On 2026-02-12 01:37, Matthew Charette via sigs-l3go wrote: > Never seen me, but hey Lucas! I hope you're doing OK? I suspect you're OK > to take time off for your own health :). I showed up to the group merely > once and got mired in family issues shortly after a blunder losing my phone > while sporting a cane (....at a Linux meetup, of all places, lol); then > didn't show up as a result of a hip fracture not long after and told almost > nobody. So I'd say you're good, provided your health is OK? The folks I met > were of 200% heart :). > > (Which is likely also news to Mr. sporty RGB :). That's why I haven't been > in touch... ehh, I hopped on an e-scooter shortly after we met, few months, > and found out the hard way why not to ride even moderately fast. Smash went > my hip, up went life. Many new roomies since, other folks passed, etc, but > things are finally stable -- very sloooow recovery... and miraculously, no > cane as of today :)) > > I'm not lurking, and would like to join you folks again. Unfortunately my > only claim to fame on deep tech *lately* has been basically fiddling with > Godot, which isn't remotely near the low level I can operate at, although > it did allow for creative outlets while functionally disabled. I guess my > current fascination, being a bit better now, is with charity efforts - > homelessness, the intersection with government, lack of access to > resources. I have a bad habit of walking when I shouldn't, meeting people > my wits let me get away with, and teaching tech to elderly - while trying > to come to terms with the fact that maybe my next role won't involve > inventing fancy C++ templates... but rather, understanding where I best fit > in the OSS ecosystem as this weirdo polyglot coder who seems to pick up > whatever and correct it, as long as there is a defined noble end goal. > > If I'm still in, is Saigon Pho still "the place"? If I can't make it: quois > de neufs, mons amis??? It still is, and it is coming up again in a week. I hope you are able to join us again, as your health and spam filters permit. I was hoping to see you back and understand you've had a few challenges. > On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM Lucas Fryzek via sigs-l3go < sigs-l3go [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I had a gout flare up over the weekend, but it's mostly recovered. > > