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Re: [Wlug] Meetup - up north?

by Tal Cohen

Thanks Chuck, Both are about equidistant for me... I was hoping to meet up with techies closer to home. Tal On 5/11/2014 9:12 AM, Chuck Anderson wrote: > In case you didn't know, there are two other groups that may better > suit your availability/location: > > Chelmsford Linux Meetup which meets monthly at the Java Room in > Chelmsford: > > http://www.meetup.com/linux-393/ > > Boston Linux & Unix User Group which meets montly and sometimes more > often on the MIT campus in Cambridge: > > http://blu.org/ > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 09:07:02AM -0400, Tal Cohen wrote: >> Hi All! >> >> My schedule has always prevented me from going to any of the meetups in >> Worcester. I'm up in Leominster and work in Boston. Anyone in the North >> Central area want to try to get together one of these evenings or weekends? >> >> Tal > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

May 11, 2014

Re: [Wlug] Meetup - up north?

by Chuck Anderson

In case you didn't know, there are two other groups that may better suit your availability/location: Chelmsford Linux Meetup which meets monthly at the Java Room in Chelmsford: http://www.meetup.com/linux-393/ Boston Linux & Unix User Group which meets montly and sometimes more often on the MIT campus in Cambridge: http://blu.org/ On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 09:07:02AM -0400, Tal Cohen wrote: > Hi All! > > My schedule has always prevented me from going to any of the meetups in > Worcester. I'm up in Leominster and work in Boston. Anyone in the North > Central area want to try to get together one of these evenings or weekends? > > Tal

May 11, 2014

Meetup - up north?

by Tal Cohen

Hi All! My schedule has always prevented me from going to any of the meetups in Worcester. I'm up in Leominster and work in Boston. Anyone in the North Central area want to try to get together one of these evenings or weekends? Tal

May 11, 2014

Run Linux on HP Touchpad

by Andy Stewart

HI everybody, Somebody just gave me an HP Touchpad, and I'd like to run Linux on it. It seems that I'm about 3 years too late to this game. I cannot find a set of instructions that work from a Linux computer. Many of the links to software needed to make this work are out of date. I succeeded in getting my Linux system to see the HP Touchpad as a USB device and I copied some files to it. Is there any hope? Have a lot of fun, Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

May 10, 2014

WLUG meeting tonight: meet at WPI, then walk down to 95 Prescott St.

by Chuck Anderson

Thanks, updated. Kevin Harrington: Tour of Technocopia hackerspace & talk about OpenSCAD Date/Time: Thursday, May 8 7:00 - 9:00 PM Location: Meet at WPI Campus Center, Chairman's Room 129 at 7:00 PM. We will leave at 7:15 PM to walk down to Technocopia, 95 Prescott St. On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 01:49:03PM -0400, Keith Wright wrote: > > I just checked http://www.wlug.org/ and saw: > > > WLUG's Upcoming Meeting > > Date/Time: Thursday, April 10 > > Location: WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room 331 > > I nevertheless assert, on information and belief, > that the next meeting is TODAY, the eighth of May. > > I expect to be there. It might be worth reminding > the list (as hereby done), since there has been > so much other list traffic since the information > that led to my belief was transmitted: > > Kevin Harrington NR <kharrington(a)neuronrobotics.com> writes: > > > > I will be introducing OpenSCAD, a DSL for CAD modeling. > > > Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 18:43:00 -0400 > > From: Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> > > Subject: [Wlug] May meeting? Yes! See the Technocopia hackerspace. > > >> Kevin Harrington has volunteered to give WLUG a tour of Technocopia, > >> > >> So here's the plan: > >> > >> WLUG Meeting Thursday, May 8 2014. > >> > >> 7:00 PM meet at WPI Campus Center, Chairman's Room. > >> > >> 7:15 PM or so, head down to Technocopia, 95 Prescott Street, > >> Worcester, MA 01605 > > I am not sure whether to expect a road-trip or a software demo, > but leave my fate in Harrington's hands. > > Looks like latecomers may lose or become lossage. > > -- Keith

