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=== Virtual Social during our Technical Meeting timeslot:  Thursday September 10th ===


6 pm


=== Technical Meeting / Social:  Friday December 15th, 6:00 pm-midnight ===
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig]
Dee and Erik are hosting (thank you thank you thank you)!  They'll provide milk and water to drink, and raw veggies.  Everyone bring small (cash) bills to buy group pizza, and everyone should also bring some sort of food/beverage contribution. Also, bring your favorite board or card games.  


There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.


Hope to see you there.


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| Will (Sue, Kassandra) || 3 || potentials (doodle dice, munchkin, red dragon inn) || krumkakes or haystacks or ?? || meat lovers / supreme
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| Jon || 1 || pending  || hors d'oeuvre made of pickles and ham || don't care for plain cheeze, like vegie but meat is OK too
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| Aaron || 1 || pending  || meat/cheese/cracker box from IBM || stuff already suggested is fine
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=== Virtual Social during our Technical Meeting timeslot:  Thursday August 13th ===


6 pm


=== Technical Meeting: November 9th, 2017 ===
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig We're going to try the browser-only open source video conferencing software Dennis mentioned in the July meeting], I'm not sure yet if I'll be setting it up with a password, if so that'll be


Cancelled due to no speaker volunteers.
pcigklug


There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded (no idea how common that is) we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.


Speaker needed, please let 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.
Hope to see you there.






6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
=== <strike>Technical Meeting:</strike>  Virtual socializing: Thursday July 9th ===


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
6 pm


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
(removed) Zoom link.  Mark Diez is hosting, link is scheduled to be available from whenever Mark brings it up around 5:45-6 pm, until 8:15 pm.




=== Planned Social:  November 2017, TBD ===
Hope to see you there!


Canceled  because the holidays are just too busy.






=== <strike>Technical Meeting:</strike>  Virtual socializing:  Thursday June 11th ===


6 pm


Removed <strike>Zoom link</strike>, Mark Diez is hosting, and no time limit because of it  :)


=== Social:  October 2017, TBD ===


We tried to play disc golf, and got (again/still) rained out.
Hope to see you there!




Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do? Tell Tina.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday May 21st ===
Note the date change!  One week later than usual. But it'll still be a Thursday, and still at our usual 6 pm start time.  Probably no business portion to start due to virtual format, so presenter content may start closer to the top of the hour than you're used to. Matt Bruzek will tell us about his Texas experiments in robotic lawn mowing, since their lawn mowing season started well ahead of ours.


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So you are surviving the pandemic apocalypse but your lawn still needs to be mowed. Make a robot mow your lawn instead of you! Matt Bruzek will talk about the robot lawn mowers and give some tips and lessons learned from his adventures in robot lawn mowing.


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Live - Connect [https://meet.google.com/gcj-xias-pcj here.]


=== Technical Meeting: October 12th, 2017 ===
After the fact - view slides [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13MJxRkxSCAX11Aa-5qF1iPDSWgYkq1-XRpn1ma7zNwY/edit?usp=sharing here.]
 
Paul Zellweger and Jason Thompson of ArborWay Labs, giving an update from their January presentation, on expansions to their automatic database application Studio.
 
 
 
And they're bringing dinner and beverages!
 
 
6 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.








=== CANCELLED Social:  Monday May 18th ===
All of Rochester's Litter Bit Better has been pushed to October, so we've been delayed until October 6th, see below.


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Litter Bit Better!


Our annual clean up a corner of the world event, helping de-litter a local park as a part of Litter Bit Better. As usual we're teaming up with the [https://coord.info/GC8M8JA geocachers who get CITO credit].


=== Technical Meeting turned Social: September 14th, 2017 ===
Parking is [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'25.3%22N+92%C2%B029'52.8%22W/@44.0237038,-92.500194,17z here] or [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'24.7%22N+92%C2%B029'36.1%22W/@44.0235278,-92.4955498,17z here], in the SE or SW corners of the park. The official group gathering location is on the SE corner of the park.


Physics Force idea stolen - vortex cannon making smoke rings. We'll build it and try to get it to work as our monthly social event, since we don't have a speaker.  Got any other fun child-safe physics experiment suggestions?  Bring your supplies!
6 pm start time.  


Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots and/or grabbers for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.
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6 pm, Tina's house (see email for directions).






=== Technical Meeting: August 10th, 2017 ===


Kevin, with his annual DefCon report.
=== Social:  April 2020 ===


Instead of a social, practice aggressive social distancing.  Take this time to send emails or make phone calls to the people you love.


6 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.
=== VIRTUAL Technical Meeting: Thursday April 9th ===


Kevin's presentation will be about 3D printing. He has two printers and has spent a fair bit of time in CAD modeling various items. He'll cover the basic technologies and show off his gear. This will be [https://youtu.be/5poYQ4eEN8o live streamed via YouTube] at 6:00 Thursday.  If you can't join us live, the link will still be available afterwards.


=== Social:  Sunday August 6th, 2017 ===
There will NOT be a gathering at RCTC's Heintz Center, please watch from the germ-free comfort of your own home.
Ice cream social and kite flying! 


12:30 pm


Location:  [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Redwood+Ln+SW,+Rochester,+MN+55902/@43.989365,-92.4843012,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87f758cbe6ddd805:0xcbd56f452d52bbef That park by Steve Fox's house], officially known as Pine Ridge Estates Park, on Redwood Lane SW.


This park has a nice playground for the littles, picnic tables, and room to fly kites, as well as usually being unpopulated.  The lack of trees and being on top of a hill mean it's pretty bug free even when there's not enough breeze to fly the kites.


Please bring your family and friends who might want to hang out. Bring your own kites.  If you don't want to sit at the picnic tables or on the playground equipment, bring your own folding chair. And bring your own beverage.  Tina will bring the ice cream.
=== CANCELLED - Social:  Saturday March 14th ===
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"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.
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Technically this event is still happening.  But please, practice aggressive social distancing.


=== Social:  Tuesday July 18th 2017 ===
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).
CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
 
6 pm
 
Disc golf!  Just up the road outside the RCTC field house.  [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors], 6:30 pm.




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


=== Technical Meeting: July 13th, 2017 ===


Dennis DeLorme, giving a talk about Arduino programming. He has provided the following summary:
Webcomic - https://xkcd.com/2278/


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I use Arduino based boards for various monitor and control projects. The Arduino has a variety of I/O  functions (digital, analog, serial, spi,
etc) but reasonable user interfaces are limited. Permanent storage options are also limited.


The Android has a nice graphical user interface and built in permanent storage.  The external I/O is limited to USB, audio or wireless. There are on board sensors but they are limited, particularly on low end devices.


My thought was to combine the rich Arduino I/O with the Android GUI and storage. The use of the Android I/O is complex which can limit its use.
I have found working examples for USB to serial and Blue Tooth interfaces. (I felt like I was back on the farm with a pitchfork sorting through the Internet sites to find a few pieces of usable code!)  I will present a simple demonstration of connecting an Arduino and Android to control an LED and sense temperature. (Note: even low end Androids have a "temperature sensor" but it measures the CPU temperature.)


If you have an Android device with Blue Tooth, and are adventurous download Blue Serial by Plasty Grove from Google Play and bring it along. You can then do a demo of controlling my Arduino via Blue Tooth.
=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 12th ===
This is the code I used as a base for my Blue Tooth interface. He (she?) has abandoned the project but gives the link to the source code in the "READ MORE" section. The source is for Eclipse but can be imported to Android Studio relatively painlessly.


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File:http://k-lug.org/images/8/8e/AndroidInterface.pdf
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.)


