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=== Socials:  October 24th and 28th===
Chris Abbey is leading two photowalks.  The nature/fall colors photowalk will be at Quarry Hill on Saturday October 24th, 2 pm.  The architecture photowalk will be downtown on Wednesday October 28th, 11:30 am.  For either/both, please RSVP off-list to Chris.


More details about Saturday: <br>
It's looking like we'll hit a
good 75-80% color by then, plus there's a chance for fresh snow the night
before. We'll meet at the 9th St NE entrance to Quarry Hill Park. Hopefully no
one will have the picnic pavilion reserved and we can meet up there. If not
we'll be at sign post 17. Plan is we'll probably chat for 10 to 15 minutes then
take off along the following sequence of sign posts:  17, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11,
10, 7, 6, 3. There are a couple  of variations along there, from 10 to 6 there
are two ways to go, and after 6 there's a loop tht can be taken that will bring
you back to the same point, but take you to a scenic overlook along the way.
That will get us pretty much to the  end of the wooded trails. From there you
can take the most direct route back to where we started via points 5, 24/23, 18.
Which will take you through both the pond/marsh and prairie areas... OR you can
take a less direct route through the mine via 2, 4, 28, insanity, 21, 20, 18. If
we time it right and we're heading out near sunset, the view from the scenic
point between 25 and 27 should be stellar. I've been wanting to shoot the sunset
from there for a while, and might take advantage of it. (After climbing up the
hill from point 28, bear RIGHT when you hit the mine wall and bear right at all
trail forks until you hit the end.) Weather forecast is for highs in the 40s
Saturday, so expect it to be brisk. it looks to be about 2 miles. Post walk
social gathering somewhere with hot chocolate, coffee, and/or soup I think. We
can figure it out while we walk. Maybe great harvest?  RSVP.


[http://www.qhnc.org/documents/SummerTrailMap.pdf Map to make sense of all those numbers]
=== Virtual Social: Thursday November 14th ===
6 pm


Bad weather makeup will be 24 hours later, 2pm Sunday.
Meeting link (removed)


Agenda
-Sharing your new tech discoveries
-Socializing
-Choosing a December board game night (Friday December 6th, Friday December 13th, Saturday December 14th)


More details about Wednesday:<br>
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
DOWNTOWN/URBAN WALK: Wednesday October 28, 11:30am? Meet up in the foyer of the
mall/university/shoppes formerly known as the galleria mall. I'm thinking around
the area of where Z Pizza is... the chairs near the stairs coming down from the
U of M (Why? because I plan to be there at about 11am to have a couple slices
for lunch before heading off on this excursion. Feel free to join me.) Again
we'll meet up and chat for a few minutes then head out. Rough route would be: S
on Broadway to 3rd St S, W on 3rd to 1st ave, N on 1st ave to 2nd St, W on 2nd
to 2nd Ave, N on 2nd ave to 1st St, E on 1st st (through pease plaza) back to
where we started. An alternate, longer route if folks want to is to keep going W
on 2nd down to 3rd or 4th Ave, then take either of them N to Center and come
back S on 2nd to the entrance to peace plaza. If you're looking for buildings,
this might get you more of the older ones. This route gives us a nice mix of
buildings and architecture, plus people heading out for lunch and errands.
Hopefully the weather will be nice enough for some folks to eat lunch in the
plaza. I'm trying to hold this one to a shorter timeframe so folks can get away
with a "long lunch" and participate... don't feel you have to stick around to
the end, if you want to break off part way through and head back to work, go for it.  RSVP.


Bad weather makeup will be TBD. Maybe 24 hours later on Thursday... have to play
Also, thank you for your efforts at our fall trash cleanup. The Public Works Department gave these summary measures of the city-wide efforts:  "Over 620 pounds of litter was collected by A Litter Bit Better volunteers during the fall event. An estimated 1.179 volunteers picked up 64 sites that covered many locations around Rochester."  This was 12 loads of trash, removed from our environment!
this one by ear.




