Events
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Missoula BarCamp 2009, our second annual technology, non-profit, and arts unconference will happen on Saturday April 18 from noon to 5pm at MonTEC (1121 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT).
WHEN: Saturday April 18
WHERE: MonTEC
COST: $8 early, $15 after Apr 11
Registration Required! Do it early and save money. Lunch is included.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Hunter LloydHunter Lloyd will be giving a presentation on Blender.
For those unfamiliar with Blender, wikipedia says:
Blender is a 3D graphics application released as free software under the GNU General Public License. It can be used for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, water simulations, skinning, animating, rendering, particle and other simulations, non-linear editing, compositing, and creating interactive 3D applications.
Blender is available for several operating systems, including GNU, FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris with unofficial ports for AmigaOS, BeOS, MorphOS , Pocket PC and SkyOS. Blender has a robust feature set similar in scope and depth to other high-end 3D software such as Softimage|XSI, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Lightwave and Maya.
These features include advanced simulation tools such as rigid body, fluid, cloth and softbody dynamics, modifier based modeling tools, powerful character animation tools, a node based material and compositing system and Python for embedded scripting.
Hunter is a faculty member of the Computer Science Department at MSU-Bozeman and has used Blender in a couple of classes. He will cover the following topics during his presentation:
- User Interface intro
- Feature Tour
- Comparison to commercial apps
- Show some sample projects including those done by students
For directions and parking info, see:
Meeting Information
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Start: 9:30 am
End: 5:00 pm
Linuxfest Northwest 2009 - Bellingham, Washington - 10th Anniversary
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Start: 9:30 am
End: 4:32 pm
Linuxfest Northwest 2009 - Bellingham, Washington - 10th Anniversary
Friday, May 8, 2009
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Hey all,
We are hosting another Meet-up in Missoula this week at Ruby's Inn. Friday at 6 - Main topic this month is MySQL - and building InnoDB databases with MySQL Workbench, QueryBrowser, and MySQL Admin (GUI tools)
Everyone is welcome/invited -- please share with your coder friends.
Link to calendar / event:
http://www.meetup.com/Montana-Programmers/calendar/10260927/
