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WLUG Meeting this Thursday! Topic: Flipper Zero (maybe)
by Tim Keller June 6, 2023

June 6, 2023

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting this Thursday! Date: June 8th, 2023 Time: 7pm Location: WPI, still working out the room details Topic: Flipper Zero (hopefully), Otherwise, NixOS. At our last meeting, Cara spoke briefly about bring her Flipper Zero to show off. I managed to blow up my laptop with a failed Ubuntu upgrade and decided to experiment with NixOS. So I can show that off as well. Snacks and Refreshments will be provided and we'll do dinner afterwards. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder: WLUG Meeting Tonight (May 18th 2023) Location: Higgins Lab 102
by Tim Keller May 19, 2023

May 19, 2023

Hey Everybody, This is a reminder that we've got a meeting tonight! But not in our usual location! Instead we are going to be in Higgins lab in room 102! Date: May 18th, 2023 Time: 7PM Location: Higgins Lab (HL) Rm 102 Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Quick talk on linux name and network spaces. Snacks and drinks will be provided and we'll head off for dinner afterwards! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: WLUG Meeting Thursday May 18th 2023! Location: Higgins Lab Rm 102
by Tim Keller May 18, 2023

May 18, 2023

Currently in Higgins but having A/V issues. On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 2:37 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > Fair enough.. At least in the future we'll have someone in WLUG with > > up to date medical training! > > If you ski, you'll find me at Mt. Wachusett this winter patrolling. :-) > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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WLUG Meeting Thursday May 18th 2023! Location: Higgins Lab Rm 102
by Tim Keller May 18, 2023

May 18, 2023

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting on Thursday May 18th at 7PM. Location: Higgins Lab (HL) Rm 123 Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Good question! If people have something interesting they'd like to talk about, feel free. I can definitely talk about Linux namespaces and networking namespaces. I recently gave a talk about this at a different venue. Snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off to dinner. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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!!! NO WLUG TOMORROW !!! Meeting will be May 17th!
by Tim Keller May 16, 2023

May 16, 2023

I've recently been made aware that this Thursday is commencement. Speaking with Frank, the Trustees have reserved everything. Now knowing this, I'm going to push the meeting off to the 17th. As for a topic, I've got some ideas I'll put in further email. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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MEETING TONIGHT!!! Campus Center rm 331 at 7PM!!
by Tim Keller May 10, 2023

May 10, 2023

Hey Everybody, We are going to have a meeting tonight. Location: WPI Campus Center Rm 331 Time: 7pm Topic: Um.. yeah, no idea. We'll roll with it. Virtual: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA To everybody who wrote me privately, thank you. My dad is stable and okay, but in no shape to be visited, so WLUG is on! We can definitely talk about ISP's and self hosting and all the challenges that surround it. Vintage games on Linux. We can talk TrueNAS Scale and other stuff. Snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head out for dinner aftwards. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Shippy 1984
by Dennis Payne April 29, 2023

April 29, 2023

I was playing around with Shippy 1984. It is a Space Invaders/Galaxian style game. It is available on Fedora. It's pretty ugly. I decided to play around with a graphics update. Not all of the changes are in git yet. Some refinement is still needed. https://youtu.be/ZAzFP90lgW0 -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@dulsi

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solar/energy monitoring
by Chuck Anderson April 28, 2023

April 28, 2023

I use IoTaWatt (http://iotawatt.com/) for solar/energy monitoring at home. It works with a standard web browser (no app required) and doesn't require any kind of Internet/cloud connection (but can use one if desired). It will keep years of data internally on the SD card and you can make pretty graphs from your phone/laptop/whatever web browser, or you can download the data and do whatever you want with it. It is an open source software/open hardware design by a guy in New Hampshire. It is manufactured in the US, and it is ETL certified. ("The hardware is professionally manufactured in an ISO9001 contract facility in New Hampshire, USA. The base units are ETL safety certified to UL standards") See pics of my setup here: http://www.wlug.org/files/iotawatt/ $314.30 gets you a US 120V bundle with split-core CTs for 14 circuits (2 mains + 12 branch circuits), 9V AC reference transformer, and USB power supply. The split-core/clamp-on CTs are easy to install, just open them up, place them around the wire, and close them. If you use non-split-core CTs (not included in the bundle above), you need to to disconnect the hot lines from each circuit breaker to slip on the CT, then reattach to the breaker.

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Science on State Street on Saturday
by Dennis Payne April 21, 2023

April 21, 2023

Framingham State is having Science on State Street this Saturday Apr 22. It is an annual science festival they do. The NatickFOSS group has a booth at the event. I will be there with my homemade aracde machine. It runs from 2pm to 6pm. https://cm-center.org/soss2023 -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@dulsi

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WLUG Meeting tonight.. maybe?
by Tim Keller April 20, 2023

April 20, 2023

Hey Everybody, The last couple of weeks have been challenging at best. If people want to have the meeting tonight that's great, I'll be unable to make it (quite likely). My Dad had heart surgery yesterday at MGH so there things I need to do. Option #1: You guys just have the meeting without me. Option #2: We push the meeting out another week. Let me know what you guys want to do. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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