[penguicon-general] Program Book -open bugs, additions?
Wolfger
wolfger at gmail.com
Sun Apr 15 00:49:39 CDT 2007
Let's hear it for Open Source program book proofing! :-D
On 4/14/07, Dan DeSloover <zifferent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Here is the current list of Program Book errata as it stands now. If there
> is anything else anyone would like to add, please get it to me before noon
> today so that I can pass this on to Markell (Programming Book Layout
> Engineer) for final edits and we can get it to the printers tomorrow.
>
> Adswaps;
> There should have been an adswap with U-Con. Can you fit it in? If not,
> it's not a huge deal, because I've recieved an email stating that for the
> current moment we've already reciprocated in last year's book. But it would
> be nice if you can fit it in so that we can swap this year.
>
> Pages 1-10
>
> Cover;
> Livonia and 2006, should be Troy and 2007
> page 3;
> I don't believe there has been a celebrity frag fest since at least P3,
> maybe P2.
> page 4;
> replace "We our share of snafus" with "We had our share ofsnafus". (I
> love the irony, though)
> Section: ConSuit -3rd paragraph "This year the non-smoking ConSuite is
> on the first floor of the Holidome. The smoking ConSuite is immediately
> above it, on the second floor."
> column one, last full paragraph: "new born" s/b "newborn" instead.
> column two, first full paragraph: "award winning" s/b "Award winning"
> for both Charlie Stross and Elizabeth Bear.Bear won the 2005 John W.
> Campbell Award for Best New Writer. :)
> Please add "M. Keaton" to the Intro participants. Thank you.
> after "Anime, cheese tastings, port tastings" possibly you should add
> ", Random Capitalization", because there is. (If you've got it, flaunt it.)
> page 5;
> under ConSuite, you mention "the Holidome" -- needs correcting to
> wherever it really is Reimbursements; "we managed to do it our first three
> years". Were we unable to do it last year? Or should "three" be "four"?
> Page 6;
> near top of 2nd column "from the first Penguicon, last year" doesn't
> make sense. Maybe cut "last year"?
> Page 7;
> Section: Hotel inbibe should be imbibe
> Hotel Phone # is: 1(248)879-2100Should be: (248)879-2100
> 2nd to last line in hotel, "security do to this fact" should be
> "security due to this fact"
> From me:Where did a concessions menu come from? From Aaron: Section:
> Hotel Concession Menu -This needs to be updated with this years info. At
> least get rid of the price.
> Completely missing the Raffle blurb (it's the last one in the Blurbs
> document), you could actually use the newly freed Concession menu space for
> this
> For the List of LUGS (Starts on page 6) Please add "Unix Hobbyists'
> Administrators' & Coder's Club (UHACC) Meetings every Wednesday - uhacc.org"
> in it's own section titled "Illinois LUGS"
> Page 10;
> EULA, change "toward making Penguicon 5.0 better" to "toward making
> Penguicon 6.0 better"
> "(the "Penguicon Pit")" should be "(the "Penguin Pit")"
> Gaming is not a day care service: Neither is the Chaos Machine.
>
> Pages 11-20
>
> Page 12;
> bio for Randy Milholland is really skimpy -- anything more to fill the
> white void?
> Page 14;
> Guests: Elizabeth Bear is listed (with picture) on page 14, and also
> on page 19 - She is both a Nifty and a GoH
> Page 16;
> Under Clif Flint, http://www.msen.com/%7Eclif; should be
> http://www.msen.com/~clif/
> Rob Balder bio lacks mention of most recent webcomic
> project/collaboration: Erfworld
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfworld)
> Rob Balder "due to be released in June 2006" bit needs to be taken out
> (and shot)
> Eric Raymond is out of date. He handed off Bogofilter and fetchmail to
> other maintainers years ago. More recently gpsd takes up most of his
> hacking time, and most recently he became addicted to (and subsequently
> joined the development team of) Battle of Wesnoth.
> page 18;
> Sarah Monette, 2nd line missing a "c" in "having completed...."
> Sarah Monnette; "having ompleted her Ph.D." should be "having completed
> her Ph.D."
> Sarah Monette's name is misspelled Sarah Monnette
> In Nick Sagan's bio, Barnes "&" Noble
> Penguin Mints ad should be full page ad (they provided us with over
> $1000 worth of product, no joke)
> No Nifty entry for Howard Tayler Please ad in for him: "Howard Tayler
> is a professional cartoonist, the creator of www.schlockmercenary.com. In a
> previous life he headed up of Novell's GroupWise for Linux. He also
> invented the Chupaqueso, is an expert on the Chaos Machine, and filmed the
> liquid nitrogen going into the swimming pool at last year's Penguicon.
> Karl Shroeder is listed a second time under nifties
> Elizabeth Bear is listed as a nifty and also as a GOH.
> Page 20;
> formatting errors: the "Computer Lounge" and "'Munchkin' Preview"
> entries are not aligned with rest of the page
> Section: Intro top open AFS (Description was on the wiki)Marcus Watts,
> Matt Benjamin - The staff of The Linux Box will provide an overview of the
> OpenAFS distributed filesystem, and demonstrate rxk5,an extension of OpenAFS
> that provides native Kerberos V authentication and advanced encryption.
