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| === Lunch: Thursday October 15th ===
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| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Look for a swarm of smartypants.
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| | === Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December 5th === |
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday October 8th ===
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| Jean Barmash has volunteered to speak on Grails, and has provded the following description and bio.
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| Grails - High Productivity Web Framework for the Java Platform.
| | Save time by signing up in advance for a free account at [https://en.boardgamearena.com/ Board Game Arena] (same place we've been using for several years now, you might already have an account) |
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| Grails in a high-productivity framework that espouses convention over
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| Spring and Hibernate. In November 2008, G2One, the company behind
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| Groovy and Grails, was aqcuired by SpringSource, which in turn was
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| acquired by VMWare just a few weeks ago. (For more, see
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| In this presentation, you will get a brief overview of Groovy's
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| Grails, and its plugin system, and how it can be used to rapidly
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| Jean Barmash is the CTO of EnergyScoreCards, a startup company that
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| helps benchmark energy efficiency of multi-family buildings, where he
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| is responsible for architecture and implementation of the SaaS
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| software using the Grails framework. To his role, Jean brings a
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| the Open Source Enterprise Content Management Company, where his
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| Wall Street Firms. Well-versed in both .NET and Java, he is interested
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| | Bring your calendars, so we can schedule the December virtual board gaming night. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know. |
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| === Lunch: Thursday September 17th ===
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| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Look for a gathering of geeks.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday September 10th === | | === Virtual Social: Thursday October 9th === |
| Jon Tollefson will present an intro to iPhone app development.
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| -RCTC Heintz Center | | Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Aaron is running this meeting. |
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| [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1926+Collegeview+Drive+SE+rochester+mn&sll=37.579413,-95.712891&sspn=45.737719,81.474609&ie=UTF8&ll=44.021613,-92.436712&spn=0.010261,0.019891&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=44.021616,-92.436401&panoid=pTbcB32U7NSRGSiOSvVwZg&cbp=12,179.42,,0,5 1926 Collegeview Drive SE - Googlemaps link]
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
| | === Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 6th === |
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| | Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. Some pond shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 35.2 acres), and you might want a headlamp because sunset is at 6:41 pm. |
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| === Social: Geocaching canoe trip, August 22nd ===
| | As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBCE7R geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage. |
| The social this month is a canoeing/kayaking geocaching event. Yes, I'm again
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| piggybacking off activities organized by other people. You can paddle,
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| or paddle+geocache, but you can't just geocache. Follow the link for the [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1VKY1 event details.] It's a
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| === Lunch: Thursday August 20th === | | === Walking Cascade Lake in-person social (outside), Monday September 15th === |
| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Look for a gathering of geeks.
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| | Park in the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cascade+Lake+Park/@44.0243718,-92.4981303,1827m/ Cascade Lake Park parking lot], you may recognize this park from previous Litter Bit Better trash cleanups. We'll walk counter-clockwise, if you're trying to play catch-up. |
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday August 13th Demo of Windows 7 ===
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday September 11th === |
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| -> '''Where:'''RCTC Heintz Center | | Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Tim is running this meeting. |
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| [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1926+Collegeview+Drive+SE+rochester+mn&sll=37.579413,-95.712891&sspn=45.737719,81.474609&ie=UTF8&ll=44.021613,-92.436712&spn=0.010261,0.019891&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=44.021616,-92.436401&panoid=pTbcB32U7NSRGSiOSvVwZg&cbp=12,179.42,,0,5 1926 Collegeview Drive SE - Googlemaps link]
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
| | === Outside Social: Thursday August 28th === |
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map] | | Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 a map]. |
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| Microsoft has Windows 7 Betas available for free download and the product will be delivered in Oct 2009. So we thought it was high time the PC Club condense all the hype down and take a look at what is new. Bill Hanson and Tim Massaro will give an intro to Windows 7 and demo some of the features.
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| === Social: Free comedy show, Wednesday July 29th, 7 pm === | | === Virtual Social: Thursday August 14th === |
| We're going to a free comedy show, it starts at 7 pm in the Peace Plaza. Several other activities going on down there that evening (4:30 pm Music by Royal T, 6:30-8 pm Vikings Cheerleaders, 7 pm Comedians [http://www.bobzany.com Bob Zany], Scott Hansen, and Jeff Gerbino), details on the [http://www.rtautismawareness.org/calendar/2009-07-29.php Autism Awareness website].
