0x0000 wrote: > > Didn't mean to pass over your comments about BYB - the tape thing was > just such a shock to the system I had to fire off a response... See > below about BYB... > > > Hey, 0x0000, Tom was in town for the last Backyard Blues (spending > > most > > of his time in PA with his job there) and brought your name up, > > asking what was happening with you... I wasn't sure so I said I'd > > let you know that he still wants to discuss what ya'll were > > discussing... so, just a heads up that to contact him if the ideas > > still seem feasable. > > Yes, in fact I just spoke w/ HUG Inc the other day about the kiosk - it > does still seem feasible, and I do need to contact Tom about it soon. > It will probably be a few weeks, since I have been sukkered into taking > another one of these damned endless /jobs/ and will probably be > enslaved by it at least thru the end of the year (see my comments in > the geeks/jobs thread). I do want to get the thing shipped down there, > though - I should be able to do that in November if all goes well, and > I still want to enlist some of the Freenet/CHAOS guys to help get it > connected to the Freenet - Guys? Anyone interested hacking a COTS wifi > kiosk for little or no reward?
Heh... spoken like a true Shadowvillian... "the chex in th maile..." > It's a h/w + s/w effort, and I don't know if I'm going to be able to > show up for the fun, but it is alleged to contain both a (cheapo) > Pentium (one of the ones w/ little or no cache - I forget the > marketting name) and a wifi AP packed into a hardened (stainless) > pedastal with a credit-card reader and bill/coin acceptor. The s/w is > proprietary, tied to an MLM-scheme backend - it will have to be wiped. > > The idea is to get this thing operational as part of the Freenet, > located in the old Coin-op building in Downtown Columbus, GA. Coin-Op building Sat Map: http://Here.Nu/Col.jpg > > I'm somewhat (or mostly) out of that loop but passing on what little > > I know, but perhaps give him a call. > > Will do. I don't have telco connections at the moment (this really is > The Wilderness West of Nowhere) but I'm working to solve that as we > "speak"... thanks for passing the message! Eileen D'esterno is back at the Coin-Op with studio space there for her huge paintings, and working with Tom on the arty aspects (Henry Conley is commanding this month's Backyard Blues on the musical line-up level, taking Parker's pace for now) so she'll most likely (and hopefully) be Tom's "in person" rep for coffeeshop, wifi and other day-to-day artistic issues... -- "Ozone Stigmata" by Will Dockery http://www.myspace.com/willdockery Will Dockery videos: http://tinyurl.com/yfmzeq --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CHAOS706.ORG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/chaos706 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
