I must say, I do find the idea interesting. What do others think? David Mandel
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > David often has trouble rounding up speakers for the PLUG > general meeting. If he does not have a speaker for > January 5th, I propose a "xkcd1k eve" meeting. > > http://xkcd.com is the best webcomic in the universe, and > has been mentioned on the list many times. Many of the > strips are about open source topics. xkcd releases on > mondays, wednesdays, and fridays. Today (Mon Dec 19) > was xkcd #992, discussed on the plug-talk list. > > Assuming author Randal Munroe keeps to the usual schedule, > releasing the day's strip just after midnight Eastern time, > that means it shows up here about 9pm the day before. > > If I've done my math right, that means that strip #1000, > xkcd1k, shows up around 9PM Thursday January 5, 2012, > while we are at afters at the Lucky Lab Northwest. > > So, I propose we connect a web browser to the PSU projector, > and attendees suggest the numbers of their favorite xkcd > cartoons for display on the Big Screen. We can explain or > discuss or ridicule them as needs be. I can bring some > big pads of paper, some black markers, and a flip-chart > easel, and we can draw our own xkcd cartoons, at the > meeting or at afters. > > If somebody is /really/ obsessive, they can set up some web > connections with other west coast user groups, and we can > swap our cartoons and comments back and forth. In the long > run, that might lead to other over-the-web presentations, > and we could recruit speakers from other cities. > > If this makes sense, we can announce on Caligator, on the > xkcd forums, and spread the word, and see who shows up. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 > KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" > Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
