[BBLISA] Closing of CBC

[Daniel Clark]

I agree it'd be nice to meet people IRL again.

I've changed careers and am considering changing back at some point, but it
seems like many of my favorite resources from back in the day - BBLISA,
Usenix LISA/;Login magazine - no longer exist.

What are people's replacements for these things?

Re: meeting, maybe with less frequency or in a speed talk or YouTube party
format (although I'd really prefer a quiet space, eg not a bar like CBC)?

I would be willing to be part of a group organizing such a thing, but don't
have bandwidth to do it all myself.

Also do people like the mailing list, or might perhaps something like
Discord be more useful these days?

Cheers,

-Danny

On Fri, Dec 27, 2024, 7:29 PM Steven M Jones <smj at crash.com> wrote:

> On 12/27/24 10:21 AM, John Stoffel wrote:
>
> "John" == John P Rouillard <rouilj at cs.umb.edu> <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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