Forum
Roomba
We are unsure who put this on talks… We decided to not get one after some arguments.
UPS Replacement Schedule
Ben wants to replace each UPS after three years. The forum agrees and plans to start buying some in 2018.
Mirror UPS
We want to get one for Mirror. We agreed that we should get one from APC.
CPR
Director Fulton wanted to move the Husky bot to a location safer than the ITL. We were unsure where to put it though maybe put it behind the desk. We will hang a sign on the bot.
We also need hardware for the robots. Bobby is willing to donate a laptop. Baha found a good laptop. We plan on using Bobby’s laptop on a trial basis.
New Router
Our current router has issues… Bobby wants to get a new one. Alan wants to get this. We plan on buying the router.
Screwdriver Kit
Adam wants one. We’ve had a kit for years, but the lab does not own it. We plan to get one for the lab.
DOOR
We talked last semester about replacing the server room door with an electric lock from clarkson. The quote is no more than $1000. Kyle feels the door is a wasted investment. Alan doesn’t feel the door will work as intended during power outages. Jake claims the system can not go down. We will continue this next week.
COSI Timelapse Pi
Bobby wants to do a timelapse for a full day. COSI seems to agree. Bobby needs a PI to do such. Graham is willing to let us use his Pi.
Gaming Ban Extension
Adam proposes to Ban gaming during school hours (7:00AM - 7:00PM) on weekdays. Many at the Forum agree this will be a decent option.
Lightning Talks
Codepen.io
Ben presented this site. It let’s you quickly test and modify HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It has support for multiple preprocessors.
Breaking Into VMs
Graham showed cosi how to break into vms…
Glorified Hex Editor
Gabe T. showed off an editor he made. Link
Verbal Expressions - A RegEx Thing
Director Ben showed off his RegEx-foo using Verbal Expressions! Link
Virtual Hosts on Apache2
Michael H. presented using the Virtual Host feature on Apache2 server.
Esolangs
Director Fulton presented a few esoteric programming languages. Languages include Chicken, Shakespeare Programming Language, Chef, Beeswax, and Programming Language. Esolang Wiki
Why Programming Sucks
B4B
B4B is COSI’s newest outreach/charity event and how you can be involved!
Project Updates / Announcements
Mirror Update
Ben is now taking lead for the project. Contact Bobby for mirror hosting. Ben will be making a new page for mirror Link. Talk to Ben for info on building mirror.
Project Ideas on Docs
COSI Does Outreach
Hour of Code was hosted by COSI for local schools. Science Olympiad will be hosed by COSI on Jan. 30st.
Key Signing Party
Graham will be running a key signing party at some point in time.
General Service Announcement
Graham will be handing off services soon!
146 Subnet
We have it. If you want something on it ask Graham.
DubsDot
Ben and Graham will condense the web services into a single VM which will host all small web services. It is also a web dev team.
CPR
We have robots. They are not yet ready for use. Next week will cover the robots.
PHP Fsuvius / Fsuvius 2
Graham needs to finish the second one.
Robigalia
It is getting popular over the past few weeks. See Graham for more information.