Hey all,
I've learned that the library in my town is open to the public for
hosting club meetings! More info:
https://hudsonpubliclibrary.com/
Some of the benefits I can think of for having meetings at the library
include:
- Free hosting
- Free public wifi
- Free on-site parking
- Low noise levels
- Projector and whiteboard are available
- Books, music, movies, etc, are available for checking out
(https://bark.cwmars.org/eg/opac/home)
- Adjacent to many restaurants, most having outdoor seating
- Has EV charging stations nearby
- Access to well-maintained walking trails and public parks
Cons:
- Conference room capacity is capped at 10 occupants
- Meetings must end 15 minutes before library's closing time, so would
have to end at 8:15PM
- Many restaurants might be closed by 9PM
I could imagine going back to our usual monthly meetings, from 7:00PM
to 8:15PM on Thursdays, then walking over to one of the restaurants
next door for food and drinks. I can personally vouch for these local
establishments, all reachable within a 5 minute walk:
https://railtrailflatbread.com/https://www.wellysrestaurant.com/https://newcitymicrocreamery.com/https://www.lessthangreaterthan.com/https://www.kithandkinhudson.com/https://www.horseshoepub.com/https://freshwingma.com/https://www.medusabrewing.com/beer-garden
What do you think?
- Josh
Hey everyone,
Thank you for another awesome meetup! It was nice to make that first step
of transitioning back to normal. I hope I was able to make a good
impression of Hudson!
I'm interested to see what everyone would like to do for the next meeting,
as well as discuss where to hold our next meeting!
- Josh
I am not in MA today, but I am very interested to attend future meetings in Hudson as I live very close to there.
Bob Evans
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From: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org>
Sent: Jul 14, 2021 3:39 PM
To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org>
Cc: Joshua Stone <joshua.gage.stone(a)gmail.com>, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [WLUG] Re: Hosting in-person meetings at library
I think it's a great idea!
Speaking with the Technopia folks, they're interested in having us, but it sounds like it would happen in the Sept. time frame, I'd like to have a couple in person meetings before that.
Is this something people would be interested in doing tomorrow?
Thanks,
Tim.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 9:25 PM joshua.gage.stone--- via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote:
Hey all,
I've learned that the library in my town is open to the public for
hosting club meetings! More info:
https://hudsonpubliclibrary.com/
Some of the benefits I can think of for having meetings at the library
include:
- Free hosting
- Free public wifi
- Free on-site parking
- Low noise levels
- Projector and whiteboard are available
- Books, music, movies, etc, are available for checking out
(https://bark.cwmars.org/eg/opac/home)
- Adjacent to many restaurants, most having outdoor seating
- Has EV charging stations nearby
- Access to well-maintained walking trails and public parks
Cons:
- Conference room capacity is capped at 10 occupants
- Meetings must end 15 minutes before library's closing time, so would
have to end at 8:15PM
- Many restaurants might be closed by 9PM
I could imagine going back to our usual monthly meetings, from 7:00PM
to 8:15PM on Thursdays, then walking over to one of the restaurants
next door for food and drinks. I can personally vouch for these local
establishments, all reachable within a 5 minute walk:
https://railtrailflatbread.com/https://www.wellysrestaurant.com/https://newcitymicrocreamery.com/https://www.lessthangreaterthan.com/https://www.kithandkinhudson.com/https://www.horseshoepub.com/https://freshwingma.com/https://www.medusabrewing.com/beer-garden
What do you think?
- Josh
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Hey everybody:
A friend asked me about VPNs and I don't know a whole lot lot on the
topic. They have a Windows computer and are using a McAfee VPN. The
question is, is this a decent product, should they use it or not or
consider something else?
regards,
Ron
Hey Gang,
I just got back from vacation. We're going to have our meeting next week
instead.
Later,
Tim.
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I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
I've reached out twice and my emails have gone unanswered, I think we
should start planning to have WLUG somewhere else.
I don't know if WPI is an option or not. I think the last of the people are
gone from WPI so we don't have anybody to reserve a room.. If anybody knows
someone, etc.. awesome.
If people have other options, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks,
Tim.
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I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
Hi,
I've noted that many of you host your own email and file servers, and I've
wanted to do this for several years, but I've been avoiding taking this on
myself. This is due to the time investment (to learn tech I don't
necessarily want to learn) and the added weight of responsibility for
security. Quite frankly, I'm getting lazy in my old age and I'm
considering a packaged solution/service like The Helm.
I guess my question is, are the tech barriers to setting up a home email
server really as formidable as claimed in the below justification from The
Helm's web site? If a lazy guy like me sets up an email server, but then
doesn't get around to applying security updates for half a year, is he just
asking to be hacked? For context, I am a local Charter customer with a
standard internet-only subscription.
From: https://blog.thehelm.com/post/how-helm-works-part-1-networking
[quoted text] For an email server to send and receive email with other
servers on the internet, they need port 25 to be open. Unfortunately, ISPs
in the U.S. block port 25 by default, a practice started in the 90s when
home computers were hacked and turned into open relays abused for spamming.
Sometimes it’s possible to get this port unblocked, but it’s not uncommon
for the ISP to ask for a significantly more expensive class of service in
exchange.
ISPs also typically assign dynamic IPs to residential internet connections.
Large email service providers block residential dynamic IPs en masse also
due to the issue raised above. While it’s possible to get a static IP
address from your ISP, they will charge for it and potentially require a
more expensive class of service. PTR records, or reverse DNS, is also a key
requirement for trustworthiness when setting up an email server. Getting
this type of record with a residential internet connection can be a
significant challenge and may also incur additional costs.
To summarize, port blocking, dynamic IPs and challenges in establishing a
PTR record all interfere with easily running an email server at home. It
can cost hundreds of dollars per year and consist of a significant
investment of time with your ISP to get things set up just right. After
thinking about this problem and experimenting for a while, we managed to
find a better way. [end quoted text]
Thanks,
Mike
