0 => array ( "title" => "And they’re off!", "link" => "http://www.nerdvana.org.au/steve/?p=49", "comments" => "http://www.nerdvana.org.au/steve/?p=49#comments", "pubdate" => "Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:17:42 +0000", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "admin" ), "category" => "techlinux.con fau 2008", "guid" => "http://www.nerdvana.org.au/steve/?p=49", "description" => "<p>Two important things were started at midnight lastnight.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"balloons!\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://fedoraproject.org/\">Fedora 7</a> (Codenamed <em>moonshine</em>) - was launched to rapt wonderment. They’ve move away from the “core” designation, it’s just “Fedora” now.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>But even more fundamentally important;</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Linux.conf.au 2008 Call For Papers was opened <a title=\"Go on, you know you want to\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://linux.conf.au/papers\">here</a></strong></li>\n</ul>\n<p>So, pick one or the other, find something cool and get started on it.\n</p>\n", "content" => array ( "encoded" => "<p>Two important things were started at midnight lastnight.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"balloons!\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://fedoraproject.org/\">Fedora 7</a> (Codenamed <em>moonshine</em>) - was launched to rapt wonderment. They’ve move away from the “core” designation, it’s just “Fedora” now.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>But even more fundamentally important;</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Linux.conf.au 2008 Call For Papers was opened <a title=\"Go on, you know you want to\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://linux.conf.au/papers\">here</a></strong></li>\n</ul>\n<p>So, pick one or the other, find something cool and get started on it.\n</p>\n" ), "wfw" => array ( "commentrss" => "http://www.nerdvana.org.au/steve/?feed=rss2&p=49" ), "summary" => "Two important things were started at midnight lastnight.\n\nFedora 7 (Codenamed moonshine) - was launched to rapt wonderment. They’ve move away from the “core” designation, it’s just “Fedora” now.\n\nBut even more fundamentally important;\n\nLinux.conf.au 2008 Call For Papers was opened here\n\nSo, pick one or the other, find something cool and get started on it.\n\n", "atom_content" => "<p>Two important things were started at midnight lastnight.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"balloons!\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://fedoraproject.org/\">Fedora 7</a> (Codenamed <em>moonshine</em>) - was launched to rapt wonderment. They’ve move away from the “core” designation, it’s just “Fedora” now.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>But even more fundamentally important;</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Linux.conf.au 2008 Call For Papers was opened <a title=\"Go on, you know you want to\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://linux.conf.au/papers\">here</a></strong></li>\n</ul>\n<p>So, pick one or the other, find something cool and get started on it.\n</p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1180657062, "creator" => "admin", "channel_title" => "The Geek shall inherit..", "channel_link" => "http://www.nerdvana.org.au/steve", "channel_description" => "We are the Blog. Resistance is Futile."),1 => array ( "title" => "linux.conf.au 2008 - Registrations Open!", "link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/linux.conf.au2008", "description" => "<h2>The Passion to produce Free Software. <br />\nDo you have it? Do you want it?</h2>\n<p>\nRegistration is now open for Linux Australia\'s premier annual event, linux.conf.au. Attendees are invited to register online at <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\">http://linux.conf.au/register</a>. \n</p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\" title=\"linux.conf.au - Australia\'s premier Free and Open Source Software event\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/linux-conf-au_2008.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au 2008 - the tangram tux logo\" title=\"linux.conf.au in Melbourne in 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"161\" height=\"150\" align=\"middle\" /></a> <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\" title=\"Register Now for linux.conf.au 2008\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/register-orange.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au 2008 Register Now!\" title=\"Register now for linux.conf.au 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"197\" height=\"197\" align=\"middle\" /></a>\n</p>\n<h3>Keynotes:</h3>\n<p>\nStormy Peters, Director of Community and Partner Programs at Open<br />\nLogic, will be joining the conference programme as a keynote speaker.<br />\nStormy says she\'s really looking forward to <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\">linux.conf.au</a> because “it\'s<br />\none of those conferences that combines the passion of open source with<br />\nthe people that really make it happen.” Long fascinated by the people<br />\nbehind open source Stormy asks “How do you explain that passion to<br />\nothers? Why do people work on Free software? Does paying open source<br />\ndevelopers change that passion?” Stormy sees linux.conf.au as a place<br />\nto “embrace the Linux technical community, and participate in<br />\nconversations that define where technology is going next.”\n</p>\n<p>\n<br />\nStormy will be joining Security expert and pundit Bruce Schneier, also secured<br />\nto deliver a keynote at the conference being held at the University of Melbourne,<br />\nstarting on 28 January and concluding with an Open Day on Saturday 2 February, 2008. \n</p>\n<h3>Programme:</h3>\n<p>\nThe main conference programme features an array of speakers from<br />\ndifferent fields presenting on the Linux kernel, the X Window System,<br />\nmedia, applications, desktop, law, security and usability. “The<br />\nprogramme promises to be deeply technical, entertaining and<br />\nenlightening. People have argued this conference should be renamed<br />\nbecause it\'s not just a Linux conference. They\'re right. It\'s not<br />\n\'just\' a Linux conference, it\'s so much more. As Australia\'s main event<br />\nfor Free and Open Source Software developers we\'ve got speakers coming<br />\nfrom all over the world. Ok, perhaps not from Antarctica, but just<br />\nabout everywhere else. Mostly, it\'s serious fun for free software<br />\ngeeks, and anyone else who believes that Linus\' Law, “given enough<br />\neyeballs, all bugs are shallow”, is the path to better software" said<br />\nDonna Benjamin, Director of the 2008 conference. \n</p>\n<h3>Mini-confs:</h3>\n<p>\nIn addition to the main programme, this year\'s conference will feature<br />\nsixteen mini-confs. Mini-confs are dedicated conference streams for<br />\nspecific communities of interest. The extensive and varied mini-conf<br />\nprogramme is always a highlight of the conference. The 2008 line-up is<br />\nno exception:\n</p>\n<p>\nCommunity Wireless, Debian, Multimedia, Security, <br />\nDistro Summit, Kernel, Embedded, Fedora,<br />\nVirtualisation, Gentoo, LinuxChix, GNOME,<br />\nSystem Administration, MySQL, Education, Gaming.