Greetings John,
Busted.
It was indeed the flu...sniff.
Regards,
Paul
On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, John Bertelsen wrote:
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:49:46 -0400
From: John Bertelsen <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Linux_adult_swim Meeting today 2015-04-27 5-7 PM at Hedding
United Methodist, 40 Washington Street.
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
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