Yet Another Guitar Player here.... I play acoustic guitar, mostly folk and country, some blues and I know maybe 7 jazz chords. My singing is like a rusty gate. Haven't jammed in years... I also like old-timey fiddle tunes, bluegrass (although I can't pick as fast as I used to) and just about anything with a melody.
I'm glad you asked the question, Rubin. I've wondered about the "right-brain" side of the VAGUE audience. Nice to see a well-rounded group! Rick --- On Thu, 5/21/09, Rubin Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rubin Bennett <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hijacked thread and WAY OT] Just a quick thanx! > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, May 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. Any reader other than the intended recipient is > hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution > or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. > -- > 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) >
