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Re: New Thread: What To Do Instead?
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:06:55 -0400 Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks, Ben. I was willing to help shoulder some of the load for > NEARfest should there have been any interest (I still may go and visit > the Flashlight Guy and see if there are bargains to be had) but I'm > interested in hearing some ideas on what to do. > Although basically MIA for too long and too late to comment on NEARfest, I have given some thought to it. While there is a huge number of what some call "appliance" operator hams, it seems two areas are of growing interest among hams: SDRs which are software defined radios in which much of the signal processing takes place in software and the radio is a simple "black box" and digital modes of operation. these are the high tech/cutting edges of the hobby it seems to me. In fact there is a kit for a SDR radio that only costs around $30 so any hobbyist can play around and develop software. There is a fair amount of open source and some Linux specific software used in both areas. These might be good topics for a demo or presentation. Could be combined with demos of other ham specific applications. I would, if other hams in GNHLUG helped, work on putting something of this nature together for future use. I agree the usefulness of a table where old hardware and distributions are given away is very limited now and serves essentially no useful purpose. I suspect as OSS and Linux are becoming well known and used, the traditional outreach activities of LUGs may need to be rethought to stay relevant. I think that is the case with the GNHLUG booth at NEARfest. -- Ed Lawson Ham Callsign: K1VP PGP Key ID: 1591EAD3 PGP Key Fingerprint: 79A1 CDC3 EF3D 7F93 1D28 2D42 58E4 2287 1591 EAD3 ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: New Thread: What To Do Instead?
On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 09:21 -0400, Ed lawson wrote: > On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:06:55 -0400 > Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Ben. I was willing to help shoulder some of the load for > > NEARfest should there have been any interest (I still may go and visit > > the Flashlight Guy and see if there are bargains to be had) but I'm > > interested in hearing some ideas on what to do. > > > > > Although basically MIA for too long and too late to comment on > NEARfest, I have given some thought to it. While there is a huge > number of what some call "appliance" operator hams, it seems two areas > are of growing interest among hams: SDRs which are software defined > radios in which much of the signal processing takes place in software > and the radio is a simple "black box" and digital modes of operation. > these are the high tech/cutting edges of the hobby it seems to me. In > fact there is a kit for a SDR radio that only costs around $30 so any > hobbyist can play around and develop software. There is a fair amount of > open source and some Linux specific software used in both areas. These > might be good topics for a demo or presentation. Could be combined with > demos of other ham specific applications. I would, if other hams in > GNHLUG helped, work on putting something of this nature together for > future use. I agree the usefulness of a table where old hardware and > distributions are given away is very limited now and serves essentially > no useful purpose. > > I suspect as OSS and Linux are becoming > well known and used, the traditional outreach activities of LUGs may > need to be rethought to stay relevant. I think that is the case with > the GNHLUG booth at NEARfest. And I agree that some talks/demos of the types of things you discussed in this email SDR, etc. would be interesting and useful to HAMs. If you (or anyone else) would like to put forth a proposal for that type of talk or demo, I am sure the NEARFest people would at least listen to it. md > > -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: New Thread: What To Do Instead?
I, too, think that a practical demonstration of Linux/FOSS radio applications would be uber-cool and very appropriate, for both the ham community and the FOSS community. Unfortunately, that is way far out of my area of expertise, so I'm not going to sign up to run it. However, should some other GNHLUGers with appropriate knowledge decide they want to put on a show, I'd be happy to assist with things like logistics and administration. Perhaps a general Call For Participation should be put out on the gnhlug-discuss list, inviting GNHLUG hams to get involved. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Re: New Thread: What To Do Instead?
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:22:47 -0400 "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps a general Call For Participation should be put out on the > gnhlug-discuss list, inviting GNHLUG hams to get involved. > > I'm going to try and do some groundwork between now and Nov. and then I will do this to see if something can be put together for next spring. My lead time for projects gets long starting this time of year for some reason. -- Ed Lawson Ham Callsign: K1VP PGP Key ID: 1591EAD3 PGP Key Fingerprint: 79A1 CDC3 EF3D 7F93 1D28 2D42 58E4 2287 1591 EAD3 ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Josh Berkus: ORG Booth HOWTO
Josh Berkus of Postgres fame blogs a couple great entries on how to run an ORG booth: http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/database/soup/archives/org-booth-howto-part-i-18419 http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/database/soup/archives/org-booth-howto-part-ii-18470 -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
Ruby/Rails Portsmouth: Brian DeLacey, Shoes
Forwarding Scott Garmin's post: It's time for another meeting of the NH Ruby/Rails User Group! This month, Brian DeLacey will be coming up from Boston to give a demonstration of Shoes - "a Tiny Toolkit for Making Web-like Desktop Apps": http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/shoes/ Brian will also talk more generally about creating desktop GUI applications using Ruby, including how to use the the Ruby GTK+/GNOME libraries. We'll also be talking about the upcoming Ruby East conference, and the 2-day Rails Rumble programming contest, both happening in September. http://www.ruby-east.com/rubyeast/ http://www.railsrumble.com/ WHEN: Tuesday, August 21, 2007. 7-9 PM. WHERE: RMC Research Offices, Portsmouth, NH For a map and driving directions, see our wiki site: http://wiki.nhruby.org/index.php/Upcom -- ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
