LinearB

Every time you Can has....

2008-03-19T17:35:43Z

GeekAustin/Dorkbot Happy Hour, Tuesday, Feb 12, at J Black's

2008-02-11T23:36:18Z

For the February happy hour, GeekAustin is excited to have DorkbotAustin as our co-hosts. Appearing at the happy hour will be video artist Paul Baker (Amoda Profile) (youtube), as well as a flickr / robot mashup by David Nunez (http://delamaquina.com/) -- all courtesy of DorkbotAustin.

This is your opportunity to meet dozens of Austin's fringe hackers and digital mad scientists. dorkbot-austin has been featured on wired.com, San Francisco Chronicle, boingboing.net, Makezine.com, BBC-Radio, and G4TV among many others.

RSVP at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418904/
To get on the invite list for upcoming GeekAustin parties, send an email to linearb@gmail.com
For more info on Dorkbot, visit http://dorkbotaustin.org

Forget the State of the Union. Listen to the dumplings! (DimSunday)

2008-01-29T20:17:16Z

I have reserved the VIP room at Tien Hong
for Dim Sum this Sunday at 11AM.

Let me know if you want me to save a place for you!


The tiny dumplings command you!

The GeekAustin Logo Contest

2008-01-17T20:17:12Z

Here's the details...

So that's what's in the briefcase

2008-01-03T17:48:14Z

From the last GeekAustin Happy Hour. RSVP here for the the next one.

January GeekAustin Happy Hour : January 8 at JBlacks

2008-01-02T17:23:16Z

		For January, the GeekAustin Happy Hour moves downtown to the exceptional J Blacks. Some of you may remember that PhizzPop was hosted here last month. Well, Whurley and I liked JBlacks so much that we decided to host the next few GA happy hours there. This month Refresh Austin will be joining us as co-hosts. Although it is entirely not necessary, please rsvp so that we can know how many additional staff to bring in for the eventing: GeekAustin Happy Hour RSVP Page
Details:Geek Austin Happy Hour Date: Tuesday, January 8th, 7-9PM Location: J Blacks 710 W. 6th St., Suite B, Austin, Texas 78701 \| Google Map To get on the invite list for future GeekAustin events, send an email to linearb@gmail.com

PhizzPop! -- Austin's top interactive designers duke it out Friday.

2007-12-13T03:50:58Z

The PhizzPop Design Challenge is the Battle Royale of Design. Austin's top interactive, Web, and design agencies are pitted against one another to push the limits of technology and creativity. Austin has some of the best interactive designers in the biz. If you are a designer wanted to check out the competition -- or if you are looking for a new design gig -- this is the place to be. Don't believe me? Get the scoop from Shellie.

Regional competitions have already taken place in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Austin's winners will compete with them at (where else but) South by Southwest Interactive.

Although it's a not too late to register online, I just got confirmation from Chris Bernard at MS that there will still be room to come check out the action.
Hope to see you there - LinearB

GeekAustin Holiday Happy Hour -- with Social Media Club - at Joe D's

2007-11-29T18:21:24Z

For this month’s Geek Austin Happy Hour,
LinearB and whurley are teaming up with
Connie Reece and Mike Chapman from
Social Media Club Austin. This is the last
Geek Austin event of the year, and one
definitely not to be missed.
details at: GeekAustin.org
rsvp at: Upcoming

Another GeekAustin happy hour

2007-11-05T08:05:11Z

The tiny dumplings say farewell to _fool (dimSunday)

2007-10-13T14:23:44Z

_fool leaves on Monday for Portland. So we're having a
"Special _fool Edition" of Dim Sumday.

So, as the law dictates, we have reserved the VIP room at Tien Hong
for Dim Sum this Sunday at 11AM.

If you haven't already, let me know if you want me to save a place for you!


The tiny dumplings command you!

Austin LinkedIn Happy Hour - October 25 at Triumph Cafe

2007-10-09T16:57:48Z

Matt Genovese at Door64 and I will be co-hosting a
LinkedIn Happy Hour for Thursday, October 25th
on the garden patio of Truimph Cafe.