\n</p>\n<p>\nMini-confs are scheduled for <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/monday\">Monday 28 Jan</a> and <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/tuesday\">Tuesday 29 Jan</a>\n</p>\n<h3>Registrations:</h3>\n<p>\nEarly Birds registering in the first thirty days will receive a 20%<br />\ndiscount off the standard conference fees, but Early Bird registrations<br />\nwill close on the 17th of November or before if the Early Bird quota is<br />\nreached. All registrations past this date will incur the full fee. For<br />\nthe Early Bird discount to be applicable attendees must finalise<br />\npayment during the Early Bird period or they will be charged full<br />\nconference rates.\n</p>\n<p>\nRegistration payments are being securely processed through the Direct One facility by our eGateway partner, <a href=\"http://www.securepay.com.au\" title=\"SecurePay Australia\">SecurePay Australia</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nlinux.conf.au is an initiative of Linux Australia, and is run each year<br />\nby a different team of volunteers, in a different Australasian city. In<br />\n2008, the conference returns to its birthplace in Melbourne. From<br />\nJanuary 28 to February 2, the University of Melbourne will be the<br />\nlocation for one of the world\'s most brilliant gatherings of Free and<br />\nOpen Source Software developers, users and devotees.\n</p>\n<p>\nFor more information, see the website: <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\">http://linux.conf.au/</a> \n</p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">About linux.conf.au</span></h3>\n<p>\nlinux.conf.au is Australia\'s annual technical conference about Free Software. Fun, informal and seriously technical, linux.conf.au draws together Free and Open Source Software developers from across the world. It will be held from January 28th to February 2nd, 2008 at The University of Melbourne.\n</p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">About Linux Australia</span> </h3>\n<p>\nLinux Australia (<a href=\"http://www.linux.org.au/\">http://www.linux.org.au/</a>)<br />\nis the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as<br />\nsuch represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and<br />\ndevelopers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this<br />\ninternational Free Software conference in a different Australasian city<br />\neach year.\n</p>\n", "comments" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/linux.conf.au2008#comments", "category" => "LCA2008", "pubdate" => "Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:09:32 +1000", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "kattekrab" ), "guid" => "13 at http://www.kattekrab.net", "summary" => "<h2>The Passion to produce Free Software. <br />\nDo you have it? Do you want it?</h2>\n<p>\nRegistration is now open for Linux Australia\'s premier annual event, linux.conf.au. Attendees are invited to register online at <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\">http://linux.conf.au/register</a>. \n</p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\" title=\"linux.conf.au - Australia\'s premier Free and Open Source Software event\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/linux-conf-au_2008.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au 2008 - the tangram tux logo\" title=\"linux.conf.au in Melbourne in 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"161\" height=\"150\" align=\"middle\" /></a> <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\" title=\"Register Now for linux.conf.au 2008\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/register-orange.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au 2008 Register Now!\" title=\"Register now for linux.conf.au 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"197\" height=\"197\" align=\"middle\" /></a>\n</p>\n<h3>Keynotes:</h3>\n<p>\nStormy Peters, Director of Community and Partner Programs at Open<br />\nLogic, will be joining the conference programme as a keynote speaker.<br />\nStormy says she\'s really looking forward to <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\">linux.conf.au</a> because “it\'s<br />\none of those conferences that combines the passion of open source with<br />\nthe people that really make it happen.” Long fascinated by the people<br />\nbehind open source Stormy asks “How do you explain that passion to<br />\nothers? Why do people work on Free software? Does paying open source<br />\ndevelopers change that passion?” Stormy sees linux.conf.au as a place<br />\nto “embrace the Linux technical community, and participate in<br />\nconversations that define where technology is going next.”\n</p>\n<p>\n<br />\nStormy will be joining Security expert and pundit Bruce Schneier, also secured<br />\nto deliver a keynote at the conference being held at the University of Melbourne,<br />\nstarting on 28 January and concluding with an Open Day on Saturday 2 February, 2008. \n</p>\n<h3>Programme:</h3>\n<p>\nThe main conference programme features an array of speakers from<br />\ndifferent fields presenting on the Linux kernel, the X Window System,<br />\nmedia, applications, desktop, law, security and usability. “The<br />\nprogramme promises to be deeply technical, entertaining and<br />\nenlightening. People have argued this conference should be renamed<br />\nbecause it\'s not just a Linux conference. They\'re right. It\'s not<br />\n\'just\' a Linux conference, it\'s so much more. As Australia\'s main event<br />\nfor Free and Open Source Software developers we\'ve got speakers coming<br />\nfrom all over the world. Ok, perhaps not from Antarctica, but just<br />\nabout everywhere else. Mostly, it\'s serious fun for free software<br />\ngeeks, and anyone else who believes that Linus\' Law, “given enough<br />\neyeballs, all bugs are shallow”, is the path to better software" said<br />\nDonna Benjamin, Director of the 2008 conference. \n</p>\n<h3>Mini-confs:</h3>\n<p>\nIn addition to the main programme, this year\'s conference will feature<br />\nsixteen mini-confs. Mini-confs are dedicated conference streams for<br />\nspecific communities of interest. The extensive and varied mini-conf<br />\nprogramme is always a highlight of the conference. The 2008 line-up is<br />\nno exception:\n</p>\n<p>\nCommunity Wireless, Debian, Multimedia, Security, <br />\nDistro Summit, Kernel, Embedded, Fedora,<br />\nVirtualisation, Gentoo, LinuxChix, GNOME,<br />\nSystem Administration, MySQL, Education, Gaming.