flint, while we may not have a well heeled sponsor, why not crowdfund the projects? take a look at http://www.kickstarter.com/ http://www.rockethub.com/ http://wefunder.com/beta http://www.startupaddict.com/ http://www.quirky.com/ http://www.newjelly.com/ http://mycofolio.com/ http://startsomegood.com/ http://peerbackers.com/ http://www.indiegogo.com/ http://www.eppela.com/eng/
There may be some potential here Chris Yarger On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings List Lurkers, > > Welcome to your official notice of the Barre Open Systems Institute (BOSI) > Adult Swim. The swim stars at 5:00 PM), when we shall continue the agony > and ecxtacy of dealing with the all manner of technology, with an emphasis > on open source stuff, along with my white hot focus on the Arduino. > > The Arduino continues to be the captivating bit of open source hardware > and software. As stated in previous missives, we have essentially tossed > the Open Wire File system approach to the Dalla 1-wire sensors out in favor > of the Chris Yarger method with the Arduino. > > The "tsp" site has been updated: > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**tsp<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/tsp>and will > be containing more pictures as the project goes forward. I may > ask Chris to do a presentation on this system at the Maker Fair in > Burlington > (http://www.**champlainmakerfaire.com/<http://www.champlainmakerfaire.com/>) > on September 29th. > > We expect to get some pictures of the latest incarnation of the TSP on the > site. The hardware configuration is ***Elegant***. This kicks ass. Again, > the pellet furnace, and temperature monitoring projects all seem to > converge around this Amtel chip set. > > Other ongoing, or maybe not so ongoing... projects that tend to gather > here (or hair :^) include: > > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**arduino<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/arduino>- > moving in the arduino groove > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**javajive<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/javajive>- > to get better at Javascript > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**tsp <http://docbox.flint.com:8081/tsp> - > Temprature Senors Project > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**furmon<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/furmon>- > Furnace Monitoring > > The snowba money pit... > > On the subject of the snowba, beyond $200.00 worth of batteries required > for the base of the snowba, I went very nuts and walked into Barre Coins > and hobbies, there you can spend money like it was water, and maybe get > where you need to go. I found a 300 Amp motor controller for $50.00. Once > we get batteries we can test the damn thing. If it will drive the main > weels, I will buy the other. As you you arleady know that A "snowba" is a > rumba with a snowblower, I am going to continue to bet on global warming > for now. As we mentioned before, w have a parted out hi-quad wheelchair > with the kind of linear actuators that might do the trick. > > Do not miss this instructional video of how to park a lot of money in NC > systems to build what you want. > > https://images1-focus-**opensocial.googleusercontent.** > com/gadgets/proxy?url=http://**i1.ytimg.com/vi/tPg1ZMiC9pA/** > hqdefault.jpg&container=focus&**gadget=a&rewriteMime=image/*&** > refresh=31536000&resize_w=497<https://images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/tPg1ZMiC9pA/hqdefault.jpg&container=focus&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image/*&refresh=31536000&resize_w=497> > > What would be lovely is for a well-healed patron to realize the research > potential of the Barre Open Systems Institute and cut us a large check. > This benificence could start with the $200.00 for batteries, some MOS or IG > FETS, maybe more of the $50.00 motor speed controlers and a snowblower, one > with internal caterpillar drive... > > ...ah, for a well healed sponsor! > > Otherwise Barre indeed remains a great venue for a Linux and Open Source > Software meeting. That said, continue to find our grubby mitts on the > Dallas Semi "1-wire" temperature probes, and the Arduino is clearly the > coolest thing all year. > > Note well that the Barre library stocks "Linux World", the DVD are > available as well. Don't reveal your source, I think I have some fines > overdue... > > Anyway, come and do open source stuff. For more information about the BOSI > Adult Swim meeting time and location try this: > > http://www.flint.com/adult_**swim_location/index_html<http://www.flint.com/adult_swim_location/index_html> > > Show up at the the Hedding United Methodist Church Basement if you have > questions or are interested in Linux or the concept of free and open > systems, The basement of the Hedding UMC facility is actually working out > pretty well. > > If you wish to be included on the "Linux_adult_swim" mailing list, send a > response to this note. Note that the mailing list system is a bit peevish > right now. Let me know if you have any difficulties. > > > Kindest Regards, > > > Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 > > > /************************************** > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > Paul Flint > Barre Open Systems Institute > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 > > http://www.bosivt.org > http://www.flint.com/home > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > Consilium _ > gratuitum .~. ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X > quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org / \ > numerantur ^^-^^ >
