Lakka TV: Open source game console
by Justin W. Flory
Hi all,
With Maker Faire on the horizon, I saw this project today and was
interested:
http://www.lakka.tv/
Has anyone ever worked with or used it? I thought it would be a cool
alternate to Retro Pi for a Raspberry Pi game console.
--
Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com
5 years, 2 months
Co-op interviews: it's dangerous to go alone - take this
by Justin W. Flory
Hi all, with interview season starting up, Tim shared this link in
#rit-foss and I thought it was a great resource to share:
https://github.com/yangshun/tech-interview-handbook
===
"Carefully curated content to help you ace your next technical
interview, with a focus on algorithms. System design questions are
in-progress. Besides the usual algorithm questions, other awesome stuff
includes:"
How to prepare for coding interviews
Interview Cheatsheet - Straight-to-the-point Do's and Don'ts
Algorithm tips and the best practice questions categorized by topic
"Front-end Job Interview Questions" answers
Interview formats of the top tech companies
Behavioral questions categorized by companies
Good questions to ask your interviewers at the end of the interviews
Helpful resume tips to get resume noticed and the Do's and Don'ts
===
--
Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com
5 years, 2 months
Fwd: Call for Volunteers! | Student Scholarships available, Courtesy of Capital One
by Justin W. Flory
Student scholarships and volunteering opportunities available for All
Things Open in Raleigh, NC from Oct. 21-23. I highly recommend this
conference both for the experience and the great content on the tracks.
I thought I would share it on the list too.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Call for Volunteers! | Student Scholarships available,
Courtesy of Capital One
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:13:22 +0000
From: All Things Open <info(a)allthingsopen.org>
Call for Volunteers! | Student Scholarships available, Courtesy of
Capital One
We're four (4) weeks away from ATO and we need volunteers! All Things
Open is only possible each year with the help of our amazing volunteers.
View this email in your browser
<https://mailchi.mp/allthingsopen/callforvolunteers?e=e444657217>
October 21-23 - Raleigh, NC, USA - Raleigh Convention Center
In Partnership with Opensource.com
Hey Justin,
We're four (4) weeks away from All Things Open and we need volunteers!
All Things Open is only possible each year with the help of our amazing
volunteers. Since we've added the Inclusion in Open Source & Technology
event
<https://allthingsopen.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa12020840ae564ac...>
on Sunday, October 21, we need more than ever before!
*If you're willing to work a 4-hour shift at the event, you'll get free
registration to ATO, a free 2018 t-shirt, and a free lunch* (who says
there's no such thing). For more details and to sign up, click here
<https://allthingsopen.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa12020840ae564ac...>.
*Capital One is again making student scholarships available!* Students
from all over the RTP and the region will be attending because of their
generosity, and we couldn't be more appreciative. Click here to learn
more and see if your school is listed
<https://allthingsopen.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa12020840ae564ac...>.
*Be sure to join us tomorrow (Wednesday) night for our big ATO 2018
Preview meetup.* We're hosting 5 world-class speakers at The Frontier
and it's entirely FREE. Get more details and RSVP here
<https://allthingsopen.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa12020840ae564ac...>.
More big announcements in the days ahead, so stay tuned!
The ATO Team
*Speaker Highlight*
<https://allthingsopen.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa12020840ae564ac...>
Brandon is a member of the Angular Team working on documentation and
development for the Angular framework. He is also a core team member on
the NgRx project building reactive libraries for Angular.
Brandon will be presenting "Moving Past the Examples with NgRx
<https://allthingsopen.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa12020840ae564ac...>"
on Day 2!
*Schedule Highlight*
The All Things Open schedule has 20+ tracks, 200+ talks, and 180+
speakers over two days of Open Source goodness.
If that seems a little overwhelming, check out our schedule highlights
blog
<https://allthingsopen.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa12020840ae564ac...>.
We highlight extended sessions, networking events, and more!
Thank you to our Sponsors for helping us put on All Things Open!
Join the conversation online using #AllThingsOpen and following us!
5 years, 2 months
Universe hacking with Mel Chua - Sept. 24, 5:30pm, Simone Center
by Justin W. Flory
Hi RIT FOSS folks!
Join us on September 24th at 5:30pm in the Simone Center for Student
Innovation for "Universe hacking: How the open source way can remake our
realities" with Mel Chua!
Register for free on Eventbrite:
https://j.jwf.io/ft-chua-2018
== Logistics ==
This event is free. Pizza and other consumables will be provided. Please
RSVP (link above) so we know how much to buy.
* Who: Open to the public (not just RIT Students) just be sure to RSVP.
* When: Monday, September 24th, 2018. 5:30pm-7pm.
* Where: The Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Building 87, Room 1600.
Parking is available in "S" Lot, near Crossroads dining hall.
== Universe hacking ==
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), hardware, and content development
can be the grounds for impressive technical feats -- but they're also
spaces where radical political, social, legal, psychological, and
cultural shifts can begin to take hold. This talk explores the interplay
of four levels of "universe hacking" via (re)telling stories from FOSS
projects both large and small. What does Creative Commons have to do
with terraforming? How is FOSS@MAGIC like a Biosphere?
