Greetings List Lurkers,
So, this is the official notice of the Barre Open Systems Institute (BOSI)
Adult Swim. The swim stars at 5:00 PM EST, our continued vanity being to
include a goggle hangout https://www.google.com/calendar/render?pli=1 from
5:00 till 6:00 PM EST.
The big push for the next few meetings is to get ready for BOSI Adult Swim
participation in the Champlain Mini Marker Fair Starting Saturday September
28th. We have been invited to participate, and we need to mix up a report on
some of the projects that has a coherent look and feel.
So ironically the one project that I did move forward quite a bit on is
the Robotsrules.org project. Who knew that there was a python tarball
apparently available? Who knew that it worked? Who knew that it would
run fine on a raspberry pi? I configured an HDMI big screen and took this
to a conference. It was a sensation. A dedicated Roberts Rules system!
The real sad thing here is that I have been bitten with the robots rules
bug. We actually have a prototype system working and now there is a very
real possibility of making something out of it. Please consult
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/robotsrules
as we have suddenly lurched forward with this project. Note that this
flies in the face of the Mini-Maker Fair effort, or does it?
The basic idea for the Shelburne Mini-Maker Fair is do some more with the
concepts of Do It Yourself (DIY) energy and ecology measurement. This was
supposed to be the overarching project for the month. I really want to
get Stream Gauges working at a concept level for the event, and instead I
am playing with pythoncard...
In light or our ongoing efforts to portray Barre as an Open Source Mecca,
Bit Ed Hutchinson will assist and keeps us wandering in a common positive
direction. Hopefully he can help steer me back on course before we run
out of time, as he has done in the past, so we hope against hope that
whole Maker event to be pleasant. We need to preach again on the topic
of Open Source SNMP for both sink and source energy information transport,
we expect to use our booth so that people can come in, sit down, see the
stuff we have been doing and hopefully help us get the DIY stuff we are
doing done, and maybe play a little guitar.
This evening we are expecting more lively G+ with Cole and Yarger from down
south. I am very interested in the DIY mobile that Google has going with
Motorola. I want it in Barre. More on this later.
When I run out of things to be ticked about, there is always
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/localnews/ci_23873234/town-accepts-grant-set-up-public-wireless-internet
The ever growing list of projects includes:
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/snobot - jesum they love this robot
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/furmon - monitor that pellet furnace
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/arduino - moving in the arduino groove
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/javajive - to get better at Javascript
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/tsp - Temperature Sensors Project
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/robotsrules - The quest for Roberts Rules - - -
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/visual.bash - Yea, I am not kidding...
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/mrtg - remedial raw mrtg for the slow...
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/raspberry - all rPi'ness
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/streambot - like I needed another project.
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/organized - oh please let me be organized!
- http://docbox.flint.com:8081/music - this may be the least organized
site ever!
Otherwise, Barre indeed remains a great venue for a Linux and Open Source
Software meeting and general system rejuvenation. That said, we expect to
assemble more of the Robots Rules modules, the Dallas Semi "1-wire"
temperature probes, the snobot and the streambot, and we have two
Arduinos, with lots of fixin's as well as several Raspberry Pi's a boat
load of radio modules, and an embarrassment of riches in terms of books.
Keep in mind the O'Reilly class books are still available if anybody wants
any...
Do not forget that the Barre library stocks "Linux World", and the latest issue
is on the shelf. The DVD's are available to checkout and copy, we intend to
continue provide copies and isos of each and every one.
The bad news is that I have not yet gotten to the Barry Library and in
order to read the latest issue of Linux World. The magazine is chocked
full of good ideas,
Needless to say the Arduino remains the coolest thing for 2012, the Raspberry
Pi the coolest thing so far for 2013, and Ras-BMC the coolest thing for the
month of April, xBMC for May, PiFm the coolest thing for June. Solarfest was
the coolest thing in July, and maybe the Maker Fair will be cool for September.
August was too chaotic to have a cool thing I suppose.
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
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
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