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Johnny Smythe was killed riding a bike 8/11

maryquitecontrary — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 02:46:10 GMT

Johnny Smythe, my best friend and roommate was killed thurs the 11th as he was biking home. He was violently hit by a drunk driver on West 6th only 2 blocks from our apartment.
The driver took off and much later called 911 saying he "might of hit someone"
Austin drivers have to be more aware of cyclists.
They have as much right to be on the road as these gas guzzling Trucks and SUVs
You would think with the success of Lance Armstrong people would be more aware of bike riders. Johnny and I discussed the aggression and road rage Texans have against bikers, unlike much of the rest of the country. He rode in Austin's Critical Mass bike ride on several occasions and would help inform other riders of their legal rights.
Honestly I have ridden my bicycle in NYC and not encountered this type of aggression found on Austin's downtown roads.
Unfortunately, with Texas law, the driver that killed Johnny will not even have his license revoked due to it being his first offense.

Johnny's death is a tragedy, and I am still in a state of shock....he was a extremely close friend of mine for over 10 years....words cannot express my grief. It's so sad to have his family members show up at your doorstep, and tell you of your best friend's death...let alone sort thru all your roommate's belongings.
Please....be kind to bike riders and all who share this earth. And please do not drive drunk
I will be contacting the kids who run Austin's Critical Mass bike ride and the downtown bike carriage people who shuffle people up and down 6th St., right past the place where he was hit.
Any of their contact info would be greatly appreciated.
Johnny was on Tribe for awhile and was known throughout Austin's electronic music scene and will be missed dearly. He was a member of this tribe and posted "Snail Mittens" He worked as a Graphic Designer in NYC, SF and Austin

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Kabluey – Independent FIlm Opening at Landmark Dobie - this Fri 7/25

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:53:47 GMT

This looks like it's going to be hilarious. Plus, it has Lisa Kudrow. :)

It's opening on July 25th at Landmark Dobie in the Dobie Mall

Here’s two youtube trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33VGW8Dlw0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o24NNR8o9a0

And great reviews at Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kabluey/

KABLUEY (NR) - http://landmarktheaters.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=68974

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Hello!

blackegg — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:46:26 GMT

I'm new here so
I just thought I'd introduce myself
before
I began posting shtuff.

I'm Ben and I have two young daughters and a wife.
We're moving to Austin at the end of June.
Living in Kyle now.

Very interested in Biology
and BioChemistry but am just getting a chance to study here soon.
I've been doing the Mr Mom thing for the last 8 months.
What a learning experience that's been!
Can't wait to get back into the silent books.
Hope that doesn't sound to crude but it's true.

Anyways, hello everybody!

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What Made Milwaukee Famous

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:22:04 GMT

Anyone going to the What Made Milwaukee Famous show at Emo’s on 3/3? I heard they are going to be debuting new songs at the show. I can’t wait.

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Game Conference

ursonate — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 06:56:20 GMT

Is anyone going? I want to attend, but I fear I'm too poor. Think they need volunteers?

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Linux Sysadmin job in San Antonio!

syah — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:40:16 GMT

Rackspace managed Hosting is looking for a few good Linux Systems Administrators for immedeate employ in Sunny San Antonio!

In particular, I am looking for 6 good canidates to work 2p-11p 2nd shift hours. Good pay, good benefits, great team, with relocation assistance.

Official job fluff:

Rackspace Managed Hosting, a Limited Liability Corporation with deep
roots in the Open Source community and a large base of Unix customers is
searching for people with Unix/Linux experience. Rackspace's Fanatical
Support (TM) team of Unix technicians are constantly searching for
innovative ways to provide our customer's with superior levels of
support. Our culture of personal initiative and independent thought will
provide you a great opportunity to take part in, and sometimes drive, a
group of individuals to accomplish an objective while expanding your
technical horizons.

We give preference to candidates with strong leadership qualities and
demonstrated competence with one or more of the following:

- DNS fundamentals, including diagnostics with Unix tools

- Network fundamentals, including diagnostics with Unix tools

- RedHat Linux

- FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x, 6.x

Email resume to brandon.barrett@rackspace.com (Recruiting) or Ryan Stark rstark@rackspace.com (2nd Shift Linux Team Lead)

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Local Electronic Musician, 3 CD Release, Check it out...

