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David Tisdell. Music Teacher Browns River Middle School [email protected] (e-mail) >>> Rubin Bennett <[email protected]> 5/21/2009 12:10 PM >>> On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 11:59 -0400, Nick Floersch wrote: > Radio Bean? 9pm? say _what_? > Irish session every Wednesday night at 9:00- whenever (usually somewhere past midnight). In my free time (HAH) I play Irish/ Celtoid/ Old time fiddle. Here's a random-ish question, brought on by seeing the parallel drawn elsewhere between techie types and music... How many musicians are there on this list? In our parking lot conversation yesterday Sam mentioned that he's a fiddle player too (hope I didn't just unwillingly 'out' you, Sam). And I first met Zach Chambers at a session where he was playing guitar, and only later realized he's a 'nix head too. Rubin > -----Original Message----- > From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rubin Bennett > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Just a quick thanx! > > And a third for the hat trick... > > Ah, gotta love that 'new building smell' :) Nice to see y'all last > night, the Arduino talk was very informative and I now have a whole new > avenue for my OCD to explore, so thanks for that :) > > Sorry I ran out early and missed the beers later, I was trying to > capitalize on my trip to Burl to get in some fiddling at Radio Bean, and > the session started at 9:00PM. > > Rubin > > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 11:16 -0400, Sam Hooker wrote: > > 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 > -- > Rubin Bennett > rbTechnologies, LLC > 80 Carleton Boulevard > East Montpelier, VT 05651 > > (802)223-4448 > http://thatitguy.com > > "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." > Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance > French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) > > 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. 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