\n</p>\n<p>\nMini-confs are scheduled for <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/monday\">Monday 28 Jan</a> and <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/tuesday\">Tuesday 29 Jan</a>\n</p>\n<h3>Registrations:</h3>\n<p>\nEarly Birds registering in the first thirty days will receive a 20%<br />\ndiscount off the standard conference fees, but Early Bird registrations<br />\nwill close on the 17th of November or before if the Early Bird quota is<br />\nreached. All registrations past this date will incur the full fee. For<br />\nthe Early Bird discount to be applicable attendees must finalise<br />\npayment during the Early Bird period or they will be charged full<br />\nconference rates.\n</p>\n<p>\nRegistration payments are being securely processed through the Direct One facility by our eGateway partner, <a href=\"http://www.securepay.com.au\" title=\"SecurePay Australia\">SecurePay Australia</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nlinux.conf.au is an initiative of Linux Australia, and is run each year<br />\nby a different team of volunteers, in a different Australasian city. In<br />\n2008, the conference returns to its birthplace in Melbourne. From<br />\nJanuary 28 to February 2, the University of Melbourne will be the<br />\nlocation for one of the world\'s most brilliant gatherings of Free and<br />\nOpen Source Software developers, users and devotees.\n</p>\n<p>\nFor more information, see the website: <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\">http://linux.conf.au/</a> \n</p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">About linux.conf.au</span></h3>\n<p>\nlinux.conf.au is Australia\'s annual technical conference about Free Software. Fun, informal and seriously technical, linux.conf.au draws together Free and Open Source Software developers from across the world. It will be held from January 28th to February 2nd, 2008 at The University of Melbourne.\n</p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">About Linux Australia</span> </h3>\n<p>\nLinux Australia (<a href=\"http://www.linux.org.au/\">http://www.linux.org.au/</a>)<br />\nis the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as<br />\nsuch represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and<br />\ndevelopers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this<br />\ninternational Free Software conference in a different Australasian city<br />\neach year.\n</p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1193011772, "creator" => "kattekrab", "channel_title" => "KatteKrab - LCA2008", "channel_link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/taxonomy/term/1/0"),2 => array ( "title" => "linux.conf.au 2008 - Linux Magazine", "link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/linux-magazine", "description" => "<p><a href=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/\"><img src=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/var/linux_magazin/storage/images/media/linux_magazine_eng_us/images/cover/linuxmagazinecover_84/125234-2-eng-US/linuxmagazinecover_84_reduced_medium.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Linux Magazine - November 2007\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"120\" height=\"135\" align=\"right\" /></a><strong>whooohoooooo.</strong></p>\n<p>\n <br />\n<a href=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/\">Linux Magazine</a> approached us to be a media partner, and I\'ve been preparing a press-ready PDF to go into the next edition as an advertisement... I went off to buy a copy of the magazine, as research, to see how it looks - and saw we had this nice little write up! \n</p>\n<p><!--break--></p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\" title=\"Linux Magazine covers announces linux.conf.au, Schneier keynote and lotsa mini-confs\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/linux-magazine-scan.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au - in the news - in Linux Magazine\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"449\" /></a>\n</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n \n</div>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\nThe article in the snippet I\'ve scanned is featured in Linux World News on <a href=\"http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/84/Linux_World_News.pdf\">page 12, Issue 84, November 2007</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nWith the late inclusion of the Multimedia mini-conf we\'ve actually now got 16 mini-confs scheduled. Most of the <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/mini-confs\" title=\"linux.conf.au mini-confs\">mini-confs</a> have announced a call for papers so anyone wanting to participate in linux.conf.au should contact the mini-conf organisers to find out more.\n</p>\n<p>\nWe\'re also featured in the <a href=\"http://linux-magazine.com/resources/event_calendar\">events section</a>, as are our friends at <a href=\"http://www.osdc.com.au\" title=\"Open Source Developers Conference\">OSDC</a>:<br />\n<a href=\"http://linux-magazine.com/resources/event_calendar\"><br />\n</a>\n</p>\n", "comments" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/linux-magazine#comments", "category" => "LCA2008", "pubdate" => "Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:21:01 +1000", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "kattekrab" ), "guid" => "12 at http://www.kattekrab.net", "summary" => "<p><a href=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/\"><img src=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/var/linux_magazin/storage/images/media/linux_magazine_eng_us/images/cover/linuxmagazinecover_84/125234-2-eng-US/linuxmagazinecover_84_reduced_medium.