http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix Random thoughts of a cubicular denizen Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:04:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow. I am amazed at how quickly teachers are latching onto the Oregon Virtual School District stuff. Since I set up a system to automatically create school Moodle servers on demand, 109 Moodle instances have been spawned on the shared-code Moodle system. That means at least one teacher from ... http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2008/04/30/surpassed-100-moodle-sites/ All right you students out there ... here's your chance to get paid to work on open source software projects. Google is offering to pay you $4,500 this summer to work on an open source project, all you have to do is apply! They've even extended the application ... http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2008/03/31/gsoc-application-deadline-extended/ When I first started working with Moodle servers, one of the things that bugged me was the fact that it required a complete install of the code for every site hosted on the system. While that's fine for most circumstances, it really did not work well in our environment ... http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2008/03/10/howto-shared-code-hosting-for-moodle/ On Monday, August 20th, the 2007 Google Summer of Code came to its scheduled conclusion. The OSL mentored four students on three projects this year. We're proud to announce that all four passed with flying colors. We've been delighted with the quality of their work, and look ... http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2007/08/27/google-summer-of-code-2007-wrap-up/ I'm really looking forward to OSCON this year. We had a fantastic presence on the expo floor last year, made lots of really great connections and had tons of fun. This year IBM has surpassed their past generosity and has upgraded the booth we'll be sharing with them ... http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2007/07/02/oscon-here-we-come/ Whew! Just got back from an excellent Drupal user group meeting here in Portland. I am delighted to see such a healthy community growing in my own back yard. The meeting was an interesting mix of tech folks and non-technical, Drupal veterans and newcomers. There was ... http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2007/06/13/portland-drupal-meetup/ Successful organization seeks outgoing and experienced infrastructure manager for long-term relationship. You: Articulate and educated. Enjoy long weekends at trade shows and install-fests. Willing to relocate to thriving college town. Must not be allergic to penguins. Enthusiasm a must. An affinity for Gentoo a definite plus. Us: ... http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2007/05/19/the-osu-open-source-lab-is-hiring/ Tech + Geek + Culture. The event for the Portland tech community, produced BY the Portland tech community. Interesting topics, cool people, great networking opportunities, wifi, and free food. FreeConferences++ http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2007/05/10/barcamp-portland-2007-come-join-the-fun/ I've seen it so it must be true: http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2007/05/03/benny-loves-the-olpc-xo/ There are days when I worry about the status of intelligent life on this planet. I have a Gateway laptop. It's OK. Not great, but it gets the job done. Last week while I was putting the laptop in my bag a CD in a paper sheath slid ... http://staff.osuosl.org/~gchaix/2007/04/27/thanks-gateway-not/