From john at duksta.org Tue Apr 1 07:42:37 2008 From: john at duksta.org (John Duksta) Date: Tue Apr 1 07:36:46 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Reminder - April Meeting tomorrow night Message-ID: <148D3D15-B856-4AEA-9FA8-4D57A075949E@duksta.org> Hey Everybody, The April meeting is tomorrow night. Come see KurtK teach us all how to build a Hackintosh. /ducksauz -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2413 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://hungus.hellyeah.com/pipermail/dc401-l/attachments/20080401/36a6af18/smime.bin From modus at as220.org Wed Apr 2 12:16:55 2008 From: modus at as220.org (Modus Operandi) Date: Wed Apr 2 12:28:07 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Freelance PC diagnosis and repair? Message-ID: <20080402161655.GF20288@as220.org> Hey list, When I started at this job, my boss thought he was being frugal by buying refurbished hardware without a warranty. I warned him. :) Now that some of the hardware is crapping out, he wants me to send it out to somebody who can tell us exactly what part is failing, how much it would cost to fix, and whether or not it's worth fixing. We have somebody like this who does Mac repairs. Up until now, I have performed all PC maintenance in-house, unless the system was under manufacturer warranty. Trouble is, my boss does not like my opinion about the refurbished systems. He wants a second opinion. I've stopped short of just opening the Yellow Pages and farming out this work to a teenager making $7 an hour, because I'd rather give the work to somebody cool who could use a little extra income in exchange for giving some vintage-2005 systems the hairy eyeball. I understand that this sort of work is beneath your dignity (after all, it is beneath mine!) Nonetheless, it would be really easy work. Just tell us exactly what's broken, how much you would charge to fix it, and whether in your opinion it is worth fixing. If the answer is "no," then let us know whether it's worth cannibalizing for spare parts. My boss will give you money -- admittedly not much, but some. Interested? Not interested, but know someone who would be? Want to use my company's old hardware to jumpstart a class in PC Hardware Repair for AS220's Broad Street Studio youth? Contact me offlist: modus@as220.org P.S. I'll try to make it to the Hackintosh presentation tonight. -- /home/modus/.signature Tue Apr 1 15:38:17 EDT 2008 The Moon is Waning Crescent (22% of Full) From mikeaperez at hotmail.com Wed Apr 2 14:00:05 2008 From: mikeaperez at hotmail.com (M P) Date: Wed Apr 2 14:05:58 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Freelance PC diagnosis and repair? In-Reply-To: <20080402161655.GF20288@as220.org> References: <20080402161655.GF20288@as220.org> Message-ID: Hey MO, If your boss can't trust _you_then why should they .... :-) Maybe he would trust the local CompUSA (oops, OOBusiness). If you are local to Providence area, I found a shop in S. Attleboro area which does some repairs (on Washington Street 2 minutes from Memphis Road House heading to RI). I think it is this one: Computer Exchange 728 Washington Street (Rt 1) I only visited *once* but the kid in there seemed decent (he was being eyed by the boss as he was talking to me, which made me think he was TOO decent). Anyhow, there are definitely local places around. HTH, Mike > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:16:55 -0400> From: modus@as220.org> To: dc401-l@dc401.org> Subject: [dc401-l] Freelance PC diagnosis and repair?> > Hey list,> > When I started at this job, my boss thought he was being frugal by> buying refurbished hardware without a warranty. I warned him. :)> > Now that some of the hardware is crapping out, he wants me to send> it out to somebody who can tell us exactly what part is failing, how> much it would cost to fix, and whether or not it's worth fixing.> > We have somebody like this who does Mac repairs. Up until now, I> have performed all PC maintenance in-house, unless the system was> under manufacturer warranty. Trouble is, my boss does not like my> opinion about the refurbished systems. He wants a second opinion.