Re: [Hampshire] Change of speaker for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG meeting

[Lisi Reisz via Hampshire]

Paul Tansom sent the following reply to Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 
LUG  Note he last sentence.
 
** Lisi Reisz via Portsmouth  [2017-02-14 
23:35]:
> We have a change of speaker for the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 
> meeting this Saturday.  Dr. Jacek Kopecky is unfortunately indisposed.  
> 
> Dr. Thomas Kluyver has kindly stepped in and will talk about the Southampton 
> sailing robot project. He warns that this will be a bit repetitive for 
anyone 
> who went to the Southampton Python talk a few months ago.  But I am sure 
that 
> it would be even better the second time, and besides there are all the other 
> goodies still on offer.
** end quote [Lisi Reisz via Portsmouth]

As somebody who attended the reference talk in Southampton I can recommend it,
and am looking forward to the PLUG version. As I've just added to the website:

"..as somebody who attended the Southampton Python talk, I can recommend it 
and
will gladly hear about it again. The previous talk covered Raspberry Pis,
Python, ROS (Robotic OS) and the challenges of working with wind, waves, tides
and wireless data gathering and control."

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[Hampshire] Change of speaker for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG meeting

[Lisi Reisz via Hampshire]

We have a change of speaker for the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 
meeting this Saturday.  Dr. Jacek Kopecky is unfortunately indisposed.  

Dr. Thomas Kluyver has kindly stepped in and will talk about the Southampton 
sailing robot project. He warns that this will be a bit repetitive for anyone 
who went to the Southampton Python talk a few months ago.  But I am sure that 
it would be even better the second time, and besides there are all the other 
goodies still on offer.

Sadly, the Raspberry Pi “project” is also on hold.  Chris says: “On removing 
the outer packaging of the replacement SD-card holder, (inner packaging 
intact) I found that the new item was damaged in a similar way to the one it 
was bought to replace! They really are very fragile, as the number of 
mentions on web-sites will confirm.

“So far, the supplier has not responded to my communications and I have had
no luck finding an alternative source. I know that stronger, all-metal ones
exist, but I cannot find one

“Consequently, Project PiFix is on hold for the moment...”

Any one know where a stronger all metal one is to be found?

I shall, if I get a following wind for a bit, want help with updating the 
firmware on my Daisy Player* (it has to go via a  Windows computer , and I don't own 
Windows).

And there are always interesting projects to join in with, watch or help on, 
or one can even just “chill out”.

Lisi

* 
http://www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk/communication/daisy-talking-book-players-2430-p/

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