In case you've never been, check out this patio:

It's a great place for a party

Hope you can make it!
LinearB

Details: Austin LinkedIn Happy Hour
Hosted by: Door64 and GeekAustin
DateTime: Thursday, October 25th, 5:30-7:30PM
Location: Triumph Cafe

Lunchies This Friday 28th noon at Star of India

2007-09-28T14:56:23Z

Once again it's time for Lunchies.

Your pals at geekaustin.org have reserved the back room
at Star of India for Lunchies this Friday at noon.

For those of you who haven't been, Star of India is a buffet.
Credit cards are welcome. Separate checks are no problem.
RSVPs are welcome but not necessary.

Here is a map to Star of India (Anderson Ln, just off Mopac)

Hope to see you there!
-LinearB

Reminder: Linear & _fool's Fall Patio Party Saturday @ Triumph Cafe

2007-09-05T04:02:31Z

The Fall party is this Saturday September 8th
on the garden patio of Truimph Cafe.

_fool just happens to be in town and will be my co-host.
Here's another chance to convince him to stay in Austin!

Triumph is a great place for a party.
With any luck, the rain gods will take the night off:
We're not calling this one a "GeekAustin" or "LJ Party,
but you can if you want. Hope you can make it!
LinearB

Details: Linear and _fool's Fall Patio Party
DateTime: Saturday, September 8th, 7:30-10:30
Location: Triumph Cafe

Linear's Fall Patio Party - September 8th @ Triumph Cafe

2007-08-16T04:24:36Z

Although we only seem to have two seasons in Austin,
I have scheduled my Fall party for Saturday September 8th
on the garden patio of Truimph Cafe.

I'm not calling this one a "GeekAustin" or "LJ Party,
but you can if you want. Hope you can make it!
LinearB

Details: Linear's Fall Patio Party
DateTime: Saturday, September 8th, 7:30-10:30
Location: Triumph Cafe

Dim Sumday -- Already Again?

2007-08-09T17:34:57Z

decibel45 is back in town. So we're having a "Special decibel45 Edition" of Dim Sumday.

We have reserved the VIP room at Tien Hong for Dim Sum this Sunday at 11AM.
If you haven't already, let me know if you want me to save a place for you!


The tiny dumplings command you!

Save Internet Radio

2007-07-12T20:25:39Z

Friends,

I received a note from Tim at Pandora. You may have received
the same note. Most likely we will have to call our congress
critters every few months about this to remind them who they
serve. Small price to pay for somafm, pandora, and all the
other great providers of new and indie music.

I just called today. Please do the same.

-Linear

--------------------------------------------------------------

Hi, it's Tim one more time...

Disaster looms! Yesterday a federal court denied a plea
to delay the massive increase in rates webcasters must
pay the record labels. This means that, absent immediate
Congressional action, the new ruinous royalty rates will
be going into effect on Monday threatening the future of
all internet radio. This is a very dire situation and I'm
writing to ask one more time for your support. The effort
you've made over the past four months has been extraordinary
and has forced the rapid introduction of the bill, but the
committee process has been sluggish and we need to once again
remind the representatives of the urgency of this issue.
This is perhaps the most important phone call you can make
for us.

Please call your Congressional representatives in the House
and Senate and ask them to force immediate action on the
Internet Radio Equality Act and bring the bill to a vote.
It is critical that their phones begin ringing off the hook
starting early in the morning. If it's busy, please try
again later.

Congressperson Lloyd Doggett: (202)225-4865

Senator John Cornyn: (202) 224-2934
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison: (202) 224-5922

I'm sorry that we have to keep asking you for this - but
it's our only recourse. We are no match for the legal and
legislative strength of the RIAA and we need your help.
Thank you again.

Gratefully,

-Tim Westergren
(Pandora founder)

Last GeekAustin /LJ Party Ever! This Saturday Night

2007-04-03T19:28:58Z

With _fool soon off to see America, and me rarely leaving the
piano bench, this is probably the last GeekAustin/ LJ party
we'll be hosting for a while.

As usual, the party will be on the garden patio of Truimph Cafe.

Let us have your beer recommendations. We hope to see you there!

-_fool / linearb

Details: GeekAustin / Live Journal Party
DateTime: Saturday, April 7th, 7:30-10:30
Location: Triumph Cafe

GeekAustin / LJ Party Saturday April 7th

2007-03-30T03:46:57Z

With _fool soon off to see America, and me rarely leaving
the piano bench, this is probably the last LJ party we'll be
hosting for a while.

