[BBLISA] Closing of CBC

[Steven M Jones]

On 12/27/24 10:21 AM, John Stoffel wrote:
> "John" == John P Rouillard <rouilj at cs.umb.edu> writes:
>> For the old, old timers on bblisa, you may remeber we used to adjourn
>> to the Cambridge Brewing Company in Kenmore Square after meetings.

I'll be the "well, actually" guy - you mean the the Cambridge Brewing 
Company in /Kendall/ Square, or the /Commonwealth/ Brewing Company in 
Kenmore? (And let me say, it's awesome to see someplace that doesn't 
list 10 IPAs, 5 double IPAs, 2 triple IPAs, a half dozen sours, and just 
maybe one lager on the menu.)


>> Well the CBC is closing this Friday after 35 years.
> Thats a bummer to hear.

Indeed, just when my small heart grew three sizes after seeing a porter 
on the menu...

Cambridge BC Link: 
https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2024/09/beer-nut-cambridge-brewing-set-to-close-after-35-years.html

Link for Commonwealth BC: 
https://massbrewbros.com/craft-brewing-in-the-bay-state-defunct-brewers-part-2-of-a-3-part-series/


> And it's a bummer this mailing list has died
> as well.  Where are people hanging out these days?  Reddit just
> doesn't do it for me...

Remember: email is dead, and Reddit is for chaos and meme stocks. ;^)

I assume you're just talking about socialization and community. [Screed 
about Stack Exchange /et al/ deleted.] About the only current thing I 
hit is the FreeBSD Discord and forums, since I use that for all my 
non-employer server needs. The pace at $DAYJOB is set by unreasonable 
deadlines dictated by management, and there's little time left over for 
anything else.

The BayLISA group is still managing to hold meetings out here in NorCal, 
but the only mailing list (well, MeetUp) traffic I see is about meeting 
logistics. I did actually get my current job after an encounter at a 
BayLISA meeting...

Honestly, I've been spending more (free) time in the vintage computing 
scene over the years. But what isn't on the "classiccmp" mailing list or 
Vintage Computer Federation forums is happening on Discords and such, 
and so invisible to search and archiving. I exhibited a VAXstation 3540 
and OMRON Luna 88k at VCF West a couple years ago, and Suns with Telebit 
Trailblazers and other modems this year.

Well, happy holidays - hope everybody's doing well and having fun.

--Steve.

Ex- MIT, Aware, Hyperdesk (DG spinoff), ICS, Ab Initio, etc.

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