Paul, I was think of trekking to Barre to do deliver peecees to your organization, but I am not adventurous enough to challenge the weather. I'll try again next week.
John Bertelsen On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings List Lurkers, > > A winter arrives and we trudge through the snow and the muck to get to the > swim. > > We are very close to completing the new Raspberry-Pi based logon minder > for use in the local churches and institutions on the Pi B+. The ticket is > finishing off the, the workstation configuration, final testing and > documentation. > > We fixed Shawn's connectivity issue(s), and Effin is all excited about USB > type "C" (http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/08/18/usb- > type-c-guide/)... > > I just want to be able to trickle charge my electric car off the 100 watts > of power they specify! This will not end well. > > But otherwise, 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. > > Projects abound....We are very close to completing the the Cafe Pilot > Project. > I actually think this shall be a good thing. Last week we learned more > than we ever wanted to know about the Cafe Pilot client. > > 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. One direction we have beein working on is to begin > thinking about classes. The curriculum that I am most interested in is > teaching documentation. > > I have added some thoughts about how to build the BOSI curriculum to this > webpage: http://bosivt.org/classes Take a look if you dare... I think > the AA meeting should be subtitled "Intro to Cyanogenmod" > > As I cannot say too damn often, The meeting today is at 40 Washington > Street, Barre, VT 05641 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM! > > Remember, 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 - What happens when you combine Bash and Zenity? > - 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. I am continuing to duplicate abot a years worth of DVD's which > is quite a task. 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. > > > 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 > > 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 ^^-^^ > _______________________________________________ > Linux_adult_swim mailing list > [email protected] > http://docbox.flint.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux_adult_swim >
