[SGVLUG] SGVLUG Meeting this Tonight: The Internet-in-a-Box Project

[Dan Buthusiem]

If I make it, I'll record the meeting with my phone again. The audio was
used for dubbing to YouTube last time, so I'm hopeful it'll turn out well
again this time.


 On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Miguel Hernandez <migtek at gmail.com>wrote:

> This is going to be recorded, right? I don't have a mic but we've started
> using one since we stream the tech meetups I co-organize. I'll ask my
> co-organizers about it or if they can attend themselves. I'm asking about
> the recording 'cuz I'm not too sure I can make it there in time but boy
> does this look interesting! Didn't know this was a collaborative project
> between SGVLUG & SGVHAK but that's GREAT to hear.
>
> Will do my best to show up to both support & hopefully have a mic to
> contribute for the evening.
>
> cheers,
> --miguel
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Braddock <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi folks,
>>
>> In addition to my presentation and demo of the Internet-in-a-box tonight,
>> there will be a couple One Laptop Per Child volunteers attending.  They are
>> bringing an array of various models of OLPC laptops to test with, so if you
>> are interested in OLPC or playing with their hardware, come to the meeting.
>>
>> See you all tonight!
>>
>> -braddock
>>
>>
>> On 04/06/2013 05:39 PM, Lan Dang wrote:
>>
>>    Reminder that there is a meeting this Thursday. Thanks to James for
>> updating the website and thanks to Junaid for reserving Downs 107.
>>
>>  Braddock is back with another cool and humane project:
>> Internet-in-a-Box.  Please publicize this talk as much as you can.  It's a
>> really cool project and could use more support and helping hands.
>>
>>  We'd like to film the talk to further publicize the project, so please
>> contact Braddock and me if you can help with the A/V.  I have a Canon Vixia
>> camcorder and Braddock has a tripod.  Does anyone have a wireless mic that
>> could be hooked up to the camcorder?  Additional cameras and audio
>> recording will probably be helpful in case we have equipment malfunction.
>>
>>
>>  SGVLUG meeting Thur  04/11/2013 7-9PM
>>
>> http://www.sgvlug.org
>>
>>
>>  TOPIC: The Internet-in-a-Box Project
>> PRESENTER: Braddock Gaskill (braddock .at. braddock.com)
>>  Date: Thursday April 11th, 2013 @ 7 pm
>> Location: Caltech - Downs 107.
>> The Downs building is across from the tennis courts on California at
>> Arden.
>>
>>  ABSTRACT:
>>  We are building the Internet-in-a-Box - A small, inexpensive device
>> which provides essential Internet resources without any Internet
>> connection. It provides a local copy of half a terabyte of the world’s Free
>> information.
>>
>>  The device includes Wikipedia in a dozen languages, a library of 40,000
>> e-books, most of the world’s open source software and source code, hundreds
>> of hours of instructional videos, and world-wide mapping down to street
>> level.
>>
>>  We can deploy a “knowledge hotspot” anywhere in the world - even under
>> solar power.
>>
>>  This Open Source project is being developed by SGVLUG and SGVHAK
>> members.
>>
>>
>>  Lan
>>
>>
>>
>
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