We had the mail server configs quasi-b0rked on geekaustin.org. So if you signed up it wasn’t mailing you the initial random password, preventing you from logging in the first time, even though we did get your information. But it’s fixed now, so if you’re a new user all will work par for the course. If you already have an account, just go to the user login box to your right, and enter your username, hit mailpassword, blah blah. Pretty simple… Thanks for shopping geekaustin…
Writing that last story reminded me of a conversation I had with LinearB a few days ago, so I figured I’d post the question here to see what the wider array of public opinion was. The main question: do you think that a computer shop specializing in alternative operating systems would be a viable enterprise here in Austin?
Like many other people who dig non-Redmond OSes, I’m used to making my computers from spare parts and generally being a DIYer (do-it-yourself-er, from the home improvement crowd). However, there have been times where I wished I could go to a store and buy a ready-to-rock system with (linux | *BSd | BeOS | Solaris x86) installed. Also, I can see the store offering individual parts, with the “value-add” of having extra information about whether the parts work with OSes other than those listed on the box, and the steps neccessary to to get them to work (e.g. “Hi, I’d like a SCSI card for my BeOS system at home.” “Here, take a look at this Adaptec card, or if you’d like a somewhat less expensive solution, this Tekram card. Check (some sites) for drivers.”).
I can see the hazard of trying to support too many things, so perhaps some concentration on a subclass of the above mentioned OSes would be needed. Still, I think that there are enough people in Austin using things besides win32 that the client base could support such a shop.
What do y’all think?
I was reading the Daily Texan today, and in the “look how cool we are, show your parents so they’ll donate money and maybe we’ll name a building after them” part they describe a recent achievement by Dr. Barbara (a member of the Analytical division of the UT Chem and Biochem dept.), whereby a new class of selectively light emitting polymeric compounds was discovered…
These new guys are neat in that they’re brighter and more flexible than previous LED polymers. Potentially, if the compound continues to be promising as it is worked up to a larger scale (right now they’re at the use-a-microscope level) and is commercialized, this could mean lighter, brighter, and more flexible moniters for both desktop and portable use.
The article describing their findings was published in the Aug. 25 issue of Science. (As a side note, you can actually take a class form this guy if you’re an undergraduate. He teaches CH 376K Adv. Analytical in the spring.)
Yeah, so I’m a geek. But when I’m not coding in mod_perl or hacking on some C, I like to listen to music, preferably in a dimly lit place where I can consume aqueous ethanol solutions. Possibly becuase of the mathematical or synthetic nature of (techno|industrial|ambient|electronica|goth|down-beat|et al.), I’m drawn to that sort of place (plus I like hot gothy chicks ;^) ).
Unfortunately, there seems to be a dearth of clubs like that around here, with the only one I know about being Atomic-Cafe. I know there are lots of other people like me out in Austin, so there can’t be just the one good (or semi-good, depending on the DJ) place for such music. What’s good out in Austin for (dark && loud)?
Heh. If you’re like me and derive a certain sadistic pleasure from watching ill-conceived e-Biz startups get e-Screwed, you’ll love this site, all the moreso if you’re familiar with the logo of every CFOs’ favorite mindless-internet-boosterism rag, Fast Company…
Bonus points if you can find all the Austin-based companies that have had the “distinction” of appearing on this site…