> > I've stopped short of just opening the Yellow Pages and farming out> this work to a teenager making $7 an hour, because I'd rather give> the work to somebody cool who could use a little extra income in> exchange for giving some vintage-2005 systems the hairy eyeball.> > I understand that this sort of work is beneath your dignity (after> all, it is beneath mine!) Nonetheless, it would be really easy work.> Just tell us exactly what's broken, how much you would charge to fix> it, and whether in your opinion it is worth fixing. If the answer is> "no," then let us know whether it's worth cannibalizing for spare> parts. My boss will give you money -- admittedly not much, but some.> > Interested? Not interested, but know someone who would be?> Want to use my company's old hardware to jumpstart a class in> PC Hardware Repair for AS220's Broad Street Studio youth?> > Contact me offlist: modus@as220.org> > P.S. I'll try to make it to the Hackintosh presentation tonight.> > -- > /home/modus/.signature> Tue Apr 1 15:38:17 EDT 2008> The Moon is Waning Crescent (22% of Full)> _______________________________________________> dc401-l mailing list> dc401-l@dc401.org> http://dc401.org/mailman/listinfo/dc401-l _________________________________________________________________ Pack up or back up?use SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. Learn how. hthttp://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_packup_042008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://hungus.hellyeah.com/pipermail/dc401-l/attachments/20080402/b44eca06/attachment.html From modus at as220.org Thu Apr 3 09:52:07 2008 From: modus at as220.org (Modus Operandi) Date: Thu Apr 3 09:46:25 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Freelance PC diagnosis and repair? Message-ID: <20080403135207.GE17674@as220.org> In the immortal words of Kurt Kohle: > I'd be glad to spend some time doing freelance work for AS220. Hey DC401-l, I just wanted to clear something up, because my original post may have been misleading. The work would not be for AS220, it would be for my day job at a vaccine research lab located in the Jewelry District. I posted to the list from my AS220 address, not my work address, because I generally don't use my work account for mailing lists. I used to work for AS220, up until about two years ago, and I continue to do volunteer sysadmin work for them -- but rest assured that my former boss at AS220 (Shawn Wallace) totally knows his way around the refurbished hardware troubleshooting realm. Besides, the overqualified Brandon Edens is working for AS220 now. I just think it's ridiculous that the boss at my day job (the CIO of a small, but successful, biotech firm) thinks he should be cutting corners and using the kind of hardware you'd expect to see donated to a non-profit! :) Anyway, I'll be contacting Kurt off-list, this time from my work address. Thanks to everyone who responded for your input and advice, though nobody else seemed interested in the freelance work. P.S. Dang it, I missed the meeting again! I think I'll be able to attend more regularly AFTER my wedding this July ... the wedding planning stuff takes up a lot of my "free time." -- /home/modus/.signature Thu Apr 3 09:01:52 EDT 2008 The Moon is Waning Crescent (9% of Full) From john at duksta.org Fri Apr 11 07:41:50 2008 From: john at duksta.org (John Duksta) Date: Fri Apr 11 07:35:42 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Thinking about moving dc401 to google apps Message-ID: 401ers, I'm toying with the idea of moving dc401 to Google Apps. Mainly, this would be so anyone who wants a dc401.org email address could have one. Of course, it would also keep my lazy ass out of the business of maintaining and patching the mediawiki and movabletype installs. It would also make it easier for us all to collaborate on the wiki, docs, etc as I wouldn't have to maintain login creds for people in MT and mediawiki. Thoughts? Paranoid rants from NickDe? -j -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Mainly, this > would be so anyone who wants a dc401.org email address could have one. > Of course, it would also keep my lazy ass out of the business of > maintaining and patching the mediawiki and movabletype installs. It > would also make it easier for us all to collaborate on the wiki, docs, > etc as I wouldn't have to maintain login creds for people in MT and > mediawiki. > > Thoughts? > Paranoid rants from NickDe? > > -j > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > dc401-l mailing list > dc401-l@dc401.org > http://dc401.org/mailman/listinfo/dc401-l -- Paul Asadoorian Email: paul /at/ pauldotcom.com Web: http://pauldotcom.com IRC: #pauldotcom | irc.freenode.net Join our mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/pauldotcom -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 249 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://hungus.hellyeah.com/pipermail/dc401-l/attachments/20080411/68457ff5/signature.bin From kurt at webergyltd.com Fri Apr 11 05:29:45 2008 From: kurt at webergyltd.com (Kurt Kohle) Date: Sat Apr 12 09:30:18 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Thinking about moving dc401 to google apps Message-ID: <000901c89bb6$9e366fe0$daa34fa0$@com> Doesn't sound like a bad idea, but as a DC group, I think it will make us seem like unbelievable tools. :/ If you should like, I can provide some hosting services on my webserver. still use Google Apps for e-mail and calendar, but my hosting provider has really strong one-click installs & updates for MediaWiki, WordPress, phpBB, Joomla, dotProject, etc. I've setup quite a few sites using Gmail for email accounts and keeping all other aspects of the domain to myself ..must.not..sell out (entirely)... J Let me know what y'all think. --Kurt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://hungus.hellyeah.com/pipermail/dc401-l/attachments/20080411/7e05e524/attachment.html From matt at hackistan.us Sat Apr 12 20:07:08 2008 From: matt at hackistan.us (Matt) Date: Sat Apr 12 20:14:48 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Thinking about moving dc401 to google apps In-Reply-To: <000901c89bb6$9e366fe0$daa34fa0$@com> References: <000901c89bb6$9e366fe0$daa34fa0$@com> Message-ID: <48014EAC.6060402@hackistan.us> I would tend to agree.. but then again I have not been maintaining the thing. I tend to try to avoid all that is Google if at all possible.. Matt Kurt Kohle wrote: > > Doesn?t sound like a bad idea, but as a DC group, I think it will make > us seem like unbelievable tools. :/ > > If you should like, I can provide some hosting services on my > webserver? still use Google Apps for e-mail and calendar, but my > hosting provider has really strong one-click installs & updates for > MediaWiki, WordPress, phpBB, Joomla, dotProject, etc. > > I?ve setup quite a few sites using Gmail for email accounts and > keeping all other aspects of the domain to myself > > ..must?not?.sell out (entirely)?.. J > > Let me know what y?all think. > > --Kurt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > dc401-l mailing list > dc401-l@dc401.org > http://dc401.org/mailman/listinfo/dc401-l > From john at duksta.org Sat Apr 12 23:02:10 2008 From: john at duksta.org (John Duksta) Date: Sat Apr 12 22:56:35 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Thinking about moving dc401 to google apps In-Reply-To: <48014EAC.6060402@hackistan.us> References: <000901c89bb6$9e366fe0$daa34fa0$@com> <48014EAC.6060402@hackistan.us> Message-ID: <480177B2.3080103@duksta.org> Fair enough. I had similar misgivings about the idea from the beginning, but thought I'd toss it out and see what people thought. That said, if anyone wants dc401 wiki and/or movabletype logins, shoot me a note and we'll get you setup. That is as long as you don't want to post anything about Mudkips. -j Matt wrote: > I would tend to agree.. but then again I have not been maintaining the > thing. I tend to try to avoid all that is Google if at all possible.. > > Matt > > Kurt Kohle wrote: >> Doesn?t sound like a bad idea, but as a DC group, I think it will make >> us seem like unbelievable tools. :/ >> >> If you should like, I can provide some hosting services on my >> webserver? still use Google Apps for e-mail and calendar, but my >> hosting provider has really strong one-click installs & updates for >> MediaWiki, WordPress, phpBB, Joomla, dotProject, etc. >> >> I?ve setup quite a few sites using Gmail for email accounts and >> keeping all other aspects of the domain to myself >> >> ..must?not?.sell out (entirely)?.. J >> >> Let me know what y?all think. >> From entr0py at 401unauthorized.org Sat Apr 12 