Posted on 27 February 2019
There was recently a query about the possibility of changing the day of the
month that the Hobart TasLUG meetings are held. Given this it seemed like it
would be a good opportunity to do a general survey of when people are available
to attend meetings.
With this in mind a survey has been set up for people to fill
out. For each day of the month you can
select whether you can make it to meetings (green tick), can’t make it on that
day (red cross), or would be a maybe (amber tick in parens).
It would be great if everyone interested in attending Hobart meetings could
enter their preferences, especially if the current meetings day makes it
difficult to attend.
Please note that this survey is for informational purposes only and will only
be one factor taken into consideration when determining the best meeting day
going forward.
Posted on 14 February 2019
The holiday season is well a truly behind us and it is now time for the first
Hobart TasLUG meeting of the year. This month’s meeting will feature two talks:
Scott Bragg
LoRaWAN IoT - The hardware components you can add to your microcontrollers to
join TheThingsNetwork (TTN), how LoRaWAN works and collecting data from your devices.
Ian Stevenson
Simple backups for home servers and workstations.
The venue for this month will be Enterprize Hobart:
- When:
- Thursday 21 February 2019 - 6:00pm for a 6:30pm start
- Where:
- Enterprize - Hobart
5th floor, Hobart City Council Building
24 Davey Street (map)
Note: the doors inside the foyer will be locked, so you will need to use the
intercom to let us know to buzz you in. However, if you arrive after 6:30pm,
then we’ll leave a note with a phone number to call as the intercom isn’t near
where the talks will be.
Enterprize provide a selection of alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks and coffee
pods for the appropriate donation, as well as free instant coffee and tea. So
come at 6:00pm, get a drink, and have a bit of a mingle before the talks start
at 6:30pm. We will also be heading out to find somewhere to eat afterwards for
those interested.
I would like to to extend a big thank you to
Enterprize for generously allowing
us to use their space to hold regular meetings.
Posted on 14 February 2019
Hi people! For this month’s Launceston meeting, we’ll be taking a look at the sculpting tools included with the Free/Open Source 3D creation suite Blender. We’ll also be doing a live demonstration, creating a character (or as much of one as we can squeeze into the meeting) from scratch.
- Where:
- Enterprize
22-24 Patterson St
- When:
- Saturday 23rd February
2:00pm Start
This meeting’s presentation may be focused toward newcomers, but as always, everybody is welcome to come along and join the discussion. Hope to see you there!
Posted on 21 January 2019
Hi people!
For various reasons, it doesn’t make sense for us to run a meeting on the 26th of January, so we’ll be skipping this month’s meeting.
Apologies for the late notice, and to anybody who was hoping to catch up. Looking forward to seeing everybody next month!
~ Cheese
Posted on 22 November 2018
The end of the year is fast approaching and before everyone starts winding down for the holiday season there is one last opportunity for the Hobart TasLUG community to catch up for an end of year dinner.
- When:
- 6:30pm, Thursday 29 November
- Where:
- Amigo Mexican Restaurant
http://amigostas.com.au/menu/
If you plan on coming along, then please RSVP to John by Tuesday 27
November so he can make the appropriate booking.
If Amigos are unable to fit us in, the backup option will be Mother India just down the road.
Posted on 10 November 2018
There will be no Hobart TasLUG meeting this coming Thursday. The two speakers
we had lined up for this months meeting will both be out of the state this
Thursday and we haven’t had any time to organise anyone to replace them.
However it is getting close to the end of the year and there has been some talk
about having some sort of end of year dinner. Our current thinking is that we
have this on Thursday 29 November so as to avoid the silly season that is December.
A couple of suggestions for places to go for the dinner have been the Tacos or
Amigo’s Mexican restaurants, but please get in touch with John if you have any
other suggestions or preferences. Firmer details will be posted closer to the date.
Posted on 12 October 2018
This month is TasPubLUG time again. We will be heading to the pub to talk about
Free and Open Source software, hardware, and culture… or just to generally
hang out and having something to eat and drink. This time I’ve randomly pick
the Brunswick Hotel as the venue:
- When:
- 6:30pm, Thursday 18 October
- Where:
- Brunswick Hotel (67 Liverpool Street, Hobart)
http://brunswickhotelhobart.com.au/
If you are planning to come along (even for just a quick drink) please let John
know by Tuesday so the appropriate booking can be made if needed.
Posted on 22 September 2018
Hi people! For this month’s Launceston meeting, we will be taking a look at the
F/OSS desktop Geographic Information System,
QGIS, which supports viewing, editing and
analysis of geospatial data. In this talk we will demonstrate how to connect to
a variety of different data sources for displaying within a map, as well as
adding in new data and editing existing data.
- Where:
- Enterprize
22-24 Patterson St
- When:
- Saturday 29th September
2:00pm Start
As always, everybody is welcome to come along and join the discussion. Hope to
see you there!
Posted on 14 September 2018
It is an odd month so that must mean it is a talk month at Hobart TasLUG. At
the meeting this month we will be having another two talks:
Julius Roberts
Using GitLabCI to build better software.
Peter Billam
Talking about some random-distribution generators in Lua and PostScript, some
Markov Chains, some first steps in torch - and then an unorthodox Guitar-Tablature.
The venue for this month will be Enterprize Hobart:
- When:
- Thursday 20 September 2018 - 6:00pm for a 6:30pm start
- Where:
- Enterprize - Hobart
5th floor, Hobart City Council Building
24 Davey Street (map)
Note: the doors inside the foyer will be locked, so you will need to use the
intercom to let us know to buzz you in. However, if you arrive after 6:30pm,
then we’ll leave a note with a phone number to call as the intercom isn’t near
where the talks will be.
Enterprize provide a selection of alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks and coffee
pods for the appropriate donation, as well as free instant coffee and tea. So
come at 6:00pm, get a drink, and have a bit of a mingle before the talks start
at 6:30pm. We will also be heading out to find somewhere to eat afterwards for
those interested.
I would like to to extend a big thank you to
Enterprize for generously allowing
us to use their space to hold regular meetings.
Posted on 04 September 2018
A quick not to let everyone know that
Enterprize are hosting this years GovHack. It
is on this weekend and you can find more details about the Hobart event on
their Facebook page.