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The ABLEconf call for participation is open. We're looking for technology experts and business leaders to discuss how open technologies can help transform Arizona businesses.

This year we're allowing tutorials, panels, labs and hackfests in addition to presentations. Submit something interesting.

Early bird deadline is 2011Nov20.

FREEWILL is throwing a RUSH Snakes and Arrows DVD Premier Party at Club Red located at 101 and University in Tempe.

FREEWILL hits the stage at 21:00 performing a set of classic RUSH music!

$10.00 bucks gets you in the show and a chance to win a prize pack including the new RUSH DVD plus other great prizes.

"The Ryche" will also be there performing the songs of Queensryche.

Club Red

Heard an audio story about Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester. Not going to make it over to Santa Fe for the concert.

Fans of the Comedian Harmonists should check it out.

ABLEconf is the brand new Free Software conference for Arizona. Our goal is to introduce Free Software such as GNU/Linux, Firefox, Thunderbird, the GIMP, Inkscape and OpenOffice.org to the general public. We'll also have geek stuff like programming and storage and toys and games :).

The inaugural ABLEconf event is being held on Software Freedom Day, Saturday, September 20th 2008, at the University for Advancing Technology (UAT) from 10:00 to 17:00.

The schedule shows a variety of talks as well as continental breakfast.

There is no cost to attend ABLEconf and no need to pre-register.

Many of the Insignia portable music players available from Best Buy play ogg vorbis!

The Insignia Pilot is a great, little portable music player that does ogg vorbis and has bluetooth!

At the end of 2006 I went into Best Buy with a few storage devices with ogg vorbis and flac tracks on them. I tried several units in the car audio system and found only one that played the ogg vorbis tracks on every medium it could use. It turned out to be the house brand, Insignia NS-C5111, which plays ogg vorbis off CD, USB thumb drive and SD card. Outstanding. I bought it and had Best Buy install it.

Arizona Center for Germanic Cultures' second annual Oktoberfest will ring with bands from German, Alphorns and naturally the klinking of Krüge.

Stop by the Margaret T. Hance Park from 10:00 to 22:00 for an authentic Oktoberfest experience.

The Phoenix Symphony is doing several concerts featuring music from Schubert and Strauss.

Schubert: German Dances and Symphony No. 2

Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas, including "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" and "Tales for the Vienna Woods"

The Phoenix Symphony is doing several concerts featuring music from Schubert and Strauss.

Schubert: German Dances and Symphony No. 2

Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas, including "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" and "Tales for the Vienna Woods"