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2026-03-14 Meeting

March 20, 2026 Carl Miller

The Discussion: Dennis led us into the topic of printing in Linux.  He has a Brother printer that requires the manufacturers driver, at least for Windows.  We diverted into PPD files and the CUPS printer utilities.  Just to be sure… Read more2026-03-14 Meeting

2026-02-14 Meeting

February 19, 2026 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We had another engaging session talking about current events and, of course, what’s happening in the world of AI. Here are some of the highlights. Colossus: The Forbin Project from 1970 is an interesting glimpse at technology and… Read more2026-02-14 Meeting

2026-01-10 Meeting

January 14, 2026 Carl Miller

The Discussion: Pat talked about a project to migrate a small mysql database with *many* tables.  The question was how best to update an existing database on the new server.  One option would be to import the migrated data into… Read more2026-01-10 Meeting

2025-12-13 Meeting

December 15, 2025December 16, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We talked a bit about video streaming, for example to provide a live screen capture or a prepared presentation.  RTTM has done this using a combination of Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) and VDO.ninja (VDO).  James mentioned the lanonly… Read more2025-12-13 Meeting

2025-11-08 Meeting

November 10, 2025November 10, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: RJ talked about SEMCO and gave us the topics for their next meeting on Nov. 9. The discussion then took a philosophical turn about truth, objectively and personally.  For example is 2 + 2 always 4?  What happens… Read more2025-11-08 Meeting

2025-10-11 Meeting

October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We started talking about various privacy issues including license plate readers.  These are becoming more common as identified in deflock.me. We talked about various tactics, many of which were illegal.  Perhaps the best thing is to avoid them…. Read more2025-10-11 Meeting

2025-09-13 Meeting

September 15, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: After a few minutes of idle chit-chat, Gib asked the group “What’s new?”  Keith said he just installed WinBoat and is quite impressed, both by the ease of installation and the features.  WinBoat provides a way to seamlessly… Read more2025-09-13 Meeting

2025-08-09 Meeting

August 10, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: Dennis started us off talking about how current smart phones cannot be truly turned off and how they do upload what they overhear to advertisers.  Devices constantly “check in” to a nearby cell tower.  Just turning of a… Read more2025-08-09 Meeting

2025-07-12 Meeting

July 15, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We warmed up talking about some of our favorite movies that just couldn’t be made today.  Blazing Saddles by Mel Brooks is an excellent example of movie that would not be considered proper today, but was certainly able… Read more2025-07-12 Meeting

2025-06-14 Meeting

June 15, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: Rich kicked things off by expressing frustration trying to find a small digital clock than can easily be moved around the desktop.  After we considered the possibility of using a chatbot to write a python based program, Carl… Read more2025-06-14 Meeting

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