Paul, was it the flue or the flu. I don't think I would want to dance with either!
Regards, John B. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings List Lurkers, > > Well, finally recovered my health after dancing with the flue last > week... damn that thing can kick you. There is much good news in the BOSI > community, there have been some position changes and there may be more to > come. Change is inevitable. We need to embrace it. > > Otherwise, anyone who is interested in this concept or in the grim > business of scaring up resources for projects, can read up on the grantbot > and contact me. I feel certain that if there in anywhere that the Linux GNU > text processing tools can find purchase it is in this area > > One novel approach worth mentioning is the Vermont Computing Cooperative > of Randolph Vermont which we had the pleasure of visiting last week. Ian, > Matt, Bob, Dan et al. have taken Open Source by the horns and formed a > Worker owned computer cooperative. This may be the winner of the coolest > thing of the month. I really think that these folks are onto something!!! > > Right now I am renovating the downstairs bathroom and kitchen here at casa > open source, and that is really keeping me off the streets. > > But more on that later, we have the technology and we will have the > pizza... > > 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 essentiall completed the the Cafe > Pilot Pi Project. I actually think this is good thing, now to get the > documentation to the point that the project is reproducable. The great > weakness in most projects IMHO. > > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/hedding is where CafePilot landed. > > 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 been 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... > > 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 versions > - 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! > - http://docbox.flint.com:8081/bb - A big noble idea. > - http://docbox.flint.com:8081/grantbot - A less noble idea to feed the > big idea... > > 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. > > After we get back from Pycon we fully intend to get organized. I mean it > this time. > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Linux_adult_swim mailing list > [email protected] > http://docbox.flint.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux_adult_swim
