[scona] Camp Smalltalk PDX - ideas of things to work on/do

[Paul DeBruicker via scona-list]

In the hopes of starting a discussion of things we could do during the three days (August 21-23) of Camp Smalltalk PDX. here are some ideas:


- The hackerspace has 4 3d printers (3 maker bots and another one I can't remember the name of).  We could put them to use making Raspberry Pi cases (e.g. from thingiverse.com [1]) with a balloon or Squeak mouse logo or some such.  It looks like Squeak 5.0 runs on the Pi with few/no problems. Presumably Pharo & Cuis aren't that far off if at all.  


- If anyone is interested in "cloud" stuff I have a Seaside web app &  I'm working on a project to get it tested in multiple browsers automatically. The goal is to go from committing a Smalltalk code change and have a dozen or so Azure and AWS servers run in-browser Selenium tests.  I'm using Ansible [2] & Jenkins [3] for that to script everything together.  I'm hopeful to have it "done" before then but we'll see.  


- About 45 miles east of Portland there is a fish stand [4] where Native Americans sell salmon caught that day.  I intend to drive out there midday Saturday to get some for the cookout.  Anyone wanting to go for a scenic drive could go and we can stop by Multnomah Falls [5] to do a short hike & take in the view.


- I'd like some help getting an LMDB [6] plugin running for Squeak/Pharo using the old BerkeleyDB plugin code.  My C skills are _weak_  but I'm willing to cram some study in before the weekend if anyone wants to work on that.  



Of course I'm happy to pitch in on others ideas as I can.  



1 - http://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=raspberry+pi+case&sa=
2 - http://ansible.com
3 - http://jenkins-ci.org/
4 - https://goo.gl/maps/WUXcx
5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multnomah_Falls
6- http://symas.com/mdb/