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| | 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]. |
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday March 13th, 2014 === | | === Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th === |
| Mark Diez will be coordinating an audience-driven "Andriod devices, apps, and accesories".
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| ALL THINGS ANDROID – BYO – SHOW ‘N’ TELL
| | Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74567357951?pwd=nQjQHcz7eKjaZ5YaHS2UGrat5UVUCv.1 here]. |
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| | Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know. |
| K-LUG/PCIG members and guests will demo favorite and interesting Android stuff – including devices (phones, tablets, other?), apps, accessories, and tips/techniques. Attendees are invited to bring their own or just come to see what others have brought in a wide-ranging demo and discussion of EVERYTHING ANDROID.
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| BRING YOUR FAVORITE ANDROID DEVICES, APPS, and ACCESSORIES.
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| • Devices: Android phones and tablets, direct-attached hardware, Bluetooth-attached hardware, …
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| • Apps: backup, anti-virus/firewall, VPN, productivity, utilities, development, fun stuff, …
| | === Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th === |
| | 6:15 - 7:30 pm |
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| • Accessories: covers, stands, …
| | Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park. |
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| • Tips/techniques
| | Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline. |
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| | As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage. |
| Here are some items that are likely to arrive. Mark Diez and Mo Holahan will be hosting the show’n’tell.
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| • Devices discussion: Nook HD+, Nook HD, Samsung cricket SCH-R720
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| • Android For Nook (AFN): putting Cyanogenmod Android on your Nook HD and HD+ device via commercial microSD card.
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| • Non-traditional keyboard input apps: Dasher, Dvorak, GKOS, Hacker's, Messagease
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| • Handwritten text input app: MyScript Stylus
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| • Editor: Jota+
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| • Office apps: Kingsoft Office, OfficeSuite Pro 7.2
| | Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize |
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| • File and task managers: ES File Manager, ES Task Manager
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| • Cloud file management: Dropbox (including offline access of files)
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| • Chromecast – YouTube
| | === 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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| • Skype – audio only, video and audio
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| • E-book readers: Moon+ Pro (paid), EBookDroid (free), FBReader(free)
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| • Miscellaneous favorites: Stopwatch, Yukon Gold Solitaire
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| • Other interesting apps: Google My Tracks (GPS/mapping), Physics Toolbox (sensor, accelerometer readers), Autodesk Force Effect, Force Effect Motion, simulation of mechanical linkages
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| Contact Mark Diez for further info or if you have questions or suggestions.
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| 6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| Other items on the agenda include pie to celebrate Pi day, PCIG elections and potentially a PCIG future discussion, and a request for March/April/May social ideas.
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| === Planned Lunch: Thursday March 20th ===
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| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| === Planned Social: March 2014 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. We've got lots of potential indoor activities at the bottom of this page, speak up if you have preferences.
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday April 10th ===
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| Dennis DeLorme, on Beaglebone Black. He'll be looking for input on what's most of interest to the group so he knows where to focus his presentation, feel free to drop him an email.
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| 6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| === Planned Lunch: Thursday April 17th ===
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| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| === Planned Social: April 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. We've got lots of potential indoor activities at the bottom of this page, speak up if you have preferences.
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: May - FIELD TRIP ===
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| Field trip to Lake City for to see the shop, meet the team, and check out their robot that just completed a season of FIRST robotics league. Tim Massaro and Mo Holahan were involved in coaching this FIRST team.
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| Time and location details TBA.
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| === Planned Lunch: Thursday May 15th ===
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| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| === Planned Social: May 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. We've got lots of potential indoor activities at the bottom of this page, speak up if you have preferences.
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: June ===
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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 Lunch: Thursday June 19th ===
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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. We've got lots of potential indoor activities at the bottom of this page, speak up if you have preferences.
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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 Socials: Fall or winter ===
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| -Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary | | -Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary |
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| -Rock climbing at Prairie Walls | | -Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed. |
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| -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. | | -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. |
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| -MAME/foosball/ping pong at Tim Massaro's.
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| | === Old News Items === |
| | See the [[OldNews]] page. |
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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 2014. 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 ===
| | MediaWiki help [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Text_color 1] [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help 2] |
| See the [[OldNews]] page.
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K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group
Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message.
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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