Whitespace opening soon in Ghent!

Just got read this mail on the Ubuntu-be mailinglist and thought it would be a nice idea to post it here too 🙂

A bit off topic for this list, but there are a lot of ubuntu/fos-users
in the space,
so I assumed this can be interesting for ubuntu users.

Whitespace would like to invite you to its opening weekend 19-21 March.

When: From Friday 19th of March to Sunday the 21st.

Where: Blekerijstraat 75, Gent, Belgium

Whitespace is the first hackerspace in Ghent and will be opening its doors
for the first time on the weekend of 19-21 March. The space is ready for
launch, but far from finished: we’ve got a roof, multiple walls,  and some
cat5 and now we need more people to have fun with.

Don’t know what a “hackerspace” is? Check http://hackerspaces.org 😉

We hope to see you drop by.

The (dynamic) agenda[0]:
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Friday:
20:00: Opening drink, see the space, meet the locals, fun hacker partygames.

Saturday:
14:00 : OpenWRT presentation: a big os for small devices.
15:00 : Flashing for fun & profit:
1 Bring your compatible wireless router[1]
2 Flash it! (don’t worry we’ll walk you trough).
3 …
4 Profit!
17:00 : Everything you always wanted to know about IPv6 but were afraid to ask.
18:00 : Open recipe burgers (with secret sauce).
21:00 : Evening entertainment: Powerpoint karaoke hosted by fs111.
After that : something involving liquids.

Sunday:
12:00 Hungry-Hacker is hungry. Breakfast.
15:00 lightning talks:
Such diverse subjects as: Google summer of code, The talk too trollish to
mention, How to get  yourself a lot of work that you didn’t plan by being
creative, Something about something, Awesome talk will be awesome, …
(open stage, schedule will be on the wiki, add your lightning talk there)

Registration:
Is not necessary but it would be nice to give us an idea on how many of you
to expect so we have enough chairs and secret sauce.
Please add your name: http://www.doodle.com/bg5x7xrbcg5z9h8q
Feel free to invite your friends.

[0] Keep an eye on http://0x20.be/ for the latest agenda updates,
and maybe follow the bird on http://twitter.com/HSGhent
[1] http://wiki.openwrt.org/oldwiki/tableofhardware


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It’s there:

Grotere kaart weergeven

Going to Fosdem 2010

FOSDEM, the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European MeetingIt’s finally there. The 10th edition of Fosdem.
For the people whom don’t know Fosdem (yet):It’s the finest free and non-commercial event where FOSS developers and communities can meet.There are a lot of interesting talks and demo’s, food, drinks, booths, and if you search good enough you might encounter a (real) girl.
And the best thing… it’s in Belgium :)Here’s a list of talks I’d like to attend

Saturday

  • 11:45 to 12:30 Evil On the Internet

    This talk will show you live examples of these sites, explain how they work, and tell you what we currently know about the criminals who operate them.
    There’s a lot of evil things on the Internet if you know where to look for them. Phishing websites collect banking credentials; mule recruitment websites entice people into money laundering; fake escrow sites defraud the winners of online auctions; fake banks hold the cash for fake African dictators; and there are even Ponzi scheme websites where (almost) everyone knows that they’re a scam. This talk will show you live examples of these sites, explain how they work, and tell you what we currently know about the criminals who operate them.

  • 13:15 to 13:45 Mozilla Europe

    General Introduction followed by an update on the work of Mozilla in Europe.

  • 13:45 to 14:00 Mozilla Foundation

    Latest MoFo news and projects.

  • 15:30 to 16:30 HTML5
  • Continue reading Going to Fosdem 2010

Ubuntu-be on the Dipro Mega Market Ghent

Ubuntu-be will, as usual, be present at the next Dipro Mega Market event in Ghent.
Just like previous years, we’ll not only hand out free Ubuntu cd’s, but we’re also going to give advice and demo’s on how to use the most common applications.
Are you thinking about trying Ubuntu, but you don’t know how to start? Just come visit us.
We’ll give you the tips and help to get started.

But you could also just come by to say hi too of course. 🙂

If you feel like helping us out a bit, visit our wiki page here to find out what we still need or how you could help.

40th International 100 km Kadee Dodentocht!

dodentochtTomorrow starts the 40th edition of the “Dodentocht” (translatable as death-march).
I’m not planning on joining the festivity’s, as I have to work, but there is someone I know that will participate.
My very own mother will be walking the whole thing.
I know she’ll walk the whole thing, even if that means a near-death experience.
I just know because she’s too stubborn to give up on herself. 😉
But that’s not the only thing… she just love to walk.
Her boots were made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do…

So now that I’ve said I’m proud of her, there is another nice thing that’s quite neat on this walk-event.
They have this tracking system on their site that’s quite awesome.
It’s probably not the first tracking system that you’ve seen, but this is for a walk-event with nearly 10 000 participants.
I wonder how they’ll keep the data up to date!

I wish all the participants all the best and a lot of fun, especially my mother 😉
If you’re reading this, and you’ll be there I hope you’ll also cheer a little when my mom passes by…. (she’ll like it) 🙂

Edit: She did the whole tour and won a pineapple!

Jaunty Release-Party Ghent 09/05

I’m glad to announce:

On the 9th of may, there will be a Jaunty release party in Ghent! (free entrance)

First Promo Poster

The goal(s):

  • to provide general information on Ubuntu, Linux & FOSS, and show them you don’t need to be a pro to start using it
  • guiding people trough the sea of alternatives for proprietary software such as MS Office, Live Messenger, Photoshop, Publisher, Windows Media Player, Picture managers,…
  • help people getting Ubuntu installed on their laptop if they bring one along
  • show each-other nice tweaks you’ve got up your sleeves or admire the work of others
  • demo’s on how to use Ubuntu in an efficient way
  • introducing people to the Ubuntu-be LoCo-team! Let them know what we do, how they benefit & help.
  • hand out Ubuntu cd’s Continue reading Jaunty Release-Party Ghent 09/05

Release-Party

I’m organizing a release-party for the Ubuntu-be community @Curieuze Neuze in Ghent.
So far it’s not yet confirmed to go on 🙁
I’ve got a meeting with Philip (the owner) next Saturday 25/04 to ask him if we can get it happen there, and exchange our expectations.
So far it has been announced on the ubunu-be mailing list, and discussed on #ubuntu-be (freenode).

Interested people can still vote for a date on doodle. Continue reading Release-Party