> Busou Renkin / Arms Alchemist 1-6 (should have an anime icon)
>
> Pages 21-30
>
> Page 21;
> Air Geer 1-4 (should have an anime icon)
> Discussion of Sculpting (needs to be recentered vertically)
> Penguicon Writing Workshop, Pt. 1 - This whole section should be
> removed from page 21, please. The actual "Writing Workshop, Pt. 1,
> Intro" is listed on page 23. (9-10pm Prom-E.)
> Page 22;
> Order Out of Chaos: there is a time showing up in the middle of the
> description
> Chocolate Ritual: Randy MIllholland and BIll Albin... the "I"s are
> capitalized
> Akihabara at DEEP 1-3 (should have an anime icon)
> Page 23;
> PostgreSQL: The start of the second sentence in the description isn't
> capitalized.
> Page 24;
> all three gaming icons should have an anime icon
> Page 25;
> Utawarerumono 1-8 (should have an anime icon)
> How to Write RPG Fiction (should be crossover for sci-fi + gaming)
> "How to write RPG Fiction." lacking any description - Suggestion:
> "Come listen to people in the RPG field tell you just how , easy this is -
> or isn't! Did you expect the writing was precisely like role-playing a
> game?"
> Page 28;
> Paint & Take Miniatures Workshop (last I knew, this went from noon to
> 5:30pm, not just 1pm)
> Please change "this topic intentionally left blank" to "The Economics
> of Open Source", panelist Eric Raymond, blurb "The author of The Cathedral
> and the Bazaar is writing a new paper on why commoditization is an imperfect
> metaphor for the impact of open source on the software industry, and instead
> we should talk about the benefits of modularization."
>
> Pages 31-40
>
> page 31;
> Kamen Rider: The First (should have an anime icon)
> remove "Frank Hayes Concert" as this is from P-con 4.0.
> Please modify title of "Writing Workshop, Pt. 2, Critique" to "Writing
> Workshop, Pt. 2, The Art of Critique." Also please add "M. Keaton" to the
> participants.
> Page 32;
> Guyver 1-4 (should have an anime icon)
> The sushi making demo is hosted by Molly de Blanc.
> Page 34;
> Cromartie High School 1-4 (should have an anime icon)
> The Third 1-6 (should have an anime icon)
> Tron is an hour and a half long, not half an hour. It goes until 7pm.
> Page 35;
> the panel blurb for 'Subversion and CVS' by Clay Dowling and W.Craig
> Trader should read: "Subversion -- Version Control for the Revolution - Clay
> Dowling, W. Craig Trader - If you've heard about Subversion, and wanted to
> know what the noise was about, then here's your chance to get an
> introduction to Subversion and see how you can use Subversion to maximize
> your productivity. We'll talk about: The differences between CVS and
> Subversion; Working with Subversion; Integrating Subversion with Issue
> Tracking; Using Subversion for Continuous Integration."
> GURPS Bunnies & Burrows (this runs from 6:00pm to 9:00pm in Ballroom C
> (correct from Ballroom B) and should be gaming, not software. Delete the
> extra entry you have at 7:00pm to 8:00pm further down the page)
> Page 36;
> Version control with Git is here, and it's also on page 38.
> Page 38;
> Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 1-4 (should have an anime icon)
> Section: Intro to TCL (Description was on the wiki) What used to be the
> best kept open secret of Unix, and is now the best kept open source secret?
> What's the secret weapon of Cisco, Oracle, NBC, Deutsche-Telecom and more?
> Learn what Tcl/Tk is, and how easy it is to construct applications.
> "Fine Chocolate Tasting,""its" s/b "it's" instead.
> Page 39;
> Le Chevalier D'Eon 1-4 (should have an anime icon)
> page 40;
> all 4 instances (Samurai Gun 1-4, Dai Mahou Touge 1-6, Blake's Seven
> and Gear Fighter Dendoh 6-10 should have an anime icon)
>
> Pages 41-50
>
> Page 42;
> Coffee Ritual: Missing a space between first and second sentences in
> description
> Intro to Blender: Capital "Y" in "You'll get a taste of what it takes"
> shouldn't be capitalized.
> remove "Frank Hayes Concert" as this is from P-con 4.0.
> For "Writing Workshop, Pt. 3: Endgame" - Please add "M. Keaton" to the
> participants.
> Page 43;
> Minis Scupting Demonstration & Requests (should probably be gaming
> instead of crossover)
> Page 44;
> The Dead Dog Party says Penguicon 4.0
> Page 45;
> Garrett of Geeks w/Guns got Rachel W's extra return.
> Page 46;
> Second column, fourth entry from bottom: Gaming ROom? Kings Blood.
> delete the three TBD events at the top left. Anything pickup will be on
> the whiteboard instead
> Courtyard (top center) moved from 9:00am-10:00am to 1:00pm-2:00pm (new
> later time)
> Cubed (top center) moved from 10:00am-11:00am to 8:00pm-9:00pm (new
> later time)
> YangTzee (top center) moved from 11:00am-12:00m to 9:00pm-10:00pm (new
> later time)
>
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