Next months meetings - your opinions?

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We have meetings scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of december. Do we
want to keep these meetings as scheduled, or skip one or both of them,
returning in january 2011?

Also, any preferences for December’s hack session: Saturday the 18th,
or Sunday the 19th? Holding it on a Sunday this month definitely
improved attendance, do people want to carry on with sunday meetings?
move to a different weekend? switch back to saturdays?

-Bob

2

I prefer sundays…free parking in manchester if you can find a space!!
Its also easier to get away from the missus! I’m not sure about the 29th…
I might not manage that one. I get forced to visit the inlaws over the
Christmas period.
If we could design some kit that got people out of that we could make
millions!!

-AlexOn Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

We have meetings scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of december. Do we
want to keep these meetings as scheduled, or skip one or both of them,
returning in january 2011?

Also, any preferences for December’s hack session: Saturday the 18th,
or Sunday the 19th? Holding it on a Sunday this month definitely
improved attendance, do people want to carry on with sunday meetings?
move to a different weekend? switch back to saturdays?

-Bob

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Tazer and some Chloroform?On 23 November 2010 12:30, Alexander Lang alexanderlang1980@googlemail.com wrote:

I prefer sundays…free parking in manchester if you can find a space!!
Its also easier to get away from the missus! I’m not sure about the 29th…
I might not manage that one. I get forced to visit the inlaws over the
Christmas period.
If we could design some kit that got people out of that we could make
millions!!
-Alex
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

We have meetings scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of december. Do we
want to keep these meetings as scheduled, or skip one or both of them,
returning in january 2011?

Also, any preferences for December’s hack session: Saturday the 18th,
or Sunday the 19th? Holding it on a Sunday this month definitely
improved attendance, do people want to carry on with sunday meetings?
move to a different weekend? switch back to saturdays?

-Bob

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Tempting but a little crude…I was thinking a somehow forcing them to not
want to be visited, that way I am absolved of the requirement. If they
don’t want me to visit I won’t bother, saving time, money and my sanity!On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

Tazer and some Chloroform?

On 23 November 2010 12:30, Alexander Lang alexanderlang1980@googlemail.com wrote:

I prefer sundays…free parking in manchester if you can find a space!!
Its also easier to get away from the missus! I’m not sure about the
29th…
I might not manage that one. I get forced to visit the inlaws over the
Christmas period.
If we could design some kit that got people out of that we could make
millions!!
-Alex
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

We have meetings scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of december. Do we
want to keep these meetings as scheduled, or skip one or both of them,
returning in january 2011?

Also, any preferences for December’s hack session: Saturday the 18th,
or Sunday the 19th? Holding it on a Sunday this month definitely
improved attendance, do people want to carry on with sunday meetings?
move to a different weekend? switch back to saturdays?

-Bob

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Play the long game, get in a big fight with them, punch your mother in
law (every married man’s dream?), and you wont be invited back next
year ;)On 23 November 2010 15:12, Alexander Lang alexanderlang1980@googlemail.com wrote:

Tempting but a little crude…I was thinking a somehow forcing them to not
want to be visited, that way I am absolved of the requirement. If they
don’t want me to visit I won’t bother, saving time, money and my sanity!

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

Tazer and some Chloroform?

On 23 November 2010 12:30, Alexander Lang alexanderlang1980@googlemail.com wrote:

I prefer sundays…free parking in manchester if you can find a
space!!
Its also easier to get away from the missus! I’m not sure about the
29th…
I might not manage that one. I get forced to visit the inlaws over the
Christmas period.
If we could design some kit that got people out of that we could make
millions!!
-Alex
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

We have meetings scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of december. Do we
want to keep these meetings as scheduled, or skip one or both of them,
returning in january 2011?

Also, any preferences for December’s hack session: Saturday the 18th,
or Sunday the 19th? Holding it on a Sunday this month definitely
improved attendance, do people want to carry on with sunday meetings?
move to a different weekend? switch back to saturdays?

-Bob

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hahaha lmao.
I think pretending to be ill would be easier ;)On 23 November 2010 15:25, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

Play the long game, get in a big fight with them, punch your mother in
law (every married man’s dream?), and you wont be invited back next
year :wink:

On 23 November 2010 15:12, Alexander Lang alexanderlang1980@googlemail.com wrote:

Tempting but a little crude…I was thinking a somehow forcing them to
not
want to be visited, that way I am absolved of the requirement. If they
don’t want me to visit I won’t bother, saving time, money and my sanity!

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

Tazer and some Chloroform?

On 23 November 2010 12:30, Alexander Lang alexanderlang1980@googlemail.com wrote:

I prefer sundays…free parking in manchester if you can find a
space!!
Its also easier to get away from the missus! I’m not sure about the
29th…
I might not manage that one. I get forced to visit the inlaws over
the

Christmas period.
If we could design some kit that got people out of that we could make
millions!!
-Alex
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

We have meetings scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of december. Do we
want to keep these meetings as scheduled, or skip one or both of
them,

returning in january 2011?

