Author Archives: brousch

TEDxGrandRapids

I had the honor of attending the first TEDx Grand Rapids last week. There was only seating for about 500 people, so you had to apply to attend and then be picked by one of the organizers. I was delightfully … Continue reading

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Open Source Translations

At the May 2, 2011 Grand Rapids Python User Group (GPRUG) meeting, Dave Brondsema talked to us about his forays into the internationalization (i18n) and localization (L10n) of Sourceforge’s new open source project hosting platform, Allura. He revealed that in … Continue reading

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Remembering My Grandpa Lane, the Introvert

My Grandpa Lane recently passed away, and I was asked to say a few words at his memorial service. I thought some of you other shy, quiet, introverts might get something from what I said, so here it is. — … Continue reading

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Natty and Unity at WMLUG

I’ve used Linux since 2001 and Ubuntu since it first came out in 2005, so I have about a decade invested in it. The first user groups I went to, GRLUG and WMLUG, are Linux user groups, so I have … Continue reading

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CSS3 at GRWebDev

We had another great GRWebDev meeting last Monday. The topic was CSS3 and about 55 people attended. Topher covered some basic new CSS3 features. John Hwang of Mutually Human Software introduced us to easier CSS organization and generation via SASS … Continue reading

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