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| === K-Lug and the Red Bull Creation 2013 Contest ===
| | We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer]. |
| Recently several [http://k-lug.org K-Lug] and [http://www.pcig.info PCIG] members entered a Maker Contest called Red Bull Creation 2013. We were given an Arduino Shield (called the TurBULL Encabulator and 5 Meters of RGB LED light strips and 1 Meter of addressable RGB LED light strips. We bought 4 more addressable light strips and went to work...creating an invention of Peter Shabinos ...a touch sensitive Rock Climbing Wall called the WALL-O-TRON. Here is our video entry: http://youtu.be/9SB-FD13yPs
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| More details on the project can be found here:
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| http://k-lug.org/RedBullCreation2013#Red_Bull_Creation_2013_-_K-LUG_Participation
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| === K-Lug and the Deconstruction and Minne-Faire ===
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| Recently [http://k-lug.org K-Lug] and [http://www.pcig.info PCIG] members met at [http://tymkrs.com/rabbithole/ The Rabbit Hole] Maker space to participate in the [http://www.thedeconstruction.org Deconstruction 2013]. We has had a booth at the [http://minnefaire.org/ Minne-Faire] where we demonstrated our projects. I'm leaving a link here for people to find more info about our projects:
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| http://thedeconstruction.org/team/rabbit-hole/
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| http://k-lug.org/Main_Page/Deconstruction2013
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th === |
| | Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting. |
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| | Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74567357951?pwd=nQjQHcz7eKjaZ5YaHS2UGrat5UVUCv.1 here]. |
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday, May 9th - FIRST Robotics Competition Demo at Byron High School ===
| | Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know. |
| The Byron High School FIRST Robotics Competition team, just back from the Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional, will fill us in on their experience in this exciting celebration of science, engineering and technology.
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| We will meet in the Byron High School Commons / Dining Hall at 6:30PM
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| Agenda:
| | === Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th === |
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| 5 min Overview of FRC and Byron Robotics
| | Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park. |
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| 5 min Technical stuff on Bot
| | Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline. |
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| 5 min Lessons Learned
| | As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage. |
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| 5 min Mentor-ship Opportunities
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| 20-40 min Ultimate Ascent game
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| There will be a "driver station" and arena mock up setup.
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| That will allow a few of us to try our luck at scoring within the standard 2 minute period.
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| The team only has two batteries so will probably run on last about 20 minutes or so.
| | === Pending potential presentations === |
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| | Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize |
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| 1887 2nd Ave NW, Byron, MN 55920
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| Enter through doors by the flagpole. Note there is a choir concert at 7pm in the Auditorium
| | === Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter === |
| | -Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started. |
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| | -Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary |
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| | -Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed. |
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| === Lunch: Thursday May 16th ===
| | -Liquid nitrogen ice cream. This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes. We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves. |
| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| | | === Old News Items === |
| === Planned Social: May TBD === | | See the [[OldNews]] page. |
| Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tim or Tina.
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: June TBD ===
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| Speaker needed, please let Tim or Tina know if you're willing to volunteer. Willing to present but want to know what people have expressed interest in? Check out our [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings&action=submit#Requested_topics_list requested topics] page.
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| === Lunch: Thursday June 20th ===
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| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| === Planned Social: June TBD ===
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| Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tim or Tina.
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: July TBD ===
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| Speaker needed, please let Tim or Tina know if you're willing to volunteer. Willing to present but want to know what people have expressed interest in? Check out our [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings&action=submit#Requested_topics_list requested topics] page.
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: March or later, 2013 ===
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| Oculus Rift, "the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games"
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| http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
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| Peter Shabino
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| === Planned Social: Fall or winter ===
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| Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
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| === Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
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| Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2013. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina or Tim with suggestions for topics. Should we run some previous sessions again (maybe something you really wanted to see but missed out on)? What type of topics are good, what type are bad? Also see this page for a list of suggested topics http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings
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| === Old News Items ===
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| See the [[OldNews]] page.
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We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see a list of ideas if you're willing but lacking a topic.
LUG News
We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please contact an officer.
Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th
Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.
6 pm
Meeting link here.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th
6:15 - 7:30 pm
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline.
As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
Pending potential presentations
Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize
Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter
-Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.
-Liquid nitrogen ice cream. This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes. We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.
Old News Items
See the OldNews page.
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