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Linux Magazine - November 2007\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"120\" height=\"135\" align=\"right\" /></a><strong>whooohoooooo.</strong></p>\n<p>\n <br />\n<a href=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/\">Linux Magazine</a> approached us to be a media partner, and I\'ve been preparing a press-ready PDF to go into the next edition as an advertisement... I went off to buy a copy of the magazine, as research, to see how it looks - and saw we had this nice little write up! \n</p>\n<p><!--break--></p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\" title=\"Linux Magazine covers announces linux.conf.au, Schneier keynote and lotsa mini-confs\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/linux-magazine-scan.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au - in the news - in Linux Magazine\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"449\" /></a>\n</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n \n</div>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\nThe article in the snippet I\'ve scanned is featured in Linux World News on <a href=\"http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/84/Linux_World_News.pdf\">page 12, Issue 84, November 2007</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nWith the late inclusion of the Multimedia mini-conf we\'ve actually now got 16 mini-confs scheduled. Most of the <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/mini-confs\" title=\"linux.conf.au mini-confs\">mini-confs</a> have announced a call for papers so anyone wanting to participate in linux.conf.au should contact the mini-conf organisers to find out more.\n</p>\n<p>\nWe\'re also featured in the <a href=\"http://linux-magazine.com/resources/event_calendar\">events section</a>, as are our friends at <a href=\"http://www.osdc.com.au\" title=\"Open Source Developers Conference\">OSDC</a>:<br />\n<a href=\"http://linux-magazine.com/resources/event_calendar\"><br />\n</a>\n</p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1192350061, "creator" => "kattekrab", "channel_title" => "KatteKrab - LCA2008", "channel_link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/taxonomy/term/1/0"),3 => array ( "title" => "linux.conf.au 2008 - schedule outline", "link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/LCA2008-outline", "description" => "<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https://linux.conf.au/programme\" title=\"linux.conf.au MEL8OURNE2008 LCA2008 schedule outline\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/outline.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Schedule outline for linux.conf.au 2008\" title=\"A Schedule outline for linux.conf.au 2008\" hspace=\"1\" vspace=\"1\" width=\"400\" height=\"222\" /></a>\n</div>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https://linux.conf.au/programme\">http://linux.conf.au/programme </a>\n</p>\n", "comments" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/LCA2008-outline#comments", "category" => "LCA2008", "pubdate" => "Sun, 06 May 2007 15:32:21 +1000", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "kattekrab" ), "guid" => "6 at http://www.kattekrab.net", "summary" => "<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https://linux.conf.au/programme\" title=\"linux.conf.au MEL8OURNE2008 LCA2008 schedule outline\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/outline.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Schedule outline for linux.conf.au 2008\" title=\"A Schedule outline for linux.conf.au 2008\" hspace=\"1\" vspace=\"1\" width=\"400\" height=\"222\" /></a>\n</div>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https://linux.conf.au/programme\">http://linux.conf.au/programme </a>\n</p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1178429541, "creator" => "kattekrab", "channel_title" => "KatteKrab - LCA2008", "channel_link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/taxonomy/term/1/0"),4 => array ( "title" => "Open Day & Fairy Penguins at linux.conf.au 2008", "link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/node/14", "description" => "<h3><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/tangram-tux-LCA2008.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tangram Tux - Official logo of linux.conf.au 2008\" title=\"linux.conf.au MEL8OURNE 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/openday\">Open Day</a></h3>\n<p>\nSaturday 2 February is Open Day at linux.conf.au. Hoping to build on the magnificent success of Open Day at linux.conf.au 2007 we will set up tables for FLOSS projects, community groups and our sponsors to use to spread the word about their good works. Email openday [a t] mel8ourne.org if you\'re interested in taking part! \n</p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<h3>Fairy penguin sponsorship</h3>\n<p>\nWe have introduced a \'Sponsor\' level registration category. The<br />\nFairy Penguin sponsorship is designed for those who wish to attend the<br />\nconference as a Professional delegate AND make a supporting<br />\ncontribution to the conference. In recognition of this support Fairy<br />\npenguin sponsors get their logo and a link on our sponsors page, a note<br />\nin the conference booklet, and a table at Open Day. Simply <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\" title=\"Register for linux.conf.au 2008 in Mel8ourne\">register</a> online as<br />\na Fairy Penguin, or email sponsors [a t] mel8ourne.org for more information.\n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\" title=\"linux.conf.au 2008 in Mel8ourne\">http://linux.conf.au</a><br />\nin MEL8OURNE2008 \n</p>\n", "comments" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/node/14#comments", "category" => "LCA2008", "pubdate" => "Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:18:04 +1100", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "kattekrab" ), "guid" => "14 at http://www.kattekrab.net", "summary" => "<h3><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/tangram-tux-LCA2008.