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
[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.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
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=== RochesterFest lunch:  Thursday June 22nd ===
June downtown lunch at RochesterFest (Soldier's Field track oval), Thursday June 23rd, 11:30 am, weather permitting (rain date TBD).  For those of you downtown who aren't up to walking that far (or your schedule doesn't permit the extra time), they are doing [http://www.rochesterfest.com/trolley.php free trolley rides] again 11-2 from in front of the Marriott Hotel; and new this year they're adding a trolley run from St. Mary's (Monday and Thursday only, we got lucky).  Hopefully they will publish some coupons for food vendors again this year, if so I'll add a link later.  Here's a [http://www.rochesterfest.com/food.php map of the vendors] and a listing of items to be for sale.




=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 13th ===


=== Social:  Saturday June 10th 10am - 2pm ===
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Socializing at the Voldal's.  We will have options for outdoor weather and indoor weather. Bring your favorite outdoor or indoor games.
Presenter needed.  Willing to volunteer?  Tell Tina.
We do have an old beagle, but she will either be upstairs or on a leash (so that she doesn't eat your food).
Here's a signup table so everyone can be aware of who's bringing what.
{| border="1"
! People !! Providing Food !! Other
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| Dee & Erik Voldal
| Light lunch of "make your own sandwich", and fruit, and a basic beverage selection of milk, juice, and water.
| Backyard games (bean bag, kubb, bocce, a single disc golf hole, kid pop-up tunnels, etc). Indoor activities (board games, table tennis, foosball, darts, kid toys).
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| Tina family of 4
| Vegetable pasta salad
| Something if outdoors. If indoors weather, non-reading required board games.
|-
| Ed & Sylvia Fishel
| Potato salad
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|-
| Will family of 3
| Not sure.  possibly potato chip assortment.
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|-
| DeLorme empty nesters of 2
| Fresh Strawberries clean in a bowl
| Testicle toss (Connie made me say this) aka ladder golf
|-
| ?
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|}




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.)


=== Technical Meeting: June 8th, 2017 ===
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


Vi Grey, on attacks used against 2-factor authentication, and why people should still be using 2-factor authentication wherever they can.
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


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[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


With account data breaches occurring at companies, a password alone isn't enough to protect our accounts.  Two-Factor Authentication has been introduced in more services, but it isn't perfect.  In this presentation, I explain the importance of Two-Factor Authentication and attacks against different forms of Two-Factor Authentication. I will also be debuting my proof-of-concept Man-in-the-Middle attack on FIDO Universal Second Factor (U2F) USB hardware authentication.
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.
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PDF is [http://k-lug.org/images/c/ca/TwoFactorAuthentication_201706.pdf here].


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


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
Sleigh riding


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
Saturday, February 1st, 10 am


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
[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.
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
 
 
 
 
 
=== Rescheduled!  Social:  Tuesday May 30th 2017 ===
Disc golf!  Just up the road outside the RCTC field house.  [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors], 6:30 pm.
 
Note - our Tuesday May 16th and Tuesday May 23rd dates were watered out.
 
 
 
 
=== "Technical Meeting":  Thursday May 11, 2017 ===
We're going to a [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/physics-force-shows-tickets-26925604207 free physics show] at the Civic Center auditorium
 
7 pm, plan to show up early so we can try to sit together.
 
Lots of free tickets still as of the March 9th technical meeting.
 
 
=== CITO Social:  Wednesday April 26th ===
Our annual clean up a corner of the world event, helping de-litter a local park as a part of Litter Bit Better.  As usual we're teaming up with the [https://coord.info/GC72ECA geocachers who get CITO credit]. 
 
Parking is [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'25.3%22N+92%C2%B029'52.8%22W/@44.0237038,-92.500194,17z here] or [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'24.7%22N+92%C2%B029'36.1%22W/@44.0235278,-92.4955498,17z here], in the SE or SW corners of the park.  The official group gathering location is on the SE corner of the park.
 
6 pm start time.
 
Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.
 
 
 
=== "March" Social:  Thursday April 20th ===
 
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.
 
