[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] REMINDER: Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement: Two half-talks

[Russell Senior]

On 3/1/24 17:40, Russell Senior wrote:
> Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement
>
> Who: Russell Senior
> What: Part 1: A Network Relay via Cloud Instance ; Part 2: Retro Linux 
> Tape Recovery Show and Tell
> Where: 5500 SW Dosch Rd, Portland
> When: Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 7pm (Help with chairs a few minutes 
> early is always appreciated)
> Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
>
> https://pdxlinux.org
>
> This is going to be a two-part talk, because each of the parts alone 
> isn't enough to fill an hour (let's hope).
>
> The first part is going to be a description of how I relay network 
> connections from the Internet to my low-volume home-based email server 
> to evade potential ISP blockages.
>
> The second part is going to be a show and tell about my resurrection 
> of an ancient Linux version in order to recover data from Quarter Inch 
> Cartridge tapes and ancillary topics. It will also include a short 
> demo of my MS-DOS 5.0 environment also (resurrected from tape) the 
> month before I installed Linux for the first time in December 1992.
>
> About Russell:
>
> I am a person for whom the Year of the Linux Desktop started in 1992 
> and has continued annually, uninterrupted. I worked for a couple 
> decades in scientific data management and analysis. Since 2005, I have 
> been involved with the Personal Telco Project, a volunteer-based 501c3 
> non-profit trying to unscrew telecommunications policy in the Portland 
> metropolitan area.  I did a short stint in data management for an 
> Oceanographic organization when it was housed at OH&SU. I also 
> volunteer at Portland State Aerospace Society working on their OreSat 
> program. My name, misspelled in glorious circuit board silkscreen, has 
> literally been in orbit for most of the last 2 years. I have done a 
> bunch of PLUG talks over the years (scrolling through the log, I 
> recognize these):
>
>   2023-03-02 Anatomy of a mailing list meltdown
>   2021-10-07 Russell's Excellent High Altitude Balloon Adventure
>   2020-01-02 Reading wireless temperature sensors with RTL-SDR and 
> rtl_433
>   2019-02-07 PGP Key Storage with a Yubikey 4
>   2018-02-01 How to get a Municipal Broadband network in the City of 
> Portland
>   2017-05-04 Going Coastal, Russell's Excellent Adventure at the 
> Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction
>   2013-06-06 Hacking on the Beagle Bone Black
>   2008-11-19 OpenWrt, it's not just for Linksys Routers anymore
>   2008-02-07 MetroFi: How Lame is It?
>   2005-11-16 Mississippi Grant Project and Personal Telco
>   2004-10-20 Detection of electromagnetic fields with Linux
>   2003-12-17 Russell’s excellent hardlink adventure (disk-to-disk 
> backup systems)
>
> Rules and Requests:
>
> Masks are encouraged but not required.
>
> PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its 
> mailing lists or at its meetings
>
> Do not leave valuables in your car
>
>
> Calagator Page: https://calagator.org/events/1250480986
>
> Google Maps Link:
> https://www.google.com/maps/place/5500+SW+Dosch+Rd,+Portland,+OR+97239
>
> Some might head to Hillsdale Brewery & Public House near the Library:
> https://www.mcmenamins.com/hillsdale-brewery-public-house
>
> Rideshares likely available
>
> PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/
>
> Russell Senior
> PLUG Volunteer
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