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| [http://www.k-lug.org/images/f/f5/Comedy.pdf Add for Comedy Nite ]
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| === Lunch: Thursday July 16th ===
| | Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know. |
| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Look for a gathering of geeks.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday July 9th Demo of Socialbrowse by Zack Garbo === | | === Outdoor Social: Monday July 21st === |
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| '''When:''' Thursday July 9th, 6pm - 7:30pm
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
| | My experience with going on Monday night last year was that on-site parking was easy and free, some of the food trucks were open (including the milkshake stand), and many of the animals were already present including horse showings. I’ve also been told that many craft projects will already be present, so we can do a scavenger hunt for projects by people we know. |
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| Socialbrowse was conceived by co-founders Zachary Garbow and David Fowler as part of Silicon Valley's Y Combinator startup program. Socialbrowse aims to change the “static, individual” experience of browsing the Web into a more social and dynamic one. The first version of the product allows people who use the Firefox browser to install a program that creates a real-time sidebar of links and comments shared by their friends. After recently closing a seed stage round of funding, they will soon be launching an ambitious new version of Socialbrowse that serves as a platform for social browsing applications, which run on any web browser without any installation.
| | [https://k-lug.org/images/c/c8/Fairgrounds_meeting_places_2025.jpg Map here]. At 6 pm we’ll meet at the parking lot (red star on the map, central to the “block”), and if you want to catch up to us a little later, try around the Graham Arena buildings adjacent to the green star on the south end of the fairgrounds. |
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| Zachary will provide a sneak peek of this new version, currently under development. He'll demonstrate how anyone can develop and deploy custom collaborative applications quickly and easily using the next generation of http://Socialbrowse.com
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday July 10th, 2025 === |
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| === Lunch: Thursday June 18th ===
| | Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76063786273?pwd=SxxHm75TEnLIHSstcVTPHKxzwpZuUs.1 here.] |
| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Look for a convocation of geeks.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday June 11th Tour of the Digital and Analog Projection Booth's at Wehrenberg Theaters === | | === Outdoor Social: Thursday June 26th, 11:30 am === |
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| | Lunch at RochesterFest. We'll be sitting at a picnic table on the far side of the tent from the music, to hopefully lower the decibel level enough to still talk. Also trying to get line of sight on the pet events, like frisbee dogs. |
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| -> Where:Wehrenberg Theaters Rochester <- Note, not our normal meeting location
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday June 12th, 2025 === |
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| K-LUG has an "in" at the local Wehrenberg theater and a few members attended an impromptu tour of the projection booth there a few weeks ago. It was so much fun we've decided to offer it for everyone this month as our main meeting topic. Let's meet at 6PM in the "drive-in" feature of the lobby. The tour will take 30mins to an hour. After the tour people can choose to stay and watch a movie or not. We are recommending the group attend the new animated 3D movie Up which is getting great reviews and is rated PG.
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| Other movies available too...see their website here http://www.wehrenberg.com/theatres.aspx#6
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| Prices are as follows. ADULT Price: $10.50 /ticket
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| CHILD Price: $7.50 /ticket
| | === Mini golf outside social, Wednesday May 14th === |
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| SENIOR (over 60) Price: $8.50 /ticket
| | Blue Lagoon mini golf, the new mini golf place that opened late last fall, on the NW side of town |
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| We'd like to let the theater know how many people to expect, so please email Tina if you plan to attend.
| | Unlike most of our events, this social is not free, pricing is [https://bluelagoonminigolf.com/pricing here]. The second round is significantly cheaper ($5/person), so if we finish in good time we might try to squeeze in a second round before they close at 8 pm. |
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| === Lunch: Thursday May 21st ===
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday May 8th, 2025 === |
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday May 21st ===
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| A field trip to see this year's Studio Academy FIRST Robotics League robot, we'll be at Studio Academy for their presentation, 6 pm.
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| === In town social: Thursday May 14th ===
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| Since we aren't having a technical meeting on our regular night, come socialize with your favorite geeks. We're going to see the new Star Trek movie! Exact time, theater, and screen size yet TBD.
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| | === Litter Bit Better outside social, Tuesday April 22nd === |
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| === In Town Social: Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 ===
| | A new to us park, Weatherstone, on the far NW corner of town. |
| 6:30 pm at Quarry Hill, park and roadside cleanup. We have areas #127 and #140 on [http://rneighbors.org/files/NEFinal.pdf this map]. I'm coordinating us with another group of people that tends to overlap, so all of the details can be found [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=gc1ptcf here]. Bring your own gloves; bags and disposal will be provided because we're doing this as part of Rochester's [http://rneighbors.org/about_litter_bit_better Litter Bit Better] campaign. Headcounts to Tina would be appreciated.
