Greetings List Lurkers,
First a retraction of one of the rants about our country's slide into
Fascism:
1. Where did all the park benches go in Barre City?
Big Jim pointed out that we have "Capistrano Benches"... Apparently Barre
City removes and stores the benches for the winter, and they fly back in
the spring. Let me say that I am confident that the bench in front of the
old Dunkin Donuts will not be returning - Mayor hates that bench.
Next, a couple of additional rants about our slide into Fascism:
1. Both Net Neutrality and WWW implementation of "Digital Rights
Management" (DRM) appear to be subjects that are up for some kind of
"democratic process" this week. Is 2017 the year we finally get the
barbed wire around the Internet prairie? Or, can we assure ourselves of
the activist John Gilmore's architectural insight as summarized in his
immortal observation:
"The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it""
Because, make no mistake, the end of Net Neutrality and the beginning of
Web DRM spell Censorship, one of the cornerstones of Fascism. I am no
Woody Guthrie, but we need to quickly acquire systems that, like Woody's
guitar, kill fascists. While figuring out how to do this, Protest!
2. "No Trespassing" signs on the Barre City Bicycle path.
So the wife and I go to walk to McDonalds in South Barre Town. The obvious way
is along the bicycle path that connects at Prospect Street. So we get on the
path and on both sides there are Posted "No Trespassing" signs. Keep in mind
that this is in a city owned public park area.
Have I misunderstood the meaning of the words "public parks"?
I see this as persecution of the pedestrian, and I am a pedestrian, and
while this may be a pedestrian matter, I am still concerned.
The short answer is that we are still here and the meeting will take place
today at 17:00.
GEEK CHRISTMAS PARTY
God I hate commitment. Yet we have it. We are going to have an "Open
House" type of Christmas Party over at Casa Flint. This event will take
place Monday December 18th, likely starting at HUMC and finishing at Casa
Flint
In any case now that we have established a date, the party is also an
"open house" to:
- The Aldrich library staff,particularly Gail, Sara, Lee, Ian, Jeannie
- The Greater and Lesser Barre Democrats
- Our wonderful hosts at Hedding
- Anyone else who shows up.
- Friends and family...
Note that this includes spouses, children, musical instruments but pets
will have to stay outside...
So I got a lot of invitin' and explainen' to do. But do I believe
we need a Christmas Party at this time of the year.
KINDLE LIBERATION FRONT
We have recently received two of the Kindle Fire "7" tablets, and our only
issue is that we are terrified to turn them on as the first thing they want to
do is to update themselves.
We need to Kindlemeister himself to help us to get these puppies hacked!
Hopefully Joe will show us the way at this meeting, and I will remember
to bring one of these little beasties...
3DPRINT
I am still being tormented by the world of 3D. As I mentioned, there are two
paths of torture:
1. 3DPrint and
2. 3DCNC
In 3DCNC I am currently stuck. This has to do with getting visual bash control
of the 3DCNC control hardware. This has everything to do with my understanding
of just how the control language works. Until this is accomplished calibration
of the table surface is but a dream. No progress this week.
On the 3DPrint side, I am gonna have to call in Consultants. They will show up
as Christmas presence, likely during the Open House at Casa Flint
TADA
We are gonna try this again this week. Last week we mostly suffered under
low bandwidth with Joe Hart tuning in via G+
Jitsi actually may be working, but really may not be a solution. For
instance, Joe Hart, needs to compile a new version of firefox to get
things working on his end. Just like last week, in order to accommodate
this we will be Google Plus at the beginning of the meeting and jitsi
towards the end.
for the last two meeting we drank the jitsi cool-aid. So this meeting,
unlike like last week, we are going to switch over in mid-meeting it from
goggle hangouts. Seems like all we can do at this time.
So from 6PM on, here is the data for tele-connection:
The BOSI Adult Swim invites you to https://meet.jit.si/tada for the duration of
our meeting, 5-7 PM today. If you want to come
into this conference from a voice line:
1) Call +1.512.402.2718
2) Enter Meeting ID: 1313940399 following by # to dial in from a phone
Yarger reported that the phone number did not work. I will test that later
today at the meeting. Note that this dial in solution will only get you on for
about 2 minutes currently.
This is what we are intending to once again use Google Plus for the first part
of Teleconferencing At Da AdultSwim (TADA) which starts today at 5 PM EST
today, and follow this at 6PM with Jitsi. We are trying to keep a fair number
of remote folks happy including, Effin in San Francisco, Kevin Cole in DC,
Brett in the South and Joseph Hart at Niagara Falls What we can do? Getting a
solution that meets BOSI needs is becoming an interesting issue. We seek a
solution.
