ISLUG

Hi all,

For a final in an RTOS class I’m taking I have a couple, separate things to do. Both require presentations (video taped) so I thought I’d offer to do them in the Linux Lab, 7:00pm on May 20.

• FreeRTOS demo - ~10-15 minutes, demonstrate context switching, overview of the simple OS on an atmel.
• Propeller Project - Are you nostalgic for the comodore64/appleII days? I know I sure shouldn’t be because I’m a newcomer, but I am anyway. This is the final project I’m working on for the class. I’m building a cool little video game on the propeller chip (this little embedded 8 core device http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_Propeller) - complete with nes controllers. Will it work? I hope so! Right now I’m trying to network 4-way pong (ooh, sweet) but hopefully something more fun by the time May 12 comes around. I’m not promising anything, but if I can find one, there might be a nintendo power pad involved…

I’ll bring pizza and soda for anyone who shows up as bribery.

Not much notice, but tonight at 7:00 pm we’ll meet in the Engineering building at ISU. Discussion topic: Virtualization?

Ok - the new website is basically up. Please ping me (mopey) on irc or email me (mopey@webstersprodigy.net) if you’d like an account.

Yes folks, meetings are back. We are also prostelizing for new geekiness talent, so everyone show up or be square.

The Theme: Bring your favorite <= 10 line script.

Also on the agenda - I’d like to talk about maybe changing meeting to every third Wednesday (or something). That way I can have my geekiness spread from FF and get some in the middle of the month. I don’t know though - it’s just an idea. And finally, I’d like to talk about changing our webpage.

Welcome to the new islug site. Should we exist? Only time will tell…