[ale] Fwd: [freeside] It's Official: Atlanta Maker Faire (Not Mini!)

[mhw at WittsEnd.com (Michael H. Warfield)]

On Wed, 2014-04-30 at 15:12 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Jim Lynch
> <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
>         On 04/30/2014 11:59 AM, JD wrote:
>                 So .... anyone interested in doing an "all linux for
>                 everything" presentation?
>                 Having never been to a maker event, I don't think I'm
>                 the best person to head
>                 this up, but I can certainly support others. ;)
>                 
>                 
>         I was very disappointed last year when I found no Linux
>         presence at the faire.
> 
> 
> Maybe it's just my personal bias, but "no Linux presence" makes me
> wonder how people can claim to actually hack things.

You're almost as bad as the people who claim that all hackers are bad
guys.  You can hack a lot of things.  You can even hack things that
don't even have computers.  I hack together woodworking projects or yard
projects from time to time.

I do agree that having a Linux presence there would be a great thing.
> 
> What's the timeframe on this fair? Is there time to create a Linux
> presence? 
> 
>         
>         Jim.


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> -- 
> James P. Kinney III
> 
> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
> gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
> 
> http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/

Regards,
Mike
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