=== Virtual Social: Thursday October 10th ===
6 pm


=== Lunch:  Thursday October 15th ===
Yes, timing worked out that you'll see us twice in the same week.
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a swarm of smartypants.


Meeting link removed.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 8th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Jean Barmash has volunteered to speak on Grails, and has provded the following description and bio.


Grails - High Productivity Web Framework for the Java Platform.


Grails in a high-productivity framework that espouses convention over
=== Potential October outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf ===
configuration and takes a lot of good ideas from Ruby on Rails
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester
framework. It is based on Groovy Language, a dynamic language
https://krocnews.com/rochester-mns-largest-mini-golf-course-is-about-to-open/
designed for easy integration with Java (Groovy is a super-set of
Java). Grails is a high-productivity framework by following the
"coding by convention" paradigm, providing a stand-alone development
environment and hiding much of the configuration detail from the
developer. Grails is built on top of proven Java frameworks such as
Spring and Hibernate.  In November 2008, G2One, the company behind
Groovy and Grails, was aqcuired by SpringSource, which in turn was
acquired by VMWare just a few weeks ago.  (For more, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grails_(framework) ).


In this presentation, you will get a brief overview of Groovy's
capabilities, and then we'll learn about the key concepts behind
Grails, and its plugin system, and how it can be used to rapidly
prototype applications, and how it enables you to be much more
productive programming web applications.


Jean Barmash is the CTO of EnergyScoreCards, a startup company that
=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
helps benchmark energy efficiency of multi-family buildings, where he
-Murder mystery.  The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.
is responsible for architecture and implementation of the SaaS
software using the Grails framework.  To his role, Jean brings a
wealth of experience in different areas of technology creation.  Most
recently, he was Director of Technical Services at Alfresco Software,
the Open Source Enterprise Content Management Company, where his
responsibilities included architecture and hands-on development of
content centric solutions, training, and working with open source
community.  He also worked as Sr. Consultant and Trainer at several
Wall Street Firms. Well-versed in both .NET and Java, he is interested
in the innovation going on in Web 2.0 and bringing it into the
Enterprise. He is a frequent speaker on technology and architecture
topics at various user groups and industry conferences such as
Software Development Practices, Enterprise 2.0, Atlanta DevNexus, and
others.


[http://www.k-lug.org/images/c/c0/2009OctKLUG-GroovyGrails.pdf Here are the slides] from Jean's presentation, PDF format.
-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.


=== Lunch:  Thursday September 17th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a gathering of geeks.


=== Pending potential presentations  ===


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday September 10th ===
Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize
Jon Tollefson will present an intro to iPhone app development.


-6 pm


-RCTC Heintz Center


[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]
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 7th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


Room HA107 or there abouts.
This is the first time Rochester is running a fall edition of Litter Bit Better, so we're going to go clean up a second time this year. Pine Ridge Estates Park, which you may recognize as where we have previously ice cream picnicked, and flown kites.  [https://www.google.com/maps?q=N+43%C2%B0+59.280+W+092%C2%B0+29.070+(GCAYC0F)+ Map]


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  No shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 5.1 acres), and you might want a headlamp.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAYC0F_15-andahalf-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.




=== Social: Geocaching canoe trip, August 22nd ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday September 12th ===
The social this month is a canoeing/kayaking geocaching event.  Yes, I'm again
6 pm
piggybacking off activities organized by other people.  You can paddle,
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
most of the day affair up in Cannon Falls.


Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


=== Lunch:  Thursday August 20th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a gathering of geeks.




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 13th Demo of Windows 7 ===
=== Outside Social:  Thursday September 5th ===


-> '''When:''' Thursday August 13th
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].


-> 6pm - 7:30pm


-> '''Where:'''RCTC Heintz Center
=== Outside Social: Friday August 30th ===


[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]
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].


