Is Cyanogen anything like Cydia? That's what I use to jailbreak my iPod so I can use the far superior Dvorak keyboard layout instead of that archaic and clunky QWERTY which was designed to slow down typists. Anyone still use a typewriter? On Jul 14, 2014 1:01 PM, "Paul Flint" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings List Lurkers, > > So, this is the official notice of the Barre Open Systems Institute (BOSI) > Adult Swim. For those coming in via the Internet, The swim stars at 5:00 PM > EST, our continuing vanity being to include a goggle hangout > https://www.google.com/calendar/render?pli=1 until 6:00 PM EST. > > This is all predicated on Chris Yarger finding the Key to the Hedding > United Methodist Church, and I would not count on pizza tonight if I were > you. > > I am gonna try to join Kevin Cole and G+ in 5-6 PM if all works out. Chris > Yarger will be your host at the Adult Swim, with his latest project: > > http://bzinga.net > > ...and his new Android Keyboard....He will likely also show off his phone > running cyanogen-mod. His new gig sometimes keeps him late. > > Projects abound....We need to help Big John get the kiosk project out the > door. Our ongoing major objective is to continue to try to figure out how > to invest the time and resources to turn the Barre Open Systems Institute > into more than just the Adult Swim technical clinic and more into a real > learning facility. Thankfully we have input both from several sources on > this topic. At risk of repetition, anybody willing to actively get > involved here is blessed. We have had some interest from the folks at > Norwich, the Young Hackers Academy in Montpelier, and the Greenfield Tech > Scouts are actually here with Bram, but actual structure seems still pretty > far away. > > As I cannot say too damn often, The meeting today is back at 40 Washington > Street, Barre, VT 05641! > > The BOSI Adult Swim is essentially about helping out fellow users of open > source products in a clinic environment. Despite my very best of > intentions, the Adult Swim is really almost a perpetual Linux install-fest, > and only secondarily a learning environment, not to say that We are > actually doing some cool stuff with Zenity and bash scripts, see: > > http://bzinga.net > > Once again, the goal of the meeting shall be as usual, to get organized > and try to get the various projects moving forward. > > > The ever growing list of projects (now on our web site :^) includes: > - http://docbox.flint.com:8081/nodejs - ok, it is on the list. > - 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/strembot.org - maybe a very cool 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. Expect to be remotely > preached at on the various topics of Open Source and how I am confident it > shall cure all the evils and ills of this wicked world. In a perfect > meeting, people would come in, sit down, see the stuff we have been doing > and hopefully help us get the DIY stuff we are doing done, or maybe just > fix a laptop. > > So, do not forget that the Barre library stocks "Linux World", and the > latest issue is on the shelf, and it is good. The DVD's are available to > checkout and copy, we shall to continue provide copies and isos of each and > every one. Anyway, come and do open source stuff. For more information > about the BOSI Adult Swim meeting time and location try this: > > http://bosivt.org/directions > > Show up at Hedding UMC if you have questions or are interested in Linux or > the concept of free and open systems. Again, we are in the basement of the > Hedding UMC facility which 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. Let me know if you have any difficulties. > > Kindest Regards, > > > > Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 > (802) 595-9365 Cell > > /************************************ > 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://family.flint.com/flint > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > Consilium _ gratuitum .~. > ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X > quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org / \ numerantur ^^-^^ >
