creating digital files from super 8 films
by The Hammer
I have a bunch of old Super 8 movie films from family in years gone by.
Can any one recommend an efficient and economical way to convert them to
digital files?
I see online services available, but they are very costly.
Thanks,
Ron
PS as a last resort I may experiment with using a projector to play the
reels and try to record the projected image with a cam corder. My fear
is that there will be too much quality loss this way.
4 years, 7 months
WLUG meetings in 2014 on Thursdays
by Chuck Anderson
For 2014, I may have conflicts on most Wednesdays. I just scheduled
the next batch of meeting space for 2nd Thursdays of each month, with
our next one on Thursday, January 9, 7:00 PM. I'm still waiting for
confirmation on the meeting location, but I did request the same room
we've been meeting in, Campus Center Mid-Century room 331.
Happy Holidays,
Chuck
4 years, 8 months
Meeting tonight at 7pm in Mid Century room (rm. 331)
by Tim Keller
Hey Gang,
Tonight we've got a meeting at the mid century room (rm. 331) at 7pm.
No topic, no speaker so it'll just be an open forum... I figure we can talk
about linux current events, any interesting linux stuff people are working
on and talk about what we want to do for demos/etc. for next year.
If nobody objects, I'd like to sign myself up for the talk for next month.
Thanks,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
4 years, 8 months
Announce: WLUG Meeting tonight
by Chuck Anderson
Yes, there is a WLUG meeting tonight, 7PM, WPI Campus Center
Mid-Century room 331.
On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 04:35:56PM -0500, Henrique wrote:
> Hey Linux Enthusiasts,
>
> Are we having a meeting next week?
>
> There are plenty of interesting stuff going on lately:
>
> Valve, one of the major distributors of games for PC is moving towards
> Linux, and just joined the Linux Foundation -
> http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/12/04/valve-joins-linux-foundation-pre...
> -
> This is also pushing AMD/Nvidia to push for better graphics drivers.
>
>
> Interesting bits from Kernel 3.13 -
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTUxNTk
> -F2FS a filesystem made only for Flash file systems.
> - I am particularly skeptical about the "There's now NFTables as the
> eventual replacement to IPTables."
>
> Some filesystems benchmarks:
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_btrfs_311&num=3
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_312_fs&num=3
> I just find interesting that compression can actually increase your
> performance.
>
> Google's Go Lang 1.2 is released: http://blog.golang.org/go12
>
> Cheers,
> Henrique.
4 years, 8 months
Fwd: Open Position @ Brown
by Phillip Deneault
Brown University is looking for a security-centric Windows/Linux admin
for a special environment they are building to process health care
records. If you have experience with security regulations and
technologies and like the straight-shot commute to Brown via 146 rather
than commute to Boston on the Pike, this might be for you.
Please respond to the position description and not to me. I do not
represent Brown or know anything about the job beyond what is here, I'm
just posting for a friend.
Thanks,
Phil
4 years, 8 months
