TTCS pizzalime on Wednesday 16th July 2008
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a meeting on Wednesday July 16th 2008 from 6pm at Pizza Hut, Roxy Roundabout.
Come join us as we eat and discuss :
- The Ministry of Public Admin releases Draft National Policy on Electronic Business For Trinidad and Tobago.
- TATT releases "Draft Universality Implementation Plan for Telecommunications Services in Trinidad and Tobago"
- security flaw in DNS.
- planning for Software Freedom Day 2008
Contribution of $30 towards refreshments is expected. Copies of TTCS OSSWIN CD are available for $40TT. Persons interested in attending this meeting are asked to register their name and email address. See you there!
Videos from TTCS meeting : Hacking Wii Remote are online
At the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society’s (TTCS) tech meeting on April 20th, 2008, we looked at Johnny Chung Lee’s project “Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the [Nintendo Wii] Wiimote” to create a interactive whiteboard on any computer screen (projected or on the monitor itself) using just a infrared light pen, and a Nintendo Wii Remote connected to a PC via Bluetooth.
Mike Tikasingh and Paul Worswick did a splendid job in researching, building and testing for this meeting and the end result was very impressive. Kudos to Mike Tikasingh for editing the video footage taken that day. There were three videos :
Wii Remote Hack Part I : Building the light pens
Wii Remote Hack Part II : Making things communicate
Wii Remote Hack Part III : Practical use demo
Latest TTCS updates at a glance
TTCS submission for SFD Competition 2007 receives "highly commended" award
The Software Freedom Day (SFD) Competition 2007 results have been announced by the Software Freedom Day organisation and the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society's entry for SFD 2007 received a "highly commended" award from the Software Freedom Day organisation!
- Read the SFD 2007 results
- Read the TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007 report submitted to SFD
- Photos from SFD 2007 on Flickr
- 18 minute video of the TTCS SFD 2007 event
- BitDepth #595 - 'A slow march to freedom' Mark Lyndersay's newspaper column on technology which covered SFD 2007
TTCS new Wordpress site, TTCS RSS feed, Facebook group
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) has implemented the following :
- a new TTCS site based on Wordpress hosted at wordpress.com. The site is live at http://www.ttcsweb.org/blog/
- We also have a RSS feed which you can subscribe to to keep track of updates to the TTCS site : http://www.ttcsweb.org/feed/
- A TTCS Facebook group has been created on the social network Facebook. If you're on Facebook, join us there!
TTCS OSSWIN CD available!
The TTCS OSSWIN CD is a compilation of Free/Open Source software for the Windows platform and offers a web based interface for you to easily browse the over one hundred programs on the CD. Each program's webpage contains a short description, a screenshot, its key features, useful program related links and a link to download/install the program from the TTCS OSSWIN CD. You can buy the CD for TT$40. If you wish to purchase a CD, please email us in advance: ttcsosswincd [ at ] gmail.com. Also, while stocks last, purchasers of TTCS OSSWIN CD will also get a Ubuntu Linux CD at no additional charge. You can also download an 700MB ISO of the TTCS OSSWIN CD via BitTorrent (http://www.ttcsweb.org/ttcsosswincd.torrent) or via several download mirrors.
- Read more about the TTCS OSSWIN CD
- View TTCS OSSWIN CD screencast (done in Flash) ; size : 2.8 MB)
- View TTCS OSSWIN CD screenshots
Latin America and Caribbean Internet User Groups sign MOU to Create LACRALO at ICANN Sao Paulo, Brazil
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (PDF ; 96K) between ICANN and ten organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean accredited as "At-Large Structures" was signed to create the Latin American and the Caribbean Regional At Large Organisation (LACRALO).
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) is an accredited 'At-Large Structure' and is one of the ten signatories to the MOU which took part in the signing ceremony on December 5th, 2006 at 11.50am (9:50 am local time) at the ICANN general meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Read the offical ICANN press release about the MOU
- View a video clip of the signing
- View several photos of the signing taken with my camera and also a photo by taken by Bret Fausett
Google Maps has higher res satellite maps of Trinidad ; Wikimapia
Google Maps has updated satellite imagery for several parts of Trinidad, primarily the east-west corridor, Chaguanas, Chaguaramas (and the five islands), Point Fortin and Mayaro. A recent update now includes Port of Spain (unfortunately there is a lot of cloud cover) and environs and parts of Point Lisas and San Fernando.
Here are a few satellite photos of Trinidad on Google Maps :
- Piarco Airport
- Churchill-Roosevelt Highway Junction.
- Medford flyover, Chaguanas showing PriceSmart/Price Plaza and Food Basket
- University of the West Indies
- Curepe Junction
- Pt Gourde, Chaguaramas Bay,Chaguaramas
WikiMapia is a project to describe the whole planet Earth.
You can use your browser to go to Trinidad and you can click on rectangles showing places others have already added. You can further add more details to existing places and add your own interesting places
See for yourself. Browse Trinidad