Ikipr — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:35:03 GMT

Hello Friends,

Over the past several months I endeavoured tirelessly to bring to fruition a triple CD release of various styles of experimental electronic music, each album has it's own unique style ranging from downtempo/ambeitn, to light melodic video game-ish breakbeats, and experimental, circuit bent weirdness etheric soundcollages...all are avbl. for free as my music always is @

www.aleph9.com

or to bring up the releases directly

www.aleph9.com/triplecdrelease.html

I appreciate anyone listening, offering feedback and the likes as I have no motives to making music besides sharing my experience and insights with anyone willing to listen whilst also finding a realm in which to voice myself, so I ask that if you enjoy the releases maybe pass along the link or a copy to friends who might enjoy it as well...anyway, I appreciate your time as always...

-ikipr

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Hello My Name is Greg

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:39:43 GMT

Just another tribe.net addict :)

Hello!

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ACL Fest...coming in from Seattle but am seeking word on WILCO. and Karaoke

finddarcy — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:30:09 GMT

Came to the festival last year, hot, humid and totally awesome event. We were fortunate to get word that WILCO was playing at Stubb's the night before and I'm hoping that they will do so again. If any of you hear of that in advance, through the grapevine or whatever, could you please remember me in a reply? I would really appreciate it. I'd like to get advance tickets. Also, if you hear that Ryan Adams is coming back, that would be cool to know as well.

If you have any advice of how to get to the festival, shortcuts, things to remember to pack in with you, etc...this out of town girl would really appreciate it.

Karaoke: is there a place that is fun, doesn't take themselves too seriously, that has karoake 7 nights a week or, WED or THURS nights? I belong to a Karaoke tribe and need to report back on my adventures as well. Thanks to all and your city has very good vibes, and am eager to visit again.

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Hangin' out.

Josh — Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:21:24 GMT

I'm going to be moving to Austin in a few months and I was wondering where the good spots are to hang out. I'd like to find a good kareoke bar, piano bar, coffee bar/cafe, internet cafe, and/or used book store. If you have any recomendations let me know. :D

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geeks from Tucson....

pettinkitties — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:06:35 GMT

Visiting you guys from 6/18 through 6/24; would like to know the best goth and/or 80s dance clubs, especially weeknight events. Feel free to contact us via pawl@pobox.com and check out our profile for other activities we're interested in.
Thanks,
P & D
xoxoxox

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I need another job in Austin

Hugh — Sat, 03 Jan 2004 03:38:15 GMT

If you have any leads, message me, call me, whatever me, Thanks!!

Hugh H. Melrose III 2405 Rio Grande Box 39 Apt 108 Austin, Texas 78705
512 - 477 - 5941

Employment History
Aug, 2003 to Present El Rio Apartments, 2405 Rio Grande, Austin, Texas 78705
Manager

Aug, 2002 to Dec, 2002 H.E.Butts Corporation, Austin # 346, Far West Austin, Texas
Cashier, Bagger,Carryout

Jan, 1996 to Present U.S. Army 75th Division 1st Brigade Battlefield Projections Group, Battle Command Staff Training and Support, Houston, Texas 77054
Current Rank/Pay Grade: Seargent / E-5, Oct 2002
Security Level: Secret
Signal Systems Operations - Specialized training, Cable/Wire Systems, Unit Administration, Radio, Communications Security & Training

Jan, 1999 to Dec, 2001 ExxonMobil Exploration Corporation, Upstream Technical Computing 222 Benmar Houston, Texas 77060
Technical Assistant - Information Management Systems

Aug, 1998 to Dec, 1998 StaffMark, Formerly International Team Consultants
Contractor assigned to Exxon Exploration Corporation in Geo-Science Data Resource Management

Feb, 1998 to Jun,1998 SSL Enterprises, Mail Boxes Etc. #346, Spring,Texas shipping, receiving, customer service, sales clerk, inventory

Education History
2003 – present Austin Community College – Rio Grande Campus

1998 - 2003 North Harris Montgomery Community College System, Houston, Texas
Business and Engineering major, Graphics design and Business courses

1997 - 1997 Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
Business and Engineering major, ROTC advanced standing

1996 - 1997 United States Army, Fort Gordon Georgia
31 Lima School - Cable and Wire systems installation and maintenance
35 Echo School - Radio and Communications Security, operations and maintenance

1996 United States Army, Fort Leonardwood, Missouri
U.S. Army Basic Training

1992 - 1996 Klein Oak High School, Spring, Texas. graduated May,1996 with special study in Drafting / Architectural Computer aided design, Athletics, Sports Medicine and Marine Biology courses
1995 Second Place Regional Winner in Aerospace Design (AutoCAD)

Computer Applications Experience

Microsoft Office XP/2000, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, XP, NT, Win98, Win95,Office 97 AutoCADD R12, R13, R14, R2000, 3D Studio, 3D Max, 3D Viz, Corel Draw,Adobe Photo Shop 6.0/7.0, Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Webpage design

*DD - 214 On file with Harris County Clerk - verifies military training and honorable discharge from Active Army status to Active Army Reserve status.

