| November 23: Linux User Group Event – What will the Internet do for you?

If you could go anywhere and meet anyone on the planet, who would it be?:

I would go to Kelara or Kashmir in India and meet Salman Rushdie who is my favourite author. I'm not sure this would be such a good idea though because I have found that more often than not, the writer that the work makes you expect is not usually the person you think it will be. Still I want to pick the brain of the man who creates the magic in the pages of my favourite books.

UNICEF

"The United Nations Children's Fund was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name. Head-quartered in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries."

Unicef have kindly agreed to sponsor for the camera-crew to film the event and provide refreshments and is generously providing us with a fantastic venue.

More information can be found at the UNICEF website: http://www.unicef.org

Uganda Linux User Group

The Uganda Linux User Group is a community organization dedicated to the promotion and discussion of innovative open-source technology. The organization endeavours to promote the growth of a vibrant, active, unified open-source community by offering education, discussion, and support through its website, mailing-list, online chat-room, and monthly events. The Uganda LUG believes that free and open-source software can offer great benefits not only to Uganda and the East African region, but to the entire world.

More information can be found at the Uganda Linux User Group website: http://linux.or.ug/

TED

TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Program, the new TEDx community program, this year's TEDIndia Conference and the annual TED Prize.