[Rustington] Change of speaker for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire LUG meeting

[Lisi Reisz]

We have a change of speaker for the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 
meeting this Saturday.  Dr. Jacek Kopecky is unfortunately indisposed.  

Dr. Thomas Kluyver has kindly stepped in and will talk about the Southampton 
sailing robot project. He warns that this will be a bit repetitive for anyone 
who went to the Southampton Python talk a few months ago.  But I am sure that 
it would be even better the second time, and besides there are all the other 
goodies still on offer.

Sadly, the Raspberry Pi “project” is also on hold.  Chris says: “On removing 
the outer packaging of the replacement SD-card holder, (inner packaging 
intact) I found that the new item was damaged in a similar way to the one it 
was bought to replace! They really are very fragile, as the number of 
mentions on web-sites will confirm.

“So far, the supplier has not responded to my communications and I have had
no luck finding an alternative source. I know that stronger, all-metal ones
exist, but I cannot find one....

“Consequently, Project PiFix is on hold for the moment...”

Any one know where a stronger all metal one is to be found?

I shall, if I get a following wind for a bit, want help with updating the 
firmware on my Daisy Player* (it has to go via a <cross fingers and throw 
salt over left shoulder> Windows computer <uncross fingers>, and I don't own 
Windows).

And there are always interesting projects to join in with, watch or help on, 
or one can even just “chill out”.

Lisi

* 
http://www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk/communication/daisy-talking-book-players-2430-p/