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CANCELLED - Social: Saturday March 14th

"On Saturday, March 14, there will be an Irish Dance at the Eagles Club in Rochester - 917 15th Avenue SE. Dance instruction begins at 7:00 PM. Dancing begins at 7:30 PM. Tickets at the door are $10 for adults. Children accompanied by an adult will be admitted free of charge. Music and dance instruction will be provided by FriendsOnTheRange. No experience is necessary. All dances are taught. Singles are welcome. The traditional dances of the Irish Dance on March 14 will include both the jigs and reels of the group dances (performed in circles or in long parallel lines) and the waltzes and polkas and hornpipes of the couple dances. Familiar Irish ballads and sing-alongs will round out the evening."

~~Dancing with kids is fun, bring yours or come share mine.~~

Technically this event is still happening. But please, practice aggressive social distancing.

You know I'm a biostatistician - these were the two articles that I've generically been waiting for, addressing both the non-numeric and the number-heavy fronts, and I was sent both of them within 20 minutes of eachother on Thursday night. The numeric of these two articles is the first analysis I've seen that's mathematically "felt" right, and you can see how terrifying it is (humans don't mentally do exponentials well, it's well known in the biostatistical community).

Emotions - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/who-gets-hospital-bed/607807/

Numbers - https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

Webcomic - https://xkcd.com/2278/

CANCELLED Technical Meeting: Thursday March 12th

~~Presenter needed. Willing to volunteer? Tell Tina.~~

6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered. Prior to March 20th this room had been known as HA108. If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)

~~Directions to Campus~~

~~Campus layout~~

~~Heintz Center Building Map~~

~~Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.~~

CANCELLED Technical Meeting: Thursday February 13th

~~Presenter needed. Willing to volunteer? Tell Tina.~~

6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered. Prior to March 20th this room had been known as HA108. If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)

~~Directions to Campus~~

~~Campus layout~~

~~Heintz Center Building Map~~

~~Also, due to low attendance in January, elections didn't happen, we will try again in February. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.~~

Social: "January" and February 2020: Saturday February 1st

Sleigh riding

Saturday, February 1st, 10 am

Park along the road on Salem Road, the sleigh rides are north of the road behind the History Center.

Lunar New Year celebration (a week late)

Saturday February 1st, 12:30 pm

Kingdom Buffet

Please RSVP to Tina by 3 pm on Thursday January 30th, so she can make reservations.

Technical Meeting: Thursday January 9th, 2020

Dennis DeLorme, on monitoring current and voltage in his river project.

--

As some of you know I have working with my brother on his river water quality monitor project. He is the director of the Prairie Waters Education and Research Center near Valley City North Dakota (http://www.vcsu.edu/prairiewaters/). One of their programs is River Watch (http://www.vcsu.edu/prairiewaters/river-watch) where high school students monitor a river in their area.

The monitor system is a solar powered data logger recording timestamp, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and conductivity.

Last fall I sent out a message asking what parts of the project people were interested in. I got 2 responses one asking how we picked components and one asking about solar power.

To cover these, the presentation will describe the history and evolution of the project over the last couple of years. It will be at a high to medium level. (I already covered specifics of the Bluetooth and WiFi interfaces in previous talks.)

I will also go through some of the problems and data that was collected last fall. Finally I'll demo the current WiFi interface using the actual hardware.

--

6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered. Prior to March 2019 this room had been known as HA108. If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)

Also, annual KLUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.

