[NCLUG] RFC: Tuesday Night Hacking Club?

[David Keeling]

I know that Jon's Blue Note (in the Oak Street Plaza) has 802.11 in
the very back.  It is a pretty informal setup, but definately 
functional.  I think they are tied into the DSL from one of their
neighbors.  I dont think they are advertising it to the public, but
they might be willing to let some geeks use it one night a week.  
If anyone is interested, I can look into this a little further.
Dave
> I've spoken some with Evelyn and Matt Taggart about the idea of having
> some sort of weekly less-formal geek get-together.  I liked Matt's
> suggestion to have them the other 3 Tuesdays of the month.  I'm thinking
> something like 8pm to 11pm or something.
> 
> The idea being getting together and working either alone or in pairs on
> various projects we might have.  Evelyn suggested a "Knuth Study Group".  I
> was thinking of just some time with geeks being geeks together.  A support
> group?  ;-)
> 
> What do folks think of that?
> 
> Unfortunately, though, this isn't Seattle...  There, probably a third the
> coffee shops have 802.11b wireless hooked up to a DSL line.  I think with
> the number of us that have 802.11b wireless cards, that it's going to be
> pretty essential to have a place that either has wireless, or has ethernet
> that we can connect an AP to.  Unfortunately, in Fort Collins, that reduces
> the list down to...  Nobody.
> 
> I've contacted the Wired Bean, since they at least seem to have ethernet to
> their one surfing machine.  Yes, we've already talked about bringing a hub
> and AP and getting some covert access.  I'd prefer a place that's actually
> going to sanction the activity though...
> 
> What do people think?  Anyone interested?  Anyone have a suggestion on
> places to do it?  Anyone interested in trying one this Tuesday?  And if you
> were interested, would you expect to bring a desktop machine?  I suspect a
> coffee-house is off-limits for that, and if a lot of people want to do it
> we might have to look elsewhere.
> 
> Sean
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