Buffalo Internet and Computer Magazine

Justin Bennett justin.bennett at dynabrade.com
Fri May 10 10:17:55 EDT 2002


Ok sounds, good ... 

On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 10:11, Robert Romito wrote:
> It's a monthly publication.  And I haven't contacted them yet.  I don't 
> know if they're even open to the idea.  Just wanted to see what people 
> on the list thought of the idea.  So I wouldn't spend an entire weekend 
> writing an article just yet.  I was thinking  we could talk about this 
> at our May meeting and bounce around a few ideas before submitting 
> anything.  Once we agree on an idea, I'll contact the editor and see 
> what she thinks.
> 
> Since we've got a multi-distribution mix, perhaps we could have 
> different people write different reviews / intros to their favorite 
> distribution.  Then it would truely be a group excercise (I'm presuming 
> that other members want to contribute).  Doesn't have to be elaborate or 
> fancy.  Perhaps a paragraph on Mandrake, Slackware, and RedHat.  Throw 
> in an intro and summary and you've got an article that didn't take too 
> much of one person's time.  I know that many of us are very busy with 
> other things, including myself.  Don't want to take on a project that 
> would be too much work! ;-)
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> Robert Romito.
> 
> Justin Bennett wrote:
> 
> >Ok sounds like a plan, is this a weekly publication, I'll start this
> >weekend, and I'll post what I come up with here, to be scrutinized by
> >all of you... :)
> > 
> >
> >On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 09:25, Ronald Maggio wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Justin Bennett" <justin.bennett at dynabrade.com>
> >>To: <nflug at nflug.org>
> >>Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 7:14 AM
> >>Subject: Re: Buffalo Internet and Computer Magazine
> >>
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Ok I'm up for it, I'm thinking a "What is Linux" Article, maybe explaining
> >>>what linux is, as well as opensource and it's advantages. Then throw a
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>NFLUG
> >>    
> >>
> >>>plug at the bottom. I'm willing to work on it. As long as I get some
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>support
> >>    
> >>
> >>>on the Proof reading side. You can probably tell from some of my emails,
> >>>english isn't my strong suite... :)
> >>>      
> >>>
> >><------------------------------snip------------------------------------->
> >>Well thats how one polishes ones writing skills. I say fo for it and we'll
> >>help you along the way.
> >>May I suggest this web site for pointers on writing:
> >>http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
> >>Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style. This should help you, I
> >>know it helped me.
> >>So good luck!
> >>
> >>Ron
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Justin
> >>>
> >>>On Thursday 09 May 2002 05:12 pm, you wrote:
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Sure.  A pro-linux article or an NFLUG intro or an intro to Mandrake (or
> >>>>Slackware ;-) ) or any other idea that someone has.  It might be fun,
> >>>>and a good learning experience, to have NFLUG take on a small project.
> >>>>
> >>>>Justin Bennett wrote:
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>What do you have in mind? Like a pro-linux article, or just saying who
> >>>>>we are? (I use we loosely since I've been on the mailing list for a
> >>>>>whopping 4 days now) :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 15:33, Robert Romito wrote:
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>If you stop by CompUSA, you can pickup the May edition of Buffalo
> >>>>>>Internet and Computer Magazine (http://www.buffalointernet.com).  It
> >>>>>>even mentions NFLUG (published our meeting time and place - May 19th,
> >>>>>>1:00pm at Computer SOS)!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>BICM didn't mention Linux much.  What does the group think about
> >>>>>>submitting an article on Linux to BICM?  Might be a fun project...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Robert Romito.
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
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