BROKEN DIRECTIONS [Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: There will be a BAD meeting at 7pm on Wed 9 March at Fry's Fremont Cafe]

Tony Godshall Tony Godshall <togo@of.net>
Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:38:40 -0800


According to Tony Godshall,
> [tek@pervasivenetwerks.com has a sharp eye]
> 
> Back to the South end of the Bay for the first time in a
> long while, we'll meet at 7pm in the Cafe at Fry's Fremont.
> 
> The cafe at Fry's has soups and sandwiches and espressos and 
> soft drinks.  No alcohol.  Minors are welcome.
> 
> To get there...
> 
> 1. I-680 to Auto Mall, go West
> 2. at first light, right onto Osgood
> 3. right into lot.
> 
> 1. I-580 to Auto Mall, go East

Uh, I meant I-880.

> 2. just before I-680, left onto Osgood
> 3. first right into lot.
> 
> BART to Fremont BART, and then bike five miles...
> it looks like a fairly bike-friendly route is
> 1. Southest to big park
> 2. continue through park Southeast to SE corner of park 
>    (1 mile from BART)
> 3. go SE on Paseo Padre and follow as it turns E (1.5 mi)
> 4. Right on Driscoll, it turns into Osgood.  Fry's on left
> in 2.2 miles.
> 
> Transit for pedestrians is available but it tends to be very 
> commuter-oriented.  If you need it, I recommend the regional trip
> planner...
> 
>   http://transit.511.org/tripplanner/
> 
> ... or ask for a ride here.  I'll drive if I can put
> together a carpool from Berkeley/Oakland/Alameda folks 
> (meet at e.g. Rockridge BART)
> 
> The ulterior motive for holding the meeting at Fry's is to
> prep for EFF PVR Build-In in Alameda probably Saturday 12
> March.
> 
>   http://eff.org/broadcastflag/cookbook/buildin.php
> 
> I doubt that Fry's has a Linux-compatible HDTV card (I'm
> back-ordering an Air2PC since pcHDTV-3000 is apparently
> antenna-only) but I'll be shopping for a new machine that
> meets EFF's spec (they recommend a 3MHz P4 with a 800MHz
> FSB to do HDTV capture).
> 
> Hopefully I have complied fully my obligations under
> the meeting rules
> 
>   http://bad.debian.net/shotgun_rules.txt
> 
> -- Tony Godshall 

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-- Tony Godshall