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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

2024-12-14 Meeting

December 18, 2024 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We talked about many things including: the latest Raspberry Pi the Tile locator the Mycroft Mark II privacy settings on smart tvs how to install Kodi on a Pi SEMCO and a Discord invite We then jumped into… Read more2024-12-14 Meeting

2024-11-09 Meeting

November 10, 2024November 10, 2024 Carl Miller

The Discussion: The entire meeting consisted of a lively, informative, off-the-cuff discussion about what we are doing and programs we use. We started talking about complete backup, recovery and rescue software.  Borgbackup can be used with Relax and Recover for… Read more2024-11-09 Meeting

2024-08-12 Meeting

October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 Carl Miller

The Discussion: It was a perfect Saturday to have a slow, friendly chat about what we’re doing and reminiscing about northern Michigan. We talked a bit about SEMCO, a local computer user group that primarily focuses on Windows.  They do… Read more2024-08-12 Meeting

2024-09-14 Meeting

September 20, 2024 Carl Miller

The Discussion: We talked about AI and fake news, and found the factcheck.org as a great resource, especially around election time. Next  RustDesk was the big topic, which is useful for remote access to Linux, Windows and Android (yes, even… Read more2024-09-14 Meeting

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