[CALUG] For tomorrow's meeting, bring your laptops -- and Raspberry Pi 4 will be set up

[Phil Shapiro]

For tomorrow's CALUG meeting, bring your laptop, if you feel so inclined. In the spirit of open source, I'll set up a back channel for people to chime in (via text) 
during my talk. I can learn as much from CALUG members as you can learn from me. 

We might use this service - Back Channel Chat -- or whatever other back channel service people like to use. 

[ https://backchannelchat.com/ | https://backchannelchat.com/ ] 

Also, I'll be bringing my new Raspberry Pi 4 - with 4K monitor -- if people would like to try it out. It feels plenty fast to me. 

phil 

On an unrelated matter that might be of interest to some CALUG members, here is a short video from one of the exhibits I set up at Maker Faire NoVa last month. This game - a cross between 
ping pong and Frisbee -- is called "Thunk." I wanted to create a physical activity that is joyful, but not tiring. The name Thunk comes from 
the original version of the game where I used paper cups to catch the ping pong balls. At the bottom of the paper cuts was some soft felt -- which 
made the ball sound like "thunk" when you caught it. 

In the version at the maker faire, I used colorful butterfly nets, instead of paper cups. That seemed to work better. 

[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3LQ-WDzaVM | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3LQ-WDzaVM ] 

btw, a high school student I hired created the above video. He did a nice job, but the video sounds too much like an advertisement. I'm going to ask 
him to take out some of those text screens before I upload this video to my own YouTube channel. 

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"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates 
"Learning happens thru gentleness." 
"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki 
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