Slideluck Potshow

Submitted by Diane Miller on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 11:00am

For three years Austin has been throwing an annual potluck to remember. On February 4th, the good people of Austin will cook up their favorite dishes and gather to share their recipes and photographs with each other once again!  The evening begins with a couple hours of mingling and dining on the home-cooked delights of those who attend, and then the lights are dimmed, the crowd is hushed, and a spectacular slideshow commences.

Potluck date: 
Saturday, 4 February 2012 - 7:00pm - 10:30pm
instructions: 

Remember this is a participation-based event! Those who don’t bring food will have to buy a $5 ticket.

host_directions: 

Directions at http://www.ctcinternational.org/gardencontact

host_website: 
http://network.slideluckpotshow.com/events/austin4

Location

CTC Garden
1102 East Ceasar Chavez St.
Austin, TX
United States
30° 15' 37.4616" N, 97° 43' 59.5488" W
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I wrote a complaint letter to the president of gamevil.com

Submitted by Selwyn Polit on Sat, 01/14/2012 - 9:20am

This is the letter I wrote to Mr. Kyu Lee of the rip-off company gamevil.com

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Game Evil ripped me off and won't return the cash

Submitted by Selwyn Polit on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 12:12pm

I downloaded a Air Penguin from gamevil.com to my android tablet the other day which Noah my 4-year old played with and I suddenly got some emails thanking me for buying from GAMEVIL USA and letting me know that this in-app purchase cannot be refunded.The amount? $49. What a rip off. Several more emails arrived for a total of $55. Is that game evil or what?

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Bread for the Journey

Submitted by Diane Miller on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 12:25pm

A simple relationship-based philanthropy, Bread for the Journey gives small seed grants to people who are involved in positive change within the community. Referred to as "engaged spirituality" by its founder Wayne Mueller, it is a way to help those who help others.

Potluck date: 
Sunday, 29 January 2012 - 5:30pm - 8:00pm
instructions: 

Please bring a dish that serves approximately 6-8 people. As usual, we encourage you to bring your own plates, cups and utensils, but our hosts will provide as well. They will also provide water, soft drinks and wine to drink. There are no food or beverage restrictions.

host_directions: 

Take MoPac (Loop 1) north from downtown to Spicewood Springs/Anderson Lane.  Turn Left (West) onto Spicewood Springs Road. 

Once on Spicewood Springs Road:  Take first Right onto Ceberry Lane (after Wood Hollow light).  Veer left at Yield sign, to continue on Ceberry.

Take first Left onto Chervil Drive.  8008 Chervil Drive is the 5th house on left.

For map and directions click on http://maps.google.com.For public transportation, go to http://www.capmetro.org/riding/schedulesandmaps.asp

host_website: 
http://www.breadforthejourney.org

Location

Home of Maggie
8008 Chervil Drive
Austin, TX 78759
United States
30° 21' 54.7308" N, 97° 44' 54.5172" W
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Austin Progressive Potlucker Holiday Celebration

Submitted by Diane Miller on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 9:00am

Join us for the annual Austin Progressive Potlucker holiday celebration! It's a great party that brings together Potluckers for a night of conversation, fun and food. Folks are welcome to stop in as they can during the evening, as we know this is a busy time of holiday parties. Selwyn Polit will be hosting us at his home and will plan to fire up his backyard sauna if the weather is nice and cool, so bring a towel if you want to partake. Also, you're encouraged to bring musical instruments.

Potluck date: 
Saturday, 3 December 2011 - 7:00pm - 11:00pm
instructions: 

Instructions: Please bring a dish that serves approximately 6-8 people and/or something to drink or even a dessert or snack. No restrictions on food or beverages. Please try to bring your own plate and eating utensils although we'll probably have some extras.

 

host_directions: 

Directions: 5512 Coventry Lane is located east of IH 35. You can take 51st St. east to Berkman and go north to Rogge Ln, right on Rogge to Coventry (right on Coventry).For map and directions click on http://maps.google.com.For public transportation, go to http://www.capmetro.org/riding/schedulesandmaps.asp

Phone: 
512-926-7876

Location

Selwyn Polit
5512 Coventry Lane
Austin, TX 78723
United States
30° 18' 17.514" N, 97° 41' 5.3952" W
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Ethical Society of Austin

Submitted by Diane Miller on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 8:24am

The Ethical Society of Austin is a humanistic religious organization dedicated to personal ethics and reason, committed to the idea that each individual has inherent worth and dignity, and inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane society. Learn more at http://www.esoa.org/

 

Potluck date: 
Sunday, 27 November 2011 - 10:00am - 1:00pm
instructions: 

Please bring a dish that serves 8 people.  There are no food restrictions.  Our hosts will provide utensils.

 

host_directions: 

Directions:The Ethical Society of Austin meeting hall is in north central Austin, in a Business Park complex near the intersection of Lamar and Koenig (2222).  From that intersection it is easiest to go east on Koenig, then south (right) on Guadalupe street.  Turn right into the complex near the intersection with 55th Street. http://www.esoa.org/contact.html

The following Cap Metro routes pass by:  1L, 1M, 320http://www.capmetro.org/riding/schedulesandmaps.asp

   

 

 

 

host_website: 
http://www.esoa.org/

Location

The Ethical Society of Austin meeting hall
5555 N. Lamar, Ste. L137
Austin, TX 78751
United States
30° 19' 26.418" N, 97° 43' 34.7196" W
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Require labels for GMO food

Submitted by Selwyn Polit on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 7:49pm

I went to the whitehouse.gov website to create a new petition (Isn't that cool?) to put a stop to Genetically Modified Foods and found someone had already beaten me to it.  There is already one there which is encouraging labelling of foods containing GMO organisms.  at http://wh.gov/gAH so please go sign it.

thanks

Selwyn

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Review of Drupal 7 Fields/CCK

Submitted by Selwyn Polit on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 7:46pm

One of the most powerful aspects of Drupal is the CCK contributed module(s).  It has undergone an interesting history from its roots in the flexinode module to it's current incarnation in the form of Fields which is now part of Drupal 7 core.  The functionality is simple but incredibly powerful.  Fields lets you add fields (just as you might in any relational database) to Drupal which can hold data.  So if you need to add a field to store the price of product you are reviewing on your Drupal site, Fields lets you do that.  Further, you can then display that info

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Jamie Alexander

Submitted by Selwyn Polit on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 4:28pm

I really like what Jamie Alexander is doing about food especially in the school system.  I signed the petition.

 

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Webrunner - make desktop apps instantly from the web

Submitted by Selwyn Polit on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 4:01pm

There is this super cool add-on that lets you create apps for your desktop. It is called Webrunner (from Salsita Software) It is a replacement for an app I loved dearly called Prism.  I use it with a gubb.net app for my to-do list, a google calendar app, a google docs app.  I even tried a gmail app but I prefer Thunderbird.  Check out how to do it at http://lifehacker.com/5823857/webrunner-turns-webapps-into-desktop-apps

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