Am 29. Jul, 2016 schwätzte Victor Odhner so: moin moin Victor, > Oops. Downtown Pasadena? You didn’t mention that part. You mentioned > ASU which implies a local event. What am I missing? I mentioned SCaLE. Since many of us attend every year, I presumed everyone knows what it is. I should not have made that presumption. Sorry. While my original post is about the Free Software conference in LA that doesn't preclude PLUG from hosting activities here :). > Jupiter should be back around by next March, and it will show through > anything. But it won’t be rising till well into the evening, in early > March, so the moon (first quarter) would be the only bright thing. Of > course my 8-incher is pretty good at showing stars you can’t see with > naked eye. Hmm, maybe we should schedule another space night, then follow it up with some space viewing activities, possibly on a different night. Maybe Schuyler can teach us how to listen to the background radiation :). > Offer stands for local astronomy sessions. And yes, there is a local > group that does that. Cool on both counts. ciao, der.hans > ______________ > > On Jul 29, 2016, at 01:30:17, der.hans wrote: > > Am 29. Jul, 2016 schwätzte Victor Odhner so: > > moin moin, > >> Is this just a daytime thing? I acquired an 8” computerized telescope, > > In this case, mostly. What I'm talking about is daytime, but there's a > game night activity on Saturday night. It's still in downtime Pasadena, so > not too much dark sky, but we might be able to find a decent place to put > up a telescope. > > As it turns out, I had already emailed a friend who participateѕ in Linux > Astronomy. I will have to ask him about the possibilities. > >> giving stargazing parties for kids, but it has to be at least a little >> dark for that to be any fun. (If anyone is interested in this, even >> outside of SCaLE, I might be available for some random opportunities.) > > Astronomy is cool. I know ASU does a regular astronomy event. I don't if > it is a bring your own device type of thing. I'm certain we have some > astronomy groups here in town. Wonder if anyone's participating in Linux > Astronomy or something like that. > > ciao, > > der.hans > >> ____________________ >> >> On Jul 29, 2016, at 00:23:02, der.hans wrote: >> >> moin moin, >> >> SCaLE is the first weekend in March next year. >> >> Once again it will have a Next Generation track on Saturday. >> >> In conversation with the SCaLE team I suggested a youth room with >> activities for kids. As can happen, it was suggested that the suggester, >> me, implement said suggestion :). >> >> My initial thought was games for kids and maybe a lock pick village if we >> can find someone to run that. Others suggested soldering and other >> activities I had conveniently left off my initial suggestion. >> >> Is anyone interested in helping out? >> >> I want to make sure I have a few volunteers before I say yes. I'm >> perfectly happy to lead or help someone else. >> >> We could make it a Saturday only thing or also continue on Sunday. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> > > -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # Data restorals via Freedom of Information Act requests.