Re: Data.. (drool..)

2009-09-10 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
Now if they would not use fscking self-extracting zip files then we'd be all set. ~k On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 13:30 -0400, Benjamin Coddington wrote: http://www.data.gov Ben

Re: HS: So nobody's interested in a shared space?

2009-05-06 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 13:03 -0400, Rion D'Luz wrote: On Wednesday 06 May 2009, Josh Sled wrote: Kevin Thorley elron8...@gmail.com writes: I tend to think that the answer to number two depends on the answer to number one. Right. My take was that there's not enough (collaborative)

Re: HS: Just a note

2009-05-05 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
Better yet, buy the copy and read it whenever you like. 2600 is pretty much supported by subscriptions and t-shirt sales, they have no advertisers in the mag, so if you like what you read, buy a copy. While I get the feeling that a lot of the old-timers ( :] ) think that 2600 is for hacker-punks

Re: HS: What size U-Haul is needed to hold a hackerspace

2009-04-15 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
Heyya Rion - My responses are below as well On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 14:17 -0400, Rion D'Luz wrote: Hi: I disagree with some of what you posted, but it may be only a matter of semantics. See below: On Tuesday 14 April 2009, H. Kurth Bemis wrote: To start a space you're going to need

Re: HS: What size U-Haul is needed to hold a hackerspace

2009-04-15 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 14:03 -0400, Kevin Thorley wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:11 PM, H. Kurth Bemis ku...@kurthbemis.com wrote: [Lots of good, practical advice] I agree whole-heartedly. For me, at least, this is much more about community than just a space to hang out. I'd like

Re: VT could use one of these...

2009-03-31 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 08:35 -0400, Marc Farnum Rendino wrote: Folks - Sounds great! Some additional ideas to throw into the mix: 1) It may well make sense to have multiple sites; perhaps start with *both* Burlington and Montpelier. And with multiple sites, there is the added benefit of

Re: VT could use one of these...

2009-03-30 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 16:20 -0400, Kevin Thorley wrote: I just read this Wired article on Hacker Spaces. http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/hackerspaces.html Sounds pretty cool. I had talked to Josh about a similar idea for teleworkers in the Burlington area, but this goes beyond the

Re: VT could use one of these...

2009-03-30 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
I haven't been to a Stellafane meeting in a few years, but I tend to think that we astronomical types prefer dark skies, which I'm not sure is possible in any city area :[. Also, Stellafane is in the southern part of the state (Springfield) while Burlington is in the north. Stellafane also has

Re: VT could use one of these...

2009-03-30 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 22:06 -0400, Kevin Thorley wrote: I forgot the two other ideas I had for the space: LAN Parties (obviously!) Community technical library Kevin I've been kicking around a few ideas for a hackerspace-like group that was just as much hacker, more commune. I don't claim

Re: Lightweight Modern Distro?

2009-03-28 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 11:37 -0400, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: Any suggestions on a low-footprint Linux distribution that will allow me to basically use it to act as an SSHFS (under fuse) to Samba bridge? Bonus points for every MB under 500mb it takes up. Super bonus points if it comes as a

Re: Lightweight Modern Distro?

2009-03-28 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 11:48 -0400, H. Kurth Bemis wrote: On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 11:37 -0400, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: Any suggestions on a low-footprint Linux distribution that will allow me to basically use it to act as an SSHFS (under fuse) to Samba bridge? Bonus points for every MB

Re: Vermont Hosting Providers

2009-03-23 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
A challenger appears... http://www.dyndns.com/services/springserver/ Dynamic Network Services is based in New Hampshire. Might be as local as you can get. :] ~k On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 15:23 -0400, jonathan d p ferguson wrote: All: Thank you for your excellent suggestions, and thoughts

Re: Vermont Hosting Providers

2009-03-22 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
I will second, third and fourth slicehost. I have a few slices, ranging from small to developer size. Not one compliant thus far. I typically do a LOT of complaining, but there seems to be nothing to complain about with slicehost. FWIW - Slicehost was purchased by RackShit...er..RackSpace last

Re: Vermont Hosting Providers

2009-03-22 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
FYI Sovernet might not qualify as local, or even Vermont based anymore From Google: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3675/is_200602/ai_n17179867 ~k On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 16:11 -0400, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: There is a local ISP in Bellows Falls (Sovernet) you might want to get in

Re: Being mean to Flint

2009-03-12 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
The world also seems to embrace Microsoft Windows as well. Guess we'd all better switch. :^) On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 14:43 -0400, Harris, Anthony J wrote: You do realize of course that darn near every email program in common use other than Pine/Alpine will correctly handle HTML emails these

Re: Ubunto editor

2009-02-12 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
I always start with number five and try to work things out from there. Sure, I don't always solve the problem, but at least I had a good time *not* solving the problem. :^) ~k On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 12:14 -0500, Paul Flint wrote: Dear Kevin, Via a putty session (ew..w..:^) you got limited

Re: Ubunto editor

2009-02-12 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
Something that works a bit more seamlessly is SFTPDrive. It's not free, but it's pretty cheap. Basically it maps an drive to the SSH server and allows you to access the files on the SSH server as if they were on awell, a mapped drive. ~k On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 12:44 -0500, ruokblah blah

Re: ESD Bags?

2008-10-26 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
I have purchased my bags and packing materials from uline. they have an OK selection of ESD bags, some with zippers. They sell them by the 100 and up count, and they are pretty cheap. Look Here. http://www.uline.com/cls_21/Anti-Static http://www.uline.com/Grp_2/Static-Shielding-Bags ~k On

Re: [DC LoCo] looking for password manager

2008-08-26 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
I recommend fSekrit to clients. In a nutshell, it's a standalone exe notepad that encrypts and decrypts itself when run. You just carry around a .exe file. Run it, enter your passphrase, and edit or read away. Really slick and super light, also works very well under wine. Check it out at