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Reminder: Campus parking
by Geert Stappers 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Because the large difference between 66% and 100% ----- Forwarded message from Geert Uytterhoeven <geert(a)linux-m68k.org> ----- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 12:48:12 +0100 From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert(a)linux-m68k.org> To: fosdem(a)lists.fosdem.org Subject: [FOSDEM] Campus parking Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVG5MJg3fedFc8Rp+DGKSfJJfTvHhsL4rEoajZX67bEnQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Hi visiting drivers, In case you didn't know: each "unit" on the ULB campus parking is supposed to accommodate 3 cars, not 2. Thanks for your understanding! _______________________________________________ FOSDEM mailing list FOSDEM(a)lists.fosdem.org https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem ----- End forwarded message ----- So do not be tempted and make it possible that if the ignorant leaves three cars[1] can be parked ... Groeten Geert Stappers Footnote [1] your car and two other cars -- Leven en laten leven

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Ter info: Hacker(space) lounge @FOSDEM by UrLab
by Marc Coevoet 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Hello! UrLab [0] (a hackerspace located in Brussels on the ULB campus) has "booked" a room [1] just in the middle of the campus where FOSDEM is organized. Our goal, is to provide a lounge and meeting place for hackers all over the world during FOSDEM. The Lounge will be opened both days until 7pm and is located right in the middle of the campus. This temporary hackerspace (let's call it /tmp/urlab!) will be located in the "Foyer Culturel" in building F1 on the groud floor. (See map: [2]) We will bring our solder station, some arduinos, leds and other electronic stuff and tools. Do not hesitate to bring stuff and/or ideas of your own! Hacking in group makes hacking more fun o/ Club-Mate, Beers and music will of course also be available :) C4 from UrLab, Belgium [0] http://urlab.be/ [1] The room has a capacity of ~50 persons, has internet, electricity, tables and chairs. [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.81313/4.38171 We will also indicate directions to the space in every building FOSDEM uses ;) _______________________________________________ FOSDEM mailing list FOSDEM(a)lists.fosdem.org https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem

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Little ampersand (&) encoding problem in schedule
by Jarek 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Hi, I have noticed that in XML schedule at https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/xml a string "&amp;" appears in about 20 talk descriptions. I think it should be just "&", otherwise it will display ugly in mobile apps. Example (in second paragraph of the abstract): <event id="1957"> <start>13:20</start> <duration>00:15</duration> <room>H.2215 (Ferrer)</room> <slug>entangle</slug> <title> Entangle: Tethered Camera Control & Capture</title> <subtitle/> <track>Lightning talks</track> <type>lightningtalk</type> <language/> <abstract>Entangle is an open source project that provides a Linux desktop application for “tethered shooting”. It uses the ligphoto2 library to trigger the camera shutter, preview shots via the camera's "live view" capability, download captured images and access all the live camera settings. It is useful for a variety of use cases including studio model shoots, macro still life, stop motion animation shoots, astro-photography and more. The talk will be targeted at Linux users &amp; developers who are photographers interested in any of the aforementioned use cases.</abstract> <description>The talk will provide an overview of the important capabilities of the program and, if all goes to plan, a live demonstration of the application in use. The aim is to demonstrate the potential of the application to users who are not already aware of its existence, and attract open source developers to contribute to the project.</description> <persons> <person id="623">Daniel Berrange</person> </persons> <links> </links> </event> Thanks, Jarek

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Hacker(space) lounge @FOSDEM by UrLab
by Nikita Marchant 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Hello! UrLab [0] (a hackerspace located in Brussels on the ULB campus) has "booked" a room [1] just in the middle of the campus where FOSDEM is organized. Our goal, is to provide a lounge and meeting place for hackers all over the world during FOSDEM. The Lounge will be opened both days until 7pm and is located right in the middle of the campus. This temporary hackerspace (let's call it /tmp/urlab!) will be located in the "Foyer Culturel" in building F1 on the groud floor. (See map: [2]) We will bring our solder station, some arduinos, leds and other electronic stuff and tools. Do not hesitate to bring stuff and/or ideas of your own! Hacking in group makes hacking more fun o/ Club-Mate, Beers and music will of course also be available :) C4 from UrLab, Belgium [0] http://urlab.be/ [1] The room has a capacity of ~50 persons, has internet, electricity, tables and chairs. [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.81313/4.38171 We will also indicate directions to the space in every building FOSDEM uses ;)

