Flint read inline.... On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings List Lurkers, > > This is the official notice of the Barre Open Systems Institute (BOSI) > Adult Swim. The swim stars at 5:00 PM EST, our latest vanity being to > include a goggle hangout > https://www.google.com/**calendar/render?pli=1<https://www.google.com/calendar/render?pli=1>until > 7:00 PM EST. > > We will continue communing on the google-cast and discussing all the > projects I am late in delivering... > This is only until we get our own system up and running. RaspiConfrencing boxes anyone? > > Stop the presses. > We are going to continue to look at Linux Mint, the coolest thing of the > week. I need to get Linux mint onto a bootable USB > > Flint you fool, Unetbootin I already have one of those.... The bad news is that this bootable distro fits requires a DVD (it is 890 > off megs). > > This week, many things have been in play. The right controller for the > snobot is actually here. We are still trying to somehow cascade Arduino > motor control shield H-bridges to the Big Ass FETS (BAFs) that run the two > control motors. The idea here is you can graduate from a toy car to a > robot and not change a thing. Anybody got any ideas about how to cascade > H-bridges? > > Simply put something has to change the motor controller currently in use can not handle the load of the motors otherwise. > I have the new wire-mould boxes that allow for a roomy enclose of the > Arduino and a few shields. This allows for a very nice fit, and will be > posted on G+ and the web site. Finally as I mentioned last week the BOSI > VP, Chris Yarger got himself a new mini electric car, and will be in > residence this week at the swim. > > I will actually not be in residence I am still fighting toget that damn Background check completed > The Raspberry Pi also needs an enclosure, the idea for and enclosure for > the pi is to use an old 5.25" floppy box, this works great, also need to > get this up as pictures. Chris has two things for interface, one of which > is a cheap wireless keyboard mouse combination and the other is an android > app that allows his phone to be the control. This distracted Chris from > using the pi as a tftp boot server for old laptops. That said, piLTSP is > still a very cool idea, and will no doubt be based upon LTSP. Anyone want > to call this "edupi"? > > No. > The "tsp" site has been updated: > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**tsp<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/tsp>and we > expect to get more pictures and we have have pictures of the spiffy > new enclosure now as well as the actual programs that exploit miniterm to > gather date from the Arduino based temperature sensors via the USB. With > this you can remotely sample data, and there will be an example that shows > you how to configure MRTG to display this date. That said, we should have > gotten back to thinking about all the other projects, Javascript, the > snowbot and Robots Rules. We are making no progress...(damn you Netflix!), > particularly "House of Cards"... > > The ever growing list of projects includes: > - > 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> - > Temperature Sensors Project > - > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**robotsrules<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/robotsrules>- > The quest for Roberts Rules - - - > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**visual.bash<http://docbox.flint.com:8081/visual.bash>- > Yea, I am not kidding... > - http://docbox.flint.com:8081/**mrtg <http://docbox.flint.com:8081/mrtg>- > remedial raw mrtg for the slow... > > Otherwise, Barre indeed remains a great venue for a Linux and Open Source > Software meeting and general hucksterism. That said, we expect to acquire > more of the Dallas Semi "1-wire" temperature probes, and we just got > another the Arduino, with two ethernet shields. The shield TCP/IP stack is > apparently done in around 10K. We live in an age for miracles, this > remains the coolest thing all year. This all fits neatly in the magic > plastic wire-mold box... > > Do not forget that the Barre library stocks "Linux World", the DVD are > soon to be available, I just made isos of each and every one. Don't reveal > your source, as 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://family.flint.com/adult_**swim_location/index_html<http://family.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. Note that I will be > updating the list-server by next week. > > > Flint Even I have noticed that the tail of your email has barley changed in months.... > 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 ^^-^^ > ______________________________**_________________ > Linux_adult_swim mailing list > [email protected].**com <[email protected]> > http://docbox.flint.com/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/linux_**adult_swim<http://docbox.flint.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux_adult_swim> > Regards, Chris Yarger
