[14:04] <waldo323> good morning
[14:04] <cmaloney> Good morning
[14:07] <rick_h_> morning, how was MUG?
[14:08] <waldo323> social
[14:08] <waldo323> and good
[14:09] <cmaloney> Yeah, we talked about Mastodon and the federated we
[14:09] <cmaloney> web
[14:13] <brousch> I'm going to talk about Mycroft AI at the next GRPUG. Open source Alexa/Siri/Google Home thingy
[14:15] <waldo323> oooo nice
[14:15] <waldo323> do you record your meetings?
[14:16] <brousch> No
[14:16] <brousch> But if it works well, I could maybe bring it to MUG later in the summer
[14:17] <cmaloney> brousch: That's awesome!
[14:17] <cmaloney> WE're booked up through the summer (actually to 2019, scarily enough)
[14:17] <brousch> That's incredibl
[14:18] <cmaloney> I'm loving Mycroft, even though it's a little daft
[14:18] <brousch> e
[14:18] <brousch> Do you use it?
[14:18] <cmaloney> Yeah, it's weird for us as well
[14:18] <cmaloney> Yeah, I have it in a Google AIY box
[14:18] <cmaloney> Do you have the MArk I?
[14:19] <brousch> No, I kickstarted the mark II
[14:19] <cmaloney> Ah
[14:19] <brousch> I'll just be running it in a Linux VM on Monday
[14:19] <cmaloney> But you've been playing with the desktop / picroft versions?
[14:19] <cmaloney> Check out Picroft if you get a chance
[14:19] <cmaloney> it's kind of neat to see a $35 computer in action
[14:20] <cmaloney> also if you can get over to Microcenter you can pick up the AIY kit for $5-$10
[14:20] <cmaloney> and the give it a nice box to live in
[14:20] <brousch> It's been on my radar for a while, but I haven't dug into it. Then last week I helped a blind programmer with some stuff and realized how useful it could be to him
[14:20] <cmaloney> Yeah
[14:20] <brousch> I have 2 3D printers, so a cardboard case feels weak
[14:20] <cmaloney> Heh
[14:21] <cmaloney> What's cool about it is it includes the mic and hat
[14:21] <cmaloney> If you want I will happily pick one up and ship it to you
[14:23] <brousch> I hadn't heard of that kit. Very nice. This is $10 at microcenter? https://www.target.com/p/-/A-53416295
[14:24] <cmaloney> There's a different kit at Microcenter
[14:24] <cmaloney> it needs a RPi3 to work
[14:24] <jrwren> not a 2?
[14:24] <cmaloney> http://www.microcenter.com/product/483414/AIY_Voice_Kit
[14:25] <brousch> I have a few 3s sitting around
[14:25] <cmaloney> I don't  think it'll work with a 2
[14:25] <cmaloney> 3B?
[14:26] <brousch> I think so
[14:26] <cmaloney> Yeah, if you're interested LMK and I'll pick one up / ship it
[14:26] <brousch> Ah, it's everything except the pi. Nifty
[14:26] <cmaloney> since they won't ship it (sadly)
[14:27] <cmaloney> and unless you're coming over to this side of town soon it doesn't make sense
[14:28] <cmaloney> Oh geez, the next meeting is on the 18th?
[14:28] <cmaloney> Yeesh, I don't think it could get there in time
[14:28] <waldo323> road trip
[14:28] <brousch> Yeah, I won't have time to play with that before the meeting, but it would still be nice
[14:29] <cmaloney> Yeah, road trip
[14:29] <cmaloney> come on out for CHC tonight. :)
[14:29] <cmaloney> OK. I'll still pick one up then and send it off
[14:29] <brousch> I'll bet I could put together a Microcenter carpool event
[14:29] <cmaloney> Oh hell yes
[14:30] <waldo323> or each party drives an hour or so to lansing or whatever the mid point is
[14:30] <waldo323> microcenter trips are fun though
[14:30] <cmaloney> And he fun thing is Microcenter is not that far from our house
[14:31] <waldo323> or the game store
[14:31] <brousch> We lost all of our radioshacks last year, so there really is nothing but Best Buy here any more
[14:31] <cmaloney> Yeah, Guild of Blades
[14:31] <cmaloney> Ugh. That sucks
[14:31] <cmaloney> or Office Depot, but that's hardly a replacement
[15:05] <brousch> Who's going to PyOhio?
[15:06] <cmaloney> I'm planning on it
[15:07] <brousch> I just made my reservation at the Blackwell
[16:00] <cmaloney> Nice
[16:45] <Scary_Guy> is the hardware on that voicekit open?
[17:48] <cmaloney> I'm not sure.
[17:51] <cmaloney> I don't think so
[17:51]  * Scary_Guy shakes fist
[22:15] <cmaloney> We think there might not be any power at the Bean & Leaf
[22:15] <cmaloney> in Royal Oak
[22:30] <waldo323> oi
[22:31] <waldo323> what about in your neck of the woods and places like microcenter?
[22:39] <waldo323> heading out have a good evening