Also, any preferences for December’s hack session: Saturday the
18th,

or Sunday the 19th? Holding it on a Sunday this month definitely
improved attendance, do people want to carry on with sunday meetings?
move to a different weekend? switch back to saturdays?

-Bob

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Follow up to this, can anyone make it on wednesday? With the
closeness to xmas, the snow and the colds going around at the moment,
I’ve been thinking it might be worth cancelling until the 4th of
January.

-BobOn 23 November 2010 11:13, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

We have meetings scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of december. Do we
want to keep these meetings as scheduled, or skip one or both of them,
returning in january 2011?

Also, any preferences for December’s hack session: Saturday the 18th,
or Sunday the 19th? Holding it on a Sunday this month definitely
improved attendance, do people want to carry on with sunday meetings?
move to a different weekend? switch back to saturdays?

-Bob

8

I’m able to go but not feeling great. Up to you. I wasn’t much help on
Sunday

Alex

Follow up to this, can anyone make it on wednesday? With the
closeness to xmas, the snow and the colds going around at the moment,
I’ve been thinking it might be worth cancelling until the 4th of
January.

-Bob

We have meetings scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of december. Do we
want to keep these meetings as scheduled, or skip one or both of them,
returning in january 2011?

Also, any preferences for December’s hack session: Saturday the 18th,
or Sunday the 19th? Holding it on a Sunday this month definitely
improved attendance, do people want to carry on with sunday meetings?
move to a different weekend? switch back to saturdays?

-Bob

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I vote to cancel. Just because my mind is occupied by many other things in the Xmas run-up.
I’ll still come if it’s on though.

-Paul

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OK, the meeting is cancelled. We’ll resume our regular meetings on
the 5th of January.On 20 December 2010 19:37, Paul Plowman madstunts@hotmail.com wrote:

I vote to cancel. Just because my mind is occupied by many other things in the Xmas run-up.
I’ll still come if it’s on though.

-Paul

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:37:43 +0000
Subject: Re: [HACMan] Re: Next months meetings - your opinions?
From: alexanderlang1980@googlemail.com
To: hacman@googlegroups.com

I’m able to go but not feeling great. Up to you. I wasn’t much help on Sunday

Alex

On 20 Dec 2010 13:34, “Bob Clough” wrote:

Follow up to this, can anyone make it on wednesday? With the
closeness to xmas, the snow and the colds going around at the moment,
I’ve been thinking it might be worth cancelling until the 4th of
January.

-Bob

On 23 November 2010 11:13, Bob Clough wrote:

We have meetings scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of december. Do we
want to keep these meetings as scheduled, or skip one or both of them,
returning in january 2011?

Also, any preferences for December’s hack session: Saturday the 18th,
or Sunday the 19th? Holding it on a Sunday this month definitely
improved attendance, do people want to carry on with sunday meetings?
move to a different weekend? switch back to saturdays?

-Bob

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Cool, that makes me feel less bad about missing the last 10+ meetings.
New years resolution: quit giving work my spare time and commit more
time to cool projects with HacMan!

PS. We had a major clearout at work and I have a bumper box of all sorts
of cool stuff, the best bits being:
x86 AMD dev boards (probably enough for everyone)
A bag full of little thermistor boards (temperature monitoring galore!)
Not one, not two but three (yes three) rackmount servers.
A bag full of DC-DC convertor modules (36-75Vdc IN, 5Vdc and 12Vdc OUT)

Hope everyone has a good christmas and I’ll see you all in the new year,

Guy.On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 14:19 +0000, Bob Clough wrote:

OK, the meeting is cancelled. We’ll resume our regular meetings on
the 5th of January.

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x86 AMD Dev boards? got any specs to share or a link to a
manual/manufacturer so we can drool and dream? :stuck_out_tongue:

Thomas C. Bloor Mob: (+44) 07905646892
tom.bloor@googlemail.com or tom@bloorfamily.net
Homepage: http://tom.bloorfamily.net

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I found a page with the specs:
http://www.dilnetpc.com/dnp0032.htm

Not so much a dev board as ans SBC. Sounds like an interesting board
with lots of development potential. I’m particularly interested in the
fact it has on-board PLC that can be programmed with VHDL.

I also have a full set of documentation, reference designs and example
programs.

PS. I’ve also seen one for sale on Amazon for £181.23.

Guy.On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 17:06 +0000, Thomas Bloor wrote:

x86 AMD Dev boards? got any specs to share or a link to a
manual/manufacturer so we can drool and dream? :stuck_out_tongue:

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