Looking for Speakers at a small conference at MIT October 8th and 9th, 2016

2016-07-21 Thread mad...@li.org
Don Davis, a friend of mine, is helping to put on a two-day event at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts (did I really have to tell you which MIT I was talking about?) on October 8th and 9th of 2016: http://librelearnlab.org/librelearnlab/home They are looking for speakers:

Phone SPAM/SCAM

2016-06-27 Thread mad...@li.org
Hi, Received this on my answering machine. I do not know what type of scam this is, but I called the number using Skype and got what sounded like an East Indian voice who asked for my "case number" and when I told them I did not have a case number, they asked for my address and zip code so

Bill Sconce memorial service - Saturday, Feburary 13th, 1100-1400 hours

2016-02-12 Thread mad...@li.org
All, There will be a memorial service for Bill Sconce on Saturday, February 13th at the Nashua Airport Hanger under the Tower (Nashua Jet Aviation) where Bill spent a lot of time flying and teaching others to fly. Please feel free to attend, even without RSVP. maddog

Bill Sconce obituary and memorial date (February 13th at Boire Field, Nashua, NH)

2016-01-16 Thread mad...@li.org
Bill (William Joseph) Sconce, age 72, Lyndeborough, NH, died on January 5, 2016 at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, MA. The cause was a cerebral hemorrhage. He was a good man. Bill was born April 19, 1943 in Indianapolis, IN, and came home to the House on the Hill in Edinburgh, IN. Bill grew up

Celebration of Bill Sconce to be held this spring

2016-01-06 Thread mad...@li.org
GNHLUG, Here is some email from Donna Shea about Bill and Janet. md - Forwarded Message - It is with a heavy heart that I let you know that Bill passed late yesterday afternoon. He passed peacefully with his Janet by his side. There will not be any services at this time but a

Not even a tiny python script could have helped...

2016-01-05 Thread mad...@li.org
GNHLUG family, I just heard from Marnie MacLean that Bill Sconce has died. Marnie says that Janet has had time to come to come to terms with Bill's death. Again, if I hear any other news I will pass it along. Warmest regards, maddog ___

Bill Sconce

2015-12-30 Thread mad...@li.org
Hello all, Bill Sconce, one of GMHLUG's longest and most righteous members had a stroke on Christmas evening. He was operated on at Lehey Hospital in Burlington, MA and is still under sedation. It may be weeks before he can go home. Many of you may remember Bill as "Mr. Python", and his

Ian Murdock

2015-12-30 Thread mad...@li.org
Hello all, I am really sad to bring two sorrowful messages in one day, but I just received news that Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian, was found dead on December 28th at the age of 42. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/30/ian_murdock_debian_founder/ Ian was a great guy, and started more

Re: Google thinks GNHLUG is spam now

2015-07-29 Thread mad...@li.org
Ben, Gee, thanks. Keep right on not being evil, GOOG. Welcome to the cloud. md - Original Message - On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: Is there an SPF record? That would depend on the sending domain. For at least one of the

Re: Mesh networking: olsrd? b.a.t.m.a.n.? OpenWRT?

2015-02-25 Thread mad...@li.org
I have not been keeping up with what you have been doing, but if your target is moving, perhaps what you want is Mobile IPv6 instead of mesh, or a combination of the two. Also, Andy Stewart, the former long-time head of the WPI Linux Group, and now the lead of the Chelmsford Linux Meetup group

Re: FSF LibrePlanet conference coming up--will I see you there?

2015-02-03 Thread mad...@li.org
I just registered. md - Original Message - FYI: the Free Software Foundation's annual LibrePlanet conference is coming up next month; I've gone the last couple of years, and am planning on attending this year. I know I missed meeting one or two of you there last year; wondering who'll

Drill Press Local to Nashua/Amherst/Milford needed

2014-12-16 Thread mad...@li.org
Hi, I am building a small demonstration supercomputer out of five Banana Pis, a Parallella board, a few other components and some Acrylic plastic. The goal is to be able to put this supercomputer in a brief case, take it to a university or conference, pull it out and within a few minutes be

Re: Drill Press Local to Nashua/Amherst/Milford needed

2014-12-16 Thread mad...@li.org
Hi all, A little more about the project. There are two parts to it. One part is a set of four shelves (2' long and 8 wide) of acrylic (not PVC), each shelf is 1/4 thick and has a covering of thin plastic clinging to protect it from scratching, not paper. My thoughts on these are to clamp

Re: Drill Press Local to Nashua/Amherst/Milford needed

2014-12-16 Thread mad...@li.org
this through airport security might be a tad more difficult than your standard laptop. -- jmcg On Dec 16, 2014, at 11:40, mad...@li.org jonhal...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, I am building a small demonstration supercomputer out of five Banana Pis, a Parallella board, a few other components