ZOCKER Not much action on where Effin and I have been conspiring to set up a docker image containing zope. Turns out this has already been done by the European Environment Agency, but the way they put it together leaves a bit to be desired. Fact is we have it working and we have a much spiffier name...
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/zoker Is tiddly-zoker simply too silly? Watch this site. It is the latest thing... I am thinking about using zoker to be the documentation holder for trantor. Hm... Flint, A tiddly-zoker is called a toker..... Warmest Regards, Christopher P. Yarger Phone: 802-505-7574 Skype: cpyarger /************************************ Based upon email reliability concerns, please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings List Lurkers, > > The last day of January, a month closer to SPRING! A mild day to boot! > > Maybe time for a fresh start on writing the dreaded newsletter. > I need to edit, but so damn much goes on in a week... > > ANDROID CARPUTER > Done. > Rooted the KEWEIER RK3188 MTCC-KLD6-V2.97 Android Auto Radio Head > Saturday. With a fair amount of help from the good folks at the XDA site > we got this done. The endorphins stil washed over me. I ship back to > Amazon a rooted lab queeen, enjoy my new reverse camera, and contemplate > where to go from here. Put a fork in this. It will hopefully not appear > again. > > VISUAL BASH > GUO amd he bzinga project: > As mentionedf last week, I dusted off the Bash-Zenity project with the > thought of adding this to trantor as a GUI based control framework. So far > it is interesting, as GUIs now haunt my dreams looking for the best way to > configure things... > > http://bzinga.net/ > > DTG and I had a discussion about how GUI code needs to be non-blocked. > > The approach I am thinking about for now involves putting the GUI code in > includes that get included only when you need them. The Visual Bash > framework really works. Will this work for adding a GUI with bzinga? > > Thus the line between bzinga and the Menubot function gets fuzzier all the > time, and after some playing around with zenity, I am more convinced that > the use of zenity for a gui interface, (see the Bash Zenity Integration > page: http://bzinga.net/ :^) is not a bad plan. Beyond this we really > need to clean up the VisualBash page. Now that we have the "include" > function that is similar to the one in python (C and a lota other languages > :^) we need to git this. > > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/visual.bash#ImportingFunctionBlocks > > I just reviewed the Visual Bash git page Effin set up, and we need to > refactor this page completely. We need to reorganize all of the visual > bash functions into functional includes... > Possible include files are: > > - ianda.shi - Identification and Authorization > - dvdusb.shi - DVD/USB utilities > - sanity.shi - System sanity tests > - maint.shi - Maintenance includes > - ops.shi - Operational includes > - dev.shi - Development includes > - sphinx.shi - Sphinx generator includes > - tiddle.shi - Tiddle includes... > - gui.shi - Graphical User Interface using bzinga > > Could 2017 may be the year of VisualBash? > We have a presentation on the subject due in June...More on that later. > > The "SanityScript" remains born but without love. Right now the vision is > that sanity do the following: > > - Check that all the components you need are in place in terms of program > - Possibly check at to the validity of the includes and functions using MD5 > > "sanity.shi" may be tasked with is > > - checking for variable conflict within functions. This is a big thing, > but on the other hand, so it sanity... > > The problem is that I cannot resist the challenge of the GUI menu > generator "menubot.sh" that will allow you to test stub your "shi" files > with a crude but working "sh". Who knows where we go from there? Again, > the Design questions remain: > > - Do individual functions call for particular software packages > by adding their local requirements to a file or memory variable? > - Should the sanity program try to md5 sum the components? > - Can the sanity program help resolve namespace issues? > > Could 2017 may be the year of VisualBash? > We have a presentation on the subject due in June... > > KINDLE LIBERATION FRONT > Today Brett receives his new kindle. If he bricks this one he is in > trouble deep. > > The two broken Kindles are in Niagra, as as we expected the master > Kindlenista, Joe Hart, agreed with our diagnoses and appears hopeful for > partial or total rehabilitation. As mentioned, One has been bricked, and > the other has lost it's touch pad. The Kindle-master, Joe, who has Debian > booting on his Kindle Fires is preping for surgery. He intends to take to > touch pad from one and attach it to the rom of the other. We wish him the > best, as he is still getting up his nerve. > > I want to try using the KingoRoot.apk I got from XDA to root a kindle. > Do you think what works with a 5.1.1 Keweier would work with a 5.1.1 > Kindle? > > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/kindle#2RootKEWEIER > > If nothing else this meeting we will set up the google play on Bretts new > Kindle. > > I am becoming convinced that there could be a commercial opportunity in > customizing kindles. I have even attempted to enlist none other than DTG to > help. So far no luck. May we need Effin in the mix. > > Speaking of the Hart, he was right that cheap Kindles were still there, > but no more. https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Fire-7-Inch-Tablet-8GB/dp/B00T > SUGXKE > > They are available in color, but the price went up thirteen bucks to > $49.00 so it is the same proce as what you can get at Staples. IMHO not > worth it. > > Finally I still really want a version of the Universal Insight Virtual > Realty Glasses for the Kindle. 