Did I say last week?
I ment today 2014-12-01 5-7 PM at Hedding United Methodist, 40 Washington
Street... damn...
Thanks
Flint
On Mon, 1 Dec 2014, Paul Flint wrote:
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:36:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul Flint <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
Subject: [Linux_adult_swim] Meeting today 2014-11-24 5-7 PM at Hedding United
Methodist, 40 Washington Street
Greetings List Lurkers,
Turkey time has come and gone along with the area's first serious snow.
Thankfully, we are having a resurgence of warm weather, if you consider above
freezing warm, and at this point I do.
We need to pack the completed Raspberry-Pi based logon minder for use in our
first venue, the the local Presbyterian church. So we need to get all the
giblets (ticket printer, raspberry, wireless router, workstations monitors &
etc over to their new home). We will likely be fighting about the workstation
configuration, for the rest of time, but hey we are releasing.
Anyway, 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. Note that we really want to support TOX based video conferencing
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_%28software%29)
Projects abound....Now that we have completed the the Cafe Pilot Pi Project.
I actually think this shall be a good thing. In addition I added a new
course to the list we need to see - Electronic Publishing is a related field
to the core documentation aspect of BOSI.
I completed duplicating all the Linux Format DVDs that come every month to
the Aldridge Library. If you are interested in this project, take a look at
the visual bash code located here:
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/visual.bash/#ocdg.sh
John Bertelsen came down from Burlington bearing gifts, including a few
Panasonic tough books that will handle Debian very well.
I am very interested in finding Linux fitbit software so tha we can use that
she got for her birthday she has retaliated by buying one for me, so I am
fitbitted. Interesting...(see site here:
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/fitbit). More will come to these sites in the
following weeks as I get more data. Right now the android and cyanogen mod
phones are doing he heavy lifting in supporting the fitbits.
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", and the Electronic
Publishing is a critical need.
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
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Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
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