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| === Lunch: Thursday April 16th, 2009 ===
| | As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCB48NR_16th-annual-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage. |
| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. I hope we're not like crows, a murder of geeks doesn't sound very good.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday April 9th, 2009 ===
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| Mike Bleimeyer, aircrack-ng and Kismet demonstration. Usual place and time, 6 pm at [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html RCTC's Heintz Center] room [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html HA107].
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| === Out of town Social: Saturday April 4th, 8 am, 2009 ===
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| A field trip to the Cities to watch the FIRST Robotics League [http://www.mnfirstregional.org/index.html Regional competition]. Carpools will depart at 8 am, see the [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting Social page] for more details and to sign up. More info from the [http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:9t_nLgzGhXkJ:www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp%3Fz%3D22%26a%3D386152 PB].
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| === Games mailing list ===
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| We've started a new mailing list for people who are interested in (non-video) gaming. Currently we've been playing Munchkin and RoboRally. See the [http://lists.k-lug.org/mailman/listinfo/games link] in the site navigation menu to join the mailing list if you're interested in joining us.
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| | === Outdoor Social: Geocaching hike, equinox weekend, Friday March 21st === |
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| === Want a K-Lug Shirt? ===
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| Our first batch of shirts came out rather nice, especially for the price. We have folk who didn't get in on the first order. Please [http://www.queensboro.com/closeouts browse the deals here], and contact Tim if interested. (We need a minimum order of 4)
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| | We'll start at the [https://k-lug.org/images/c/c1/20250321_hike_plan.jpg dog park just north of Essex Park] (red circle) for a short walk. Then depending on the walking conditions, we'll walk or drive to the two caches NE of that dog park (orange circle), and then down to the one Essex Park cache that we haven't chased recently (yellow circle). |
| | Join us at the March 13th meeting to help pick a day/time/location to help us meet the [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2025/03/a-new-season-and-new-souvenir/ equinox souvenir criteria]. |
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| | Afterwards, we'll drive to 25th Street and 25th Avenue NW, in the residential neighborhood just south of IBM park, for a [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCA2025 locationless geocache]. |
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| === Social: Tuesday March 17th, 2009 === | | === Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday March 13th, 2025 === |
| We're celebrating Irish Heritage Day with potatoes, specifically potato guns! We'll also be constructing a Rube Goldberg device (including things like diet Coke and Mentos). People need to bring a contribution to make this social a success, more details and sign ups on the [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting Social page].
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday March 12th, 2009 ===
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| Mo Holahan will present Processing an Image Processing Programming language and development environment.
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| Location: The usual place: RCTC's [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Heintz Center] , [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Room HA107] , and time (6 pm).
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| '''Details on the Processing Presentation'''
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| Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool. Processing is also used in connection with Arduino (which was the subject of our Feb meeting)
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| === Lunch: Thursday February 19th, 2009 ===
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| === Social: February 13th, 2009 6:30 pm === | | === Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025 === |
| Make DVD episodes 1-4 will be shown at Tim M's house. Also available for viewing will be the Hackers R Peeps 2 video Kevin A brought us back from DefCon, and gaming for those who prefer it. Directions [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=116951360347447065495.00043977759b79d1e4f44&t=h&z=12 here]. It'd be nice if some people brought snacks/beverages to contribute. If you have allergies, beware they do have pets.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday February 12th, 2009 ===
| | KLUG officer elections. |
| Dennis DeLorme will present on [http://www.arduino.cc/ Arduino]. The usual place: RCTC's [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Heintz Center] , [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Room HA107] , and time (6 pm).
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| '''Details on the Arduino Presentation'''
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| Arduino is an open source hardware and software project designed to make microcontrollers easy to use. It is based on the Atmel ATmega168, consisting of a defined hardware implementation with several form factors for different applications. The software development system is based on a C subset with predefined functions to take advantage of the hardware features. The intent is to provide an easy to use system for people to use in their creative endeavors - rather than worrying about low level details. See the http://www.arduino.cc homepage for more information.