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-=== "March" Social:  Thursday April 20th ===
+=== CANCELLED - Social:  Saturday March 14th ===
+<strike>
+"On Saturday, March 14, there will be an Irish Dance at the Eagles Club in Rochester - 917 15th Avenue SE. Dance instruction begins at 7:00 PM. Dancing begins at 7:30 PM.  Tickets at the door are $10 for adults. Children accompanied by an adult will be admitted free of charge. Music and dance instruction will be provided by FriendsOnTheRange. No experience is necessary. All dances are taught. Singles are welcome. The traditional dances of the Irish Dance on March 14 will include both the jigs and reels of the group dances (performed in circles or in long parallel lines) and the waltzes and polkas and hornpipes of the couple dances. Familiar Irish ballads and sing-alongs will round out the evening."
-We will be going to the newly opened [http://www.d6gamesmn.com/ D6 Games], to support a new game store in town!  Bring cash for buying snacks for our table rent.
+Dancing with kids is fun, bring yours or come share mine.
+</strike>
-Thursday April 20th
+Technically this event is still happening.  But please, practice aggressive social distancing.
--10 pm
-[https://www.google.com/maps/place/D6+Games/@44.056911,-92.4539646,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f9e01a41d71f8d:0xeb2c897ab7310492!8m2!3d44.056911!4d-92.4517759 3160 Wellner Dr. NE Ste. 200], the same parking area as Whistle Binkies North.
+You know I'm a biostatistician - these were the two articles that I've generically been waiting for, addressing both the non-numeric and the number-heavy fronts, and I was sent both of them within 20 minutes of eachother on Thursday night.  The numeric of these two articles is the first analysis I've seen that's mathematically "felt" right, and you can see how terrifying it is (humans don't mentally do exponentials well, it's well known in the biostatistical community).
+Emotions - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/who-gets-hospital-bed/607807/
-=== Technical Meeting: April 13th, 2017 ===
+Numbers - https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca
---
-Topic: An Introduction to Docker
-Containers seem to be the current buzzword, and Docker is at the head of the list. Join us for an introduction to the world of Docker containers, and a practical demonstration as well. We’ll look at how to use Docker from the command line, and how it can be managed via a web interface. We’ll also discuss some security aspects which various vendors are trying to address. The presentation will be interactive, with questions welcome.
-Speaker: Robert Nix
-Bob is a Linux Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, and has worked with operating systems for 18 years for Mayo, and another 20 before that at various large companies.
-Here are [http://k-lug.org/images/a/a0/Docker.pdf his slides], most of the presentation was a live demo.
---
-pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
-[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
-[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
-Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
+Webcomic - https://xkcd.com/2278/
-=== Technical Meeting: March 9th, 2017 ===
-The March meeting topic - you!  Yep, this meeting will be all about you, in a low-preparation way.
---
-The topic for mini-presentations:  If you knew then what you know now, what if anything would you do differently for:
+=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 12th ===
-a) hardware choices
+<strike>
+Presenter needed.  Willing to volunteer?  Tell Tina.
-b) programming languages
-c) software investments
+pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered.  Prior to March 20th this room had been known as HA108.  If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)
-d) job choice
+[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
-e) where to invest your computer/tech-related volunteer time
+[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
-f) anything else computer/tech related that you feel up to passing judgment on (if you have topics to suggest people brainstorm on, please send those to the list)
+[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
---
-So please attend, and be prepared to offer some opinions.  No Powerpoint required.
-As extra encouragement to attend, and for those of you who are PCIG members to be present for voting, don't forget that our annual March meeting is also a celebration of Pi day!  Courtesy of family support, we have semi-homemade peach pie, and thawed key lime pie, to enjoy.
-And PCIG officer nominations and elections.
-pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
-[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
-[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
 Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
+</strike>
-=== <strike> Technical Meeting</strike> Social : February 9th, 2017 ===
+=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 13th ===
-We did not get any volunteers for speakers, so we'll go play instead.
-We're going to hang out at the Machine Shed.  Costs are:
+<strike>
+Presenter needed.  Willing to volunteer?  Tell Tina.
-$10 ages 13+
-$5 ages 8-12
+pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered.  Prior to March 20th this room had been known as HA108.  If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)
-and under are free with paid adult
+[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
-The [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MachineShed/ Machine Shed website].
+[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
-They're open from 4-8 pm, and the cost is flat per session, so if you feel like arriving early for longer gaming that's certainly fine.  They also sell snacks, drinks, and pizza, so you can come straight after work.
+[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
-They are located at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/11+2nd+St+NE,+Rochester,+MN+55906/@44.0255146,-92.4643205,17z/ 11 2nd St NE], Rochester, MN 55906 in the east portion of the Wausau Homes building (look for the two large garage doors and the entry door).
+Also, due to low attendance in January, elections didn't happen, we will try again in February.  Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
+</strike>
-Note that the signage is almost non-existent, they have a plain text-only sign on the appropriate door, but no big sign on the building.  The parking lot there IS for customers, or you can park on the street.  I won't be attending, you'll have to gather around someone else.
+=== Social:  "January" and February 2020:  Saturday February 1st ===
+Sleigh riding
-=== Social:  Saturday February 4th ===
+Saturday, February 1st, 10 am
-We will go for a [http://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/2016/01/06/winterfest-sleigh-rides/ sleigh ride at WinterFest] for our February social.  That's Saturday, February 4th, at 10 am.
 [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B000'14.4%22N+92%C2%B030'46.4%22W/@44.0040188,-92.5150877,17z/ Park along the road on Salem Road], the sleigh rides are north of the road behind the History Center.
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-=== Social:  Tuesday January 24th, 2017, 6 pm ===
+Lunar New Year celebration (a week late)
-We're going to hang out at the Machine Shed, thanks go to Mark D for the idea.  Here is some [http://k-lug.org/images/2/2b/MachineShed201611.pdf recent advertising from the local newspapers].
-From [https://www.facebook.com/machineshedrochester/posts/ their Facebook page], it looks like costs are:
+Saturday February 1st, 12:30 pm
-$10 ages 13+
+[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kingdom+Buffet/@44.0401034,-92.4655623,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f75f87ea76cc73:0x4cb524b317b5695c!8m2!3d44.0400996!4d-92.4633683  Kingdom Buffet]
-$5 ages 8-12
+Please RSVP to Tina by 3 pm on Thursday January 30th, so she can make reservations.
-and under are free with paid adult
-The [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MachineShed/ Machine Shed website].
-They're open from 4-8 pm, and the cost is flat per session, so if you feel like arriving early for longer gaming that's certainly fine.  They also sell snacks, drinks, and pizza, so you can come straight after work.
-They are located at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/11+2nd+St+NE,+Rochester,+MN+55906/@44.0255146,-92.4643205,17z/ 11 2nd St NE], Rochester, MN 55906 in the east portion of the Wausau Homes building (look for the two large garage doors and the entry door).
+=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 9th, 2020 ===
-Note that the signage is almost non-existent, they have a plain text-only sign on the appropriate door, but no big sign on the building.  The parking lot there IS for customers, or you can park on the street.  I won't be attending, you'll have to gather around someone else.
+Dennis DeLorme, on monitoring current and voltage in his river project.
+--
+As some of you know I have working with my brother on his river water quality monitor project. He is the director of the Prairie Waters Education and Research Center near Valley City North Dakota (http://www.vcsu.edu/prairiewaters/). One of their programs is River Watch (http://www.vcsu.edu/prairiewaters/river-watch) where high school students monitor a river in their area.
+The monitor system is a solar powered data logger recording timestamp, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and conductivity.
+Last fall I sent out a message asking what parts of the project people were interested in. I got 2 responses one asking how we picked components and one asking about solar power.
+To cover these, the presentation will describe the history and evolution of the project over the last couple of years. It will be at a high to medium level. (I already covered specifics of the Bluetooth and WiFi interfaces in previous talks.)
-=== Technical Meeting: January 12th, 2017 ===
+I will also go through some of the problems and data that was collected last fall. Finally I'll demo the current WiFi interface using the actual hardware.
-Paul Zellweger and Jason Thompson of ArborWay Labs, on their automatic database application Studio.  [http://k-lug.org/images/3/3f/ArborWayLabsJAN122017.pdf Handout / presentation outline]
+--
-ArborWay Labs presents a demonstration of its automatic relational technology or ART Studio
-ArborWay Labs will present a live demonstration of its automated
+pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered.  Prior to March 2019 this room had been known as HA108.  If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)
-relational technology system called the ART Studio. It is a proof of concept that
-generates database applications automatically using context-sensitive interfaces that
-guide designers through our step-by-step process. In the first half of our presentation,
-we will explain how and why our technology breaks new ground with the RDBMS on the
-white board. Next, we will build a small database application from a 5-table database
-system that will be posted on our server. The audience will be encouraged to browse
-and explore the “100 Best TV Episodes database” on their own personal computing
-devices. This part of the demonstration will be limited to smart phones, tablets, and
-laptops. Stay tuned for the launch of our smart watch database applications in the
-Summer’17.
-ArborWay Labs is a Rochester, MN based start-up that aims to change the way today’s
+Also, annual KLUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.
-professionals build and distribute database applications. With ArborWay’s ART Studio,
-database applications are generated by a design activity that automates the production
-of SQL, object-relational mapping, and all code that was previously crafted by hand.
-It is rumored Dennis may be having a birthday (and providing cupcakes), and ArborWay is providing two pizzas.
+[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
+[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
-Also, K-LUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.
+[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
+Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
-pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
-[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
-[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
-Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
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