Open Source Saturday
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You know what makes childbirth a pleasure? Open Source Software.
It used to be a miracle potion containing morphine, then it was Dr. Gates Miracle Windows containing fraudulin (http://youtu.be/5SLG-4cetz8?t=50s), but freedom is just as addictive with none of the nasty side effects. And yes, the first one is always free.
June Demonstration:
June Demonstration: Patrick Michaud will demonstrate various Linux-based camera and webcam tricks he uses in some of his presentations and multimedia projects. This includes a demonstration of the "inexpensive document camera" setup that was briefly discussed at the May meeting. *I plan on bringing in a microscope and seeing how well it can do with slides!
My Mac has gone bonkers, so I will probably have to reload it from scratch or something. There will be some anti-Mac sentiment in the air I am sure. You were warned. Mayhem ensues!
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We are a group of some serious, and some not-so-serious, geeks that want to see the Open Source Ethos spread and help as many people as will let it. During the meetings, which are pretty much an excuse to get together and have fun, we catch up on topical and industry news, projects, code releases, recent technical problems and solutions...
There are sometimes presentations - anything open source but if it is software then running on more than 1 platform is preferred (Linux, Mac, Win, etc.). Mobile is an exception due to Apple's refusal to let FOSS code onto their IOS platform - so we talk about Android a lot more.
I you have an itch to scratch that can be solved by technology, bring it on in! You well always get an educated opinion and sometimes a useful answer too. The group is not homogeneous around one specific technology, or industry, or language or nationality. What we have in common is our desire to make our lives better, and the set of people in "our" is everyone, everywhere.
Join us afterwards at Mother's Daughter's Diner for lunch! Yes, you want to save room for the pie. Hope you have a hunger for adventure. ;)
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