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| We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, RCTC), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer]. | | We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer]. |
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| | === Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th === |
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th ===
| | Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park. |
| Arhelger, on Wifi and Home Networking.
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| Everyone asks Kevin what he recommends for Wifi routers, so he's going to put all of his thoughts into slide form to document it for posterity. He'll cover the explosion of options over the past few years to help you figure out what the best option for your situation. If you're looking to upgrade, have complaints about Netflix constantly buffering, or want to make sure your network is secure, this ones for you.
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| | As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage. |
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| This presentation will be recorded, FYI if that bothers you. For those of you who don't make it, look for the recording afterwards.
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| We will also have a mini-presentation by George Chatzisofroniou, he's the lead author of [https://github.com/wifiphisher Wifiphisher], a free and open source tool that is available on GNU / Linux.
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| Happy Pi Day! The plan is to consume pie.
| | === Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd === |
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| | Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester. |
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| 6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
| | 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]. |
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| [https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
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| === Social: March ===
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| What might you want to do? Tell Tina.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday April 11th ===
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| TBD. If you are willing to speak, or can suggest a speaker, please let us know.
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| 6 pm, in or near what used to be RCTC Heintz Center's HA108. We aren't moving, but the building numbering scheme is being re-done, so as of March 20th this room will now be known as H1411. If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.
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| [https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
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| === Social: April ===
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| === Social: Thursday May 2nd ===
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| Our annual clean up a corner of the world event, helping de-litter a local park as a part of Litter Bit Better. As usual we're teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC84AAK_11th-annual-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better geocachers who get CITO credit].
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| Parking is [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'25.3%22N+92%C2%B029'52.8%22W/@44.0237038,-92.500194,17z here] or [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'24.7%22N+92%C2%B029'36.1%22W/@44.0235278,-92.4955498,17z here], in the SE or SW corners of the park. The official group gathering location is on the SE corner of the park.
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| 6 pm start time.
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| Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots and/or grabbers for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday May 9th ===
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| 6 pm, in or near what used to be RCTC Heintz Center's HA108. We aren't moving, but the building numbering scheme is being re-done, so as of March 20th this room will now be known as H1411. If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.
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| [https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th === |
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| === Pending potential presentations === | | === Pending potential presentations === |
| [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
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| Oculus Rift], "the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games" . Peter Shabino
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| Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize | | Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize |
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| === Planned Socials: Fall or winter === | | |
| | === Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter === |
| -Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started. | | -Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started. |
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| -Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary | | -Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary |
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| -Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed. | | -Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed. |
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| -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. | | -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. |
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| -MAME/foosball/ping pong at ... can't be Tim Massaro's anymore...
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| -February or July armchair mapping aka road rally event, http://home.earthlink.net/~oldmaltese/
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| === Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
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| We need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2019. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina with suggestions for topics. Should we run some previous sessions again (maybe something you really wanted to see but missed out on)? What type of topics are good, what type are bad? Also see this page for a list of suggested topics http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings
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LUG News
We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please contact an officer.
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.
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.
Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th
6 pm
Meeting link will be added here.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Pending potential presentations
Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize
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.
Old News Items
See the OldNews page.
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