As usual, the party will be on the garden patio of Truimph Cafe.

I'm getting ready to place the BEER ORDER. So, Let me know
what you would like to have on hand.

For the party, Triumph normally stocks: Fat Tire, Guinness,
Real Ale Full Moon Pale Rye, Ace Pear Cider, TsingTao, Corona,
Woodchuck, "33" Export, Shiner Bock, Budweiser. So, help me
decide what beers to add to that list for the party.

As usual, I will probably be drinking espresso.

Let us have your Recommendations, and hope to see you there!

-_fool / linearb

Depressing French authors - Europa's top 13 circa 1991

2007-03-27T16:43:55Z

Story of the eye Georges Bataille
Our Lady of the Flowers Jean Genet
Chants of Maldoror Lautreamont
No exit and three plays Jean Paul Sartre
Fleurs du mal Charles Baudelaire
Étranger Albert Camus
Immoraliste André Gide
Là-Bas / Down There J. K. Huysmans
Nadja Andre Breton
Hiroshima mon amour Marguerite Duras
Blue of noon Georges Bataille
Huis clos / les mouches Jean-Paul Sartre,
Artaud Anthology Antonin Artaud

Almost moved in!

2007-03-21T13:55:39Z

my buddy eastland stands in front of one of the bookcases he helped move.

I would not have been able to do this without the help of:
eastland, crothers71, and hobgadling

Dorkbot!

2007-03-08T15:23:10Z

When I growing up in Detroit, there was this store called Allied Radio. It was about the twice the size of a Walgreen's store, and it was all electronics gear. They had aisles of resistors, capacitors, TTL (and later, CMOS) chips, vacuum tubes, Heathkit parts, soldering irons, oscilliscopes, and a bunch of other stuff for which I didn't yet know the name. On Saturdays, I would ride my bike there, with a fresh schematic from Popular Electronics magazine, and make whatever the thing of the month was. Sometimes I was successful, sometimes I wasn't. I remember blowing the fuse to the basement multiple times, blowing out perfectly working electronic devices, and even starting a small fire in a radio that my father gave me for Christmas. I sure did have a lot of fun. In the process, I learned about all sorts of nifty things like impedance, which came in handy when I was trying to tweak the reverb and preamp circuits on my guitar amp -- or when I lived in the Ambassador and was trying to figure out how to bridge my neighbor's circuit to get more amperage.

In the mid seventies,I bought a Yamaha mixing console. When it broke, I discovered that the whole mixer was on a single IC chip. Nothing to fix. You take it to the Yamaha repair shop, and the replace the chip. I began to notice that more and more of the objects I bought were built the same way. It breaks, you throw it away. The opportunities to take something apart, learn how it worked, fix it, or maybe just make it better were becoming less frequent.

When I first saw Make magazine, I knew something was afoot. If you can't open it, you don't own it. Yeah, that's exactly what I felt.

With the emergance of the first Dorkbot events, it's appears that this philosphy is becoming a movement. I couldn't be happier. For those of you in Austin, we have some of the biggest dorkbot events right here. The next one is Saturday, March 10th. If you're downtown (and you should be), and need a break from Barcamp, you've got to check out the Dorkbot event in Brush Park.

Dorkbot
Saturday, March 10, 2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Brush Square Park
5th and Neches
Austin, Texas

мы это не поджигали!!

2007-03-05T15:52:03Z

A party van caught on fire while whurley and I were walking home.

more

ZOMG! I'm moving!

2007-02-12T16:52:11Z

Many of you know that the old hotel I've lived in since the '50s will be knocked down, and replaced with a new hotel(?), condos, high-rise, etc.

This place has been the center of many hijinx -- some wanted, some unwanted

I will miss my frost-free refrigerator:

I will am not enjoying moving the books:

or the computers:

Tonight, crothers71, eastland, and hobgadling will help me move the last few hundred boxes of books.

GTA Baghdad

2007-02-05T17:44:07Z

GTA Baghdad

THE TINY LITTLE DUMPLINGS COMMAND YOU!

2007-01-20T18:44:13Z

So. it's once again time for DimSum!

We have reserved the VIP room at Tien Hong for Dim Sum this Sunday at 11AM.
If you haven't already, let me know if you want me to save a place for you!