May 8, 2014

Hurray, Hurray, for the eighth of May!

by Keith Wright

I just checked http://www.wlug.org/ and saw: > WLUG's Upcoming Meeting > Date/Time: Thursday, April 10 > Location: WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room 331 I nevertheless assert, on information and belief, that the next meeting is TODAY, the eighth of May. I expect to be there. It might be worth reminding the list (as hereby done), since there has been so much other list traffic since the information that led to my belief was transmitted: Kevin Harrington NR <kharrington(a)neuronrobotics.com> writes: > > I will be introducing OpenSCAD, a DSL for CAD modeling. > Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 18:43:00 -0400 > From: Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> > Subject: [Wlug] May meeting? Yes! See the Technocopia hackerspace. >> Kevin Harrington has volunteered to give WLUG a tour of Technocopia, >> >> So here's the plan: >> >> WLUG Meeting Thursday, May 8 2014. >> >> 7:00 PM meet at WPI Campus Center, Chairman's Room. >> >> 7:15 PM or so, head down to Technocopia, 95 Prescott Street, >> Worcester, MA 01605 I am not sure whether to expect a road-trip or a software demo, but leave my fate in Harrington's hands. Looks like latecomers may lose or become lossage. -- Keith

May 8, 2014

Re: [Wlug] OT: Looking for ISP

by Richard Klein

And for all that, it costs me less to get Verizon phone + DSL than to get phone alone. It's really tempting to drop the landline, but I have my reasons... On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > Charter Business quoted me $215/month for 100Gbps down/7 Gbps up or $130 > for 80/5. That's with a static IP; you save $15 if you opt for a dynamic > IP. That allows you to run servers (explicitly disallowed under the > residential TOS), and I assume has no caps, but I don't know for sure, yet. > It's really tempting, but I think I'd better stick with the cheaper > residential service until I get used to the bills in the new place. > > -- > Rich > > > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org>wrote: > >> I'm investigating Charter Business service, too. I'll let you know what >> I find out. >> >> -- >> Rich >> >> >> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org>wrote: >> >>> Speaking of caps, here's a useful page (Charter doesn't fare well): >>> http://gigaom.com/2012/10/01/data-caps-chart/ >>> >>> -- >>> Rich >>> >> >> >

May 7, 2014

Re: [Wlug] OT: Looking for ISP

by Richard Klein

Charter Business quoted me $215/month for 100Gbps down/7 Gbps up or $130 for 80/5. That's with a static IP; you save $15 if you opt for a dynamic IP. That allows you to run servers (explicitly disallowed under the residential TOS), and I assume has no caps, but I don't know for sure, yet. It's really tempting, but I think I'd better stick with the cheaper residential service until I get used to the bills in the new place. -- Rich On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > I'm investigating Charter Business service, too. I'll let you know what I > find out. > > -- > Rich > > > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org>wrote: > >> Speaking of caps, here's a useful page (Charter doesn't fare well): >> http://gigaom.com/2012/10/01/data-caps-chart/ >> >> -- >> Rich >> > >

May 7, 2014

Re: [Wlug] OT: Looking for ISP

by John Stoffel

Michael> A benefit of my Charter service has been that my home IP Michael> address has changed ONLY TWICE in the many years that I've Michael> been a subscriber. Mine is pretty stable too, but since I use dynamic DNS, I don't have to remember the IP, just the name. :-)

May 6, 2014

Re: [Wlug] OT: Looking for ISP

by John Stoffel

Richard> I'm investigating Charter Business service, too. I'll let you know what I find out. My church in Upton is moving from Verizon DSL to Charter Business internet because we can't get a fast enough speed with DSL for the VoiP solution we're going to move to. Should be just fine. John

May 6, 2014