moin, moin, The topic of this month's east side meeting is supposed to be 3D modeller/renderer Blender from Brian Cluff. Looks like he'll be out sick and Michael Crusoe will be filling in with a presentation on bioinformatics. Thanks to Michael for the pinch-hit. The west side talk will be Marty Stoneman talking about patent law. He is open to questions, so feel free to show up with some in mind or contact Alexander before the meeting to pre-ask them. More info below. ### Event: PLUG East Side Meeting Topic: Blender or bioinformatics Presenter: Brian Cluff or Michael Crusoe Location: Sequoia Charter School, 1460 S. Horne, Mesa, AZ 85204-5760 Time: 19:00 on Thursday, the 8th of March Abstract: Blender, the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Bio: Brian is a PLUG Steering Committee member and our host for the east side meetings at Sequoia Charter School. See ASULUG/UNUG meeting details below for abstract and bio for Michael's talk. ### Event: GNU/Linux Stammtisch Location: The Muse Cafe/Artspace, 1032 S. Terrace Rd., Tempe, AZ 85281 Time: 19:00 to 23:00 on Tuesday, the 20th of April Just show up and hang. Lemon and Terrace, just East of ASU's main campus. ### Event: ASULUG/UNUG meeting Topic: Bioinformatics Presenter: Michael Crusoe Location: ASU's main campus, Computing Commons Auditorium Time: 15:00 - 17:00 on Wednesday, the 21st of April Abstract: The fundamentals of biometric authentication (fingerprint, handgeometry, iris, retina, signature, gait, etc...) will be presented. Anover view of currently available products and specific use cases will be followed by a discussion of liveness testing and vulnerabilities. Bio: Michael Crusoe has worked in the Information Technology field for over 4 years and is a system administrator for Authenti-Corp, a small business that specializes in all areas of authentication design, testing andimplementation. He is a member of the USENIX Advanced Technical Computing Systems Association and their Special Technical Group for system administrators SAGE. A co-author of a technical standard for the storage of fingerprints and related data in a 2D barcode utilizing both minutia- and spectral-pattern-based strategies, he has authored research on the use of identification cards and booklets at the federal level around the world and any use of biometrics therein. A Debian GNU/Linux(server and desktop) user, Michael is interested in limited-domain artificial intelligence and is an avid reader of speculative fiction and historical computing literature. ### Event: DeLUG meeting Topic: Linux Live CDs Location: DeVry, Rm. 209, 2149 W. Dunlap Ave. Time: 19:00 to 21:00 on Wednesday, the 21st of April DeLUG will be holding a meeting presenting Linux Live CDs; that is, distributions of Linux that run off a CD and RAM without installing onto a hard drive, such as the Knoppix Live-CD. Live CDs are used in a wide variety of applications, ranging from portable arcade gaming to firewall implementation and password recovery. Live CDs are also an excellent way of using Linux without actually having to install it. ### Event: Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra, http://www.scotsymph.org/ Program: Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Khachaturian Location: Grace Chapel, 8524 E. Thomas Rd, Scottsdale AZ 85251 Time: 19:30 on Monday and Tuesday the 26 and 27 of April The Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra season is co-sponsored by AZOTO. Please mention AZOTO when purchasing tickets. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 Reformation, Op. 107 Michael Dixon, conductor Dvorak: Polednice (The Noon Witch) , Op. 108 Robert Willers, conductor Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat major Lali Elbakidzie, piano soloist Irving Fleming, conductor ### Event: PLUG West Side meeting Topic: Inkscape Presenter: Ted Gould Location: Glendale Community College, 6000 W. Olive Ave., Glendale, AZ 85302 Time: 19:00 on Tuesday, the 27th of April Olive (Dunlap) and 59th Avenue in the High Tech 1 Teleconference Room. Abstract: _Strategy Arsenals for Technology Protection: Getting the Most Bang for Your Buck_. The talk will feature all of the basics of patent law, and includes most of the stuff we're interested in, like Amazon's one-click patent. Alexander can field questions, alexanderhenry@cox.net , so he can send them to Marty so he can tailor the talk. Marty's also a very 'interruptible' speaker, and generally a lot of fun. He'll gladly confront all the most paranoid and fearful questions hackers have about patent use today. Bio: Marty Stoneman, http://www.patentdoc.com/ , has been practicing patent law since 1961, and his firm was founded on the basis that all lawyer jokes are true. Speaking to as many people interested in patent law as possible while giving away as many 'lawyer secrets' is one of many ways Marty polarizes himself from those lawyers for whom those jokes hold true. ### Event: AzPHP, http://www.AzPHP.org/ Topic: TBD Location: Walt's TV & Home Theater, 55 W Southern Ave., Tempe, AZ 85282-4962 Time: 19:00 on Tuesday, the 26th of April ### Upcoming presentations: design patterns from Rob Wehrli ePortfolios from Audree Thurman Blender II, a follow-up to the first Blender presentation, from Brian Cluff Bioinformatics from Michael Crusoe ( if he doesn't already give it this month ) Ruby from Chris Gehlker Didn't get the announcement out in time to cover Chris Gehlker's presentation on Ruby for PLUG-devel. He will also be covering Ruby for the West Side meeting in the near future. The location for the devel meetings will be changing as Adtron is moving. Bring up suggestions/issues on the PLUG-devel mailing list. What: PLUG-Devel Meeting Topic: The Ruby Programming Language Presenter: Chris Gehlker Time: 19:00 on Thursday, the first of April Where: Adtron Corporation, 3710 E. University Drive, Suite 4, Phoenix, AZ Abstract: Ruby is one of the newer scripting languages on the scene. Ruby is an object oriented scripting language that emphasizes clarity, doing the intuitive thing, and above all fun. While it bears a superficial resemblance to Perl, its semantics are very much those of smalltalk. Bio: Chris Gehlker has been messing about with computers so long he can recall building LP models in Fortran. He is an enthusiastic Ruby user. He is the author of RubyStudio, a Ruby IDE for Mac OS X. His current Ruby interests include, a game written in Ruby called SCO: The Game of Intellectual Property and Ruby AL, an extension of Ruby for scripting Open and MS Office. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.AZOTO.org/ # "The purpose of IT is to seamlessly and transparently provide the other # 9/10's of the iceberg for people who need to work with chunks # of floating ice." -- Strata Rose Chalup _______________________________________________ PLUG-announce mailing list - PLUG-announce@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce PLUG Website at http://plug.phoenix.az.us --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss