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Joel's Favorite Android Apps
by joel d 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Hi everyone, First thanks being o.k. with my bringing my 5 year old on, Andrew to the last meeting. He does want to become a "Junior WLUG member". For that reason I did not contribute much to the android meeting. Below is a summary of my favorite apps, some were mentioned Wednesday and some were not. All are listed with a $ sign if they had a cost. I am a cheapskate so it had to be pretty good for me to fork some over. Thanks, Joel ============================================================== Favorite Android Apps Utilities: I leave these three running.... Llama (rules based phone control) Llama lets you define an "area" by the local cell phone tower ids You can then set logic based rules based upon location and/or time and/or ... Juice Defender Free Avast Antivirus USED DAILY: Swiftkey Keyboard $ 1.99 Aqua Mail Pro (for *all* e-mail accounts) $ 4.95 SugarSync - 5Gb of Cloud Sync (works like dropbox but sugarsync's android is better ) I sync hourly when on WIFI only. Sync documents and all cell photos with my desktop and laptop. Will do digital photos and also files! I use this for favorite PDF files of magazines, and owners manuals for complex items. PowerAmp (for playing MP3 and podcasts ) $3.99 10 band Equilizer is very handy for podcasts with hiss (just drop high and low frequencies down) Elixir2 (system info) Elixir2 Widgets (allowes more and smaller home page icons in widget) Elixir2 Personal Add On (smaller widget icon to include a contact person) DW Contacts and Phone and Dialer (this one does SO much, I mainly like the visuals on contacts & dialer) Astrid - Task list which syncs to website account Pocket - store web pages for later offline reading ConvertPad Convert units & currencies Bubble Find "Level" in multiple directions Brightest Flashlight RealCalc Sci Calculator UltraChron Stopwatch or Countdown Timer AlarmDroid Simple Alarmclock Librivox Download audiobooks from public domain (usu. 50+ years old) A cool app for kids stories (Aesop's, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland..) Networking/WIFI Stuff: Fing Wifi Analyzer (scan for WIFI) Speed Test FoxFi (create a portable hotspot) Buying Stuff: Amazon Shopping Ebay Paypal c.Mobile Craigslist Client Dolphin Browser (big & pretty browser & add ons) I sync my Firefox desktop favorites with xmarks. Handcent SMS - quick & easy text messages Allows customization of fonts and other item I like. YouTube - browser like for Youtube but better/smoother control aCalendar free - better interface, but still uses Android calendar data I sync aCalendar to my gmail calendar and use it for schedule. X-plore File Manager - handles files and photos locally X-plor also does dropbox/sugarsync/googledrive and ftp Once you get "files" to Android with SugarSync, I then need: Adobe PDF viewer Kingsoft Office very good office suite for viewing and editing Ham Radio & Radio Geek stuff: Repeater Book (listing of ham repeaters based upon your location) EchoLink (connect to radios & repeaters around the world via Internet) Scanner Radio (streams audio from scanners worldwide - incl Worcester F & P & EMS) Time Wasters / Games Kindle Flipboard - random news Plague Inc (like risk but you are trying to infect/kill world) Dead Trigger (FPS to shoot zombies) Andoku 2 (soduku app) Pandora stream generic music

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Early Bird Registration ending soon for LOPSA-East 2013! (formerly PICC) May 3-4, 2013, New Brunswick, NJ
by LOPSA-East 2013 17 Mar '13

17 Mar '13

Register early and save! http://lopsa-east.org Space is limited! Early Bird Registration ends April 1st for the 2013 LOPSA-East conference, May 3-4, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, NJ. IT professionals from the tri-state area and the entire east coast will be joining us for the most talked about community-driven IT conference of the year. You can find out more at http://lopsa-east.org LOPSA-East begins Friday with an entire day of training offered by world class instructors. We have half day sessions on Team Efficiency, Configuration Management, Basic and Advanced PowerShell, IPV6 migration, and much more! The conference continues on Saturday, with more half day training sessions along with 45 minute presentations from invited speakers, 5 minute lightning talks, and 'birds of a feather' discussions on participant selected topics. (The entire training schedule can be found at http://lopsa-east.org/2013/lopsa-east-training/) Register now! Save up to $197 by registering during the Early Bird pricing! Even larger discounts are available for students. For more information and to register visit http://lopsa-east.org --------------------------------------- LOPSA-East (http://lopsa-east.org) is produced by The New Jersey chapter (http://lopsanj.org) of the League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) (http://lopsa.org) This will be the 4th annual conference, being held May 3-4, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, NJ.

