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Sorry, Rio unfortunately in the fall the family and I are heading
south. DEEP SOUTH. Well not quite Florida Keys or anything, but I
will be closer to Atlanta than I am currently to Boston right now.
Maybe this will give me the chance to meet up with LoCos and LUGs
down there.<br>
<br>
That is if it's not overrun by zombies when we get there... x_x<br>
<br>
<br>
On 06/30/2011 01:46 PM, Ralph deGennaro wrote:
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cite="mid:BANLkTin5cRfbB+t=V3zYA+Xk9-BFT0qxcw@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hey all,<br>
<br>
Awesome, cool! Thanks Algot & Steve. <br>
<br>
I can already see there are a few topics to chat about. Maybe
even something to lure Steve closer to Boston. :-) But I'll wait
for others to shout out or whatever the phrase may be...<br>
<br>
-Rio<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Steve
Bridges <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:steve@voodooradio.org">steve@voodooradio.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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padding-left: 1ex;">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Yes, Rio, we are a
bunch of lurkers. I personally feel ashamed for not having
chimed in as much, but I am one of those keep quiet unless
absolutely necessary kind of subscribers. Also time
constraints have forced me from reading mail from the list
on a more consistent basis.<br>
<br>
A quick intro. I currently am living in the Greater
Springfield Area where there is not that many people that I
have found locally that are using Linux. Heck a majority of
the people I talked to didn't know what a podcast was 4
years ago when I was looking for equipment to produce one.
If anyone is in this area, let me know, dammit. Most of the
computer folk out here are on Mac OS or Windows. ;)<br>
<br>
I have been using Ubuntu since Hoary Hedgehog but really
went full blown when Karmic was released. I went from dual
booting 9.10 and Windows XP Pro then took the plunge and
have not turned back. I am currently under Maverick, not
because of the reason that Unity is failing on some levels
for users, but because there is a major bug with the Intel
driver for the latest releases that disallows me to use my
SVideo port to watch movies from my laptop to a TV, and some
other glitches I noticed. I already submitted my bug report
and now it's the old waiting game for it to be fixed. But
that is beside the point.<br>
<br>
This topic peeked my interest so here we go:<br>
<br>
Do:<br>
<ul>
<li>Listen to Podcasts (downloaded via gPodder)</li>
<li>Listen to Music (via Rhythmbox or Banshee depending on
my mood)</li>
<li>Watch videos (both on the laptop screen and through
SVideo out to my TV)</li>
<li>Produce a podcast (using Audacity) I haven't done one
in a few months, but will be relaunching soon (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.voodooradio.org" target="_blank">http://www.voodooradio.org</a>)</li>
<li>Upload my podcast through Filezilla<br>
</li>
<li>Create web graphics (GIMP and Inkscape)</li>
<li>Play Games (Humble Indie Bundle's games, Minecraft,
Planeshift (from time to time), and more)</li>
<li>Let my 3 year old daughter play (gCompris, TuxPaint,
Potato Guy)</li>
<li>Typical internet use (chat (XChat and Empathy), browse
(Chromium), email (Thunderbird), etc.)<br>
</li>
<li>Create DVD's (dvdstyler)</li>
<li>Create Videos (kdenlive because I had so much issues
with OpenShot and PiTiVi in the past) See my youtube
channel (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.youtube.com/voodoostevie"
target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/voodoostevie</a>)
for examples. The first 3 I made back on 2006 were under
Windows Movie Maker, but all after that are using
kdenlive.</li>
</ul>
What I want to do:<br>
<ul>
<li>Home banking (HomeBank looks decent, but I haven't
delved into it)</li>
<li>Learn to use Blender for creating video sequences and
more.</li>
<li>Become more involved with LoCo or LUG's but I am
relocating in the fall so will have to align myself with
folks in the new area.</li>
<li>Set up a home network for media, file, and print
services. Maybe<br>
</li>
<li>Relaunch my podcast (I know I mentioned that before,
so sue me)</li>
<li>Learn to use Gimp and Inkscape better. Still stuck in
the Photoshop way of doing things so I get frustrated a
lot and it shows with some of my work.</li>
<li>Teach my daughter how to use Linux more (so far she is
doing damn good. She hate's the mouse, but works the
trackpad better than her Mom. She also launches apps she
knows are for her by herself.)<br>
</li>
<li>Get my laptop's SVideo to work with Natty! (BIG ISSUE
for me)</li>
<li>Learn HTML5 and increase knowledge with MySQL, PHP,
Javascript, and CSS</li>
<li>Try out Kubuntu to learn to work under KDE more.
(Gnome 3 isn't there quite yet and Unity seems a little
quirky to me at this time).</li>
<li>Post more on my geek related blog (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.gogogeekboy.com" target="_blank">http://www.gogogeekboy.com</a>)<br>
</li>
</ul>
I do quite a bit of things. And there is a lot more I would
like to do. Anyone has comments about my stuff, feel free to
let me know. I'm always up for talks and can be found on
AIM, <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://identi.ca"
target="_blank">identi.ca</a>, and twitter as
voodoostevie. <br>
<br>
Cheers!
<div>
<div class="h5"><br>
<br>
On 06/29/2011 01:45 PM, Ralph deGennaro wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Hey all,<br>
<br>
I've been thinking (rare I know) about our status and
lack of "umph". And I have an idea. Both as a topic
in email, as well as perhaps one for July 2nd.<br>
<br>
After reading through (well skimming) the many emails
I've missed, I see that we've been "delisted" as an
official LoCo. So, that's sad, but it at least gives
us a place to start. More interaction, activities and
events seem to be the important pieces. One thing to
do is focus inward for a bit; and then see how that
can lead to outward focused things. BTW, I will get
to my idea ...<br>
<br>
I see 83 people signed up for the list, and I doubt
most of it is the media outlets just itching to know
what we're up to. I'm thinking with all those people,
we have to have some common passions or desires. I
was hoping that everyone would respond to this email
with two lists. First is what do you all use Ubuntu
to do? A simple bulleted list is fine, nothing
fancy. Perhaps a topical name and two phrase
description. <br>
<br>
Second would be what would you like to do? Again, a
simple bulleted list.. A topical name and where you'd
like to go in that idea. Things can be personal or
work oriented. Meaning, I want to do XYZ with ABC for
my family. Or I do LMNO with PQR on photos. Etc,
etc. One could also mention if this is a paid-gig,
serious hobby (amateur photographer) or just for
family & friends. There could be "cross
pollination" of experience and talents. <br>
<br>
And this is even for people who can't participate in
person. We've got to have some over lap in the two,
as well as maybe more then one person is looking to do
the same stuff. And we're all digitally inclined. So
sharing the wealth (of knowledge) and desire (to
tinker) among us should be fun. <br>
<br>
My list will follow shortly with the same title.
Hopefully threaded reader will keep them together...<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Ralph (aka Rio)<br>
<br>
p.s. My time is much more open now .... because,
well, I don't have much work. So I'm focusing on
finding new work opportunities, but still aim to
participate with the LoCo if I can find some
cohorts...<br>
<br>
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