September 12, 2023October 11, 2023 by vicpimaker

Sat., Sept. 23, 2023 – USB Keyboard phrase typist

9:30-10am Cocktails & Conversation
10am Presentation

George will tell us more about his USB Keyboard Phrase Typist (aka rubber ducky) project.

This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).

Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal

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Next Meeting is March 26, 2026, 6:30pm

Thursday's NetSIG Topic: Prometheus & Grafana for Newbies 🔥📊 Looking for options to keep your systems healthy? Join us for a beginner-friendly dive into modern monitoring: 📡 Prometheus 101: How to collect and store real-time metrics. 📈 Grafana Basics: Turning raw data into actionable dashboards. 🛠️ Live Demo: Seeing these tools in action to catch issues and observe trends. Background reading at prometheus.io and grafana.com.

Bring your laptop with Wireshark, and an OpenWrt router (if you have one).

Afterword, we will go out for a beer/coffee. We'll be meeting in-person this month, at Quality Foods, View Royal, 27 Helmcken Rd #110. We will also setup a laptop in the upstairs small board room for those attending remotely.
We'll use Jitsi for the remote part of this meeting:

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https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/netsig

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