Thursday April 20th
6-10 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.
 
 
 
 
=== Technical Meeting: April 13th, 2017 ===
 
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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.
Lunar New Year celebration (a week late)


Here are [http://k-lug.org/images/a/a0/Docker.pdf his slides], most of the presentation was a live demo.
Saturday February 1st, 12:30 pm


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[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]


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


6 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.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 9th, 2020 ===


 
Dennis DeLorme, on monitoring current and voltage in his river project.
=== Technical Meeting: March 9th, 2017 ===
 
The March meeting topic - you!  Yep, this meeting will be all about you, in a low-preparation way.


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The topic for mini-presentations:  If you knew then what you know now, what if anything would you do differently for:
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.
 
a) hardware choices
 
b) programming languages


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


d) job choice
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.


e) where to invest your computer/tech-related volunteer time
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.)


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)
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.


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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.


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.)


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




6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
[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.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.




=== <strike> Technical Meeting</strike> Social : February 9th, 2017 ===
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:
$10 ages 13+
$5 ages 8-12
7 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).
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:  Saturday February 4th ===
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.






=== Social:  Tuesday January 24th, 2017, 6 pm ===
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:
$10 ages 13+
$5 ages 8-12
7 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).
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.
=== Technical Meeting: January 12th, 2017 ===
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
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
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.
Also, K-LUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.
6 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]
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Virtual Social during our Technical Meeting timeslot: Thursday September 10th

6 pm

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There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.

Hope to see you there.



Virtual Social during our Technical Meeting timeslot: Thursday August 13th

6 pm

We're going to try the browser-only open source video conferencing software Dennis mentioned in the July meeting, I'm not sure yet if I'll be setting it up with a password, if so that'll be

pcigklug

There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded (no idea how common that is) we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.

Hope to see you there.



Technical Meeting: Virtual socializing: Thursday July 9th

6 pm

(removed) Zoom link. Mark Diez is hosting, link is scheduled to be available from whenever Mark brings it up around 5:45-6 pm, until 8:15 pm.


Hope to see you there!



Technical Meeting: Virtual socializing: Thursday June 11th

6 pm

Removed Zoom link, Mark Diez is hosting, and no time limit because of it  :)


Hope to see you there!


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday May 21st

Note the date change! One week later than usual. But it'll still be a Thursday, and still at our usual 6 pm start time. Probably no business portion to start due to virtual format, so presenter content may start closer to the top of the hour than you're used to. Matt Bruzek will tell us about his Texas experiments in robotic lawn mowing, since their lawn mowing season started well ahead of ours.

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So you are surviving the pandemic apocalypse but your lawn still needs to be mowed. Make a robot mow your lawn instead of you! Matt Bruzek will talk about the robot lawn mowers and give some tips and lessons learned from his adventures in robot lawn mowing.

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Live - Connect here.

After the fact - view slides here.



CANCELLED Social: Monday May 18th

All of Rochester's Litter Bit Better has been pushed to October, so we've been delayed until October 6th, see below.

Litter Bit Better!

Our annual clean up a corner of the world event, helping de-litter a local park as a part of Litter Bit Better. As usual we're teaming up with the geocachers who get CITO credit.

Parking is here or here, in the SE or SW corners of the park. The official group gathering location is on the SE corner of the park.

6 pm start time.

Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots and/or grabbers for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.



Social: April 2020

Instead of a social, practice aggressive social distancing. Take this time to send emails or make phone calls to the people you love.



VIRTUAL Technical Meeting: Thursday April 9th

Kevin's presentation will be about 3D printing. He has two printers and has spent a fair bit of time in CAD modeling various items. He'll cover the basic technologies and show off his gear. This will be live streamed via YouTube at 6:00 Thursday. If you can't join us live, the link will still be available afterwards.

There will NOT be a gathering at RCTC's Heintz Center, please watch from the germ-free comfort of your own home.



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.

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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.

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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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