rambled over to the Kernel's finest for some Southern chicken-flavored grease and chips, mochikaeri, and ate at Inogashira Koen. ...

from 1 What happened in December? Food Place The hacker's gastronomic delight of three large pizzas from Dominos Pizza: salmon, shrimp, and assorted seafood pepperoni pineapple and canadian bacon We enjoyed the cuisine with an especially fine year of Coca-Cola in the head offices of Cyber-Technologies International amidst a herd of over a half-dozen Linux machines. Meeting Place Linux heaven! The CTI head offices with Linux machines coming out of the walls. ...

from 1 What happened in February? Food Place We did the hacker special and bought food at a convenience store and took it to the CTI office: Meeting Place Linux heaven! The CTI head offices with Linux machines coming out of the walls. Crazed Members Present Nori Nishigaya anishi@cyber.ad.jp, Craig Oda craig@twics.com, Steve Casmar casmar at twics.com, Jim Tittsler jwt at shrine.cyber.ad.jp, Mario Basa mbasa at twics.com, Summary of events We got Xanim to display QuickTime videos. :-) The hot topic was CGI scripts and we decided to talk about it a bit more at the next meeting. People were rapping about Perl and HTML. JWT showed us a cool Perl script that crawled through everyone's directory and created an index of home pages. ...