Greetings List Lurkers,
Just got back from Pycon, the 2018 python convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
The convention center in Cleveland is underground! Let me tell you that
Cleveland has moved beyond Randy Newman's famous song about the burning
river. The Rock and Roll Hall of fame was undergoing renovations so I
thought that I would wait for next year's Pycon before visiting.
To alleviate the suspense, I would mention that Bit Ed has been reunited
with the famous blue hat he wore to the New England Amateur Radio Festival
(NEAR fest). This was a very fine event, and may involve a Technorubble
Booth next year. This is some thing we shold discuss.
YAK SHAVING This is a new section that will occupy the middle of this
newsletter. Yak Shaving is the basic unit of activity for what I appear to
be doing all day. So I will likely line the Yaks of last week and compare
them to the Yaks of next week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mmISldi060
I am doing some research as to exactly what evening is "Yackmas Eve", but
as you can clearly see, this is yet another Yak to shave...
The above is considered the highest form of Yak Shaving, which is
recursive...
Big Yak #1. As I mentioned last week, I am gathering signatures on a
petition to get my name on the ballot to represent Washington County
District three in the Vermont House. I run as the Flatland Fred Tuttle...
The web site will go up when we somehow complete getting signatures on the
petition to get on the ballot. To sign you must be a Barre City
Registered Voter. If you are a Barre City voter, I would very much like
your signature.
As, it appears that I will be running for the Vermont House from
Washington County District 3. You shall find out more information by
keeping an eye on the web site flint43.us, which should be going into
operation by 1 June.
Way too many Yaks not enough time...
So, the short answer is we are still here and the meeting will take place
today at 17:00.
Cool Yak #2 There is a script built and tested which installs the Google
playstore on a Kindle Fire7 from a bash shell. The prototype for this
script is located here:
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/kindle#ifire7i.sh
I will attempt to use my feeble github skills to get this uploaded there.
While this caused great rejoicing last week, as we were able to get
hangouts working on the new fire7, we now need to refine it and find
another fire7 that needs the services of the Kindle Liberation Front.
Regarding Teleconferencing At Da AdultSwim (TADA) when I passed through
Niagra Falls (slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch) in order to pick
up a new fire 7 battery from Big Joe Hart, even Joe says we should be
using some Tox based product. I am actually pleased that there is
contention in the ranks on this one. That said, the problem here seems to
be the Cosmic Law that you *do not fix that which is not broken*, and
sadly enough, while it sucks, Google Plus is not broken, as we appear to
have fixed the bandwidth issue.
For more information try: http://docbox.flint.com:8081/tada
That said, we seem to have the most traction on Google Hangouts...
For some odd reason the Yak I needed to fix prior to going off to Pycon
was to figure out how to start the spindle motor on the cnc system. I got
the code and the interface working but really needed a bigger relay... So
I went to the Auto Parts store and picked up a very nice 12V 20 Amp SPST
relay for under 10 bucks. How I miss Radio Shack. To cover my bets I
ordered from Amazon two $10.00 Solid State Relays (aka "Hocky Puck")...
These arrived wnen I was gone. We live in a very connected world. I am
sticking to the auto part for now.
Another Yak that I am looking for is a way to dial a cell phone via the
Android Developer Port...
Our standard topics once again remain:
- Open Source Educational Human Development
I am changing the priority
of our eternal needs, and placing education first, as manifest in a
Barre Brain Barn. - 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. While having #1Son around helped, I am still fighting DREK.
How to get over it? The secret may be empty pellet bags.
TechnoRubble is hereby defined as organized DREK. DREK is
just what you get prior to something becoming TechnoRubble.
Just to let you know I am desperately trying to turn DREK into
TechnoRubble. The ultimate goal being the development and
implementation of the TechnoRubble Taxonomy.
These five points are really Yaks and are quickly becoming more than our
policy, and more like a prayer... from now on they are Yaks.
On this last area here at Casa Flint Labs, we have made progress, as the
DREK is in remission, and Spring Cleaning is about to start. Do not all
volunteer at once!
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:
...and we hope that there are folks who are gonna try, the swim "TADA"
starts 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 unusual, as it will be more about
planning and vision and less about how 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 web page:
http://bosivt.org, works, and has just been updated.
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 Yaks (previously called projects, now on our web
site :^) includes the following with no particular organization or
accuracy:
http://www.bosivt.org - Must feed this hungry beast. 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 free and 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.
If you wish to be included on the "Linux_adult_swim" mailing list, send a
response to this note, or contact me.
I expect to be chastised eagle-eyed Dr. Mark, or god forbid, Effin as Dr.
Mark remains our Honorary Editor.
Remamber...
While time flies like the wind...
Horse flies like banannas...
I am back. Lets hit the Adult Swim!
Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
(802) 479-2360
(802) 595-9365 Cell
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