[Announce] October 14th 2014 Michigan!/usr/group meeting – Raspberry Pi and OwnCloud

[Michigan!/usr/group » meetings: craig]

We meet at 6:30pn the 2nd Tuesday of the Month at the Famington Community
Library.

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**Raspberry Pi Model B+ package giveaway**

This meeting we'll be giving away two **Raspberry Pi Model B+** packages. This
is the latest revision of the popular Raspberry Pi computer.

The grand prize is a complete XBMC-ready Raspberry Pi Model B+ with SD card,
power supply, case, and software. The runner-up prize is the bare Raspberry Pi
Model B+ board.

Both prize packages include a copy of O'Reilly's [Getting Started With
Sensors](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920030119.do) book provided to us
by our good friends at O'Reilly books. This book is chock-full of advice and
how-to tips on using simple sensors with both the Arduino and Raspberry Pi
machines.

You must be present to win.

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Topics for the October 14th, 2014 meeting include:

**Waiter! There's a Python in my Raspberry Pi!**

It seems like everyone has a Raspberry Pi or two sitting around these days,
but so few people are actually doing anything with them. At this meeting, Ben
Rousch will talk about using the popular and easy to learn Python programming
language on the Raspberry Pi. He'll start by helping you bring your Raspberry
Pi up to date, then he'll show you some handy Python modules for working with
the camera and the GPIO ports. By the end of the talk, you should be ready to
take the first steps towards creating your own Python-based Raspberry Pi
project.

Ben Rousch is a serial user group organizer and an IT department in Grand
Rapids, MI. In his free time, he usually fiddles with unusual combinations of
Python, Android, and Linux. However, lately, the blinkenlights have called him
to also explore the embedded space.

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**OwnCloud**

Cloud services have become the norm, and file backup and syncing is one of the
most common cloud services. Tony Bemus will show how everyone from hobbiests
to corporations can run their own cloud services using OwnCloud. OwnCloud is a
free and open source project that allows you to do file syncing from both
mobile and desktop, Document collaboration, file sharing, and 16 other
features. Join the MUG meeting as Tony demonstrates how to setup your very own
OwnCloud service!

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Plus we'll discuss the latest news (including the Shellshock Bash shell bug),
jobs looking for people / people looking for jobs, and much much more.

Hope yo see you there!



URL: http://www.mug.org/2014/10/october-14th-2014-michiganusrgroup-meeting-raspberry-pi-and-owncloud/