Room 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]
=== Virtual Social: Thursday August 8th ===
6 pm


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.
Meeting link removed.


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


=== Social:  Free comedy show, Wednesday July 29th, 7 pm ===
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].
[http://www.k-lug.org/images/f/f5/Comedy.pdf Add for Comedy Nite ]


=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 11th ===
6 pm


=== Lunch:  Thursday July 16th ===
Meeting link removed.
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a gathering of geeks.


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


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday July 9th Demo of Socialbrowse by Zack Garbo ===
   
'''When:''' Thursday July 9th, 6pm - 7:30pm


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


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.
=== Outdoor Social:  Thursday June 27th, 11:45 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.


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
Food trailers are supposed to be open by noon, 11:45 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.




=== Lunch: Thursday June 18th ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 13th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Look for a convocation of geeks.
6 pm


Meeting link removed


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


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday June 11th Tour of the Digital and Analog Projection Booth's at Wehrenberg Theaters ===
-> When: Thursday June 11th


-> 6pm - 7pm
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
6 pm


-> Where:Wehrenberg Theaters Rochester <- Note, not our normal meeting location
Meeting link removed


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


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.


Other movies available too...see their website here http://www.wehrenberg.com/theatres.aspx#6


Prices are as follows. ADULT Price: $10.50 /ticket
=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm


CHILD Price: $7.50 /ticket
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.


SENIOR (over 60) Price: $8.50 /ticket
Park near [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3WQ84 1 - Odin] on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac.  We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches ([https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC57FGC 2], [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4RPZ2 3]), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8M3FP 4].


We'd like to let the theater know how many people to expect, so please email Tina if you plan to attend.


Thanks!


=== Lunch:  Thursday May 21st ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a convocation of geeks.


=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 21st ===
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.
''' NOTE DATE AND LOCATION CHANGE '''<br>
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.


[[Image:IMG_0046.jpg]]
Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  There is shoreline.


Studio Academy is located at
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
415 16th St SW, Rochester, MN 55902
Our meeting and demo will be in the auditorium.


=== In town social:  Thursday May 14th ===
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.




=== In Town Social: Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th ===
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.
Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.


6 pm


=== Lunch: Thursday April 16th, 2009 ===
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74567357951?pwd=nQjQHcz7eKjaZ5YaHS2UGrat5UVUCv.1 here].
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.


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


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 9th, 2009 ===
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].




=== Out of town Social: Saturday April 4th, 8 am, 2009 ===
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled ===
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].
Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface




=== Games mailing list ===
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.


=== Outside Social:  Friday March 22nd, 6 pm ===


=== Want a K-Lug Shirt? ===
Geocaching!  The March equinox is an excuse to [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2024/03/celebrating-the-march-equinox/ find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox].  If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us.  Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.
[[Image:Klugpatchsm.png]]
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)
We can now order screen printed tees from this company as well


We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV


=== Lunch: Thursday March 19th, 2009 ===
If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be:
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Look for a convocation of geeks.
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K


I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.


=== Social:  Tuesday March 17th, 2009 ===
Parking:
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].
There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper. However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.




=== Technical Meeting: Thursday March 12th, 2009 ===
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th ===
Mo Holahan will present Processing an Image Processing Programming language and development environment. 
Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.
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).


'''Details on the Processing Presentation'''
Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.


http://processing.org/
6 pm


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)
Meeting link removed.


We'll also be celebrating Pi day a little early.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.




=== Lunch:  Thursday February 19th, 2009 ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a gaggle of gregarious geeks.


=== Outside Social:  Saturday February 24th ===


=== Social:  February 13th, 2009 6:30 pm ===
It's supposed to be dry all week, there's no snow to fight with, the disc golf holes are present, and Saturday's forecast is for sunshine and a high of 46.  So let's play disc golf!
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.


Meet outside the RCTC field house, 2 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].


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 12th, 2009 ===
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).