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Northeast Linux Fest
by The Hammer 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Hey guys, Just curious if anyone from the WLUG is planning to attend the Northeast Linuxfest at Harvard March 16? I'm planning to go. My current plans are to make a day trip in on Saturday. Ron

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Announce: WLUG Meeting Wed 3/13 7PM Android Apps
by Chuck Anderson 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Hi folks, The next Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) meeting will be held at its regularly scheduled time: the 2nd Wednesday of the month, which is tomorrow, Wednesday, March 13, at 7PM. The location will be the WPI Campus Center, Mid-Centry Room 331. Wednesday, March 13, 7:00 - 10:00 PM WPI Campus Center, Mid-Centry Room 331 Your Favorite Android Apps Afterwards, we will go out for pizza. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group http://www.wlug.org/

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Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 113, Issue 2
by Karl Lind 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Yep, Going Saturday and Sunday. Looking forward to a little hob-knobbing :\|D . Karl On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:47 AM, <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> wrote: > Send Wlug mailing list submissions to > wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Northeast Linux Fest (The Hammer) > 2. WLUG website issue? (The Hammer) > 3. Re: WLUG website issue? (Frank Sweetser) > 4. Re: Northeast Linux Fest (Daniel J Walsh) > 5. Re: WLUG website issue? (Keith Wright) > 6. Re: WLUG website issue? (The Hammer) > 7. Re: WLUG website issue? (Keith Wright) > 8. Re: WLUG website issue? (The Hammer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:38:41 -0500 > From: The Hammer <hammerron(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [Wlug] Northeast Linux Fest > To: WLUG <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <CADL5mQzJ8rGkRaTKM2iT5nAAq_k-yo5RBg= > yg3HtWhBAqZTBLw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hey guys, > > Just curious if anyone from the WLUG is planning to attend the Northeast > Linuxfest at Harvard March 16? > > I'm planning to go. My current plans are to make a day trip in on > Saturday. > > Ron > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20130307/898e14ab/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:40:43 -0500 > From: The Hammer <hammerron(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [Wlug] WLUG website issue? > To: WLUG <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > < > CADL5mQxaS4TwyXAzeVRHW-8ydyqymGuE4pfZ7d8v8p72B-YQ1Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm not sure who the proper contact is, but lately have not been able to > get onto the website at > > http://www.wlug.org/ > > It says: > > Bad Request > > Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. > Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port. > Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please. > > Hint: *https://angus.ind.wpi.edu/* <https://angus.ind.wpi.edu/> > > ------------------------------ > Apache/2.2.15 (Scientific Linux) Server at angus.ind.wpi.edu Port 443 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20130307/02830815/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:56:24 -0500 > From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] WLUG website issue? > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <5138F0E8.6070802(a)wpi.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > Thanks for the heads up, this should be fixed now. > > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution > that > Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. > Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken > > On 3/7/2013 2:40 PM, The Hammer wrote: > > I'm not sure whothe proper contact is, but lately have not been able to > get > > onto the website at > > > > http://www.wlug.org/ > > > > It says: > > > > > > Bad Request > > > > Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. > > Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port. > > Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please. > > > > Hint: *https://angus.ind.wpi.edu/* > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Apache/2.2.15 (Scientific Linux) Server at angus.ind.wpi.edu > > <http://angus.ind.wpi.edu> Port 443 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:02:08 -0500 > From: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Northeast Linux Fest > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <5138F240.4060808(a)redhat.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/07/2013 02:38 PM, The Hammer wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > Just curious if anyone from the WLUG is planning to attend the Northeast > > Linuxfest at Harvard March 16? > > > > I'm planning to go. My current plans are to make a day trip in on > > Saturday. > > > > Ron > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > I am presenting at it, on Saturday. > > Secure Linux Containers > > Dan > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlE48kAACgkQrlYvE4MpobNdyQCdExxvL5zG8wu/tulA3VrETgnF > Xa0AoNM0WP/o9+0to0xspGhvzurLdPba > =tKNe > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 18:37:39 -0500 > From: Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] WLUG website issue? > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <201303072337.r27NbdSK004584(a)localhost.localdomain> > > > Works for me. It says: > > Topic: Your Favorite Android Apps > > Date/Time: Wednesday, March 13 > 7:00 - 10:00 PM > > Location: WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room 331 > > From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > > > > Thanks for the heads up, this should be fixed now. > > > > On 3/7/2013 2:40 PM, The Hammer wrote: > > > I'm not sure whothe proper contact is, but lately have not been able > to get > > > onto the website at > > > > > > http://www.wlug.org/ > > > > > > It says: > > > > > > > > > Bad Request > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 07:20:26 -0500 > From: The Hammer <hammerron(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] WLUG website issue? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > < > CADL5mQwTDNNwrTJwXO7FN3xHcsJegiyKAmhkwm1+qs3b-JhquQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > ..I just tried it at a different location and it's fine here...very odd > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > wrote: > > > > > Works for me. It says: > > > > Topic: Your Favorite Android Apps > > > > Date/Time: Wednesday, March 13 > > 7:00 - 10:00 PM > > > > Location: WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room 331 > > > From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > > > > > > Thanks for the heads up, this should be fixed now. > > > > > > On 3/7/2013 2:40 PM, The Hammer wrote: > > > > I'm not sure whothe proper contact is, but lately have not been able > > to get > > > > onto the website at > > > > > > > > http://www.wlug.org/ > > > > > > > > It says: > > > > > > > > > > > > Bad Request > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20130308/a7afd77c/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 08:37:12 -0500 > From: Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] WLUG website issue? > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Message-ID: <201303081337.r28DbCPx003633(a)localhost.localdomain> > > > From: The Hammer <hammerron(a)yahoo.com> > > > > ..I just tried it at a different location and it's > > fine here...very odd > > What's odd? Frank says it's fixed and it's fixed. > > > > > From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > > > > > > > > Thanks for the heads up, this should be fixed now. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 08:47:08 -0500 > From: The Hammer <hammerron(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] WLUG website issue? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: > <CADL5mQxa9mS4==pk-= > v81UY7fZuU3njNPuZaEck9UOKenBSaJg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > ..my one thought is the computer with the trouble was running *cough* > Windows xp...it has AGV virus protection. I'm wondering if AVG is blocking > the site. I will try to check setting next week when I see it again > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > wrote: > > > > From: The Hammer <hammerron(a)yahoo.com> > > > > > > ..I just tried it at a different location and it's > > > fine here...very odd > > > > What's odd? Frank says it's fixed and it's fixed. > > > > > > > From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the heads up, this should be fixed now. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20130308/6f5650a6/attachmen… > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > End of Wlug Digest, Vol 113, Issue 2 > ************************************ >

