Brian et al., Did anything ever happen with this? Itseemed like such a good idea...
--DTVZ On Mar 1, 2005 10:30 AM, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many of the people that came to claim the "free crap" from my house over the > last couple of weeks also expressed interest in my Home Automation setup, as > well as various electronics projects, product ideas, distributed > music/video, and other odd bits of tinkering and ideas. I've heard a couple > of good business plans from folks that are either in active development or > early stages of implementation as well. > > I was thinking of setting up a list that would not be just about linux, or > robots, but more of a collective local group that just "builds stuff". The > meetings (monthly?) would/could take place at my house (amherst, NH) or > anyone else would be welcome to host. The intent being to show off projects > in the works and/or solicit opinions and ideas for improvements and such. > > I offer up my place because it is somewhat spacious *and* I have a fair > amount of electronics tools and components as well as a decent enough > workshop (no metal mills or lathes yet, but I am looking to purchase a > smallish (3HP) vertical mill soon). The idea being things could go from > brainstorm to proof-of-concept all in one meeting. This would be a > variation of the usual meetings where it seems that everyone meets, talks, > and then goes off on their own without much tangible evidence ever being > created. Think of it like "Install fest" meets "Monster Garage". > > I think that with the collective knowledge and skills we have in the Nashua > area (that "area" spanning Concord NH to Boston MA and beyond) that we > should be able to get a group of "do-ers" together and maybe actually > produce something cool in the process. > > So, any takers? > > -- Brian > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss > -- --Drew Van Zandt _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss