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8:30am Monday, 07/19/2010
Introduction to 3D Animation with Blender
Tools & Techniques
 Location: D136
Tags: blender, animation, 3d
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Tutorials.
Matthew Momjian (Student)
Average rating: ****.
(4.50, 12 ratings)
This talk will introduce the world of 3D animation to novices and beginner users. Using Blender, users will learn how to perform many tasks, including modelling (mesh editing, subsurfing, etc), texturing (procedural and image-based), material design, animation, and lighting. Intermediate users will also learn a lot from this tutorial, as the new version of Blender, 2.6, has significantly changed. Read more.
1:30pm Monday, 07/19/2010
Get Started with the Arduino - A Hands-On Introductory Workshop
Hardware
 Location: D136
Tags: arduino, embedded, physical_computing, hardware, internet_of_things, microcontroller, open_hardware, workshop, hands-on
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Tutorials.
Philip Lindsay (rancidbacon.com), Brian Jepson (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
Average rating: ****.
(4.64, 14 ratings)
The success of the Arduino physical computing toolkit has lead to a surge of interest in the world of hardware from both software and non-technical people. This workshop will provide an overview of what physical computing is, how Arduino works and how it can be used to add an interactive element to your projects. There will also be an opportunity to set up and use an Arduino board and software. Read more.
8:30am Tuesday, 07/20/2010
Using Puppet - A Beginner's Tutorial
Operations
 Location: D136
Tags: operations, tutorial, puppet, configuration_management
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Tutorials.
James Turnbull (Puppet Labs), Jeff McCune (Puppet Labs)
Average rating: ***..
(3.91, 11 ratings)
Puppet is a powerful configuration management tool that makes life easier for people managing systems and applications. This tutorial gives you an in-depth and hands-on introduction to Puppet that is ideal for beginners to Puppet and configuration management. Read more.
1:30pm Tuesday, 07/20/2010
Hands-on Cassandra
Databases
 Location: Portland 256
Tags: distributed, nosql, cassandra, databases, tutorial
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Tutorials.
Eric Evans (Rackspace)
Average rating: ***..
(3.08, 25 ratings)
Moore's Law has run its course, yet despite the growing demands placed on databases, traditional solutions offer little alternative to vertical scaling. Come learn step-by-step how to use Apache Cassandra to turn a cluster of inexpensive commodity servers in to a massively scalable distributed datastore. Read more.
  • Intel
  • Microsoft
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • Rackspace Hosting
  • (mt) Media Temple, Inc.
  • ActiveState
  • CommonPlaces
  • DB Relay
  • FireHost
  • GoDaddy
  • HP
  • HTSQL by Prometheus Research
  • Impetus Technologies Inc.
  • Infobright, Inc
  • JasperSoft
  • Kaltura
  • Marvell
  • Mashery
  • NorthScale, Inc.
  • Open Invention Network
  • OpSource
  • Oracle
  • Parallels
  • PayPal
  • Percona
  • Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
  • Rhomobile
  • Schooner Information Technology
  • Silicon Mechanics
  • SourceGear
  • Symbian
  • VoltDB
  • WSO2
  • Linux Pro Magazine

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