http://engineadvocacy.com/voice/write.html

The sasl flavor of mutt (in my case: mutt-1.5.21v0-sasl)

Your own /etc/mail/authinfo file for sendmail to use for SMTP against the Google mail servers.

The cyrus-sasl package (in my case: cyrus-sasl-2.1.25p0)

If you forget the cyrus-sasl package, you may see an error like “No authenticators available” when trying to send mail.

What does this have to do with “BarCamp“?

For me, BarCamp is just like the wonderful, nebulous WWW. I go with a sense of excitement to see what I can learn, contribute, who I will meet, what new ideas I will come away with or perhaps give someone else. The very nature of an “unconference” is a meetup of people open to the unknown, hoping to find or create some bit of knowledge or share an idea about something that interests them. Just as with the web, you may encounter sessions or discussions about topics that do not interest you and just as with the web, you can click the back button and continue your journey along some other path. If you don’t like a session, get up and move your two feet to the next one that you do like. It’s expected!

For this reason, I heartily encourage you to seek out the next BarCamp you can attend and do so.

If you can find yourself in the Milwaukee, WI area this weekend (Oct 1st-2nd 2011), I’ll see you at BarCampMilwaukee!

P.S. Efforts are afoot to organize a possibly roving BarCampFoxValley to be held somewhere near the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin. Join us!

P.P.S. While already past, BarCampMadison was a great time and worth adding to your calendar for 2012.

9/22/2011 – A DHMN delegation consisting of Alex,  Tim,  Tim, and myself toured of one of two MIT FabLabs in the state of Wisconsin. The FVTC FabLab is located at: 11 Tri Park Way Appleton, WI 54914.

Equipment:

The FVTC FabLab contains:

Vinyl cutter
Additive/3D printer
Laser cutter
Mendel/RepRap
2 Shopbots (cncs)

Also seen: electric motorcycle project

Audio from our visit:

Direct links to the audio in MP3 format or if you prefer freedom Ogg format.

The gist of FVTC FabLab:

FabLab has a special interest in solar/wind/sustainable projects.

FabLab works with community groups to teach and make available the resources of the FabLab. Examples include: schools, boy/girl scouts, churches, non-profit groups, etc.

FabLab is project focused.  A person or group approaches FabLab with a project and together they discuss the possibilities. Depending on the project, FabLab may also be able to offer access to the FVTC metal/machine shop.

Before any person or group can use the machines at FabLab, they must become certified through instruction. This is not free of charge. However, as with anything, contact FabLab first to understand what possibilities exist.

Video:

From FVTC FabLab 9/22/2011

I’ve had some good fun with this drum set, but now I’m ready to sell.

It’s from the mid-nineties and includes: 1 snare, 2 high toms, 1 floor tom, 1 bass drum, 1 Sabian ride cymbal, 1 Sabian hi-hat, Yamaha double bass pedal, 1 throne.

The heads are worn, and the hi-hat is missing some bits that enable the up/down motion ( I just played it closed). Everything else is in fine working order.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia and Evan-Amos

Over time, mailing lists, RSS feeds, web apps, news sites, etc. come and go.  Currently, my active mailing list reads are thus:

Distributed Hacker/Maker Network: A fledgling hacker/maker group currently centered in Appleton, WI

NEWLUG/FDLLUG/MADLUG/Ubuntu Wisconsin/MLUG: Linux User Groups in Wisconsin. Filed under “wisconsinlinux”

BarCampMadison/BarCampMilwaukee/BarCampFoxValley

Sector67/Milwaukee Makerspace

Peopletools (for work)

While I could not make it to Maker Faire 2011, one of the DHMN group was able to go.  +Alex Hunt met up with some folks from Milwaukee Makerspace at the faire.

Here are some photos:  Recent Flickr pics regarding Maker Faire Detroit 2011

MAKE: Live on the spot!

MAKE: Live at Maker Faire 2011

http://www.gdbsinc.com/blog/step-by-step-install-peoplesoft-9-1/

http://www.go-faster.co.uk/peopletools/#PSI

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