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tangram Tux - Official logo of linux.conf.au 2008\" title=\"linux.conf.au MEL8OURNE 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" align=\"right\" /><a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/openday\">Open Day</a></h3>\n<p>\nSaturday 2 February is Open Day at linux.conf.au. Hoping to build on the magnificent success of Open Day at linux.conf.au 2007 we will set up tables for FLOSS projects, community groups and our sponsors to use to spread the word about their good works. Email openday [a t] mel8ourne.org if you\'re interested in taking part! \n</p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<h3>Fairy penguin sponsorship</h3>\n<p>\nWe have introduced a \'Sponsor\' level registration category. The<br />\nFairy Penguin sponsorship is designed for those who wish to attend the<br />\nconference as a Professional delegate AND make a supporting<br />\ncontribution to the conference. In recognition of this support Fairy<br />\npenguin sponsors get their logo and a link on our sponsors page, a note<br />\nin the conference booklet, and a table at Open Day. Simply <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\" title=\"Register for linux.conf.au 2008 in Mel8ourne\">register</a> online as<br />\na Fairy Penguin, or email sponsors [a t] mel8ourne.org for more information.\n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\" title=\"linux.conf.au 2008 in Mel8ourne\">http://linux.conf.au</a><br />\nin MEL8OURNE2008 \n</p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1194049084, "creator" => "kattekrab", "channel_title" => "KatteKrab - LCA2008", "channel_link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/taxonomy/term/1/0"),5 => array ( "title" => "linux.conf.au 2008 - Registrations Open!", "link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/linux.conf.au2008", "description" => "<h2>The Passion to produce Free Software. <br />\nDo you have it? Do you want it?</h2>\n<p>\nRegistration is now open for Linux Australia\'s premier annual event, linux.conf.au. Attendees are invited to register online at <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\">http://linux.conf.au/register</a>. \n</p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\" title=\"linux.conf.au - Australia\'s premier Free and Open Source Software event\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/linux-conf-au_2008.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au 2008 - the tangram tux logo\" title=\"linux.conf.au in Melbourne in 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"161\" height=\"150\" align=\"middle\" /></a> <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\" title=\"Register Now for linux.conf.au 2008\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/register-orange.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au 2008 Register Now!\" title=\"Register now for linux.conf.au 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"197\" height=\"197\" align=\"middle\" /></a>\n</p>\n<h3>Keynotes:</h3>\n<p>\nStormy Peters, Director of Community and Partner Programs at Open<br />\nLogic, will be joining the conference programme as a keynote speaker.<br />\nStormy says she\'s really looking forward to <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\">linux.conf.au</a> because “it\'s<br />\none of those conferences that combines the passion of open source with<br />\nthe people that really make it happen.” Long fascinated by the people<br />\nbehind open source Stormy asks “How do you explain that passion to<br />\nothers? Why do people work on Free software? Does paying open source<br />\ndevelopers change that passion?” Stormy sees linux.conf.au as a place<br />\nto “embrace the Linux technical community, and participate in<br />\nconversations that define where technology is going next.”\n</p>\n<p>\n<br />\nStormy will be joining Security expert and pundit Bruce Schneier, also secured<br />\nto deliver a keynote at the conference being held at the University of Melbourne,<br />\nstarting on 28 January and concluding with an Open Day on Saturday 2 February, 2008. \n</p>\n<h3>Programme:</h3>\n<p>\nThe main conference programme features an array of speakers from<br />\ndifferent fields presenting on the Linux kernel, the X Window System,<br />\nmedia, applications, desktop, law, security and usability. “The<br />\nprogramme promises to be deeply technical, entertaining and<br />\nenlightening. People have argued this conference should be renamed<br />\nbecause it\'s not just a Linux conference. They\'re right. It\'s not<br />\n\'just\' a Linux conference, it\'s so much more. As Australia\'s main event<br />\nfor Free and Open Source Software developers we\'ve got speakers coming<br />\nfrom all over the world. Ok, perhaps not from Antarctica, but just<br />\nabout everywhere else. Mostly, it\'s serious fun for free software<br />\ngeeks, and anyone else who believes that Linus\' Law, “given enough<br />\neyeballs, all bugs are shallow”, is the path to better software" said<br />\nDonna Benjamin, Director of the 2008 conference. \n</p>\n<h3>Mini-confs:</h3>\n<p>\nIn addition to the main programme, this year\'s conference will feature<br />\nsixteen mini-confs. Mini-confs are dedicated conference streams for<br />\nspecific communities of interest. The extensive and varied mini-conf<br />\nprogramme is always a highlight of the conference. The 2008 line-up is<br />\nno exception:\n</p>\n<p>\nCommunity Wireless, Debian, Multimedia, Security, <br />\nDistro Summit, Kernel, Embedded, Fedora,<br />\nVirtualisation, Gentoo, LinuxChix, GNOME,<br />\nSystem Administration, MySQL, Education, Gaming.\n</p>\n<p>\nMini-confs are scheduled for <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/monday\">Monday 28 Jan</a> and <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/tuesday\">Tuesday 29 Jan</a>\n</p>\n<h3>Registrations:</h3>\n<p>\nEarly Birds registering in the first thirty days will receive a 20%<br />\ndiscount off the standard conference fees, but Early Bird registrations<br />\nwill close on the 17th of November or before if the Early Bird quota is<br />\nreached. All registrations past this date will incur the full fee. For<br />\nthe Early Bird discount to be applicable attendees must finalise<br />\npayment during the Early Bird period or they will be charged full<br />\nconference rates.\n</p>\n<p>\nRegistration payments are being securely processed through the Direct One facility by our eGateway partner, <a href=\"http://www.securepay.com.au\" title=\"SecurePay Australia\">SecurePay Australia</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nlinux.conf.au is an initiative of Linux Australia, and is run each year<br />\nby a different team of volunteers, in a different Australasian city. In<br />\n2008, the conference returns to its birthplace in Melbourne. From<br />\nJanuary 28 to February 2, the University of Melbourne will be the<br />\nlocation for one of the world\'s most brilliant gatherings of Free and<br />\nOpen Source Software developers, users and devotees.\n</p>\n<p>\nFor more information, see the website: <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\">http://linux.conf.au/</a> \n</p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">About linux.conf.au</span></h3>\n<p>\nlinux.conf.au is Australia\'s annual technical conference about Free Software. Fun, informal and seriously technical, linux.conf.au draws together Free and Open Source Software developers from across the world. It will be held from January 28th to February 2nd, 2008 at The University of Melbourne.\n</p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">About Linux Australia</span> </h3>\n<p>\nLinux Australia (<a href=\"http://www.linux.org.au/\">http://www.linux.org.au/</a>)<br />\nis the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as<br />\nsuch represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and<br />\ndevelopers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this<br />\ninternational Free Software conference in a different Australasian city<br />\neach year.\n</p>\n", "comments" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/linux.conf.au2008#comments", "category" => "LCA2008", "pubdate" => "Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:09:32 +1000", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "kattekrab" ), "guid" => "13 at http://www.kattekrab.net", "summary" => "<h2>The Passion to produce Free Software. <br />\nDo you have it? Do you want it?</h2>\n<p>\nRegistration is now open for Linux Australia\'s premier annual event, linux.conf.au. Attendees are invited to register online at <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\">http://linux.conf.au/register</a>. \n</p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\" title=\"linux.conf.au - Australia\'s premier Free and Open Source Software event\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/linux-conf-au_2008.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au 2008 - the tangram tux logo\" title=\"linux.conf.au in Melbourne in 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"161\" height=\"150\" align=\"middle\" /></a> <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/register\" title=\"Register Now for linux.conf.au 2008\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/register-orange.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au 2008 Register Now!\" title=\"Register now for linux.conf.au 2008\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"197\" height=\"197\" align=\"middle\" /></a>\n</p>\n<h3>Keynotes:</h3>\n<p>\nStormy Peters, Director of Community and Partner Programs at Open<br />\nLogic, will be joining the conference programme as a keynote speaker.<br />\nStormy says she\'s really looking forward to <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au\">linux.conf.au</a> because “it\'s<br />\none of those conferences that combines the passion of open source with<br />\nthe people that really make it happen.” Long fascinated by the people<br />\nbehind open source Stormy asks “How do you explain that passion to<br />\nothers? Why do people work on Free software? Does paying open source<br />\ndevelopers change that passion?” Stormy sees linux.conf.au as a place<br />\nto “embrace the Linux technical community, and participate in<br />\nconversations that define where technology is going next.”\n</p>\n<p>\n<br />\nStormy will be joining Security expert and pundit Bruce Schneier, also secured<br />\nto deliver a keynote at the conference being held at the University of Melbourne,<br />\nstarting on 28 January and concluding with an Open Day on Saturday 2 February, 2008. \n</p>\n<h3>Programme:</h3>\n<p>\nThe main conference programme features an array of speakers from<br />\ndifferent fields presenting on the Linux kernel, the X Window System,<br />\nmedia, applications, desktop, law, security and usability. “The<br />\nprogramme promises to be deeply technical, entertaining and<br />\nenlightening. People have argued this conference should be renamed<br />\nbecause it\'s not just a Linux conference. They\'re right. It\'s not<br />\n\'just\' a Linux conference, it\'s so much more. As Australia\'s main event<br />\nfor Free and Open Source Software developers we\'ve got speakers coming<br />\nfrom all over the world. Ok, perhaps not from Antarctica, but just<br />\nabout everywhere else. Mostly, it\'s serious fun for free software<br />\ngeeks, and anyone else who believes that Linus\' Law, “given enough<br />\neyeballs, all bugs are shallow”, is the path to better software" said<br />\nDonna Benjamin, Director of the 2008 conference. \n</p>\n<h3>Mini-confs:</h3>\n<p>\nIn addition to the main programme, this year\'s conference will feature<br />\nsixteen mini-confs. Mini-confs are dedicated conference streams for<br />\nspecific communities of interest. The extensive and varied mini-conf<br />\nprogramme is always a highlight of the conference. The 2008 line-up is<br />\nno exception:\n</p>\n<p>\nCommunity Wireless, Debian, Multimedia, Security, <br />\nDistro Summit, Kernel, Embedded, Fedora,<br />\nVirtualisation, Gentoo, LinuxChix, GNOME,<br />\nSystem Administration, MySQL, Education, Gaming.\n</p>\n<p>\nMini-confs are scheduled for <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/monday\">Monday 28 Jan</a> and <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/tuesday\">Tuesday 29 Jan</a>\n</p>\n<h3>Registrations:</h3>\n<p>\nEarly Birds registering in the first thirty days will receive a 20%<br />\ndiscount off the standard conference fees, but Early Bird registrations<br />\nwill close on the 17th of November or before if the Early Bird quota is<br />\nreached. All registrations past this date will incur the full fee. For<br />\nthe Early Bird discount to be applicable attendees must finalise<br />\npayment during the Early Bird period or they will be charged full<br />\nconference rates.\n</p>\n<p>\nRegistration payments are being securely processed through the Direct One facility by our eGateway partner, <a href=\"http://www.securepay.com.au\" title=\"SecurePay Australia\">SecurePay Australia</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nlinux.conf.au is an initiative of Linux Australia, and is run each year<br />\nby a different team of volunteers, in a different Australasian city. In<br />\n2008, the conference returns to its birthplace in Melbourne. From<br />\nJanuary 28 to February 2, the University of Melbourne will be the<br />\nlocation for one of the world\'s most brilliant gatherings of Free and<br />\nOpen Source Software developers, users and devotees.