[PD] Chicago Patching Circle

Kyle Klipowicz kyleklip at gmail.com
Thu Nov 13 00:21:42 CET 2008


Yeesh. Sorry to hear about your loss. I was laid off back in 2007 and it
wasn't very fun. I hope that this gives you an opportunity to get into
something new that you will truly love.

Chicago Public Library has computers that you can use to check email and
stuff...

We will plan on going ahead as usual.

~Kyle

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Mike McGonagle <mjmogo at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Well that sucks.  I am sure there free wifi around Chicago, I am a
> regular
> > user of open wifi nodes, share my own wifi, and encourage others to do
> the
> > same.
>
> Unfortunately, I have never been able to get my laptop to work with
> the WIFI. It is one of the last titanium shelled ones, and the reason
> they stopped making them is because the metal case shielded the
> signal. I am sure that I will be able to find a connection, just not
> one every day.
>
> So, please let's proceed with this. The time off will actually help me
> to focus on getting some stuff done.
>
> >
> > Unfortunately, I'll bet we'll be hearing similar stories from a lot of
> > people these days.
>
> Yeah, all the stories I have read in the last month or so, is that we
> shouldn't expect things to get better UNTIL they get worse. I can't
> imagine that any President who comes into a mess like this would be
> able to turn things around that quickly.
>
> I am not quite certain, but this might be a blessing in disguise. Over
> the past 8 years, I have become fairly political, and as such, have
> been focusing on the BAD parts of our government... I submitted an
> application today, to hopefully work on at least the transition team,
> but it would be nice as well to turn it into a real job. It would be
> nice to get out of printing, it is one of the more depressed markets,
> but that is largely due to technology and such...
>
> Mike
>
>
> >
> > .hc
> >
> > On Nov 11, 2008, at 6:30 PM, Mike McGonagle wrote:
> >
> >> Well, sorry about this, but I am not quite certain exactly how I might
> >> stay in contact with everyone, as I just lost my job, and I don't have
> >> a connection at home.
> >>
> >>
> >> Please, lets try to continue with planning this, as I know that the
> >> space will still be available, but I am not quite certain how soon I
> >> might be able to help in planning.
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Kyle Klipowicz <kyleklip at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The flyer looks great, Mike!
> >>>
> >>> I think that building slowly is a good idea, just to keep things
> >>> manageable.
> >>>
> >>> Looking forward to it!
> >>>
> >>> ~Kyle
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Mike McGonagle <mjmogo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ok, last night I just assumed that we are going to shoot for December
> >>>> 14th, and I put together a flyer with all the pertinent information
> >>>> (short of the names of people being there)...
> >>>>
> >>>> Let me know if you think this will work for you, or do we need another
> >>>> date?
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, as this is the first event, should we open it to a wider
> >>>> audience? Or should we build slowly?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Mike McGonagle <mjmogo at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thank you, Chris. This will be very helpful. I have already contacted
> >>>>> two groups who might have similar interests, they are not directly
> >>>>> involved with Pd, but they do have people who I think would want to
> >>>>> see what others are doing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Mike
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:43 PM, chris clepper <cgclepper at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> There have been Pd user groups in Chicago in the past.  One used to
> >>>>>> meet at
> >>>>>> Deadtech, but I think Rob Ray is currently at RPI.  Before that
> there
> >>>>>> was a
> >>>>>> Max user group that also encompassed Pd and SuperCollider which I
> >>>>>> helped
> >>>>>> start out many years ago ('98 or so).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> You may want to contact the Chicago New Media google group:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> http://groups.google.com/group/Chicago-new-media?lnk=srg&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&pli=1
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Also, look up Drew Browning at UIC and Robb Drinkwater at SAIC who
> are
> >>>>>> into
> >>>>>> such things.  Paul Hertz is up at Northwestern, and there might be
> >>>>>> someone
> >>>>>> at U of Chicago too.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
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> >>>>> we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high
> ideal.
> >>>>> —Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), musician
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>> Peace may sound simple—one beautiful word— but it requires everything
> >>>> we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.
> >>>> —Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), musician
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> > "[T]he greatest purveyor of violence in the world today [is] my own
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> —Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), musician
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