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Post:OMG! The Omaha Maker Group begins!

Kevin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:25:14 GMT

New page: Well, the beginning of the mission is accomplished. Last night, the group now known as the Omaha Maker Group had their first meeting. This all stems from [[Community Shop Space| an artic...

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Well, the beginning of the mission is accomplished. Last night, the group now known as the Omaha Maker Group had their first meeting. This all stems from [[Community Shop Space| an article]] I posted a few months back, and "ended" (or began, more technically) with a much better than expected turnout last night. Initially, the meeting was supposed to be a second gathering of myself, Ron and Travis (the guy who initially emailed me about that article) to determine a name and discuss how to get the word out.

Needless to say, the word got out (maybe a bit more than expected). We had a total of 10 people for food, drinks and a rousing naming discussion. We considered all kinds of things, and eventually settled on dual-purpose acronyms. Who would have thought that LMAO was already in use in Omaha (by some Live Music group, no less)?

Now that we have a name, [http://groups.google.com/group/omaha-maker-group we have a Google Group], and other facilities (like a website) coming online shortly. To that end, any interested parties should now make contact via the Google Group, though you're still free to email me if you're having trouble with Google or anything.

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Kevin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:15:34 GMT

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Post:The Hackerspace Planning Rolls On

Kevin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:45:53 GMT

New page: right The attached photo shows a work-in-progress home networking project that I've been invited to help revamp this weekend. Components include a fil...

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The attached photo shows a work-in-progress home networking project that I've been invited to help revamp this weekend. Components include a file server, cable, data and phone distribution, along with the usual networking gear. "After" pictures to follow. This has nothing to do with the hackerspace, I just wanted to post the "before" photo :)

With regard to said hackerspace, the emails keep rolling in (up to 6 people total)... If you're interested and haven't yet, drop me a line so you can get notified when we get a group together next. While the purpose of these get-togethers right now is to plan a more regular social gathering and eventually a physical space, social value is already there, for me... It's nice to meet new people interested in technology and whatnot.

As something of a result (and after discusssing with a new friend), I'm finally giving into Ron's shaming, and am going to make a genuine effort to learn Google Sketchup to replace the 16-bit CAD package I've been using for the last 11 years. So far, I've determined that I have to learn to draw in 3D (as opposed to extruded 2D), and that Sketchup has an inferior set of import/export tools relative to what I'm used to (specifically, importing and exporting DXF files is not supported by the Free Sketchup; Not that I use that often) More to come as I progress.

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Kevin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:29:01 GMT

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