3d Teleconferencing way cool! Anybody see > such a thing? I am thinking about trying to fabricate one based upon the > original cardboard. > > TRANTOR > Connectivity: > > Everyone is back from vacation and apparently the fellow that coordinated > the Kimball library public access is no longer with DII. So, Lee Bonamico > is delving into this to find the new DII POC. We wish her luck. The > reverse proxy was stable but is down right now. When it was up we were > able to burnish the control software a bit. We are gonna check on it today. > > This project is still operating in development at the library and in this > first month of new year we are about to open it to the world. So it appears > within a meeting or two we will be online. Right now we are as you recall > using one of the original Gates Foundation grant based Dell machines. Sarah > the librarian is actually talking about doing a press release... > > So, once we get this working we will then deliver the trantor v 3.0 > machine to the Aldrich, swap it with the existing 0.015 system, set up > static IP, avahi bonjour and things may actually be accessible via DNS for > the world. Well a fellow can dream... > > With this is accomplished we will switch to the excellent hardware > platform that Marius delivered. This production case contains both > USB2.0/3.0 and and a DVDRW. This will be the production device. > > From a software standpoint, the first, second and third passes for Trantor > are done. The third pass, is in the Aldrich Public library for evaluation, > and the latest feature is there is a new include that actually rebuilds the > index.rst from the existing sub-rst files. With the bzinga project there > is likely to be a fourth (forth? :^) pass... > > We are still striving to develop a development cycle... The vision of a > restful website remains: > > - Take the existing code > - edit it with enki, a restful editor almost built for the job. > (a most difficult to install but rewarding bit of software) > - if necessary propagate the change using a shell script > (thank god for sed and awk) > - run "ctrantor.sh mkitso" which builds > -- a new index.rst from the existing stuff, and then > -- builds new web site based upon this index.rst > - check out the result... > - lather, rinse repeat... > > Again, I restate sphinx now rocks my world. I am convinced the trick to > sphinx and ReST in general is enki, which is a pain to install, but may be > a very new product. As we said about enki. The ticket at this time > appears to be to run under Linux Mint 18 as opposed to Ubuntu Trusty. The > insight here is that enki is oriented towards use in a Red Hat > environment... > > The hard part of this turns out to be getting: > 1. enki running with the preview mode working > (invaluable once running) > 2. getting sphinx running or maybe more accurately > 3. making the system "sane" - a menu choice. Design questions include: > - Do individual functions call for particular software packages? > - Should the sanity program try to md5 sum the components. > > Configuration Management: Tried to get enki running on trantor. No luck I > think that enki wants the hat. This Red Hat exclusiveness is a very > disturbing trend. As mentioned above, the trantor project now uses the new > visualbash include function to load up various scripts full-o-functional > goodness. Like everything else, We are attempting to maintain the Trantor > project on Github: > > https://github.com/flintiii/trantor > > As discussed, I continue to hack this into some type of organized format > to put up on git hub, as this is something that will please both Chris > Yarger and Kevin Cole. I really am gonna get to this. Jessamyn went for a > Git refresher, maybe I should do the same wonder how it worked out for her? > > The trantor project benefits itself as you can cut DVDs and USBs with > great ease and facility. > > http://docbox.flint.com/~flint/trantor/ ("Rick Roll version") > > Restful Web Site: > We now have a complete set of disks starting from LXFDVD154, we sent Neil > at Linux Format, an email in an attempt to expanding trantor to include all > the Linux Format DVDs since they started publication. Unfortunately we > hear nothing from London. Maybe London is closed? > > The Collection Grows: > Tom Kastner has offered us the DVDs back to LXFDVD105. This additional 45 > or so disks would go a long way to making the collection complete. Maybe > in the new year we will gain a response from London. As it is installed at > the Aldrich, next trick is to get trantor on the public web, and that looks > like it may happen. We really would like to see brother Tom and his magic > DVDs. > > Other Digital Collections? > I am getting interest from some parties in contributing more stuff to > trantor. Do not be bashful (pun?). let me know if you want something > faithfully curated and The real question here is should I simply rebuild > bosivt.org based upon sphinx? Or, we could do it all in... > > ZOCKER > Not much action on where Effin and I have been conspiring to set up a > docker image containing zope. Turns out this has already been done by the > European Environment Agency, but the way they put it together leaves a bit > to be desired. Fact is we have it working and we have a much spiffier > name... > > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/zoker > > Is tiddly-zoker simply too silly? Watch this site. It is the latest > thing... I am thinking about using zoker to be the documentation holder for > trantor. Hm... > > PITCHBOX > ...The best guidance: > Never forget the simple rules of Raspberryt Pi here in order: > 1. Always Use a high current power supply. > 2. Be aware of the bios differences. > 3. Always shrink before duplication to same size media. > 4. Format MS Dos regions on a real Micro$oft machine. > > > TECHNORUBBLE > In the new year we want to follow up on the interesting angle to deploy > TechnoRubble at Libraries. At the meeting two weeks ago, J West came up > with this angle and I would very much like to set up at Kimball and the > Aldrich Libraries and see if this would work. Jessamyn intends to showed > up at our meeting last week and checked out the whole TechnoRubble Project. > Hope she remains interested! > > - The Website http://technorubble.org,http://technorubble.com > The new donation letter has been updated, but not used yet... > > Again, we need more TechnoRubble. The TechnoRubble untangling and packing > is part of that effort. Part of this effort was the donation letter. The > idea is to get people to mail their TechnoRubble to us in a USPS Flat Rate > Box. I am going to complete the donation process page as soon as I can and > post it. > > TADA > I am adding the rebirth of the BOSI web site to this project. It is not > technically a good fit but it needs to go somewhere. Is there someone who > can help with this project? We really neerd to exploit Audio Video from the > meeting in a better way. How can we move BOSI TV towards this goal line? > The Adult Swim video network, soon to be the "TADA Show" (The Adult > Development Actity?) was clearly Effin's project. Is there a recursive > acronym in here somewhere? > Can Effin get back on the stick? > > Hopefully this will be discussed on: > https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/flint.com/tada > Which with any luck will start at 6 PM EST today. > > this is really all about external relations... > > 3DPRINT > This project is essentially on hold till spring when #1 son returns. To > recap, PiTchBox and 3Dprint are related because I really need a plastic > bezel for the front of the box, and I want a 3Dprinter to print it, and the > Raspberry Pi based octoprint device is central to the operation of the > 3Dprinter. > > Without a doubt the greatest and most frustrating waste of Flint time and > money on the planet! Even wors than the Android Carputer, though not by > much... > > Bad money after good, we have in hand the new model 3D printer. > That said, we had great luck with openscad, brother Kevin's design > software. We got this damn thing to the point that I can produce the design > of bezels I need for the PiTchBox. Sadly I cannot print them because the > printer we have is screwed up. Will the new one work better? Thinking about > inviting Toby from Filabot over and asking for some help. This machine has > only seen maybe 5 hours of actual operation is that this lasted about ten > days. Why is this so damn hard? > > The 3Decology constructed around the HICTOP Prusa I3 3D Desktop Printer, > has helped a lot, at least there is a place to store the tools this thing > needs. The take away here is that 3D infrastructure is important to > facilitate printing. But more important is the ability to render designs > from the head into products. > > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/3D_print > > I am gonna learn this product or perish n the process. I need Bezels for > the PiTchBox... > > To summarize, the meeting today is again at 40 Washington Street, Barre, > VT 05641. > > Topics for discussion as usual remain: > > - Open Source Educational Human Development > I am working on an idea... I am changing the priority of our > eternal needs, and placing education first. > > - Maker Movement A Maker Space in Barre? Why not? Could it be that the > commercial power centers do not yet appreciate the value? I need to > revise my paper on this subject and get it out to Lucas Jensen > who has good ideas about a Barre Maker Space. Why not do digital stone? > > - Move BOSI to become more git centric... develop gittlywiki... working! > check out tiddlywiki5 here: https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5 > We still need to convert... Yea buddy... Shut up Effin. > > - Blue Sky R&D, but in Vermont it will be Gun-metal Grey Sky(c) R&D. > > - I fought the DREK and the DREK continues to win. Remember, What > really is holds us back is DREK!!! DREK is what happens to your > workspace (both hardware and software) when you fail to put stuff > away, or you let your friends or relatives use it. This is a cosmic > law. I am still fighting the DREK. How to get over it? The secret > may be empty pellet bags. Is TechnoRubble organized DREK? > > These five points are quickly becomming more than our policy, and more > like a prayer... > > Anyway, we have the technology and we will have Pizza tonight 5-7 at > Hedding UMC. > > 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, and > there are folks who are gonna try, the swim stars at 6:00 PM EST. > > 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. > > Once again, the goal of the meeting shall be as usual, to get organized > and try to get the various projects moving forward, despite DREK. We > continue to wonder about how to build the BOSI curriculum to this webpage: > > *** Note this is broke as of this newsletter **** > http://bosivt.org/classes, Take a look if you dare... > > 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, > > The ever growing list of projects (now on our web site :^) includes: > - http://docbox.flint.com:8081/vm - A Docker copy of VM370 > - http://docbox.flint.com:8081/kindle - The Kindle Liberation Front > - http://docbox.flint.com:8081/pyrs - A pythonic interface to Income Tax? > - http://ledroid.org - Ok, this is a real project eh? > - 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... > - http://docbox.flint.com:8081/gitlywiki - is tiddlywiki5 the answer? > > 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 Format", 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 about a years worth of DVD's which > is quite a task. You may want to watch this space for developments. > > Anyway, come and do open source stuff. For more information about the BOSI > Adult Swim meeting time and location try this: > > *** Note this is broke as of this newsletter **** > 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. > > Somehow we need to make progress not more projects!!! > > If you wish to be included on the "Linux_adult_swim" mailing list, send a > response to this note. > > This is Flint signing off... I gotta go and get trained as a Justice of > the Peace, and maybe catch the flue from the City Clerk. > > I will continue to refactor this newsletter at some point in the future > (do not hold your breath :^)... > > > 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 >
