Greetings List Lurkers,
So, this is the official notice of the Barre Open Systems Institute (BOSI)
Adult Swim. For those coming in via the Google Plus and 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.
Well, the Vacation was a great success. Eric-the-Weasel, Ally and I
walked from our house, in Barre to Plainfield, dined at Positive Pie and
stayed at the Mansfield Inn & Motel. The next day we made Stillwater State
Park in the Groton Vermont State Park System, where we had stashed the car
and the camping gear. After a few days, and a visit to the Peacham
Acoustic Music festival, where I got to play in a jam, we then motored to
Seyon Lodge, were treated royally, I attempted to fly fish, and got home
Sunday.
That said, the real bad news is I will be back, but likely Master Kevin
Cole will not. We expect to try to raise Kevin Cole and G+ in 5-6 PM if
all works out, but there may be something he is doing.
The latest project which is somewhat outlandish but is based upon an idea
I had on vacation, is to add to all the historic markers RPI based FM
transmitters that you could tune into if you were near the site...
I am working up the site here:
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/oralhistory
If you have any thoughts on this drop me an email and I will embelish the
site with your thoughts.
We still need to get this latest project working, and at least Shawn (OTD)
and I know how to edit it:
http://bzinga.net - What happens when you combine Bash and Zenity?
Projects abound....We need to help Big John finish up the kiosk project.
I actually think this shall be a good thing. The next step is to figure out
how to run the Java validator on a raspberry pi...
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 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM!
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,
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://bzinga.net - cool stuff with Zenity and bash scripts, see:
- 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 discussion 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 after 18 August if you have any
difficulties.
I am now officially out of contact till then...
Peace out and...
Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
(802) 479-2360
(802) 595-9365 Cell
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