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Songbird music layer dies
June-15, 2013 by: Rod-Lists
From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ Pioneers of the Inevitable ( the name alone doomed them), makers of Songbird are closing shop. http://blog.songbirdnest.com/you-gotta-know-when-to-fold-em/ They suggest fans start using nightingale.
Any Co-location providers in the area?
June-13, 2013 by: Lynn Dixon
From: Lynn Dixon ------------------------------------------------------ All, It appears I may be looking for a new co-location provider. I have been at Smith and Hammaker in Knoxville for over 2 years now without any problems and HAD been a happy customer. Fast forward to today: I get an email from the new CIO telling me they "Re-evaluated their pricing to best suit everyone needs" and then he proceeded to tell me my co-location contract would be increasing from $35/month to $410/month. An increase of 12x without any notification or justification is just not good business, and I am slightly pissed as you might imagine. So, do any of you know of any good local co-location facilities in the area that have decent pricing? I really want to stay local, but I am willing to co-locate far away to get good pricing. I have had good experiences with these 2, and I may end up going with one of these guys again: http://www.serverpronto.com/colocation.php and http://joesdatacenter.com/kansas-city-colocation-server-hosting-packages Thanks!
Semi-OT: Chatt*Lab Makerspace accepting memberships / TV B Gone soldering workshop. (fix error).
June-11, 2013 by: Jason Brown
From: Jason Brown
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Lug, (reposting, I had a reply error)
Linux relevant: The links below are on a website running Ubuntu
12.04 EC2 cloud images modified to run in my small "private cloud" of
clustered VirtualBox servers: Once I have some issues worked out I will
post the conversion scripts. Most of the issues involve booting, and an
assumed serial console.
A project we have been working on for quite a long time is finally
kicking off. Chatt*Lab, the Chattanooga Makerspace is now accepting
membership applications:
http://www.chattlab.org/blog/2013/06/open-for-membership/
We are also doing a very cool soldering workshop on June 15th at
the Downtown Library. Learn some soldering skills by building your very
own TV B Gone device. Turn off almost all makes and models of television
with one button:
http://www.chattlab.org/blog/2013/05/tv-b-gone-workshop-learn-to-solder/
Everything you need is provided, and you get to take home a useful tool
/ toy / gadget.
Jason Brown
Semi-OT: Chatt*Lab Makerspace accepting memberships / TV B Gone soldering workshop.
June-11, 2013 by: Jason Brown
From: Jason Brown
------------------------------------------------------
Lug,
Linux relevant: The links below are on a website running Ubuntu
12.04 EC2 cloud images modified to run in my small "private cloud" of
clustered VirtualBox servers: Once I have some issues worked out I will
post the conversion scripts. Most of the issues involve booting, and an
assumed serial console.
A project we have been working on for quite a long time is finally
kicking off. Chatt*Lab, the Chattanooga Makerspace is now accepting
membership applications:
http://www.chattlab.org/blog/2013/06/open-for-membership/
We are also doing a very cool soldering workshop on June 15th at
the Downtown Library. Learn some soldering skills by building your very
own TV B Gone device. Turn off almost all makes and models of television
with one button:
http://www.chattlab.org/blog/2013/05/tv-b-gone-workshop-learn-to-solder/
Everything you need is provided, and you get to take home a useful tool
/ toy / gadget.
Jason Brown
Intro to Python class at the library
April-01, 2013 by: Nate Hill
From: Nate Hill ------------------------------------------------------ Some great news from the 4th Floor that might be of interest to chugaluggers. ** * * *We are now partnering with Engage 3D to offer an introductory Python class. Python is a computer programming language heralded for both its accessibility to novices and its power and flexibility.* ** Our goal is to offer a course that introduces the power of computing, both its capabilities and its limitations, so that you feel comfortable reading and writing code. If you have ever wondered how computer programs are written or have some projects that you think computer programming could help with, come join in and learn with us! An eight-week session beginning April 15 is enrolling now. Your instructors will be from Engage 3D, the folks at Maker Day who brought in all the cool fun educational activities like the 3D scanning station and their 3D video conferencing project. If you spent any time in the Tinkercadlab, the computer dissection table, or at the origami station, you probably met someone from Engage 3D. This free class will be great but space is limited so please register through the Chattanooga Public Library=92s online calendar. ** What: Community Py -- Introduction to the Python programming language Where: 4th Floor of the Chattanooga Public Library When: Mondays from 6pm-7pm beginning April 15 through June 3 Cost: Free *Registration*: This class is limited to 24 people and pre-registration is required.* *Details: You are welcome to bring your own laptop but there are also workstations available. --=20 Nate Hill nathanielhill@gmail.com http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/ http://www.natehill.net
Harvard learns from Chattanooga open source librarian Griffey
March-10, 2013 by: Phil Shapiro
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ Hi chugalug members, There's a nice blog post over at Harvard's web site about Jason Griffey's LibraryBox project being used at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, this week. http://tinyurl.com/bcmt3k6 Sure, Harvard knows a thing or two, but in no way can they match the ingenuity of Chatt tinkerers. http://librarybox.us/ Ain't that a gorgeous web site Jason Griffey has set up? It speaks of excellence in all forms. And I'll be using a LibraryBox in my day long workshop at the Cleveland Maker Faire next month. http://makerfairecleveland.com/ https://sites.google.com/site/hdvideoforcommunitypurposes/ If anyone on this list happens to know open source enthusiasts in the Cleveland area, kindly contact me off list. I could use some help adding some more FOSS to my workshop -- in terms of showing the public the basics of OpenShot video editing -- or just showing up at my workshop with Linux laptops to make sure that Linux has an even greater presence at this maker faire. phil -- Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."