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Experimental tools to make the key signing party easier
by vatral＠vadim.ws 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Greetings! I apologize if this is not the right list, but I didn't find a more specific one. I'm developing a set of tools to make large key signing parties like the one here much easier, and I think I got far enough to make it usable at this one. WARNING: This is under development, not done yet, and lacks features. I highly recommend that anybody wishing to test it first print the official list. Here's the link: https://github.com/vatral/KeySigningPartyTools So what does this do? It's a set of tools to make pretty lists of keys to print for the meeting, to make lists of keys to sign, and to import signed keys from email. With this, even the results of a meeting as large as FOSDEM's can be handled in just a few minutes. The ksp-makelist program reads the ksp-fosdem2014.txt file, and produces a PDF with the same information. Except it's better formatted, ensures a key is always fully on one page or on the next, prints the photo on the key if there's one, and adds a QR code of the fingerprint. The ksp-scanlist program then scans QR codes and makes a text file with the keys to sign. This makes the process after the meeting very easy. Take a black marker, scribble over the QR codes for the keys NOT to sign, and then hold the sheets in front of a webcam. Much faster and less error prone than doing it by hand, and it'll even use eSpeak to report progress, so that looking at the screen isn't needed. The ksp-import-keys program comes handy once people start sending you signed keys. It will read the mailbox and import keys from there automatically. I'll probably develop a dedicated key signing program, but for now caff should do nicely. Example commands for how to use this can be found in the README on the github page. Besides being much faster, I think this approach is more secure too. The fingerprints are taken from the ksp-fosdem2014.txt file, and scanned by ksp-scanlist, ensuring that the final list of keys to sign includes precisely the fingerprints that were verified at the meeting. This means that it's easy to check the fingerprints in the code, and it's not necessary to verify by hand that the fingerprint in the paper list matches the key in the keyring. I'll be at the key signing party with a copy of the list my code produces, and a laptop set up for a demonstration, in case anybody is interested. Comments, suggestions and patches are very welcome!

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Keysigning party on Sunday?
by Boriss Mejias 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Hi all, I couldn't find the information on the schedule, but is the keysigning party going to happen on Sunday midday as previous years? Thanks in advance cheers Boriss

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New Android schedule app available: FOSDEM Companion
by Christophe Beyls [Software] 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Hello, I would like to announce the immediate availability of a new Android schedule application for FOSDEM: Fosdem Companion. It is already available for download on the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.digitalia.fosdem The app is of course open source and available on Github: https://github.com/cbeyls/fosdem-companion-android This is a first release that is already more complete than the previous Android app, more features will probably be added in the future thanks to user feedback. Best regards, Christophe Beyls

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Ride from Berlin (DE) to FOSDEM?
by BM-2cWwFLJYsraFfFaDNhmyezkEijmEgKhsAr＠bitmessage.ch 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Hi list, Anyone traveling from Berlin to FOSDEM on Friday and can give me a ride?

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Ride from Baden-Württemberg Germany to FOSDEM
by Michael Tänzer 19 Jan '14

19 Jan '14

Hi Guys, anyone who can give me a ride from Karlsruhe (I can also travel to another meeting place) to Brussels? -- See you at FOSDEM Michael Tänzer

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Updating a profile - help needed
by Ludovic Hirlimann 18 Jan '14

18 Jan '14

Hello, I'd like to update my speaker profile at https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/speaker/ludovic_hirlimann/ (profile is probably from 2005, last update from 2009), I've been told that I could use https://penta.fosdem.org/user/forgot_password to reset my password. I've tried many combination of names and emails and all have failed. Who should I bug to get access and update said profile ? Ludo -- http://sietch-tabr.tumblr.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lhirlimann/

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