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=== Lunch: Thursday November 15th  ===
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025 ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday November 8th ===
KLUG officer elections.
<strike>Mike Fallenstein has arranged with BestBuy for a BestBuy rep (Luke Mattheisen) to come talk to us. He will talk and demo mobile phones, including probably the iPhone 5 , the new Windows 8 phone, and the new Blackberry.</strike>


I'm sorry to announce we've had a LAST MINUTE change in agenda for tonight's K-LUG meeting.  Our BestBuy mobile phones rep is not available, nor was he able to get a replacement from among his colleagues.  We didn't have any other speakers with finished presentations waiting in the wings, so we're going to go with a hodge-podge.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


We'll have socials brainstorming, volunteer requests, discussion of options for the PCIG website, brainstorming on hacker/Maker space, updates on Shapeways and other 3D printing, and whatever else you want as discussion topics.  If we're feeling like we need a more technical topic or the other "stuff" has wrapped up quickly, we can round-robin a discussion of our favorite phone/tablet apps.  Yes, there will still be treats.


Hopefully we can get the mobile phones speaker rescheduled to sometime early next year.


=== Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December 6th ===
6 pm


Meeting link to socialize [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71720268402?pwd=4OgDhJavJVW4zVshAMBE2O8SaoOA7Y.1 here].  Play at [https://en.boardgamearena.com/ Board Game Arena].


6 pm, 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]
=== In person, indoor social: Tuesday December 3rd ===
Mayo Planetarium, for a Community Education presentation on Cosmology. Ages 12+.


6:30-8 pm, pre-registration required


=== Social:  Saturday October 27th ===
$10
Pumpking Tossing at Gamehaven Scout Camp.  Based on last year's experience, I suggest a 10 am start time (full schedule is in one of the links below).  If we don't get the timing right, we'll take a walk before/after along the nice trail there (some geocaches there, if you don't already have them).


Details are here:
https://rochester.ce.eleyo.com/course/22993/2024-fall-adult-catalog/mayo-planetarium-s-cosmology


http://www.gamehavenbsa.org/news.php


http://www.gamehavenbsa.org/documents/2012PumpkinChuckinRulesReg.pdf


http://www.gamehavenbsa.org/documents/2012PumpkinChuckinHandbill.pdf
=== 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)


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


=== Lunch:  Thursday October 18th ===
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!
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




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


=== Social:  Saturday October 13th ===
Yes, timing worked out that you'll see us twice in the same week.
Photowalk at Oxbow/Zollman Zoo, led by Jon T. Followed by lunch aftewards for those interested.  The full details are [http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/kalmar-mn-united-states-oxbow-park-and-zollman-zoo/ here], but here are some key details:


-10 am - bear feeding at the zoo
Meeting link removed.


-11 am - a hawk or owl will be brought out of  the cages for closer seeing/photographing without bars.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


-A walk on some of the park trails will follow.  People may go out to lunch together afterwards (Mantorville's [http://www.hubbellhouserestaurant.com/menus.htm Hubbell House]?).


This is not a dog-friendly event, as they are not welcome at the zoo nor on the trails.
=== 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.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 11th===
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
Mike Fallenstein has arranged with BestBuy for a BestBuy rep (Colin O'Driscoll) to come talk to us.  He will talk and demo about tablets.  For those of you wondering what happened to the other mobile items (phone), that's been pushed back to November because they believe they have a full 1.5 hours of presentation easily on each topic.


Colin's BestBuy title: Apple Expert, Tablet & PC Specialist
-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.


6 pm, RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
-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.


[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]
=== Pending potential presentations ===


Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize




=== Social:  Sunday October 7th ===
Wander the corn maze at [http://www.northwoodsorchard.com/ Northwoods Orchard], just outside of Douglas. $5 for the adults and "older" kids for the larger corn maze, $3.50 for "younger" kids in the little corn maze (1 adult can follow the kid around for free), and coming back from the adult corn maze you can sometimes grab a short tractor ride for free ($1.50 for the full farm tour). You can also purchase apples, gourds, pumpkins, etc, if you needed some fall supplies, and there's a small animal farm to entertain the kids with too. Yes, bring your friends and family. The kids maze takes ~15 minutes, the adults maze ~1 hour.