White House petition - We must beat our luxury yachts into makerspaces
February-21, 2013 by: Phil Shapiro
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ Hi chuggaluggers, Here's an easy way we can communicate to our government what our national priorities need to be. Kindly sign this petition if you support it. And suggested tweet: White House petition - "We must beat our luxury yachts into makerspaces." http:// wh.gov/v5sB by @ philshapiro phil -- Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."
Chattanooga makers / 3D printers meetup
February-19, 2013 by: Lee Walker
From: Lee Walker ------------------------------------------------------ Not sure if anyone noticed, but a new meetup group for CHA Makers has popped up. http://www.meetup.com/CHA-Makers/ They are holding meetings at the 4th floor library. -- Lee Walker Principal Engineer 404-405-1194 l.s.walker (Skype) www.codejourneymen.com Code Journeymen LLC 100 Cherokee Blvd Suite #332, Chattanooga TN, 37405
Mozilla Badges module for Moodle
January-22, 2013 by: Phil Shapiro
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ Hi Chugaluggers, At my public library job in the DC-area, my greatest need is helping youth develop some digital literacy goals and competences. At the computer center which I help run (with 28 Linux stations), the youth are spending way too much time playing games. They're entitled to use their time in whatever way they choose, but as a community, we need to do a lot better giving them constructive goals to work towards in their outside of school time. These goals are particularly needed by youth who aren't receiving sufficient goal guidance in their homes. Mozilla Badges will be really useful for this -- and the new Moodle module for Mozilla Badges sounds like it could be make the whole thing easier to implement. For a very interesting blog post about the Mozilla Badges module for Moodle, see https://twitter.com/iaincheckland/status/293237778156777473 Exploring how the Mozilla Badges module for Moodle could work would be a neat group project for a Linux user group, partnering with a makerspace and public library. If only -- if only there were a city someplace in the United States where relationships between these entities already existed. I betcha some foundation funds could easily be raised for such a project. Not just the local foundation, but the national foundations, like the MacArthur Foundation. phil -- Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."
Free maker event in the Washington DC-area in 10 days
November-08, 2012 by: Phil Shapiro
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ Hi chugalug community, I'm one of the co-organizers of this upcoming free event at the MLK library in downtown DC in mid-November. In case you have any maker or open source friends in the DC/Baltimore area (young or old), thanks for helping to pass word to them about this event. See http://dclibrary.org/node/32824 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a
A sign for the wall at Chatt*Lab
November-01, 2012 by: Phil Shapiro
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ I was thinking this evening this might make a good sign to put up on the wall at Chatt*Lab. (In some form or other.) ------ We must beat our swords into ploughshares, our yachts into makerspaces. http://tinyurl.com/8sag3ft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus
New @makerlibrarian account on Twitter
October-12, 2012 by: Phil Shapiro
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ Hi chugalug community, Worth noting for all you makers, librarians, and makebrarians out there. "The primary resource for librarians who want to learn about makers, hackerspaces, the participatory library and everything in between." Follow at @MakerLibrarian via @liberationtech phil -- Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."
Could the maker movement become the Maker Party?
October-06, 2012 by: Phil Shapiro
From: Phil Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------ Hi chugalug community, I've been wondering this past week whether the maker movement might some day become the Maker Party. In all this heated presidential race, I haven't heard a single word from either candidate on how supporting the maker movement is our best hope for creating new jobs. I've lived in the Washington DC-area for almost 30 years and am pretty cynical about politics in general, yet if a Maker Party would ever form, I would be 150 percent behind it. If the Maker Party solidly promoted open source software for use in government, schools, hospitals, etc -- I'd be 250 percent behind it. To my mind, if your movement is not playing within the political arena, then it's playing on the sidelines. Sidelines" means you can be easily ignored and overlooked. Anyway, just wanted to share these thoughts for what they're worth. Didn't want to start a long discussion thread, cause I love the Linux focus of this list. Feel free to contact me off-list if this topic is of interest and I can coordinate some off-list discussion. I might coordinate a Google Hangout discussion on this topic sometime, too. phil shapiro -- Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness."