2011 Candidate Statement: Chris St. Pierre

For starters: I’m an Emacs mage (two more levels and I’m a wizard!) learning vi, and a Perl guru who mostly writes Python these days. That should tell you a lot about me right there. In my time as a member of LOPSA, I’ve served on the Tech Team and the Education Committee, which gave…

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OLFU Slides

By popular request, my OLFU slides: Spam Filtering with Open Source Tools Introduction to LDAP: Provisioning, Managing, Integrating Enjoy in moderation!

SCaLE U slides

When I taught at SCaLE U back in February, I promised my students that I’d post my presentation notes on lopsa.org — a promise I forgot until reminded just recently (thanks, Brad!). So without further ado, I’ve attached PDFs of my slides. A lot has changed in the world of Fedora DS since these slides….

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SCaLE U

I heard a couple of jokes the other day: Q: What’s better than going to the Southern California Linux Expo, one of the top Linux events in the country? A: Attending classes I’m teaching at SCaLE U, a joint production of SCaLE and LOPSA. Q: What’s worse than my contrived jokes? A: Nothing. Just please…

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SA Days, day 2

This is the fourth and final installment in a four-part series covering my experiences at SA Days Phoenix; you can also read parts one, two, and three. Sorry this last installment is so late; Tuesday was a late night, and yesterday was a long flight. Anywho. Tuesday afternoon was a class on writing IT policies,…

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SA Days, Day 1.5

This is the third part of a four-part series; the first two parts are here and here. This morning, I took a “broad-spectrum analysis” of communication for IT with Jesse Trucks, who deserves major kudos since he’s quite literally 25% of the instructors here. It was certainly broad-spectrum, but, luckily, Jesse guzzles coffee and talks…

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SysAdmin Days Phoenix, Day 1

This is the second of a four-part series; the first part is here. I officially hate my laptop; I had just typed a nice long blog entry, and the dodgy mouse whatsit decided that I meant “back” instead of “new tab,” so I get to retype it all. Blargh. Anyhow, this afternoon, after a free…

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SAD-PHX, Day 0.5

I’ve been asked by Hans to blog my experiences at Phoenix SysAdmin Days, so here’s the first installment. Watch for more as the days go on. I got in last night to warm, sunny Phoenix, a very welcome change from cold, windy Nebraska. Had a few “hydraulic sandwiches” with the other folks from #lopsa —…

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