Month: September, 2008

Researchers in Europe: Noc vědců

21 September, 2008 (17:06) | No comments

26th September is know as Researchers’ night (noc vedcu in .cz), launched in 2005 under the “Researchers in Europe” initiative, offers the large public a unique opportunity to discover the researchers and their magic world: dozens of labs, universities, enterprises, foundations… open their doors and unveil their secrets Europe wide, allowing each of you, “hand [...]

Fedora infrastructure Puppet training

20 September, 2008 (10:34) | 1 comment

Mike McGrath, the Fedora infrastructure lead, made an awesome presentation on puppet and how to use it. Slides and audio record are posted at http://mmcgrath.fedorapeople.org/puppet/.

2009: International Year of Astronomy

14 September, 2008 (21:41) | No comments

Year 2009, the international year of the astronomy, is coming!

Tardigrade can survive in space vacuum

11 September, 2008 (11:12) | No comments

An ESA experiment shows that tardigrades also known as “water bears” are the first known animal to survive in the vacuum and exposed to the radiation of space. Wicked!

Managing Study and Work

10 September, 2008 (21:04) | 1 comment

I’m a full-time employee, but now also, a student at Masaryk university. Could I ever manage to do both tasks in my life? I’m not sure, but I’m sure that I want to study! I found an interesting paper about it and wanted to share it with you, that’s the reason for this post.

LHC First Beam Day

9 September, 2008 (20:17) | No comments

Unfortunately, I’m on a math course at the university tomorrow, so I’ll follow-up the transmission only occasionally, but for others, here is the schedule.
The list below covers notable events during the day. At other times coverage will alternate between live events in the CCC and pre-recorded material. All times are CEST (Central European Summer [...]

FUDCon Brno 2008 is over :(

8 September, 2008 (19:10) | 1 comment

I’d like to thank all attendees! It was really one of the best conference I’ve been, great talks, great people, great hackfasts. I hope we will have the luck to make another FUDCon in Brno in the future happen.

FUDCon 2008 in Brno this week!

1 September, 2008 (17:08) | No comments

I can feel the excitement in the streets of this small city. Only in few days an enormous event will take place here. Yes, I’m writing about FUDCon! You can join even if you missed the registration. Flick FUDCon Brno channel is ready too. See you there!