To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 8:15 am
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep(kind of OT)
Kool. There's a network of local organic farmers who do the same. They
bring their produce in in waxed boxed--which cost nearly seven dollars
apiece now--and
g, Inc.
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> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:40:23 -0800
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
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> I have an old Itanium server that might post if all the loose parts were
> plugged b
We'll take yer obsolete electronics and any greenbacks you wanna let go of!
lorraine
> From: "Darrough, James"
> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:21:29 -0800
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: RE: [Eu
: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
Yep. We are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 Am to 5:00 PM. We
take
all electronics working or not. Because we have to pay to handle
printers,
fax machines and scanners, (now that the scrap market has flip flopped)
we
have a $3.00 fee for those items. Most
quot;Darrough, James"
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> > Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:03:46 -0800
> > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> > Subject: RE: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
> >
> > I have a LOT of old computer stuff. Some us
> From: "Darrough, James"
> Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:03:46 -0800
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: RE: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
>
> I have a LOT of old computer stuff. Some useful, som
O.
--- On Mon, 2/16/09, BB wrote:
> From: BB
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group"
> Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 3:33 PM
> I make a counter-proposal. Why don't WE, as a group,
> offer a program called
> *
: Monday, February 16, 2009 9:02 PM
To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
Hello Dooger,
Nextplop? Wee wee, I kinda like it.
Since the new recycling law came into play and we can no longer charge
the
public for handling their electronics waste, and since the scrap
p
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Lorraine Kerwood
> wrote:
>> Hello again,
>> Actually in Springfield we have a drop off depot and a store.
>
> Location? I'm in Springfield and am interested.
>
> Best regard
Kool. There's a network of local organic farmers who do the same. They
bring their produce in in waxed boxed--which cost nearly seven dollars
apiece now--and the stores set aside the empties in dedicated covered
areas out back. Preservation of environmental resources aside, it's
just plain g
What I didn't mention in my praise of him was that he managed to run and
open the door for me WHILE he was holding all the gear I'd just
donated. It was kinda amazing.
Lorraine Kerwood wrote:
Hey there Dooger! You are referring to Peter! His receiving behavior has
made it to the attention of
I am finding that a video documentation approach is working wonders with the
novice technology user. I'm using and supplying these digital cameras that
have Movie making / TV playback features that are awesome. The price for
these, Canon 590 Powershots is really cheap at $100. Just mail the SD c
ix to see how the experiment
> goes. If you are serious, so am I.
> lorraine
> --
> *From: *BB
> *Reply-To: *Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> *Date: *Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:33:21 -0800
> *To: *Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> *Subjec
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Lorraine Kerwood
wrote:
> Hey BB-we would place computers in the mix to see how the experiment goes.
> If you are serious, so am I.
I might be able to break loose some time this summer to develop
documentation, particularly if more knowledgeable folks are willing
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Lorraine Kerwood
wrote:
> Hello again,
> Actually in Springfield we have a drop off depot and a store.
Location? I'm in Springfield and am interested.
Best regards,
Paul
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Universal Interoperability Council
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EU
We at Mountain Man Fruit and Nut Co. also re-use our boxes!? Re-label em,
re-fill em, and restock em!
-E
-Original Message-
From: dooger watts
To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Sent: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 8:22 pm
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
Actually do
Hey BB-we would place computers in the mix to see how the experiment goes.
If you are serious, so am I.
lorraine
From: BB
Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:33:21 -0800
To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
I make
:26 -0800
To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
Before I start in with anything that will upset anyone, let me mention that
I am not affiliated with NextStep, and I do not speak for them. I did
volunteer with them a few years ago and racked up over a
> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:06:10 -0800
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
>
> Speak of their volunteers, went in on Friday to donate about twenty
> pounds of gear and two perky kids immediately flocked up to me with
> excited s
installs.
Respectfully,
lorraine
From: Ben Barrett
Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:33:31 -0800
To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
Having a customized linux may seem like a good idea to you, but if they have
. There is
lots of office furniture at the Springfield store, so if you need a desk or
a filing cabinet, check it out.
lorraine
From: JS Kaplan
Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:29:03 -0800
To:
Subject: RE: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
I too have admiration
out.
<http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_022009>
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From: JS Kaplan
Reply-To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:23:04 -0800
To:
Subject: RE: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:40:08 -0800
> From: eug...@the
: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
A very honest critique...I had also wondered what was up, an empty case w/o
power supply for $10-20??? I would also like to see more Linux in my rear
view mirror.
BUT, I have to look at the totality of the journey that
gene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
>
> Omagod James I'm so glad you broke the ice. Been reticent to diss on
> nextplop cause they're so obviously eugene-hip and their cachet would
> seem to make them unassailable--and there's n
Hello JS,
Thanks for volunteering. It seems you misunderstand NextStep¹s mission. Here
is some info for you.
We have an education program that involves learning about technology and how
to use it. Some folks spend time dismantling and then move into
refurbishing. Some start in refurbishing and mov
Actually do. (Make art paper out of it sometimes).
But what I've been lobbying for most recently is to stop recycling
cardboard boxes. Wait for it . . . And start RE-USING them!
PepsiCo has been re-using their containers for decades. On the outside
of all Frito-lay boxes are big labels say
O.
