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Archive for July, 2014

Pictures: SysAdminDay Dinner 2014

Posted by Bob Jonkman on 28th July 2014

SysAdmin logoThe System Administrators of Kitchener-Waterloo got together for dinner on System Administrator Appreciation Day:

A smattering of local sysadmins

A smattering of local sysadmins

Two System Administrators, Laurel and John

Systems Administrators discuss Android Systems Administration

Chinese Restaurant Bills

The Bills

More pictures in the gallery

Pictures by Laurel L. Russwurm from Waterloo Region is Awesome and by Bob Jonkman, used under a CC-BYCC BY 4.0 license.

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System Administrator Appreciation Day Dinner, 2014 Edition

Posted by Bob Jonkman on 15th July 2014

Pictures of SysAdminDay Dinner 2014 are up!

New Venue!

The Lai Lai Chinese Restaurant, 175 West Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario Map

Sysadminus WindowservusHi Everybodeee! Every year, the last Friday in July is System Administrator Appreciation Day. A SysAdmin is the person who keeps your servers serving, your network working, and your backups, um, backed up. Most people only deal with their SysAdmin when things go wrong, but on the last Friday in July they shower their SysAdmins with gifts, chocolate cake and ice cream.

If you’re a SysAdmin, aspire to be one, are friends with or married to one, or just want to see what SysAdmins look like, come to this special Ubuntu Hour and celebrate with us.

Sysadminus Windowservus

Sysadminus Windowservus

Sysadminus Emailservus

Sysadminus Emailservus

Sysadminus Databasus

Sysadminus Databasus

Sysadminus Linuxservus

Sysadminus Linuxservus


What SysAdmins look like


Usually, we celebrate SysAdminDay in Kitchener-Waterloo with Egg Rolls and Guy Ding at the Egg Roll King Restaurant, but this year Tony and his family will be on vacation so we have to find another venue. I’ve received some good suggestions already; let me know of any others in the comments.

CrankyOldBugger writes:

I know of a perfect place in St. Jacobs (Harvest Moon), seating-wise, but
no wi-fi.

What about the Williams at University Plaza? I’m just tossing out names
here…

This might be a bit out of the ordinary, but maybe we could use my house in
St. Jacobs. If it’s nice out, we could have a pool party. The pizza joint
around the corner is makes good stuff. Just a thought….

Tim Laurence suggests:

If Chinese food is in order I am a big fan of Lia Lia.

Otherwise we could grab some space at the Rum Runner. Their rooms are just
perfect for groups.

Nathan Fish offers:

Kam Yin is an excellent Chinese restaurant, family-run I believe. They don’t have a party room, though. How many are we expecting?

I don’t know, Nathan… So, Everybodeee, please register for the SysAdminDay Ubuntu Hour in Kitchener-Waterloo event on the Ubuntu LoCo Team Portal, or let me know you’re coming in the comments.

–Bob.

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