LinuxChix Los Angeles » Technology http://blog.linuxchixla.org Be Polite, Be Helpful. A community for and by women interested in F/LOSS. Thu, 27 May 2010 03:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 RIP Spirit? http://blog.linuxchixla.org/2009/11/15/rip-spirit/ http://blog.linuxchixla.org/2009/11/15/rip-spirit/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:22:51 +0000 Sharon http://blog.linuxchixla.org/?p=2043 Mars Rover Spirit

Mars Rover Spirit

The rover that could, and could, and could year after year is stuck in a sand trap since this past spring. On Monday NASA will attempt to extricate the Mars Rover Spirit. You can follow the progress via news reports on the Free Spirit page, or the Mars Rover’s facebook or Twitter feeds.


Women of MER

Women of MER

And while poking around on the Mars Rover pages I found the Women on the Mars Exploration Rover team photo. What an absolutely uber cool project in which to work. Go Team :)

]]> http://blog.linuxchixla.org/2009/11/15/rip-spirit/feed/ 0 Ada Lovelace, Tasmanian Devils, and SysAdmining http://blog.linuxchixla.org/2009/03/24/ada-lovelace-tasmanian-devils-and-sysadmining/ http://blog.linuxchixla.org/2009/03/24/ada-lovelace-tasmanian-devils-and-sysadmining/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:53:11 +0000 Sharon http://blog.linuxchixla.org/?p=171
Tuz!

Tuz!

What’s the connection? On behalf of Ada Lovelace Day LinuxChix Los Angeles is highlighting Terri Haber’s in-the-trenches-sysadmin presentation at linux.conf.au in Hobert, Tasmania. And Terri brought back a Tuz from linux.conf.au! And what’s a Tuz? In addition to being the mascot for linux.conf.au, Linus Torvald is replacing Tux with Tuz for the Linux kernel release 2.6.29 to highlight the plight of the endangered Tasmanian Devils whose population is plummeting in the wild due to a contagious facial tumor disease.

Terri, Tuz, Linus, and Bdale at Linux.conf.au

Terri, Tuz, Linus, and Bdale at Linux.conf.au

And yes, that is Terri watching Linus save shave the 27 year-old-beard of Bdale Garbee to benefit Save the Tasmanian Devil foundation. (Complete slide show of the shave.)

Now back to LinuxChix Los Angeles and our contribution to Ada Lovelace Day. Ada Lovelace Day is all about highlighting the contributions of women in technology. So why Terri? Because Terri did a most difficult thing, she contributed. Contributing is hard, being visible is hard, and Terri was visibly contributing when she shared what she knew at linux.conf.au. And in her contribution, Terri advanced women’s visibility in technology. So thanks Terri, thanks for visibly contributing.

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