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| Dennis DeLorme spent the majority of his career working on data base and file system implementation on the S/38, AS/400, and iSeries. Most recently he has been involved with the Roadrunner and Blue Gene supercomputing systems. For relaxation he enjoys the simplicity of working with microcontrollers. He has implemented a variety of projects using processors from Intel, Motorola, Microchip and now the Atmel AVR based Arduino.
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| === Social: Saturday January 17th, 2009 ===
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| You are invited to a gaming afternoon and potluck dinner at Tina's on Saturday January 17th. 2 pm gaming, with dinner at approximately 6 pm, feel free to join us for either or both. We'll play some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchkin_(card_game) Munchkin Bites], and have a garlic-laden dinner. RSVP.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday January 15th, 2009 Hardcore computers ===
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| Daren Klum, president of Rochester based, Hardcore Computers will demonstrate their "Reactor" liquid cooled personal computers (that's right, think Cray 2)<br>
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| Every computer you've ever used has been limited by heat—until now. First-of-its-kind submersion technology allows for the maximum, most reliable and most sustainable component over-clocking. Submersion cooling provides benefits such as maximum performance, a superior gaming experience and extended service life
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Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December 5th
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Save time by signing up in advance for a free account at Board Game Arena (same place we've been using for several years now, you might already have an account)
Virtual Social: Thursday November 13th
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Bring your calendars, so we can schedule the December virtual board gaming night. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Virtual Social: Thursday October 9th
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Aaron is running this meeting.
Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 6th
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Joyce Park, in the SE corner of town. Use the on-street parking on 15th St SE to be near the LBB-required waiver and bags.
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. Some pond shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 35.2 acres), and you might want a headlamp because sunset is at 6:41 pm.
As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
Walking Cascade Lake in-person social (outside), Monday September 15th
6:00 pm
Park in the Cascade Lake Park parking lot, you may recognize this park from previous Litter Bit Better trash cleanups. We'll walk counter-clockwise, if you're trying to play catch-up.
Virtual Social: Thursday September 11th
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Tim is running this meeting.
Outside Social: Thursday August 28th
Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is a map.
Virtual Social: Thursday August 14th
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Outdoor Social: Monday July 21st
Olmsted County Fair night! 6 pm.
My experience with going on Monday night last year was that on-site parking was easy and free, some of the food trucks were open (including the milkshake stand), and many of the animals were already present including horse showings. I’ve also been told that many craft projects will already be present, so we can do a scavenger hunt for projects by people we know.
Map here. At 6 pm we’ll meet at the parking lot (red star on the map, central to the “block”), and if you want to catch up to us a little later, try around the Graham Arena buildings adjacent to the green star on the south end of the fairgrounds.
Virtual Social: Thursday July 10th, 2025
6 pm
Meeting link here.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Outdoor Social: Thursday June 26th, 11:30 am
Lunch at RochesterFest. We'll be sitting at a picnic table on the far side of the tent from the music, to hopefully lower the decibel level enough to still talk. Also trying to get line of sight on the pet events, like frisbee dogs.
Food trailers are supposed to be open by 11 am, 11:30 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.
Virtual Social: Thursday June 12th, 2025
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Mini golf outside social, Wednesday May 14th
6 pm
Blue Lagoon mini golf, the new mini golf place that opened late last fall, on the NW side of town
Unlike most of our events, this social is not free, pricing is here. The second round is significantly cheaper ($5/person), so if we finish in good time we might try to squeeze in a second round before they close at 8 pm.
Virtual Social: Thursday May 8th, 2025
6 pm
Meeting link removed
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Litter Bit Better outside social, Tuesday April 22nd
6:15 - 7:30 pm
A new to us park, Weatherstone, on the far NW corner of town.
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is a pond in this park.
As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
Virtual Social: Thursday April 10th, 2025
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Outdoor Social: Geocaching hike, equinox weekend, Friday March 21st
6 pm
We'll start at the dog park just north of Essex Park (red circle) for a short walk. Then depending on the walking conditions, we'll walk or drive to the two caches NE of that dog park (orange circle), and then down to the one Essex Park cache that we haven't chased recently (yellow circle).
Join us at the March 13th meeting to help pick a day/time/location to help us meet the equinox souvenir criteria.
Afterwards, we'll drive to 25th Street and 25th Avenue NW, in the residential neighborhood just south of IBM park, for a locationless geocache.
Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday March 13th, 2025
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday February 13th, 2025
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
KLUG officer elections.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
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