So today just like last week, we start with Google Plus then at 6PM we continue
to meet virtually at:
https://meet.jit.si/tada
That said, for the corporeal attendees, there will be Pizza as opposed to
confusion...
Hopefully we can test Joe Hart's new complie of firefox.
SPLUNK CLASS
The goal today is to put all the weather data from the TSP system on the Splunk
server, assuming it has not timed out.
In the attempt to getting around to playing with Splunk, we may have gone over
the 30 day evaluation limit. Thus we need to get registered as a non profit
with "splunk sentral", which is why we really like open source.
I remain confident that Los Weasel will actually support this project by such
good acts as sending me the URL I need to fill out for this program offered by
Splunk. Who knows he may actually try jitsi!!!!
VISUAL BASH
Half the fun of Visual Bash is attempting to get Wikipedia to recognize it.
Here is where we stand:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:VisualBash
Say what you want but spell it correctly... As you may surmise, I have been
trying to develop and popularize the VisualBash framework, and it actuall works
for me.
As you can see, I have tried in vain to get an article posted about
VisualBash on Wikipedia, but do not seem to have the "Not ability" or
"psudeo-savvy" necessary to satisfy their editors. So I need help. Any of
you who can, write about VisualBash either on Wikipedia or other blogs, I
would very much appreciate it. Any way I am trying again using their
dreaded "article wizard"... God I hate wizards.
TECHNORUBBLE
Technorubble has been quiet, which may change next week.
The only development is that the Amature Radio folks have shown some interest
in this area. I am encouraging this by offering to write an article
about this. Stay tuned...
TechnoRubble Supply
Terry from Yourduino(http://yourduino.com) dropped off a lot of very cool
TechnoRubble, that we are gonna go through at the meeting tonight, TechnoRubble
untangling and packing is part of this effort.
TechnoRubble Taxonomy
Let us confinue with the hard part:
A TechnoRubble Taxonomy
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/technorubble#TechnoRubbleTaxonomy.
had some good feedback about this issue. As the winter arrives I intend
to tackle this, using the framework developed in the Trantor project. It
will be a mid-winter project I suspect. This needs to be reflected in the
"unlikely candidate for software development" category above.
Additional news is that we have the worlds cheapest RFID system arduing card,
and 101 RFID cards. Apparently this RFID card also works on the Raspberry Pi
(http://docbox.flint.com:8081/raspberry#PiRFID). We have a long way to go
here...
LAKECRAFT PI
As you recall, Nick of Code for BTV developed "Lakecraft"
(http://www.lakecraft.net/) which is a terrarian of the Champlaign Lake that
can be used on an intel Minecraft version. We now know that Minecraft is
default loaded on Raspberry Pies... Wonder if there is data set
compatibility...
Wierdly enough, Deyo our new hulk, plays this game like a violin, and
demonstrated a whole lot about running it on the pie. There is a glimmer of
hope here.
TRANTOR LLDD
The Trantor Project designed to be a Linux based operating system resource
(http://docbox.flint.com:8081/trantor) languishes. As you My know, LLDD stands
for Local "Library Digital Destinations", and is the real important part of
this project that remains undone. As of now the system is once again 100%
operational after Sam performed a "security evaluation", on the physical
hardware at the library.
I have an ongoing conversation about this with Sarah, the Aldrich Library
director, as I am most interested in her help with both the trantor project and
Library-based TechnoRubble. Maybe we can find out what is up here...
Sarah the librarian indicated that there is new management (Scott Murphy) at
the State Library level and that they are hiring a technical coordinator who
can address Local Library Digital Destinations (LLDD), but this has not yet
happened.
Sarah also still wants a press release. I hope that the concept of Local
Library Digital Destinations has not been completely wiped out by entrenched
powers would so much prefer that to raise revenue by concentrating everything
in the very expensive DII Data Center at National Life, likely for a hefty
monthly fee! I may still do a press release, and after talking to her will no
doubt have a draft for her to review on the Trantor web site shortly. Sarah has
been busy, I may stop by and see how things are tomorrow.
Maybe we can crank out a press release before much longer.
The hard part of trantor turns out to be:
1. Getting a State bureaucracy to recognize
Free Open Source Software (what's in it for them?)
Could there be some action here finally?
2. getting the visual bash trantor prototype complete, with
appropriate features, which is done.
3. Adding the new elements to the collection...
Sadly, not much has changed here. Sent David Zukerman a note about this, but I
am not getting involved with State Gumment...
