Community Coffee Break

S01E18
April 7, 2020

Coffee Break - April 7, 2020

Somehow, a desire for a self-hosted virtual assistant turns dark, leading to Coffee Break Conspiracy Theories (TM). But we do learn a little about Mycroft: A self-hosted open source implementation of a virtual assistant that doesn't call home to the big three. We'll also chat about how tech has allowed teachers to hold "virtual classes" this week, and more about the PinePhone. Robbie Ferguson is joined today by Solbu, bp9, Peter Lewis and Bo Lechnowsky.

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S01E17
April 6, 2020

Coffee Break - April 6, 2020

Robbie hopes to bring back his home-brew 360 VR camera and bp9 has a working Kaypro 2X, complete with a floppy disk emulator that uses an SD card filled with floppy images! This starts us on a discussion about speech-to-text, and how far it has come from those early days, to Robbie's 'Dr. Sbaitso', to Peter's computer-generated speech synthesizer and even the Amazon Echo 'Alexa' character. Robbie Ferguson is joined today by Solbu, Doug Townsend, Ron Morrissette, bp9 and Peter Lewis.

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S01E16
April 5, 2020

Coffee Break - April 5, 2020

During today's Coffee Break, one of the key benefits of open source comes to light as Peter needs help with his application. Solbu also shares some early history of Linux and why Linus Torvalds started the project we all love. We're also excited that the PineTime ships soon, and we'll start tinkering with PINE64's $25 smartwatch. Robbie Ferguson is joined by Solbu, bp9, MarshMan, GWG, Peter Lewis, Robert Koenig and Doug Townsend.

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S01E15
April 4, 2020

Coffee Break - April 4, 2020

Just a relaxing Saturday Coffee Break. Robbie has an original Phantom of The Opera mug from Pantages Theatre and is upgrading to Debian Bullseye, MarshMan is getting some work done around the house, and Solbu has some good advice for us all as we face yet more time in self-isolation. Robbie Ferguson is joined by MarshMan, Solbu and Peter Lewis.

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S01E14
April 3, 2020

Coffee Break - April 3, 2020

Someone accidentally "broke in" to the new studio, Robbie and Peter play 'mute button ping-pong', Robbie likes to code in PHP, bp9 is learning what it's going to take to code the PineTime, and we learn when PINE64 will be shipping PineTime orders. Robbie Ferguson is joined today by bp9, Solbu, Peter Lewis, Ron Morrissette and Bo Lechnowsky.

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S01E13
April 2, 2020

Coffee Break - April 2, 2020

Robbie ordered a PineTime, and Bo is going to find out when we can expect it to arrive. bp9 is actually still leaning toward a vector display for his, but will likely try both just for the experience. We'll also see Peter's voltmeter, and Bo has one that registers no power even when powered. For today's Coffee Break, Robbie Ferguson was joined by Peter Lewis, Solbu, MarshMan, Ron Morrissette, Bo Lechnowsky, and bp9.

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S01E12
April 1, 2020

Coffee Break - April 1, 2020

April fools is canceled, but our Community Coffee Break happens every day! Today, Robbie is joined by Solbu, bp9, Ron Morrissette, Peter Lewis and Bo Lechnowsky. We'll learn more about how Peter's neighbour is tapping into Bluebox WiMAX service to improve Internet performance, and get an update from bp9 about his pursuit of the PineTime smartwatch, and why he is starting to believe the PNG nature of the artwork might actually be a good thing.

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S01E11
March 31, 2020

Coffee Break - March 31, 2020

Ham radio, peanuts and Phantom of The Opera: Robbie takes a coffee break with bp9, agamotto, Peter Lewis, Solbu and stormchaser3000.

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S01E10
March 30, 2020

Coffee Break - March 30, 2020

Some interesting tools for testing or drawing circuits, HAM radio, and using a walkie talkie through the Internet. Join Robbie, bp9, Peter Lewis, Ron Morrissette and Doug Townsend.

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S01E09
March 29, 2020

Coffee Break - March 29, 2020

Join Robbie, Solbu, Doug Townsend, MarshMan, bp9 and GWG for today's Coffee Break. We'll chat about how the move to Studio E went, and look at retro gaming handhelds ... and a "handheld" arcade cabinet.

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