BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T020000 RDATE:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260624T172001Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260702T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260702T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260624T172001Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260625T231405Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250482620 DESCRIPTION: \;\nSummary: \;\n \;\nWhat happens to legacy intern et infrastructure when the sole technical owner passes away? When Jon Ba ckstrom (AKA Prairie Nyx) died in 2023\, they left behind critical piece s of community infrastructure under risk of going offline completely —in cluding the nameserver prairie.net and vital segments of the geography-c entric .US locality domain space (RFC 1480). \;\n \;\nThis talk co vers the messy\, real-world saga of digital succession and infrastructur e rescue. We'll walk through the technical and human challenges of break ing into systems without passwords\, tracking down next of kin and the r emaining passionate user base to keep them informed. \;\n \;\nOn t he technical side\, we will look at how to quickly audit\, patch\, and m igrate legacy services under pressure. We'll discuss practical strategie s for cloud juggling\, lowering operational costs\, and eliminating both technical and human single points of failure by balancing the best of m odern cloud automation with DIY resilience. \;\n \;\nFinally\, we will dive into the history\, near-death\, and possible resurrection of t he Internet for actual human communities. Ultimately\, this is a talk ab out digital stewardship\, service preservation\, and remembering why we build and maintain systems for the pure joy of the craft. \;\n \;\ n \;\nBio: \;\n \;\nRyan Sayre is a cloud and storage technolog ist who enjoys the restoration\, maintenance\, and tinkering of vintage computing hardware. In his spare time\, he manages legacy internet infra structure (skylab.org and prairie.net)\, coordinates a Portland school b ike bus initiative\, and tries to keep good stuff alive for the good of the commons. \;\n\n\nTags: plug\, linux\, surviving death\, dns\n\nIm ported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250482620 URL:https://pdxlinux.org/ SUMMARY:Portland Linux/Unix Group General Monthly Meeting: Digital Death Succession & Zombie ISP Resurrection Fun\, with Ryan Sayre LOCATION:Portland State University Fourth Avenue Building (FAB) Room FAB 86-01: 1900 Southwest 4th Avenue\, Portland OR 97201 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260803T002730Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260806T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260806T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260803T002730Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260803T002730Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250482653 DESCRIPTION:Summary: \;\n \;\nRussell will talk about OpenWrt on Re altek-based switches\, like the EnGenius EWS2910P and Zyxel GS1900 line of managed switches. Some devices provide Power over Ethernet with port- level control. The talk will include some fun demonstrations of installa tion and reverse engineering. \;\n \;\nBio: \;\n \;\nRussell has been a Linux user since December 1992. Since 2005\, he's been invo lved with the Personal Telco Project\, and has been the President of tha t organization since 2009\, building public-access wifi networks and adv ocating for better telecommunications policy. He's also been active in a n effort to energize political support for a public fiber-optic last-mil e network in Portland in order to break the monopoly power of the deregu lated incumbent carriers. In recent years\, he's become more active in r ecruiting speakers for PLUG\, kind of accidentally falling into the coor dinator role as Michael Dexter stepped back. This talk represents a fail ure to find a better speaker\, not only Russell's failure\, but the fail ure of the entire PLUG community. Shame on one and all! \;-)\n\nTags: pl ug\, linux\, surviving death\, dns\n\nImported from: http://calagator.or g/events/1250482653 URL:https://pdxlinux.org/ SUMMARY:Portland Linux/Unix Group General Monthly Meeting: Installing Ope nWrt on Realtek-based managed switches\, with Russell Senior LOCATION:Portland State University Fourth Avenue Building (FAB) Room FAB 86-01: 1900 Southwest 4th Avenue\, Portland OR 97201 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR