Note, Firefox isn't liking the URL or my safety plugins, so i'm using Chromium. So... If FireFox complains, try a different browser.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 9:42 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1...@gmail.com> wrote: > We have a possible volunteer for a follow-up presentation in *April*. > If there's another Half-Meeting presentation for April or any half or full > pres in April/May, I'd love to hear from your. > > No set topic *tonight* - Since it was a non-leap year, March as was > February is as early as 2d Tuesday falls - so we're having an Round-table > / open-mike / virtual social meeting tonight. If you have a short item, > screen share is ok! > > *6:30pm - 9:00pm Eastern Time * > > Meeting will be on *JITSI* FLOSS meetings -- like Zoom but with better > security and open source. > To *compute the secure meeting URL*, run this command on day of event (or > day before - it computes a different URL each *week*, so as to be usable > in far flung timezones). > >> perl -MDigest::SHA=sha1_hex -MPOSIX=strftime -le 'print strftime "%Y/%m/%d >> week %U", localtime; $date=strftime "Y%Y W%U", localtime; print $date; print >> "https://meet.jit.si/BostonPM-".sha1_hex("BostonPM".$date);' >> >> ( >> *If on Windows with classic CMD instead of a Gnu/BSD shell in Terminal, >> exchange single and double quotes, but you knew that.If your mail client >> breaks the line in a way that it stays broken cut-&-paste, unbreak it.* >> *This hashes Year and ISO Week which won't be friendly to AU/NZ/JP/IN on >> New Year's Eve but should work on Tuesdays the rest of the year.* >> *If this doesn't work for you, send off-list email to Bill or DM on >> Twitter @n1vux or @BostonPM . *) >> >> *BOILERPLATE* >> >> (If you need to hear my rant about why Zoom’s “fixes” are inadequate, ask >> me off-list.) >> Jitsi is a Free/Libre OSS project sponsored by 8x8 (an Atlassian >> spin-off). It is the freemium base for their added-value corporate meeting & >> VOIP platform. As FLOSS, it can be self-hosted; they provide a free demo >> server. We will currently be using the free demo server, but may migrate to >> a hosted server (where we can set defaults, privileges). >> Natick FOSS group has a 4-page Jitsi Help .pdf file >> <http://www.millermicro.com/FOSSUserGroupJitsi.pdf>, and you can practice >> beforehand. (They meet 1st Thursdays, online, early afternoon.) >> Update to file ^ : Firefox latest versions 78+ support multicast, so are >> safer than before. Chrome/Chromium/FF78+ all plausible now. >> >> One can use plain web mode, but you can install the browser plug-in if >> you like (recommended if sharing slides or terminal). There are also iOS >> (iPhone/iPad) and Android apps which work well. >> >> >> JITSI keyboard shortcuts - >> https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/keyboard-shortcuts >> >> JITSI scales fine to more people in face-sharing BradyBunch / >> HollywoodSquares mode than you can easily see at once (30ish) and if folks >> turn off their cameras when just listening/talking, i.e. when not >> commenting/presenting, it scales much higher. (If we later get more folks >> than will comfortably fit in Jitsi, we can set up a stream to YouTubeLive >> or some other platform … or upgrade to a proper panelist platform feeding a >> stream, but the “seminar” quality of Jitsi is fine for our level of >> anarchy.) >> >> I will routinely mute those not presenting so you’ll usually need to >> unmute to comment. Hint: Space-bar is push to talk, M is mute/unmute (on >> phone/tablet it’s the skeuomorphic microphone, avoid the handset hangup >> button!). >> >> As now seen on Perl Weekly newsletter <https://perlweekly.com/> [image: >> Perl weekly 234x60.png] >> <https://bpm.qualitybox.us/bpm/File:Perl_weekly_234x60.png> and their Events >> Calendar <https://perlweekly.com/events.html> - which you can import via >> the live iCal <https://perlweekly.com/perlweekly.ical> calendar. >> > (And i usually post the Charlotte meetings there and here too.) > > FWIW Our *Wiki* is currently *OFFLINE*. (Provider got DNS-jacked after > business folded. Free is worth every penny, no complaints. It will > eventually reappear, whether as a wiki or as static pages is TBD. ) > > > -- > Bill Ricker > bill.n1...@gmail.com > https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux > -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@pm.org https://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