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WLUG website issue?
by The Hammer 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

I'm not sure who the proper contact is, but lately have not been able to get onto the website at http://www.wlug.org/ It says: Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port. Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please. Hint: *https://angus.ind.wpi.edu/* <https://angus.ind.wpi.edu/> ------------------------------ Apache/2.2.15 (Scientific Linux) Server at angus.ind.wpi.edu Port 443

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The 3rd annual Northeast Linux Fest
by Jonathan Nadeau 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Hello, I would like to annouce the 3rd annual Northeast Linux Fest. It will be on March 16 and 17 at Harvard University in the Science building. If you are new to Linux or a seasoned veteran this is the place for you. We will have speakers from Red Hat teaching you how to leverage virtualization using Openshift and KVM. The Fedora distribution will have their own track giving talks on all things Fedora. John Sullivan from the Free Software Foundation will be there also. Jon 'Maddog" Hall who has been there from the start of it all will be giving the keynote. We also will have an all day class for new Linux users. This event is free and to learn more about it here is the website. http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org -- Jonathan Nadeau http://www.jnadeau.org Northeast GNU/Linux fest http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org

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Idea for next month's WLUG meeting....
by joel d 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Over pizza last night I had a WLUG meeting idea I thought I would share with the group. Seems many WLUG members have Android phones and tablets. How about a show & tell about each of our favorite Android applications? Android is Linux-based so it is somewhat relevent to our group. I am not sure how we can "show these" up on a big screen but a laptop could easily go to the web page (or developer's page) via browser might work. I am happy to contribute my 5 to 10 favorites in the Android App world. Sharing these in this e-mail group might make sense also if people so choose. Anyone else have thoughts on this topic? Thank you, Joel

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Announce: WLUG Meeting Wed 2/13 7PM More Raspberry Pi
by Chuck Anderson 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Hi folks, The next Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) meeting will be held at its regularly scheduled time: the 2nd Wednesday of the month, which is tomorrow, Wednesday, February 13, at 7PM. The location will be the WPI Campus Center, Mid-Centry Room 331, which should hopefully become our regular location. If people would like, I can bring my new Raspberry Pi to play with. I might even have a case for it by then. I have installed a distro called OpenELEC which is an XBMC port, but we can play with other distros as well, especially if people bring some spare SD cards they don't mind erasing. Wednesday, February 13, 7:00 - 10:00 PM WPI Campus Center, Mid-Centry Room 331 More Raspberry Pi Afterwards, we will go out for pizza and maybe raspberry pie. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group http://www.wlug.org/

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Virtualization/Linux/Storage openings at MathWorks.
by Adam Keck 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Hi All, We have a Linux/Virtualization position and a Storage/Virtualization position open. I believe both are project-focused. Please email me off-list, if you are interested. Thanks! -Adam

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