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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: jdcarpe on Fri, 30 November 2012, 07:34:28
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Our state. It's like a whole other country.
(http://texasfor56.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/texas-with-texas-flag1.jpg)
Is there any interest in getting together for a meetup? I know we are pretty far from each other geographically, but I would be willing to travel up to 350 miles. We could meet in a central location, like the Austin or San Antonio area. Or if there are several members in one area, like DFW, the few of us scattered could meet there.
For obvious reasons, this would be held after the holiday season. I'm thinking around January 12/13 or later.
Let me know what you think, fellow TEXANS!
Interest:
jdcarpe
esoomenona
tjcaustin
0100010
kmiller8
Rinsaku
BoxWithADot
TheShining?
aggiejy
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Don't mess with Texas!
Hope this meetup works out for y'all. Unfortunately I'm a bit far away.
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It's too bad you don't live in Texas, KL. I would love to see that vintage SIG P226 of yours. You could shoot my Beretta 92FS and S&W 5906. :)
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I think there's only like 4 of us that live in TX.
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I can think of at least 2 or 3 folks who aren't active anymore. TexasFlood was a cool dude...haven't seen him around in a while.
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rdjack I think is from Texas...
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Would be interested in myself.
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I'm pretty interested in myself too.
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Austin and Dallas are both 6h away from me (Louisiana).
Put me down as a maybe :s
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I was just about to add, if anyone from other states wants to meet up as well, feel free to register interest here. We can be inclusive, rather than exclusive. Anyone from Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, eastern New Mexico?
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keyboardlover said he's interested in himself, not interested himself. I missed that the first time, too. :)
But I would love to see him show up anyway, regardless of distance.
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I'm in the Houston area, if we make the meet up spot san antonio or dallas i would definetly be up for it.
Edit: And Austin!
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I'm in College Station, but I'll be in the Amarillo area for a month or so after the semester ends. That said, I'm very interested! Dallas and Austin are my votes
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Austin
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I'm in for Austin or San Antonio!
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So much interested in Austin. Luckily for me (if Austin is chosen) it's only a 20 minutes drive to the heart of Texas ʘ‿ʘ
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The stars at night, are big and bright...
Deep in the heart of Texas!
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I'm looking forward to this regional meetup, but what I really want to attend is a CONVENTION. Anyone else want to see KeyboardCon 2013 this summer? We could have it in a central location (Chicago?), and invite retailers to sponsor it and have giveaways and such. Have reps from the manufacturers there, also, like Melissa and/or Ben from Signature Plastics, etc.
I know I risk derailing my own thread here, but I've just been thinking about it quite a bit lately.
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Cons take real effort and lots of real money, too.
But interesting nevertheless.
Of course, I'll be bringing my two korean keyboards (assuming I do buy the 356 from MMB) to what seems to be austin.
Also, wanted to throw a possible option out there: Lockhart. Eat delicious BBQ at Black's or something.
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Not at Kreutz? :P We could always carpool to Lockhart from the meetup for a meal. :)
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See, that's the problem with Lockhart, there's like 4 great places to eat BBQ. I just picked the one that a president requested sausage from.
Austin's got it's fair share of good eating, too. The mexican place I can't think of the name of comes to mind, Trudy's I think?
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The Salt Lick outside of Austin would work too. BYOB, all you can eat.
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NOM. Can-I-Eat-All BBQ.
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Oh you will. You will.
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^agreed Bbq is a must!!!
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Just had a mini-meetup with esoomenona, here in Odessa. We met for lunch at a local Mexican food restaurant. I brought my GH60 prototype and Poker with The_Beast plate in jdcarpurple treble alu case. Great conversation was had by all, and esoomenona left with a new set of vintage WYSE caps (in desperate need of a denture tab bath/retr0brite)!
