Author Archives: Brian Jepson

Providence Geek Dinner-tomorrow, June 18

This is going to be good! BatchBlue is returning to give us a progress report on how much cooler they’ve become since they last presented at a geek dinner! Details and RSVP. See you all there!

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You’ve got Internet meme in my RL

CC-licensed Lolrus image from Pete Mandik’s photostream on flickr Life here in southern RI is not quite as boring as I let on. A few weeks (or was it months?) ago, a story broke about a woman who was discovered … Continue reading

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Overriding EEE PC’s drive letter assignment for USB devices

When you plug a USB device into the EEE PC, it makes it look like it has a Windows drive letter by mounting it on something like /media/D: This is fine for a lot of stuff, but I have a … Continue reading

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Tom Sgouros demos my Arduino buddies at Maker Faire

Inspired by SocialBomb, a few of us AS220 geeks have started working on a similar project: Arduinos that pair off and get happier the closer they are together. The first iteration of this is the Arduino Buddies, but eventually, we’ll … Continue reading

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Providence Geek Dinner Tonight!

Read all about it and RSVP right here.

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You Sure Want to Be in Providence

When you read an article like this one, and when you’re part of a community that has an answer to the question, it’s hard to stay quiet. Joey deVilla gave Toronto a shout-out in his blog (and he has an … Continue reading

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Pondering the stack

I’ve got a lot of interesting stuff queued up, but I lack the time to play around with it. But I promise to get to them soon and blog/twitter/flickr/blip.tv all about them: Chemistry set I’ve been helping out with the … Continue reading

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Providence Geek Dinner Wednesday March 19th

This geek dinner is going to be a lot of fun. It’s got mobile technology, a company who uses my favorite phone in their demo videos, what more could you ask for? Oh yeah, geeks, beer, and tacos. Come out … Continue reading

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Mysterious creatures found in Antarctica

MSNBC reports: “They had fins in various places, they had funny dangly bits around their mouths,” Riddle told reporters. “They were all bottom dwellers so they were all evolved in different ways to live down on the sea bed in … Continue reading

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Providence Geek Dinner this Wednesday February 20th

Photo Credit: Bret Ancowitz, M.D. There’s another Providence Geek dinner coming up this week; don’t miss it!: Andrew Schiller, founder of Woonsocket-based Location Inc./NeighborhoodScout.com, a nationwide neighborhood search engine for home buyers and movers with 1.8 million unique visitors last … Continue reading

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