From scott5 at ovsage.org Sat Oct 16 17:00:34 2010 From: scott5 at ovsage.org (Scott Murphy) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:00:34 -0400 Subject: [ocbug] October Meeting - 2010-10-20 Message-ID: Just a reminder that Wednesday is our monthly meeting. Cafe Colonnade at the corner of Metcalfe and Gilmore Official start time: 18:00 (unofficial - whenever you get there) Official end time: 20:00 (people usually start drifting at 19:00 unless they are engaged in a conversation) If you want food, we tend to order at 18:00, so if you want to be eating with the rest, be there for 18:00 Suggested Topics: Hardware Give=away: I'll be bringing a couple of hardware bits to give away if there are any takers. I'm not posting details, if this piques your interest, then show up and have a look. MultiMedia production using xBSD. How does one do it? All I've really seen in a usable fashion are effectively mac (darwin) based. How effective is it under nothing but open source? Open topics forum - suggest something that may be of interest. We can count on db (who is not a geek) for some ham talk. -- Scott Murphy scott5 at ovsage.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fishern at ncf.ca Thu Oct 21 05:31:55 2010 From: fishern at ncf.ca (Normand Fisher) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:31:55 -0400 Subject: [ocbug] (ad) Mini-MakerFaire Message-ID: <415e7641a049.41a049415e76@ncf.ca> http://www.artengine.ca/news/2010/makerfaire-en.php Mini-Maker Faire 12 ? 6PM November 6th and 7th, 2010 Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave., Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2 (MAP) Free "Considering that some of the greatest leaps forward in American technological history have been scrappy homebrews (Apple Computer was a literal garage startup), it's really kind of exciting to think that, given its explosive growth, the Maker Faire might well help along an invention or two that's truly important." ? Advertising Age The innovation laced through the capital region is impressive, and this first ever Mini-Maker Faire is a chance to connect creative people from all over our region in a celebration of the DIY spirit. A Mini-Maker Faire brings together families and individuals who celebrate Arts, Crafts, Engineering, Food, Music, Sustainability, and Science and those who embrace the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) spirit. At Maker Faire, the focus is on the process of making ? not just the finished product. The real story here is the curiosity, vibrancy, and passion of the Makers themselves, the people who comprise the rapidly emerging DIY category. Scientists, homemakers, students, automotive enthusiasts, software developers, musicians, crafters of all stripes: individuals and communities of people drawn together by a common delight in the magic of tinkering, hacking, creating, and reusing materials and technologies.