\n</p>\n<p>\nFor more information, see the website: <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\">http://linux.conf.au/</a> \n</p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">About linux.conf.au</span></h3>\n<p>\nlinux.conf.au is Australia\'s annual technical conference about Free Software. Fun, informal and seriously technical, linux.conf.au draws together Free and Open Source Software developers from across the world. It will be held from January 28th to February 2nd, 2008 at The University of Melbourne.\n</p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">About Linux Australia</span> </h3>\n<p>\nLinux Australia (<a href=\"http://www.linux.org.au/\">http://www.linux.org.au/</a>)<br />\nis the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as<br />\nsuch represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and<br />\ndevelopers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this<br />\ninternational Free Software conference in a different Australasian city<br />\neach year.\n</p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1193011772, "creator" => "kattekrab", "channel_title" => "KatteKrab - LCA2008", "channel_link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/taxonomy/term/1/0"),6 => array ( "title" => "linux.conf.au 2008 - Linux Magazine", "link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/linux-magazine", "description" => "<p><a href=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/\"><img src=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/var/linux_magazin/storage/images/media/linux_magazine_eng_us/images/cover/linuxmagazinecover_84/125234-2-eng-US/linuxmagazinecover_84_reduced_medium.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Linux Magazine - November 2007\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"120\" height=\"135\" align=\"right\" /></a><strong>whooohoooooo.</strong></p>\n<p>\n <br />\n<a href=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/\">Linux Magazine</a> approached us to be a media partner, and I\'ve been preparing a press-ready PDF to go into the next edition as an advertisement... I went off to buy a copy of the magazine, as research, to see how it looks - and saw we had this nice little write up! \n</p>\n<p><!--break--></p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\" title=\"Linux Magazine covers announces linux.conf.au, Schneier keynote and lotsa mini-confs\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/linux-magazine-scan.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au - in the news - in Linux Magazine\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"449\" /></a>\n</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n \n</div>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\nThe article in the snippet I\'ve scanned is featured in Linux World News on <a href=\"http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/84/Linux_World_News.pdf\">page 12, Issue 84, November 2007</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nWith the late inclusion of the Multimedia mini-conf we\'ve actually now got 16 mini-confs scheduled. Most of the <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/mini-confs\" title=\"linux.conf.au mini-confs\">mini-confs</a> have announced a call for papers so anyone wanting to participate in linux.conf.au should contact the mini-conf organisers to find out more.\n</p>\n<p>\nWe\'re also featured in the <a href=\"http://linux-magazine.com/resources/event_calendar\">events section</a>, as are our friends at <a href=\"http://www.osdc.com.au\" title=\"Open Source Developers Conference\">OSDC</a>:<br />\n<a href=\"http://linux-magazine.com/resources/event_calendar\"><br />\n</a>\n</p>\n", "comments" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/linux-magazine#comments", "category" => "LCA2008", "pubdate" => "Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:21:01 +1000", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "kattekrab" ), "guid" => "12 at http://www.kattekrab.net", "summary" => "<p><a href=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/\"><img src=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/var/linux_magazin/storage/images/media/linux_magazine_eng_us/images/cover/linuxmagazinecover_84/125234-2-eng-US/linuxmagazinecover_84_reduced_medium.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Linux Magazine - November 2007\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"120\" height=\"135\" align=\"right\" /></a><strong>whooohoooooo.</strong></p>\n<p>\n <br />\n<a href=\"http://www.linux-magazine.com/\">Linux Magazine</a> approached us to be a media partner, and I\'ve been preparing a press-ready PDF to go into the next edition as an advertisement... I went off to buy a copy of the magazine, as research, to see how it looks - and saw we had this nice little write up! \n</p>\n<p><!--break--></p>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\" title=\"Linux Magazine covers announces linux.conf.au, Schneier keynote and lotsa mini-confs\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/linux-magazine-scan.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"linux.conf.au - in the news - in Linux Magazine\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"449\" /></a>\n</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n \n</div>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\nThe article in the snippet I\'ve scanned is featured in Linux World News on <a href=\"http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/84/Linux_World_News.pdf\">page 12, Issue 84, November 2007</a>.\n</p>\n<p>\nWith the late inclusion of the Multimedia mini-conf we\'ve actually now got 16 mini-confs scheduled. Most of the <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme/mini-confs\" title=\"linux.conf.au mini-confs\">mini-confs</a> have announced a call for papers so anyone wanting to participate in linux.conf.au should contact the mini-conf organisers to find out more.