Community Coffee Break

Participants:
- Solbu
- Doug
- Peter
- Robbie

Topics Discussed:

bp9
- If I have to mute you, it is no insult or slight, I have to do my best to make this as clean a recording as possible!
- Installed REXCPM into a TRS-80 Model 100 to get a 4MB floppy while running CP/M on the M-100.
- Transcribing old documentation from page scans to a searchable PDF using LaTeX
- OCR doesn't work because the quality of the page scans is poor.
- PalmOS input device on Android replaces on-screen keyboard
- Graffiti Pro android app
- Years ago, replaced spinning floppy disks in Kaypro with SD-card emulator, noise is down to ZERO.
- USPS continues to work well -- bills are still coming in the mail!

Doug
- Digestive issues -- food poisoning?
- Doctor has him on clear liquids
- Bland foods just went "straight through"
- Keep up the liquids because your large intestines absorb most of the liquids into your body

Robbie
- Performing off-line backup and restore on his server - no "dd" required
- Replacing all his spinning drives on the server with Kingston SSDs.
- Since he's just waiting for the backup/restore process to complete, was able to join us
- benchmarking spinning drives vs. SSDs. Should see huge performance increase, and noise reduction.
- rack mounted devices generate huge noise, esp. in data center.
- Does the alcove in the bridge help to reduce noise? Maybe some noise reduction foam?

Solbu
- F-droid is alternative to the google store that hosts only open-source software
- Suggests "Crappiest Coffee Break ever" as title for this coffee break!

Peter
- Has developed a problem with his arm, has a lump under his arm
- stressed from his valve replacement event?
- will see doctor soon
- Cannot move his right hand?
- Peters wife is OK but will not rest and her bones will not knit unless she rests