[GRLUG] Summary of today's Subway/Bigby's social thing.

[Steve Romanow]

Wish I could have made it.  That loc is fine by me.  it is reachable
by bike, and will give me a goal for the summer.

I'm sure the business would like some paying regulars.



On 3/20/10, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hung out from 2PM to 6PM.
>
> Description of environment:
>
> * Plenty of outlets and seating everywhere.  I'd brought along an
> extension cord with multiple outlets, just in case.
> * Big TV, not too loud, showing basketball games. (Some underdog team
> won 54-52, IIRC)
> * Sub of the day on Saturdays happens to be roast beef. Tasty deal.
> Subway refills are apparently free.  This particular Subway is also a
> bit different from the Corporate-owned stores; they tend to keep
> specials running longer than the corporate ones, keep things and
> ingredients around when Corporate pulls it, and are more flexible with
> their ingredients. (You can get footlong flatbread subs there, for
> example.)
> * There's a Bigby's there, if you like caffeine denser and more
> expensive than Coke.
> * Free wifi. Unencrypted, no auth gateway. 802.11b. I didn't do a
> bandwidth test, but it didn't seem slow for hitting GMail a couple
> times, and the latency was unnoticeable in SSH.
> * Parking is good.
>
> Jeff DeFouw was the only other LUGger to come by, but we didn't really
> recognize each other until about 5:30. I got about a minute and a half
> into showing him Kismet before my laptop forced itself into
> hibernation.  We then chatted about some history of Linux
> distributions and versions, a bit about programming languages, a bit
> about distribution release schedules as it relates to running a
> server, and then I noticed it was 6:15PM and I had to get going.
>
> Even if it was brief, that last 45 minutes made the rest of the time
> worth it.  I definitely want to do this again, and would like to see
> it be a regular informal thing if possible.
>
> I'd also be open to a more centralized meeting location, if that works
> for people.  Thoughts on prerequisites for a meeting place:
>
> * Should have food, but not mind loitering.
> * Should have wifi (free or not; I suspect that wouldn't matter too much)
> * Should be located near the intersection of a freeway and a notable
> road; if someone's going to drive distance to get there, it may as
> well be at a comfortable clip.
> * Should be at least somewhat comfortable to sit down for a few hours.
>
> The Subway/Bigby's has just about everything but the
> right-off-the-freeway bit. The Wilson exit of 168 is nearby and
> relevant, but the Chicago Drive/Wilson junction is a pain, and there
> are at least three traffic lights between that exit and the
> restaurant, making navigation potentially tricky.
>
> Considering there are GRLUG people from Holland to Lowell, Cedar
> Springs to Byron Center, I suspect the prime places to meet would be
> along 131 between (and including) the 96/131 junction and the M6/131
> junction.
>
> For synchronization sake, I'd recommend planning on next Saturday
> being at the same place, while we settle on two weeks from now being
> wherever we care to try things. (That ought to help avoid someone
> missing a last-minute change-of-location. It's a fair drive for
> folks.)
>
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