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I attended my first Ohio Linuxfest this year (2017) and had a great time. I found the lightning talks especially inspirational. One of the talks I especially like were the lightning talks. Lightning talks are a series of short (5 minute), impromptu talks that anyone can do. They hand you a microphone, and you say what you want to say. There were a lot of Linux advocacy speeches (as you’d expect) and “How Linux has affected me” type talks. One of the talks that hit home with me was a gentleman who talked about how when he attended his first Linuxfest, Linux was not his career. Fast-forward a few years, and he is back to say that he now has a Linux job that he secured by being active in the community and meeting people and learning on the job. ...

During my time working at the Sheriff’s Office, I had the privilege of being able to traverse the building freely since I was part of IT. Any room that had a computer was a potential visit for us in case we needed to plug something in or turn something off and on again. One afternoon, a few of us were tasked with setting up donated computers in one of the classrooms. ...

“Describe Yourself In 3 Fictional Characters” was an online forum game in which participants select fictional characters from popular media that they believe demonstrate various aspects of their personality. Here’s mine.

So we had a Pokémon Go incident a few days ago. This mother and son came to the office asking if they could catch the Pikachu that likes to hang around here. I didn’t see a problem so I let them in. Well the kid was super excited, running and jumping around everywhere. Well, he wasn’t looking where he was going, and he slammed his head into a shelf unit. ...

“Find a Kindle, Hack a Kindle”. It now runs Duokan 2015 and has 197 ebooks, unless I boot into Kindle mode, where I can access the 34 Kindle books on my account. I am currently reading three books at once. This isn’t going to end well.

While attending a fundraiser at a bar tonight a girl approached me and asked if the penguin on my shirt was the Linux penguin (It was). I spent the next 40 minutes chatting with her and her boyfriend (a chef) about Linux and other assorted geekery. Totally restored my faith in humanity. Thank you, Anthony. I wish I would have gotten your girlfriend’s name. I hope her brother finds a Linux job. And I wish you nothing but success in the kitchen. ...

Pro Wrestler name or Porn star name? Either way I am picking from this list the next time I am stopped in the mall for a survey. Slab Bulkhead Fridge Largemeat Punt Speedchunk Butch Deadlift Bold Bigflank Splint Chesthair Flint Ironstag Bolt Vanderhuge Thick McRunfast Blast Hardcheese Buff Drinklots Trunk Slamchest Fist Rockbone Stump Beefgnaw Smash Lampjaw Punch Rockgroin Buck Plankchest Stump Chunkman Dirk Hardpeck Rip Steakface Slate Slabrock Crud Bonemeal ...

PSA: Just so everyone knows: I am a Linux administrator. I have been for a few years now. I DO NOT own any windows machines although I DO use them at work. If you choose to click that “Upgrade to Windows 10” button I’ve been hearing about you are on your own. I will be happy to help you figure out what went wrong and try to fix things - but don’t call me and ask things like: ...

So we go to Best Buy to buy some computer stuff that was on sale. I get to the Geek Squad counter and show the guy my phone with the items I want, in stock at that store and the price. He gets them and tells me the price is $10 more than I planned. I show him my phone with the sale price. He is unfazed. He cannot sell me the items at the advertised price. I thank him and walk away. ...