--- On Mon, 2/16/09, BB wrote:
> From: BB
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group"
> Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 3:33 PM
> I make a counter-proposal. Why don't WE, as a group,
> offer a program called
> *
ere really should be no need for
them to treat their forests in that way.
-E
-Original Message-
From: dooger watts
To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Sent: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 2:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
marbux wrote:?
> Thanks in no small part
Have you ever considered making Art Paper? I know it's long shot...
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:20 PM, dooger watts wrote:
> Paul your note really struck a chord in me. Wondering what your connection
> was a few decades ago. Garbagio's?
>
> As an operator in my 31st year of a barely-4-profit
I make a counter-proposal. Why don't WE, as a group, offer a program called
* Linux Learner Loaner *(L3.) L3 could be a way to see what is holding
people back from Linux migration, especially as an Internet appliance.
Select candidates, with a emphasis on teachers, could be loaned a computer
w/
marbux wrote:
Thanks in no small part to the timber industry now clear-cutting
Canadian government forest lands with government subsidies and the
continuing harvest of increasingly juvenile trees in the U.S.
Exactly.
If, while the city of you gene was interfering with the free trade by
man
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:20 PM, dooger watts wrote:
> Paul your note really struck a chord in me. Wondering what your connection
> was a few decades ago. Garbagio's?
>
Naw, I'm a transplanted fifth-generation Idahoan. My stint was with
the Lewiston, Idaho Recycling Center in its early days.
>
Paul your note really struck a chord in me. Wondering what your
connection was a few decades ago. Garbagio's?
As an operator in my 31st year of a barely-4-profit paper recycling
business, I appreciated your insights.
And I loved your bringing in the sanipacs of the world. This is gonna
so
Nice post, Chris.
I'll add a note from my own experience working as a board member on a
non-profit recycling organization a few decades ago.
One of the harsh realities of the recycling scene is that non-profits
are absolutely essential to build markets for recyclables. Until the
markets are grown
Before I start in with anything that will upset anyone, let me mention
that I am not affiliated with NextStep, and I do not speak for them. I
did volunteer with them a few years ago and racked up over a hundred
hours of time. Therefore, I do feel a sense of support for their
organization and what
Uncharged ones too.
Regards, Jim
From: euglug-boun...@euglug.org [mailto:euglug-boun...@euglug.org] On
Behalf Of JS Kaplan
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 3:29 PM
To: euglug@euglug.org
Subject: RE: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
I too have admiration for Lorraine's work. That
Speak of their volunteers, went in on Friday to donate about twenty
pounds of gear and two perky kids immediately flocked up to me with
excited smiles. Handed it all over and thanked them for being there
and turned to leave--and one of them positively ran to open the door for
me. Ain't been
at, 14 Feb 2009 14:40:08 -0800
> > From: eug...@thebucks.net
> > To: euglug@euglug.org
> > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
> >
> >
> > As Lorraine has said just about every time this subject has come up:
> > They would like to offer more Linux options, but d
ht coast en Marital
Bliss. Jim plays with charged atomic particles.
I'm back. Looking for work.
NextStep just opened in Springtuckey. Retail. No drop off or refurb there, or
so am told.
--jk
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:21:12 -0800
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
From: bilbobag
> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:40:08 -0800
> From: eug...@thebucks.net
> To: euglug@euglug.org
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] inside NextStep
>
>
> As Lorraine has said just about every time this subject has come up:
> They would like to offer more Linux options, but don&#x
JS Kaplan wrote:
Instead of offering a choice or
being progressive and loading Ubuntu or some nice current distro, you
are stuck to the task of un-infecting the drive of it's case of Windows
2000.
As Lorraine has said just about every time this subject has come up:
They would like to offer
fair enough...I don't do WalMart...and now...I don't do Millennium, ya!
BUT, thank's for keeping me honest; much appreciated.
Brian
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Mr O wrote:
> Then offer $20 or go to WalMart.
>
>
> --- On Sat, 2/14/09, dooger watts wrote:
>
> > Keep it simple: where the
maybe he meant they have no business *paying* Microsoft ...
I'm guessing they get the same kinda $5 licenses St. Vinny's uses?
(microsoft does use linux and even causes open source of their own,
not just open sores, heh)
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Mr O wrote:
> I'm complaining beca
I'm complaining because you're complaining about Microsoft and using a hotmail
address.
*tongue in cheek people!*
--- On Sat, 2/14/09, JS Kaplan wrote:
> I'm complaining because I feel that my hours of labor
> are worth a tad bit more than a doorstop in which a
> full-sized PCI card
> won't
Then offer $20 or go to WalMart.
--- On Sat, 2/14/09, dooger watts wrote:
> Keep it simple: where the fok do they get off charging 30
> bux for a dlink router--used?!?
>
>
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A very honest critique...I had also wondered what was up, an empty case w/o
power supply for $10-20??? I would also like to see more Linux in my rear
view mirror.
BUT, I have to look at the totality of the journey that Lorraine has made,
from garage, and rummaging through the Goodwill computer se
Omagod James I'm so glad you broke the ice. Been reticent to diss on
nextplop cause they're so obviously eugene-hip and their cachet would
seem to make them unassailable--and there's no surer way to make a hippy
turn fascist than to suggest there might be a taint on his logic--but
jeezus!
Ke
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