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South Australians in the Linux and/or Free/Open-Source community...

March 11, 2010

Michael Davies

LinuxSA March 2010 - IPv6

  Hi all,

  Time for the March meeting announcement (it's next Tuesday)...

  The usual details:

   When:   6:30pm-8:30pm on Tuesday, 16th March, 2010
   Where:  Room G05/G06 Gerard Innovation Centre
           Prince Alfred College
           Capper Street, Kent Town SA
   Cost:   FREE
   Who:    Anyone and everyone.
           No pre-registration necessary.

  Presentation:

   Mark Pulford will be presenting an overview of IPv6 - The Next
   Generation Internet Protocol. The talk will cover:

     * Advantages
     * Differences with IPv4
     * Using IPv6

   Mark is a Network Engineer at Internode and recently built their
   IPv6 Broadband Trial: http://ipv6.internode.on.net/access/adsl/

  Getting to the Venue:

   Prince Alfred College faces Dequetteville Terrace, but access to
   Room G05/G06 is only available from Capper Street; there is no
   access to these rooms from any other entrances in the College. On
   Capper Street, Room G05/G06 is closer to The Parade West than to
   Dequetteville Terrace.

   Parking is available on-street or maybe off-street (adjacent to the
   Sports Centre). Look for the two storey stone fronted building with
   the sign "Gerard Innovation Centre". Enter through the double doors,
   first room on the right hand side of corridor (ground floor). The
   external door automatically locks at night. Should it not be propped
   open please be ready to knock loudly.

   There are buses that go along Dequetteville Terrace, with a stop  
   adjacent to Capper Street. The 143, 145, and 146 buses leave from
   North Terrace, and the 141 and 142 buses leave from Currie Street
   and Grenfell street.

   If you are in the city, you could also catch the 99C bus to East
   Terrace, then take a 10-15 minute walk to the College.

  Pizza:

   After the meeting, people generally go out for pizza at San Giorgios
   (cnr. Frome Street and Rundle Street in the city).

  For more information:

   Email:        organisers@linuxsa.org.au
   Web Page:     http://www.linuxsa.org.au/
   Mailing List: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
   IRC:         #linuxsa on irc.freenode.net

March 11, 2010 02:00 AM

March 10, 2010

Michael Davies

A new toy

A new lens got added to the collection today, a Canon 24-105mm f/4 L IS. I'm just a wee bit excited :-)

Canon 24-105mm f/4 L IS

March 10, 2010 08:00 PM

March 08, 2010

Kylie Willison

Golden Dragon Museum - Bendigo, Vic, Australia

Golden Dragon Museum

These are some of my photos photos from my visit. You can't use a flash in the museum so a lot of the photos are quite dark.

If you look closely you'll see real gold thread couching on some of the ceremonial costumes.












If you'd like to see more of my photos please visit my facebook Golden Dragon Museum photo album

by Kylie Willison (noreply@blogger.com) at March 08, 2010 08:00 PM

March 07, 2010

Kylie Willison

What Are You Listening To, What Are You Reading etc

What are you listening to?
Simon & Garfunkel Old Friends album



What are you reading?
I've got quite a number of books to read or look through at the moment.
Vintage Adelaide - Peter Fischer
Lost Adelaide - Michael Burden
Rag Rugs - JuJu Vail
Crochet - Jane Davis

The Art Of Graeme Base - Julie Watts
I love Graeme's books and reading about his childhood and his developing talent is very interesting. There's a lovely photo of a wistful young Graeme, holding his teddy, newly arrived in Australia from England.

Nancy Wake - a biography - Peter Fitzsimons
Stranger In The House - Julie Summers
The Prayer That Changes Everything - Stormie Omartian
From My Heart To Yours - Robin McGraw

What websites are you visiting?
facebook
friend's blog footprints diary
ancestry.com.au I'm uploading photos from my trip and inputting all the information I found in Bendigo and Elmore, Victoria, Aust.

by Kylie Willison (noreply@blogger.com) at March 07, 2010 01:25 PM

March 06, 2010

Kylie Willison

Adelaide Hackerspace




Photos of today's get together


In January 2010 we started a Hackerspace in Adelaide. Over 30 people with a diverse and exciting range of skills and interests are involved.

We are having semi-regular meetings to discuss the organisation and to actually hack. At present we are sharing a space with Format Collective which is working out very well. Anyone interested please join the mailing list and come along to a meeting.

You don't have to be a hardware or software guru to come along. I'm working on a crochet project involving recycled hardware and hopefully LEDs.

What is a HackerSpace
http://pumpingstationone.org/2009/02/what-is-a-hackerspace/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace

To join the mailing list and see what we've been up to:
http://groups.google.com/group/hackerspace-adelaide

by Kylie Willison (noreply@blogger.com) at March 06, 2010 07:40 PM