'''Details on the Arduino Presentation'''
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday February 8th ===
Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.


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.
6 pm


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


[[Image:Boarduino.jpg|300px]]


Also on the agenda will be a mini-presentation by Jon Tollefson on syncing Google Calendar (where we've got Linux and social activities posted), which was originally scheduled for January but delayed due to a full agenda.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday January 11th, 2024 ===
Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.


PCIG nominations
6 pm


And KLUG officer elections.


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


=== Social:  Saturday January 17th, 2009 ===
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.




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 15th, 2009 Hardcore computers ===
==== NOTE DATE CHANGE ====
[[Image:Hardcore.jpg]]


Daren Klum, president of Rochester based, Hardcore Computers will demonstrate their "Reactor" liquid cooled personal computers (that's right, think Cray 2)<br>


An intro to the Reactor:
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
<br>
Mini-presentation by Ben Joslin and some students from Studio Academy on the FIRST Robotics League, in hopes of recruiting some of us as volunteers and mentors.  They'll show the video of the 2009 game, show what parts they have to work with and what they have built so far.<br>
Mini-presentation by Jon Tollefson on syncing Google Calendar (where we've got Linux and social activities posted).  (held over until a future meeting due to a full agenda)
Also, '''elections'''
<br>
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] , 6 pm.
<br>
=== Lunch:  Thursday January 15th, 2009 ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Just for Steve F we'll sit right near the main door and hope it's -20 ;)  (It ended up being wind chills of -50 below that day, just in case anyone was curious)


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Latest revision as of 03:25, 18 November 2024



Virtual Social: Thursday November 14th

6 pm

Meeting link (removed)

Agenda -Sharing your new tech discoveries -Socializing -Choosing a December board game night (Friday December 6th, Friday December 13th, Saturday December 14th)

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Also, thank you for your efforts at our fall trash cleanup. The Public Works Department gave these summary measures of the city-wide efforts: "Over 620 pounds of litter was collected by A Litter Bit Better volunteers during the fall event. An estimated 1.179 volunteers picked up 64 sites that covered many locations around Rochester." This was 12 loads of trash, removed from our environment!


Virtual Social: Thursday October 10th

6 pm

Yes, timing worked out that you'll see us twice in the same week.

Meeting link removed.

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Potential October outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester https://krocnews.com/rochester-mns-largest-mini-golf-course-is-about-to-open/


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.


Pending potential presentations

Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 7th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

This is the first time Rochester is running a fall edition of Litter Bit Better, so we're going to go clean up a second time this year. Pine Ridge Estates Park, which you may recognize as where we have previously ice cream picnicked, and flown kites. Map

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. No shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 5.1 acres), and you might want a headlamp.

As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Virtual Social: Thursday September 12th

6 pm

Meeting link removed. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Outside Social: Thursday September 5th

Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is a map.


Outside Social: Friday August 30th

Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is a map.


Virtual Social: Thursday August 8th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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Virtual Social: Thursday July 11th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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Outdoor Social: Thursday June 27th, 11:45 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.

Food trailers are supposed to be open by noon, 11:45 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


Virtual Social: Thursday June 13th

6 pm

Meeting link removed

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Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th

6 pm

Meeting link removed

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Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd

6 pm

Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.

Park near 1 - Odin on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac. We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches (2, 3), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to 4.



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.


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.

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Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled

Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface


Outside Social: Friday March 22nd, 6 pm

Geocaching! The March equinox is an excuse to find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox. If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us. Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.

We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV

If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K

I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.

Parking: There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper. However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th

Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.

Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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Outside Social: Saturday February 24th

It's supposed to be dry all week, there's no snow to fight with, the disc golf holes are present, and Saturday's forecast is for sunshine and a high of 46. So let's play disc golf!

Meet outside the RCTC field house, 2 pm. Here is a map.


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday February 8th

Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.

6 pm

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Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday January 11th, 2024

Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.

6 pm

And KLUG officer elections.

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




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