Hopefully much of this can be discussed at the Christmas Party / Library Open
House.
EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES
Python - Particularly based upon my present task, we will be scheming (no pun
intended) to go (pun intended) forward with this somehow.
WATCHING OTHER MAKER SPACES
The conference let me do this, particularly the fantasitc Mint Maker space in
Rutland. We should get some kind of site going in support of the functioning
maker spaces in New England.
LOFTIER EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES
Blockchain Tic-Tac-Toe
part of the SHARE conference is to reconnect and somehow figure out how to code
the transactions. This will be attached to the tic-tac-toe.py game. We have
decided on using python 3 for the first cut which merely involves writing a
simple tic-tac-toe game. Now get thinking!
see http://docbox.flint.com:8081/blockchain#blockchainttt
The newest question: Is Hashgraph the new king? Do you recall how the
Blockchain King died? What about Yargers "litecoin"? More frustration!!!!
MAINFRAME ZLINUX AND REXTRY
Now that the Maker Faire is over I am going to get back to this.
We actually got copy of the VM program RexTry running on the zPDT. Now I need
to figure out how to turn it on. I am almost ready to focus on this again,
just got to debug some Visual Bash, then I can get at this.
I also have a line on curl for VM. This could be very cool.
he BOSI Adult Swim meeting today is again at 40 Washington Street, Barre, VT
05641. We shall again meet tonight at our usual place and time if you need to
know more see below...
Topics for discussion as usual remain:
- Open Source Educational Human Development
I am working on the BBB and ... I am changing the priority of our
eternal needs, and placing education first.
- Maker Movement A Maker Space in Barre? Why not? We clearly have a
Maker Faire profile. Could it be that the commercial power centers
are beginning to appreciate the value of the maker movement.
See http://bbbvt.org/
Here are the city and statewide plans:
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/bb
who has good ideas about a Barre Maker Space. Why not do digital
stone soup?
- Move BOSI towards reStructuredText. I am seriously researching a
tiddly2rest converter. This would allow us to become more git
centric... avoid the need to change to gittlywiki...
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
(GMGSR&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 DREK. How to get over it? The secret
may be empty pellet bags. Is TechnoRubble organized DREK? Or is DREK
just what you get prior to something becoming TechnoRubble?
Just to let you know I am desperately trying to turn Drek into
TechnoRubble.
These five points are quickly becoming 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. Accept no substitutes... For those coming in via voice or the Internet,
so not forget this information:
This is the official notice of the Barre Open Systems Institute (BOSI) Adult
Swim. BOSI has invited you to the https://meet.jit.si/tada conference
1) Call +1.512.402.2718
2) Enter Meeting ID: 1313940399 following by # to dial in from a phone
For more information try:
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/tada
...and we hope that 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,
and figure out where our good chairs went. One direction we have been working
on is to begin thinking about classes. The curriculum that I am most interested
in is teaching documentation.
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:
http://bosivt.org, works, and has just been updates see javascript link to
"classes"...
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.
While we need to update this list soon, the ever growing list of projects (now
on our web site :^) includes the following with no particular organization or
accuracy:
http://www.bosivt.org
http://bosivt.org, works, and has just been updates see javascript link to
http://family.flint.com/flint
https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/flint.com/tada
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/raspberry#MinecraftRaspberryPi Pi Minecraft,
cool.
http://www.lakecraft.net/ This is the site we want to get Pi Minecraft working
with.
http://bbbvt.org/ Barre Brain Barn.
http://ledroid.org Ok, this is a real project eh?
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/travel#VTMakerConf2017
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/technorubble#TechnoRubbleTaxonomy
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/raspberry#PiRFID
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/trantor
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/blockchain#blockchainttt
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/bb
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://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
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/bb A big noble idea.
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/grantbot A less noble idea to feed the
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/gitlywiki is tiddlywiki5 the answer?
http://docbox.flint.com:8080/bosivt.org/directions or, go to http://bosivt.org
This list has been updated... Next we shoot for accuracy!
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 Aldrich 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:
Directions to the Adult Swim:
http://docbox.flint.com:8080/bosivt.org/directions or, go to http://bosivt.org
and click on 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 we like 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.
It is so nice and warm in this room it may be time for a nap. This is Flint
signing off... I look at the list of stuff we still have to do and I wonder
where it all came from!
I expect to hear from eagle-eyed Dr. Mark, as he remains our Honary Editor.
Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
(802) 479-2360
(802) 595-9365 Cell
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