Organizations

Boy Scouts of America, Sam Houston Area Council, Houston, Texas
Nov. 1995 Assistant Scout Master, Troop 87, Polaris District
Oct. 1995 Achieved Eagle Scout Rank, Polaris District
Sep. 1993 Explorer Scouts of America, Post 555, Polaris District
Jul. 1993 Order of the Arrow, honor camper youth group of Boy Scouts of America
Brotherhood member

Team Army - USAC - A Road, Mountain and Cyclocross Cycling Club - Mountain Bike Racer

International Mountain Bikers Association

Volunteer Experience

Boy Scouts of America, Sam Houston Area Council, Houston, Texas
Summer camp staff at El Rancho Cima's Horseshoe Bend Camp, 1995
Cockerel River Camp - 1993
Philmont Scout Ranch - 1992, 1994
Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 87, Spring, Texas, Polaris District
Explorer Post 555
Assisted in variety of volunteer efforts designed to benefit the community

Habitat for Humanity, Houston, Texas - Volunteer assisting in construction of homes

Red Cross Disaster Aid Volunteer - Houston, Texas

Texas Sports Medicine Center - Tomball, Texas - Volunteer Physical Therapy Assistant

*References available upon request.

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SNAIL MITTENS.

Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:25:41 GMT

Pros vs. Cons, please discuss.

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Best Austin Cel Phone Service

bj — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:40:04 GMT

Yo tribe!

Just moved to Austin from San Francisco, and I need to get a new celphone.. I was using AT&T before, but have heard mixed reviews.

I'm a pretty basic celphone user.. no frills. I do like a clamshell phone, but not necessary. I don't surf the internet on my phone...

What's the best plan to go with for the best price? I want to call my friends in SF as well.. so it should have good long distance/roaming etc.. thanks!

BJ

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Looking to Relocate to Austin

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:10:51 GMT

Hey Everybody!
I currently Live in Pittsburgh, PA and am looking to flee this area. I am currently a software/web engineer and a wide range of technical skills/experience. Just wondering If anyone happens to know of any job leads in the area, or what the job market is like there. If anyone wants my resume *please* just PM me your email and I will happily send it off!
Thanks!
Eric

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Wooohooo I am the 50th Member

Ash — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:15:21 GMT

Hi All,
Hope to meet some cool people here...
..Ash

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Help out the little guy.

Josh — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 21:22:06 GMT

I've been searching full time for three weeks solid. I'm a Graphic Designer with Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Quark Xpress and a few other cards up my sleeve but I'm just not catching on anywhere. Anyone got a lead?

By the way, for a survival job I would take a job in retail I have experience in that too... so I could use those leads as well.

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Online Advertising Jobs?

Paul — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:23:44 GMT

My wife and I are aggressively pursuing opportunities in Austin. The size of the city is large enough to find employees within the city but not large enough to have lots of specific jobs. As such, it is extremely difficult to find employment opportunities other those posted on major websites for companies like Dell.
I'm curious if anyone knows of good local recruiters or specific jobs in online advertising. Manager-Director level.

Thanks

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Geek’s eye view

Atom Q — Tue, 25 May 2004 10:45:52 GMT

OK,

So I have an interview in Austin on Friday and I wanted to find out from some fellow self proclaimed geeks more about Austin.

Any information would be good seeing as I have only passed through once years ago and remember next to nothing.

Thanks :)

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Are You Willing To Pay For An Orkut Invite?

carlwebb — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 06:24:59 GMT

Are You Willing To Pay For An Orkut Invite?

By Rob Greenlee, Host WebTalkGuys Radio

Is an invitation to Orkut.com, the Google affiliated social networking site, worth $5 dollars?

It seems that the fever to be included in this exclusive invite only social club is heating up. So Orkut members are offering this invite on EBay for as much as $5 per invite.

The Orkut community is growing very fast and word is spreading. People want in faster than the invites are getting sent.

It is unclear at this stage how valuable membership in this community really is, but it is clear that all the big name Internet bloggers, technologists and technology journalists are already growing their network of contacts and friends. This network does seem to be reaching the very elite people online and is why people may be willing to pay to be invited.

One could look at this network as a form of a contact manager for your group of contacts and a way to stay up to date with what is new with your friends and business contacts.