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Did he eat like a moose? :P
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You're welcome! It's the least I could do. It was nice to meet you! :)
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How'd you walk in with the boards? When we had the Chicago meet, it was like *whistle whistle whistle* Oh look a KMAC... *clash of boards onto random table* OOOOOOOOOH KMAC!(remember this is when Korean boards were dreams to be had...so in August of last year. :P)
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I carried them in a briefcase. Two 60% boards in carrying cases don't take a lot of space. I had my TNS in my truck, but I had to get back to work, so I didn't get a chance to show that one off. :D
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Oh sheize. :P
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Yeah, we had that at the Chicago meet as well. There was a gentleman that walked in to play some 9-ball and we were all talking about our boards... he was like.... "Uhmmmm, I don't mean to be rude, but WTF are you guys doing?"
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A guy at another table looked at me funnily.
And then I was all, "FU. We are Geekhack mafia! You eat you lunch and don't worry about what's happening over here." Then I kicked his chair out from under him, and he ran out of the place crying.
J/K
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All you gotta do is slap someone with a Model M. Hell, my Filco will leave a mark. Ppl will get the message :P
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do you ever take pictures on meetups?
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If there had been more than 2 of us, there would be pics. :)
Sorry to disappoint. I just think it looks creepy for 2 guys to be taking pics of each other with their phones. We already had enough attention just from the keyboards at the table.
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I'd say I was disappointed to not be there, but I don't have anything really to show off at the moment, nor a vehicle to get places.
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If there had been more than 2 of us, there would be pics. :)
Sorry to disappoint. I just think it looks creepy for 2 guys to be taking pics of each other with their phones. We already had enough attention just from the keyboards at the table.
Haha! Maybe just a little. :)
I'd say I was disappointed to not be there, but I don't have anything really to show off at the moment, nor a vehicle to get places.
I'm not all too familiar with the layout of Texas yet. Where is Dallas from Odessa?
Head east from Odessa on I-20. Stop when you get to civilization. No offense to anyone in Abilene. :D
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We just need to get a move on this meetup already!
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https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Odessa,+TX,+United+States&daddr=Dallas,+TX,+United+States&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.957823,56.513672&geocode=FTLt5QEdZf7l-Sn5fBM5asn7hjFGX2FUNKslFg%3BFWwv9AEdPfE6-ilLl0V79xlMhjGPZ0f2pJvsuQ&oq=dall&mra=ls&t=m&z=7
seems to not be a short trip...
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And I'm about 30 miles northeast of Dallas.
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https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Odessa,+TX,+United+States&daddr=Dallas,+TX,+United+States&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.957823,56.513672&geocode=FTLt5QEdZf7l-Sn5fBM5asn7hjFGX2FUNKslFg%3BFWwv9AEdPfE6-ilLl0V79xlMhjGPZ0f2pJvsuQ&oq=dall&mra=ls&t=m&z=7
seems to not be a short trip...
Shorter than from Sankt Peterburg to Moskva. :D
But then again I did make that trip at night, by train, July 2003.
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Nice! I like WYSE fonts much better than Cherry. :)
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I am quite partial to the larger F row legends myself.
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https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Odessa,+TX,+United+States&daddr=Dallas,+TX,+United+States&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.957823,56.513672&geocode=FTLt5QEdZf7l-Sn5fBM5asn7hjFGX2FUNKslFg%3BFWwv9AEdPfE6-ilLl0V79xlMhjGPZ0f2pJvsuQ&oq=dall&mra=ls&t=m&z=7
seems to not be a short trip...
Shorter than from Sankt Peterburg to Moskva. :D
i do this almost every week. usually by a plain or a high-speed train :P
wyse keycaps are nice. and control key on its real place!
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Add me to the list! I'm out of San Antonio.
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I am also in San Antonio, it would be cool to have a meetup organized here sometime.
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Texas is pretty large. And I believe I've said it before: until we just pick a set place and date, nothing will move forward with this.
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Austin is pretty central...
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I agree. Again, its central. What kind of things could we do there. And what would be a good date?
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I agree. Again, its central. What kind of things could we do there. And what would be a good date?
I'd love to have a sorting party for RainDrop (since they aren't presorted!), but I won't be available the weekends around when they should get here. :-).
