[PLUG] TONIGHT PLUG Meeting: A Philosophy for Reliability: Lessons learned from 40 years of System Administration

[Alan]

On Thu, 2017-09-07 at 10:30 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote:
> Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement
> 
> Who: Brian P. Martin
> What: A Philosophy for Reliability: Lessons learned from 40 years of 
> System Administration
> Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level)
> When: Thursday, September 7th, 2017 at 7pm
> Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
> Stream: Meatspace
> 
> 
> After spending 40 years being a System Administrator, frequent PLUG 
> attendee Brian Martin will share what he's learned in his quest to
> be 
> the best System Administrator he could be. While primarily targeted
> at 
> system administration, many of his points are equally applicable to 
> programmers, web developers, and anyone working in IT.
> 
> About Brian
> 
> Brian first laid hands on a computer in 1970. He earned his first
> money 
> in IT ($5) in high school, and continued contract programming
> through 
> college. After working for many years as a system programmer in 
> government and private industry he began his own consulting company
> in 
> 1994. He relocated to Portland in 1996 in the successful pursuit of 
> love, and has been here ever since. He lives with his wife and and a 
> pair of dogs on the west side. He enjoys eating out with friends,
> live 
> performances of jazz, comedy, and Shakespeare, games of all kinds,
> and 
> hopes to return to hiking and photography in retirement.
> 
> 
> Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250472459
> 
> Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 1945 NW Quimby St. after the
> meeting.
> 
> Rideshares to the Lucky Lab available
> 
> PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on
> its 
> mailing lists or at its meetings.
> 
> PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org
> /
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> 
> I wish I could be there!
> 
> 

I wish I could as well. Fighting a bit of food poisoning. Oh well...