I just received a notification from the namesake for the community, Orkut Buyukkokten, announcing to me the date of his birthday. I then sent him a birthday wish and invited him to join me on WebTalk soon to talk about Orkut.

I am an early member of Orkut and have set up a growing position in this community. You must be willing to share some personal information about yourself to really make connections with people of common interest. It does appear to be mostly a popularity game as your number of friends is used to rank your displayed place on friends lists as part of each members profile.

Many people have seen connections via Ryze and Friendster, LinkedIn and many others. If you look around on these sites, you'll see a lot of the same names and faces. I do think that Orkut has more appeal because of its invite policy, but how hard is it really to get an invitation? Surely almost everyone knows someone in there by now.

I think Orkut is great, but I signed up for several of the sub-communities and only one of them is really having any sort of conversation at all. Unless people start participating and stop lurking, the system won't be that useful for most people.

If you are interested in joining Orkut for free and listen to the WebTalk Radio show, then send me an email to robg@webtalkguys.com, along with a bit about yourself, and I will consider sending you an invitation.

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WebTalk Radio is a Seattle-based talk show featuring technology news and interviews. It is broadcast on WebTalkGuys Radio and syndicated nationally on twelve radio stations. WebTalkGuys is also available through the Mobile Broadcast Network, WindowsMedia.com News & Talk, WindowsMedia.com Radio Tuner, WM Mobile Portal, MS-Sync & Go, RealGuide Radio Tuner and RealOne Mobile Phone Media Portal. We are also on WorldTalkRadio every Thursday from 1-2pm PST and IM Tuner Network with SonicBox (Channel V-25). Past shows and interviews are also webcast via the Internet at http://www.webtalkguys.com

PC World magazine names WebTalkGuys "Best of Today's Web Hidden Gems" in their August 2002 issue.

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EE Seeking Job Leads

Mike — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:07:55 GMT

In December I graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. I specialized in management and production, taking courses in management, marketing, and economics in addition to my engineering courses. I am interested in the business side of engineering, in a job where I can combine my technical training with my leadership, business, and people skills. I have attached my resume below, which outlines my work experience and senior project. If you have any leads please reply. Thank you.

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Objective

Seeking a full-time position as an Electrical Engineer.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, December 2003
The University of Texas at Austin
Overall GPA: 3.12/4.00

Senior Design Project:

Semester-long project with a team member to design and build a demonstration of acoustic streaming, creating a torque using sound waves. Project required in depth research, planning using hand drawings, PSpice modeling, and meticulous record keeping. Prepared several reports and presentations, culminating in a 19 page document and a 20 minute presentation. Project was completed on time with a $200 budget.

Relevant Courses:

Acoustics, Automatic Control, Engineering Communication, Fundamentals of Management, Marketing, Engineering Economics, Electromagnetic Engineering, Linear Systems and Signals, Modern Physics, Introduction to Microcontrollers, Digital Systems, Applied Thermodynamics, Solid-State Electronic Devices, Mixed Signals and Circuits

Experience

07/03 –08/03 Assistant Director, “Chicken or the Egg ”Film Project Various Locations
Managed a team of seven filmmakers to create a feature-length film over six weeks. Directed the progress of pre-production in Wisconsin and production in Ohio and Maine. Oversaw the creative and technical processes of filmmaking while working with a $50,000 budget. Worked with the local townspeople to find donations and help.

05/02 –08/02 Show Technician, Mshow Austin, Texas
Supported both the network and the software necessary for web conferencing. Set up each conference and discussed technical issues before each show with the customers. Monitored the conference ’s progress, resolving any technical issues as they occurred. Used communication and troubleshooting skills daily with a team of technicians.

05/00 –08/00 Editor, Ibooks.com Austin, Texas
Scanned through thousands of HTML pages from technical manuals for use on the website, looking for errors. Edited both text and graphics using Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, cascading style sheets, and HTML coding.

06/98 –01/00 Sales Associate, CompUSA Dallas, Texas
Assisted with the operation of the Upgrades department, from sales to stocking. Learned computer hardware thoroughly during this customer service-intensive position.

Skills

Strong computer skills, including: proficiency in Microsoft Office and all versions of Windows, experience with HTML and C++, knowledge of computer hardware.
Experience with laboratory tools including LabVIEW and PSpice.
Skilled in dealing with customers, both in sales and in problem-solving.

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The Geek Test

carlwebb — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:39:55 GMT

http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html

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Welcome!

Josh — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:46:05 GMT

Hi everyone, I hope we can all get this Tribe off the ground.

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