\n</p>\n<p>\nWe\'re also featured in the <a href=\"http://linux-magazine.com/resources/event_calendar\">events section</a>, as are our friends at <a href=\"http://www.osdc.com.au\" title=\"Open Source Developers Conference\">OSDC</a>:<br />\n<a href=\"http://linux-magazine.com/resources/event_calendar\"><br />\n</a>\n</p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1192350061, "creator" => "kattekrab", "channel_title" => "KatteKrab - LCA2008", "channel_link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/taxonomy/term/1/0"),7 => array ( "title" => "linux.conf.au 2008 - schedule outline", "link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/LCA2008-outline", "description" => "<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https://linux.conf.au/programme\" title=\"linux.conf.au MEL8OURNE2008 LCA2008 schedule outline\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/outline.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Schedule outline for linux.conf.au 2008\" title=\"A Schedule outline for linux.conf.au 2008\" hspace=\"1\" vspace=\"1\" width=\"400\" height=\"222\" /></a>\n</div>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https://linux.conf.au/programme\">http://linux.conf.au/programme </a>\n</p>\n", "comments" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/LCA2008-outline#comments", "category" => "LCA2008", "pubdate" => "Sun, 06 May 2007 15:32:21 +1000", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "kattekrab" ), "guid" => "6 at http://www.kattekrab.net", "summary" => "<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https://linux.conf.au/programme\" title=\"linux.conf.au MEL8OURNE2008 LCA2008 schedule outline\"><img src=\"http://www.kattekrab.net/files/outline.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Schedule outline for linux.conf.au 2008\" title=\"A Schedule outline for linux.conf.au 2008\" hspace=\"1\" vspace=\"1\" width=\"400\" height=\"222\" /></a>\n</div>\n<p>\n \n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https://linux.conf.au/programme\">http://linux.conf.au/programme </a>\n</p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1178429541, "creator" => "kattekrab", "channel_title" => "KatteKrab - LCA2008", "channel_link" => "http://www.kattekrab.net/taxonomy/term/1/0"),8 => array ( "title" => "linux.conf.au update", "link" => "http://www.cafuego.net/2007/11/01/linux.conf.au", "description" => "<p>I suppose it\'s been pretty quiet on the <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\">linux.conf.au</a> front since we\'ve opened registrations, so perhaps an update is in order.</p>\n<p>Things are progressing well and we seem to be tracking okay. Data is being generated for graphing purposes :-) There are <strong>16 days</strong> to go until Early Bird registrations close!</p>\n<p>Nothing major has broken as of yet (*<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocking_on_wood\">tap</a>*) and we\'re just about to do some updating on the main site. </p>\n<p>Until that\'s done, here is a quick listing of the social programme for those who asked:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speakers Dinner - Tuesday Jan 29, 2008</li>\n<li>Penguin Dinner - Wednesday Jan 30, 2008</li>\n<li>Professional Delegates Networking Session - Thursday Jan 3, 2008</li>\n<li>Open Day - Saturday 2 Feb 2008 </li>\n</ul>\n<p><!--break--> </p>\n", "comments" => "http://www.cafuego.net/2007/11/01/linux.conf.au#comments", "category" => "conferencelcamel8ourneopen source", "pubdate" => "Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:09:21 +1100", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "cafuego" ), "guid" => "8 at http://www.cafuego.net", "summary" => "<p>I suppose it\'s been pretty quiet on the <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\">linux.conf.au</a> front since we\'ve opened registrations, so perhaps an update is in order.</p>\n<p>Things are progressing well and we seem to be tracking okay. Data is being generated for graphing purposes :-) There are <strong>16 days</strong> to go until Early Bird registrations close!</p>\n<p>Nothing major has broken as of yet (*<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocking_on_wood\">tap</a>*) and we\'re just about to do some updating on the main site. </p>\n<p>Until that\'s done, here is a quick listing of the social programme for those who asked:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speakers Dinner - Tuesday Jan 29, 2008</li>\n<li>Penguin Dinner - Wednesday Jan 30, 2008</li>\n<li>Professional Delegates Networking Session - Thursday Jan 3, 2008</li>\n<li>Open Day - Saturday 2 Feb 2008 </li>\n</ul>\n<p><!--break--> </p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1193897361, "creator" => "cafuego", "channel_title" => "Cafuego - lca", "channel_link" => "http://www.cafuego.net/taxonomy/term/12/0"),9 => array ( "title" => "linux.conf.au programme", "link" => "http://www.cafuego.net/2007/09/23/linux.conf.au", "description" => "<p>Well then, after a nearly false start two weeks ago, we <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme\">now have a programme</a> for <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\">linux.conf.au 2008</a>! Before we publicise it, we need to of course notify speakers, which means <strike>it\'s still </strike><strike>hush-hush completely secret confidential</strike> we can\'t reveal any details publically.</p>\n<p>However, we <strong><em>can</em></strong> provide you with a sneak preview:</p>\n<p> </p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.cafuego.net/files/blog/programme_leak.jpg\" alt=\"Programme\" title=\"Programme\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" /></div>\n<p>\n<p> </p>\n", "comments" => "http://www.cafuego.net/2007/09/23/linux.conf.au#comments", "category" => "lcamel8ourneprogramme", "pubdate" => "Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:14:30 +1000", "dc" => array ( "creator" => "cafuego" ), "guid" => "9 at http://www.cafuego.net", "summary" => "<p>Well then, after a nearly false start two weeks ago, we <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/programme\">now have a programme</a> for <a href=\"http://linux.conf.au/\">linux.conf.au 2008</a>! Before we publicise it, we need to of course notify speakers, which means <strike>it\'s still </strike><strike>hush-hush completely secret confidential</strike> we can\'t reveal any details publically.</p>\n<p>However, we <strong><em>can</em></strong> provide you with a sneak preview:</p>\n<p> </p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.cafuego.net/files/blog/programme_leak.jpg\" alt=\"Programme\" title=\"Programme\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" /></div>\n<p>\n<p> </p>\n", "date_timestamp" => 1190502870, "creator" => "cafuego", "channel_title" => "Cafuego - lca", "channel_link" => "http://www.cafuego.net/taxonomy/term/12/0")