Sam - ok... sorry for the mixup. I have notes for who was sitting where, but I left them at home. I'll post it later so we can have a list of attendees, unless Josh beats me to it (since he seems like unofficial group secretary). I'm slowly memorizing folks... slowly. Flint was the easiest of course since he has the most say (and we love him for it!) ;^}
-Nick -----Original Message----- From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sam Hooker Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Just a quick thanx! I second Nick's thanks and props, and note (for the record) that I did nothing last night other than eagerly receive information, be entertained, and mooch pizza and beer off our hosts. (I think you were sitting next to Jim. ;-)) Cheers, -sth sam hooker|[email protected]|http://www.noiseplant.com Are you satisfied? ([y]/n): ----- "Nick Floersch" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you to Logic Supply for their generosity and generally-awesome > facilities! > > Thanks to our presenters Brian, Matthew, and Anthony! There was a > whole lot of knowledge and understanding flowing around that table and > it was a great experience to evesdrop on it all despite not being the > most well informed electronics hobbyist (yet!). > > Brian certainly had some kits and gear that were tempting to buy, and > the free breadboard was really cool. I know I'll be perusing his site > quite a bit over the next few days (wulfden.org) > > It struck me that the Lilypad Arduino board, which can "Go through the > wash" might be an interesting Arduino board for the ROV project ... if > it can handle being underwater, it makes me wonder if it would be more > resistant to moisture when used inside the ROV? I'm not saying to run > the board submersed... but that if it got wet, it wouldn't be a huge > deal to dry it off and keep going? Just a thought. > > I talked with someone (Sam maybe? ... who was sitting beside me > again?) about his basic example of programming an Arduino board from > his Mac and making an LED flash... it seemed to me that we could do > another Arduino meeting with some presenters showing, on a projector, > them writing out some basic code and commands to do different things: > and Arduino programming tutorial type of night. Start with something > super-simple like making the LED blink for those who have no > experience, and move on to controlling motors and servos and sensors. > Go over the basic circuits being built so folks who don't remember > electronics 101 can get refreshed without feeling like they are asking > stupid questions, and then show the code that interfaces with the chip > and the circuit... etc. Just a thought to anyone interested in leading > such a presentation... I think there were a wide variety of skill > levels with electronics hobby work present last night... you have > folks like Flint who used to work with Charles Babbage and can tell > you why the Babbage mafia sucked, and then folks like maybe Sam and > Josh who know enough to fool around but haven't built a major Arduino > project yet, and folks like Me who used to know what I was doing, way > back in University but consider handling a soldering iron a yearly > event, and probably folks with little or no experience at all, but who > are curious. And it seems also that most of the people there have a > lot of software programming background, so seeing the hardware mixed > with the code would be interesting...? > > Anyway. It was one of the coolest meetings I've been to for VAGUE and > am super-glad that the idea was suggested and followed through on. > > > Thanks again! > > Live Long and Prosper! > > -Nick This communication, including any attachments, is solely for the confidential use of the person(s) named above. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete/destroy the original. Any reader other than the intended recipient is hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited.