23:10:53 2008 From: entr0py at 401unauthorized.org (entr0py@401unauthorized.org) Date: Sun Apr 13 02:54:44 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Thinking about moving dc401 to google apps In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <61252.70.181.48.83.1208056253.squirrel@401unauthorized.org> Personally I dont like the idea. Not from the stand point of making things easier, because I'm always up for that. Just thinking about the content of some of our talks and the very nature that is a defcon group. > > 401ers, > > I'm toying with the idea of moving dc401 to Google Apps. Mainly, this > would be so anyone who wants a dc401.org email address could have > one. Of course, it would also keep my lazy ass out of the business of > maintaining and patching the mediawiki and movabletype installs. It > would also make it easier for us all to collaborate on the wiki, > docs, etc as I wouldn't have to maintain login creds for people in MT > and mediawiki. > > Thoughts? > Paranoid rants from NickDe? > > -j_______________________________________________ > dc401-l mailing list > dc401-l@dc401.org > http://dc401.org/mailman/listinfo/dc401-l > From christopherfederico at gmail.com Sun Apr 13 06:32:15 2008 From: christopherfederico at gmail.com (C Federico) Date: Sun Apr 13 06:51:55 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] Thinking about moving dc401 to google apps In-Reply-To: <61252.70.181.48.83.1208056253.squirrel@401unauthorized.org> References: <61252.70.181.48.83.1208056253.squirrel@401unauthorized.org> Message-ID: <26990bcb0804130332l741a08e4m64e9ff3b8fd7b898@mail.gmail.com> I have a server I can donate and we can make it into a mail server (Its a Sun 500 Mhz UltraSparc) . Starting next month I may also be able to host it. On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:10 PM, wrote: > Personally I dont like the idea. Not from the stand point of making things > easier, because I'm always up for that. Just thinking about the content of > some of our talks and the very nature that is a defcon group. > > > > > > > > 401ers, > > > > I'm toying with the idea of moving dc401 to Google Apps. Mainly, this > > would be so anyone who wants a dc401.org email address could have > > one. Of course, it would also keep my lazy ass out of the business of > > maintaining and patching the mediawiki and movabletype installs. It > > would also make it easier for us all to collaborate on the wiki, > > docs, etc as I wouldn't have to maintain login creds for people in MT > > and mediawiki. > > > > Thoughts? > > Paranoid rants from NickDe? > > > > -j_______________________________________________ > > dc401-l mailing list > > dc401-l@dc401.org > > http://dc401.org/mailman/listinfo/dc401-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > dc401-l mailing list > dc401-l@dc401.org > http://dc401.org/mailman/listinfo/dc401-l > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://hungus.hellyeah.com/pipermail/dc401-l/attachments/20080413/309377ba/attachment-0001.html From john at duksta.org Sat Apr 19 11:53:38 2008 From: john at duksta.org (john duksta) Date: Sat Apr 19 11:47:14 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] absent from hack session today Message-ID: I'll either be late for or absent from the hack today. Doing yardwork. Ahh, the joys of being a home owner. -j -- John Duksta Please excuse any terseness. This email was sent from my mobile. From john at duksta.org Sat Apr 19 12:30:27 2008 From: john at duksta.org (John Duksta) Date: Sat Apr 19 12:24:50 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] hack session 2008-04-19 Message-ID: <43471AE6-55E7-4BDE-BED6-730B0E05F03A@duksta.org> I'll be there, possibly a little late (2:30), but I'll be there. -j -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2413 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://hungus.hellyeah.com/pipermail/dc401-l/attachments/20080419/878ad212/smime.bin From john at duksta.org Sun Apr 20 08:19:04 2008 From: john at duksta.org (John Duksta) Date: Sun Apr 20 08:13:26 2008 Subject: [dc401-l] another mailman test. pls delete Message-ID: <7C4310A4-D28A-4562-94CC-15A9AE45568E@duksta.org> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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