Lococast.net Episode 4 - Freedom in a Box?

• Intro
• Feedback
• PyOhio Summary:Good talks, open spaces, see blog.
  • Rick's Summary: http://blog.mitechie.com
  • http://pyohio.org
  • http://python.mirocommunity.org/category/pyohio-2010
• Follow up, ubuntu stack exchange now live. And of course the people that want it more than Ubuntu: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Aug-05.html
• Freedom Box
  • http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/210-FreedomBox.html
  • http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox
  • http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2010/feb/10/highlights-eben-moglens-freedom-cloud-talk/
  • http://natalian.org/archives/2010/08/06/Debian_powered_Web_applications/
• Golden Age of OSS: http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2010/08/09/the-golden-age-of-open-source/
• Events
  • Codemash call for talks opens today Jan 12-14th - http://codemash.org
  • OLF coming Sept 10-12th - http://ohiolinux.org
• Book Picks
  • Rick: Nothing currently, fun reading. Do have Beautiful Data and Art of Communityon the kindle
  • Craig: Linchpin by Seth Godin
• Coming Up: Lococast Screencasts starting with Vim #1: Splits
• Extro
• Music
  • Hangman - The Gallows: Intro
  • Micronaut - Slinky: Northern Style Kung Fu
  • Music Inside - Outside Forces: Drive Thru
  • Five Star Fall - Automatic Ordinary: What Planet Are We On
  • Havok - World Shroud: Season of the Locust
  • Diablo Swing Orchestra - Butcher's Ballroom: Velvet Embracer

Lococast.net Screencasts Vim 1: Splits

Welcome to a new series for Lococast.net, screencasts. We love our tools and want to share our experiences with them. Not the beginner help stuff, but the what makes my tool super cool stuff.

In that train of thought we bring you the first screencast. This is a video on getting started with vim splits. Why are they better than tabs, how can they be used, and how can they be used to be more efficient than you were when you started?

Make sure you select to view this in 720p and in full screen if you want it to look clearer. It should be much clearer once using the higher resolution settings from YouTube.

Let us know what you think or send us an email at feedback@lococast.net.

Episode notes file: http://github.com/mitechie/Lococast-Notes/blob/master/vim_001/vim_001.splits.rst

My Vim Config: http://github.com/mitechie/pyvim

Rick's Rants Episode #2: Newbie Stole My Linux

Is it just me or has the progress made in making Linux easier for the non-techies/Linux users actually made it harder to make Linux do what it was best at, molding into the great tool that fits you better than the other OSes out there? I rant on my issues getting Ubuntu to do what I want on my new Laptop and ponder if Ubuntu's outgrown me or I've outgrown it.

Lococast.net Episode 3 - E-Read This

• Intro
• Feedback: Thanks
• Rick's Rants: First episode feedback, potential guest ranters?
• Events - quick re-reminder
  • PyOhio July 31st - Aug 1st (pyohio.org)
  • OLF September 10-12, 2010 - (ohiolinux.org)
• Main Topic - E-book readers and rise of the machines
  • Intro to e-books
  • E-Ink vs LCD
  • Devices we own
    • Rick - Kindle 2
      • Likes
      • Dislikes
    • Craig - Sony PRS-505
      • Likes
      • Dislikes
  • Other devices
    • Nook
    • Kindle DX
    • iPhone, iPod, Android...ugh
  • Reading material, where to get it
    • Amazon
    • O'reilly Direct
    • Apress
    • Google Books
    • Project Gutenburg
    • Baen Books
    • Steve Jackson Games
• Books
  • Rick - Freedom, sequel to Daemon
  • Craig - Accelerando- Charles Stross
• Extro
• Music
  • Atomic Opera: Rain Parade
  • Micronaut: Vulgar
  • Electric Frankenstein: Fast and Furious
  • Eternal Jazz Project: Cliffhanger
  • Chris Randall: Two Trains Coming

This is our first episode of Rick's Rants. Basically I have a reputation as willing to take on things that annoy me to no end. I tried to start these off in a short, < 10min, test episode with something that's not pure rant. So consider this another beta release. Provide feedback at feedback@lococast.net or in the comments below. Make sure to let me know if you've heard me rant at MUG or CoffeeHouseCoders and think it'd make a good one for the shotcast.

In the future I might try to bring in some guests to cover the other point or to help me cover the rant material. Let me know if you might be interested in doing a test co-host rant.

And with that I give you

Rick\'s Rants Episode #1: Help Me! Netiquitte

Lococast.net Episode 2 - Meet Me at the App Store

• Intro
• Thanks for the feedback
• Shout Out - Leo Loving the ZSH, awesome
• Events
  • PyOhio July 31st - Aug 1st
  • Ohio Linuxfest Sept 10-12th
• App stores on desktop OS's
  • Shot of Jaq discuss software center
• Canonical Joins the Open Invention Network
• Books
  • Rick
    • Pro Python
    • Daemon
  • Craig
    • Your Brain at Work
• Feedback: feedback@lococast.net
• Extro

Music for this Episode (available at Magnatune)

• The Dino Haak Collective: Life Bit Me
• Crimsonfaced: Video
• Jive Ass Sleepers: Naughty But Nice
• Big Bad Sun: The Spirit
• Music Inside: Stinky Dog

We delve into our first episode of the podcast. Some intro, some brief discussion, and the promise to return and try again.

Lococast.net Episode 1

Show Notes:

• Intro
• Purpose of the show
• Rick's Intro
• Craig's Intro
• What to expect
• Ubuntu news
• StackOverflow for Ubuntu yay/nay?
• Vote at:  http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu
• What you're reading
  • Rick - Coders at Work
  • Craig - CouchDB: The Definitive Guide: Time to Relax (Animal Guide)
• Feedback - site/comments (email coming)

Music for the show by Drop Trio, available at magnatune.com

• l.u.g.
• Invisible Pants
• Abbey Rhodes

What happens when a couple of guys that listen to far too many podcasts start thinking out loud? Well they end of wanting to do their own podcast of course. The stuff we listen to is great and all, but it's missing a few degrees of geek. If I hear consumer tech pundits try to read into a developer announcement one more time I might just rm -rf /

So Lococast.net is our attempt to bring a taste of our infamous CoffeeHouseCoders conversations to everyone else. We think it's fun stuff and we're pretty sure there's a chunk of you guys/gals that will find it interesting too.

There are lots of great podcasts about technology out there, but they're generally done by folks that aren't deep down in the trenches, dealing with technology first-hand. Rick Harding and Craig Maloney both understand technology, and boy do they have some opinions about it. Join them for the Lococast podcast as they debate, dissect, and dismantle the current tech issues of the day, all with a local Ubuntu flair. They may not agree on all of the issues, but they definitely have opinions.

And when Rick just needs to get something off his chest, look out for Rick's Rants podcast.

Rick's favorite editor by far is Vim. His mastery of Vim is a borderline martial art. Join Rick for his Vim Screencastas he shows you how to make the most of Vim, with tips, tricks, and katas that will have you slicing and dicing your text files with ease.