Otherwise, perhaps we can arrange a tour of Das keyboard or gold touch or something? Or maybe if we do it after GH60s come in, we can have a big keyboard building party? Just some random ideas.
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I was thinking a contest to see who can build or strip a keyboard the fastest. Maybe we could do that around GH60 time. Das would be interesting to tour. Also, I'm not sure how much everyone would like doing outdoor things, but I believe there are some caves with a waterfall near Austin that I'm interested in visiting.
Anyone else have any ideas or input?
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I think this should include the two oklahomans so they don't feel left out, and be done before summer so one of them doesn't become a floridian or wherever she's going.
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Well let's hurry up and do it!
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Don't tell me what to do!
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What about Arkansas...
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All bordering states, or anyone that wants to come!
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All bordering states, or anyone that wants to come!
;D
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Don't tell me what to do!
Don't tell me what to tell you to do what not to do!
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Hey jocelyn, you and your ladypal should check this thread so we can finalize a meet date.
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We're moving to Orlando, FL Very Soon™ Going to hang out with VesperSAINT and some other Florida peeps. Ironically enough, Morgan's brother just married a girl from TX and moved from KC to Austin :P
Edit - Hmmmm maybe on the way out, but San Antonio/Austin are still 6+ hours out of the way
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Yeah, well we didn't want you at the Texas meetup anyway... (vT_
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What if it were Dallas/Fort Worth instead?
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What if it were Dallas/Fort Worth instead?
We're talking. Austin might not be a bad idea, because she could visit her brother as well. Just go with whatever location you want and we'll try and come.
PS - We'll definitely be visiting Austin quite a bit after we move to Orlando, so if not this one, we will make it a point to meet up later.
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We're moving to Orlando, FL Very Soon™ Going to hang out with VesperSAINT and some other Florida peeps. Ironically enough, Morgan's brother just married a girl from TX and moved from KC to Austin :P
Edit - Hmmmm maybe on the way out, but San Antonio/Austin are still 6+ hours out of the way
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That's why you're here so we can finalize a day where you're still close by...
Moose mentioned a DFW meetup for around July, but I figured you'd be gone by then.
Also, the other Texas (and non-Texasers) should join in
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Moving to Orlando eh? That means I can put you into slave labor packing Toxic.....when ever Cherry font becomes available :p
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Moving to Orlando eh? That means I can put you into slave labor packing Toxic.....when ever Cherry font becomes available :p
LOL! Looks like you won't be needing my help in the end :P or you could always end up using this as an excuse for a mini-meet up.... wait... what have I done... :confused:
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Hey, Texans and nearby Geekhackers...
I have the itch to go camping! Would anyone care to join me on the weekend of May 17-19? I was thinking maybe Brownwood State Park or Cleburne State Park. Unless someone knows of a better place?
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Oooh, how fun. I haven't been camping in a long time. I hope you and whoever else decides to join you has fun!
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Hey, Texans and nearby Geekhackers...
I have the itch to go camping! Would anyone care to join me on the weekend of May 17-19? I was thinking maybe Brownwood State Park or Cleburne State Park. Unless someone knows of a better place?
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. I go camping with my friends too... so wanna join.. but I'm in Florida. LOL!
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Camping?? =.=
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Hey, Texans and nearby Geekhackers...
I have the itch to go camping! Would anyone care to join me on the weekend of May 17-19? I was thinking maybe Brownwood State Park or Cleburne State Park. Unless someone knows of a better place?
I usually move back up to the Amarillo area during the summers, but I'm not this summer or I'd go! Although Brownwood is about as close to Amarillo as it is to where I am now.. Cleburne is a little closer.
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To hot for camping now. I'm a big 'ol pansy if you couldn't tell.
What can I say, I likes mah AC.
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For whenever we do have a meetup...
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Emphasis on whenever, and needs more ellipses...
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Looks amazing!
And let's do this thing! It doesn't have to be anything spectacular. What weekends are people free for a meetup?
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Not June 8th, 15th, or 22nd for me, but any other weekend currently looks good. :)
Also, depending on the weekend, I'm happy to host too. (If people want to drive to Wimberley)