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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

2025-05-10 Meeting

May 12, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We considered various ways that data can be lost from a hard drive.  Spinwrite comes highly recommended as a diagnostic/repair tool.  For open source fans, there is testdisk which Carl has used successfully on dozens of hard drives. … Read more2025-05-10 Meeting

2025-04-12 Meeting

April 14, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: Gib started us off talking about a new watch he has that monitors his pulse and O2 levels.  This info can be sent wirelessly to a cell phone for alerts and to keep a log.  There are a… Read more2025-04-12 Meeting

2025-03-08 Meeting

March 10, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We started the open discussion talking about Skype, how it provided an innovative and useful mode for communications over the internet.  With time more newer and better methods have become available, and Microsoft has announce that it will… Read more2025-03-08 Meeting

2025-02-08 Meeting

February 9, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We warmed up by talking about some of our favorite tv shows, sci-fi movies and special effects. Then the topic of rail guns came up.  Not the cannons mounted on train cars during  WWII, but guns that accelerate… Read more2025-02-08 Meeting

2025-01-11 Meeting

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We had a pleasant conversation about projects we are working on, including uses for older Raspberry Pis now that the newer/better models have arrived. Gib showed us a quick demo of ITX Studio.  It can take a short… Read more2025-01-11 Meeting

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