1:30 pm start time, to hopefully give everyone time to finish with their church obligations and not show up with an empty tummy.
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 7th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


Directions are [http://www.northwoodsorchard.com/directions.html here], in general coming from Rochester that's
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]


Valleyhigh Dr. NW (County Road 4) toward Byron;
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.


North on County Road 3 to Douglas;
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.


West 1/2 mile


North on 75th Ave. NW
=== Virtual Social: Thursday September 12th ===
6 pm


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






=== Lunch:  Thursday September 20th  ===
=== Outside Social:  Thursday September 5th ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


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].


=== Planned Social:  September TBD ===
Due to scheduling, we're the counting post-technical meeting disk golf as our September social.  There will be many socials in October, please join us for one.


=== Outside Social:  Friday August 30th ===


=== Technical Meeting + Disc Golf: Thursday September 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].
BestBuy had to bow out. Our substitute is Jon G on Perl. This is planned to be a short presentation, followed by anyone interested heading over to East Park (walk) or RCTC's main campus by the sports stadium (very short drive) to play disc golf.


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


Meeting link removed.


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


=== Social #2:  Friday August 24th ===
6 pm.  Skyline Raceway for miniature golf.  $5/person, cash only.  They also have gokarts and "panning".


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


Meeting link removed.


=== Social #1:  <strike>Sunday August 12th</strike> Thursday August 16th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Rockets and kites!


<strike>Noon.</strike> Rescheduled due to rain to Thursday August 16th, 6 pm


At the Century High School field, on the north side of the building.


Bring your rockets and your kites, your family and friends.  Kevin Arhleger has volunteered to be our Launch Master again.  Rockets if it's not windy, kites if it is - last year we managed to skirt the line and do both, this spring it was rockets only.
=== 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.


Details from the Launch Master:


Rain, tornado warnings, acts of god (frogs, locusts, etc.) are all cause for cancellation.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 13th ===
6 pm


I'll play it by ear for rockets, if the wind speed is above 15mph our field won't be big enough.
Meeting link removed


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


If you have a rocket make sure to have:


- rocket engine, smaller is better--our biggest launch took half a mile to come down I recommend A and B engines if you want your rocket back
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
6 pm


- igniter
Meeting link removed


- wadding, most engine packs come with it (look for the ones that do)--this helps prevent your parachute cord from melting mid flight
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


- Hobby Lobby sells rockets (kits and complete rockets) as well as engines.  They're not open on Sundays.  Tim volunteered:  There is a [http://www.hobbylobby.com/weekly/coupon.cfm
40% off coupon] at Hobby Lobby in case anyone needs a new  Millennium Falcon, antimatter fuel, e10 engine or something


- Everything Hobby has a wider selection of engines as well as igniters and wadding if you have old engines you would like to use.  They're also not open on Sundays.


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


=== Lunch:  Thursday August 16th  ===
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


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].




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 9th ===
Kevin A will present on DEF CON.


DEF CON is one of the oldest continuous running hacker conventions around, and also one of the largest. Kevin has attended several times and just got back from this year, he's eager to share his experiences.  He says this year (DEFCON 20) was the biggest ever!  At his presentation, he will talk about the conference, and computer security in general.  Questions will be welcome, come prepared.


6 pm, RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline.


As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


=== Social:  Thursday July 26th ===
Disc golf! 6 pm at RCTC.  If you don't have your own disc that's fine, come out anyway.  Don't know where to meet?  Here's a [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 map].




=== Lunch: Thursday July 19th  ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.


6 pm


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday July 12th===
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74567357951?pwd=nQjQHcz7eKjaZ5YaHS2UGrat5UVUCv.1 here].
Robert Nix will present on Raspberry Pi.
---------
Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer...very low cost $25 or $35,
HD output, USB connections or keyboard.  GPIO input...We'll have a
couple systems on hand to demo and inspect (Debian and XBMC).
See more at  http://www.raspberrypi.org or see it in person Thursday!
---------


6 pm, RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


[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 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


And here are Robert's [http://www.rpural.net/The%20Raspberry%20Pi%20-%207-12-2012.pdf slides]




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


=== Lunch:  Thursday June 21st ===
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.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


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


=== Planned Technical Meeting: June TBD ===
If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be:
<strike> Speaker needed, please let Tim or Tina know if you're willing to volunteer.  Willing to present but want to know what people have expressed interest in? Check out our [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings&action=submit#Requested_topics_list requested topics] page. </strike>
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K


No presenter stepped forward, so we'll have a social instead.
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.


=== Social:  Thursday June 15th ===
Replacing our speakerless technical meeting with a social.  Standard day and time (Thursday June 15th, 6 pm), at Skyline Raceway for miniature golf.  $5/person, cash only.  They also have gokarts and "panning".


=== 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.


=== Lunch:  Thursday May 17th ===
6 pm
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


Meeting link removed.


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




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 10th ===
Acu Ilie Dorin will return with a presentation on Bioinformatics.


6 pm, RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
=== Outside Social:  Saturday February 24th ===


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


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


Acu provided this summary.


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


Title:  Open Source Based Applied Bioinformatics
6 pm


Presenter: Acu Ilie Dorin Ph.D.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Summary:


Aproximately two hundred billion cells divide daily to ensure tissue replacemet and turnover essential for our health and longevity. The division and function of each of ~ 6 X10^13 cells that make our body, are carefully and tightly regulated through intricate and redundant signaling networking. However, due to inherent genetic and/or environmental factors, the basal rate of biochemical and cellular aberations increases, and leads to aging, disease and death.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday January 11th, 2024 ===
Today's clinical practice and biomedical research  generates unprecedented amount of potential valuable data, to be used in discovery, innovation or  medicine.  Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field whereby biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics and statistics are integrated with the sole purpose to bring rhyme, reason, meaning and functional context to the newly generated data, which can then be integrated into models and practice for an optimal life style or personalized medicine.
Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.


Using Debian GNU/Linux as main operating system, I am going to present a brief practical overview of few major Open Source bioinformatics applications such as EMBOSS (European Molecular Biology Open Source Software - in-silico gene and protein processing, MEV (microarray gene profiling), ImageJ quantification and analysis of 2 and 3D images) and
6 pm
Pymol: biomolecular crystal structure analysis(Pymol) and others.
For more informations you can visit 
http://www.acucorporation.com/index.php/Training/Applied-Bioinformatics


And KLUG officer elections.


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




=== Social:  Sunday May 6th ===
Kites + Rockets


1 pm at the Century High School field, on the north side of the building.  Bring your rockets and your kites, your family and friends.  Kevin Arhleger has volunteered to be our Launch Master again.  Rockets if it's not windy, kites if it is, last year we managed to skirt the line and do both.




Details from the Launch Master:
Rain, tornado warnings, acts of god (frogs, locusts, etc.) are all cause for cancellation.
I'll play it by ear for rockets, if the wind speed is above 15mph our field won't be big enough.
If you have a rocket make sure to have:
- rocket engine, smaller is better--our biggest launch took half a mile to come down I recommend A and B engines if you want your rocket back
- igniter
- wadding, most engine packs come with it (look for the ones that do)--this helps prevent your parachute cord from melting mid flight
- Hobby Lobby sells rockets (kits and complete rockets) as well as engines.
- Everything Hobby has a wider selection of engines as well as igniters and wadding if you have old engines you would like to use.
=== Social:  Thursday April 26th ===
Disc golf! 6 pm at RCTC.  If you don't have your own disc that's fine, come out anyway.  Don't know where to meet?  Here's a [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 map].
=== Lunch:  Thursday April 19th ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 12th ===
Tim Massaro will present on 3D printing.
"Fun with 3D Printing, Shapeways.com
Remember the replicator from Star Trek where personnel could press a button and out would pop food, spare starship parts or other everyday objects? Well technology is not ready yet to allow us to manipulate molecular structure at this level, but 3D Printing is the next best thing. 3D printing involves using a machine that looks like a proprinter on steroids, the machine takes a design file and through an additive process builds a three dimensional object. 3D printing is now accessible enough so that nearly anyone can design a 3D object using drawing software such as Google Sketchup, upload the design to a site like Shapeways.com, submit credit card information and receive a physical 3D copy of their design in the mail. I know because I recently took the time to do just that. This month, come learn a bit about 3D printing and have a look at my first creation, a Caesar Cipher Decoder Ring."
6 pm, 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]
=== Social:  Thursday March 30th ===
Disc golf!  6 pm at RCTC.  If you don't have your own disc that's fine, but it helps if you let us know in advance if you'll need to borrow one.
=== Lunch:  Thursday March 15th ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 8th ===
We'll be field tripping to the Premier Bank building downtown, for a presentation on KVM.  The details:
Open Source Virtualization and Cloud Computing with KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
PRESENTER: Acu Ilie Dorin Ph.D.
TIME : Thursday 8 March 6:00 PM
LOCATION:
ACU Corporation
421 First AVE SW Suite 305 - Rochester MN 55902
Third Floor on Premier Professional Building
Park Free (after 5:30 PM) on the Back of the Premier Bank Professional Building -
Enter on the Back Entrance Follow the Signs to ACU Corporation
Also, PCIG elections.
=== Social - Dinner and a Movie:  Friday February 24th ===
<strike>We have some options.
If there's enough snow, there will be a cardboard sled challenge on Saturday February 4th, as part of WinterFest.  This is being organized by Gamehaven Boy Scouts, we could spectate at Willow Creek Golf Course.  This year's flier is available at http://www.gamehavenbsa.org/documents/CardboardSledChallengePoster2012.pdf .  (Last year's flier is available [http://www.gamehavenbsa.org/documents/2011sledflyer2.pdf here]).  It looks like 9:45 am would be a good time to arrive, to see the sleds before they are raced/demolished.</strike>
The Cardboard Sled Challenge was cancelled due to lack of snow.
Dinner at BB's Pizzaria at 6:15 pm.  The exact movie schedule for Chateau (East Circle Drive, near Shopko N) isn't released yet, but there should be ~7-7:45 pm showings of various movies that are potentially of interest, including Ghost Rider and Star Wars Episode 1 (3D).
RSVP's to Tina for dinner would be appreciated so we know how big a table to get, although hopefully we've chosen a restaurant where if you suddenly find yourself in need of dinner and company on Friday night you can still join us.  Reservations as of Friday midday are for 7 adults and 2 high chairs, under "Tina".
=== Lunch:  Thursday February 16th ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
=== Technical Meeting:  February 9th ===
Matt Bruzek on BackTrack.
BackTrack is a Linux operating system that contains a unique collection of tools for security experts and penetration testers.  The presentation will cover an overview of the system and some of its features. 
-> When: Thursday February 9th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
-> Where: RCTC Heintz Center 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]
Also, PCIG nominations.
=== Lunch: Thursday January 19th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.
=== Social:  Friday January 13th ===
We'll be bowling at Byron Lanes.  7 pm.  This is a family/friends-friendly event, hope to see you there.
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 12th ===
Our own Kevin Arhelger will reprise his 2008 presentation, telling us about [http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-19/dc-19-index.html Defcon 19 (2011)].
Short demo by Lad Roering on Windows 8 (development version).
Also, K-LUG officer elections (president, vice president, treasurer) and PCIG nominations.


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Latest revision as of 02:27, 12 January 2025



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.


Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December 6th

6 pm

Meeting link to socialize here. Play at Board Game Arena.


In person, indoor social: Tuesday December 3rd

Mayo Planetarium, for a Community Education presentation on Cosmology. Ages 12+.

6:30-8 pm, pre-registration required

$10

https://rochester.ce.eleyo.com/course/22993/2024-fall-adult-catalog/mayo-planetarium-s-cosmology


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)

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

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.

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


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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