Mel has both worked in and done research on FOSS communities, and will
explain all this with plenty of cartoons and sci-fi analogies, so come
and find out!
== About Mel ==
Mel Chua is a contagiously enthusiastic hacker, writer, and educator
with over a decade of teaching and curriculum development experience
and a track record of leadership in Free, remedy Libre, and Open Source
Software (FLOSS) communities. Mel is a Research Assistant Professor at
the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, teaches electrical
engineering, and does research on open source and engineering curricular
cultures.
--
Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com
5 years, 2 months
Fwd: [Ambassadors] DevConf.cz CfP open
by Justin W. Flory
Since a lot of folks here are familiar with these topics at RIT, I
thought I would share this CfP announcement here. :) If you are
interested but not sure where to begin, feel free to message me in IRC /
Telegram / Slack or find me at FOSS Hours.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: [Ambassadors] DevConf.cz CfP open
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:26:42 -0400
From: Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)redhat.com>
Reply-To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
To: devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
DevConf.cz 2019 is the 11th annual, free, Red Hat sponsored community
conference for developers, admins, DevOps engineers, testers,
documentation writers and other contributors to Open Source Linux,
middleware, virtualization, storage, cloud and mobile technologies
where FLOSS communities sync, share, and hack on upstream projects
together in the beautiful city of Brno, Czech Republic.
The CfP is now open! Ready to submit your proposal? Submit at:
devconf.info/cfp
Looking for ideas? Check out this year's primary themes at
https://devconf.info/cz
Important dates
- CfP closes: *October 26, 2018*
- Accepted speakers confirmation: *November 12, 2018*
- Event dates: Friday January 25 to Sunday January 27, 2019
Questions? info(a)devconf.cz
--
Ben Cotton
Fedora Program Manager
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
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5 years, 2 months
Fwd: Student Government is hiring a Systems Administrator!
by Justin W. Flory
I gleamed this off of RIT Message Center. I thought it might be of
interest to some people on this list.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Student Government is hiring a Systems Administrator!
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:16:51 -0400
From: RIT Message Center <msgctr(a)rit.edu>
To: msgctr(a)rit.edu
Student Government is experiencing a period of exciting growth and
unprecedented engagement driven by a strong and growing suite of
services. We depend on our Systems Administrator to maintain the
infrastructure that the core of Student Government runs off of.
You will be working on the Student Government Services team, reporting
to the Director of Services. Due to the collaborative nature of the
position, consistency and strong business communication skills are
critical to the success of services and Student Government.
We are looking systems administrators who will be available for, at
least, the entire remainder of the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters
of this academic year.
*PLEASE APPLY HERE:* http://bit.ly/ritsgsysadmin
If you have any questions, please email our Director of Services Gabe
Landau at sgsvcs(a)rit.edu! <mailto:sgsvcs@rit.edu!>
Sincerely,
*Bobby Moakley*
*Student Government President*
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5 years, 2 months
Feedback wanted on my desktop Ansible playbook
by Justin W. Flory
Hi all,
I was experimenting with Ansible to automate new Fedora installs; would
anyone interested in Ansible mind reviewing my pull request?
https://github.com/jwflory/conf/pull/3
It's used for personal automation. Currently, it installs my packages
and sets up symbolic links to manage my configurations. So far, there's
not much else to it than that.
It's my first time touching Ansible in 2+ years, so if anyone in this
community is more savvy with it than me, please consider leaving a
review in my pull request linked above. :)
Thanks!
--
Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com
5 years, 2 months
SUNY OER efforts
by D. Joe
The last couple of years have seen New York state fund open education resources:
https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/05/23/new-yo...
One manifestation of this is this set of courses:
http://commons.suny.edu/sunyoercommunitycourse/
the existence of which was recently brought to my attention. We haven't talked much about these efforts or made contacts with those at nearby SUNY campuses involved in these efforts, but my understanding from the OER event held at the UR last spring was that SUNY Geneseo is doing significant work with this.
see also
https://textbooks.opensuny.org/
http://www.nysed.gov/edtech/open-educational-resources
http://www.open-nys.org/
As it happens, though, there is a message at the root of the page on which those courses sit
http://commons.suny.edu/
that notes:
Commons Closing September 1; Groups Continue to Migrate to Workplace Environment
For the past year, SUNY Learning Commons Groups have been migrating from the commons.suny.edu WordPress platform to the new Commons via Facebook Workplace platform. Most groups have proactively migrated to the new space, enjoying the additional functionality of the system. We thank you for making this transition! As a courtesy, we do want to notify everyone that the WordPress Commons groups will be shutting down on September 1, 2018.
So, I don't know if only some of the Wordpress functionality is moving to the Facebook-hosted site and so that those courses will remain, or if those links will shortly be removed.
5 years, 2 months
Fwd: Week 3 Meeting - RITlug Projects
by Justin W. Flory
Hi all! RITlug is back this Friday, Sept. 14 in GOL-2650. Learn about
some of the open source projects RITlug is working on and meet the
project leads. We'll also have a workshop at the end to get involved
with one of our projects or to explore other projects out in the open
source world.
Hope to see you there! See the forwarded email below for more info.
5 years, 2 months
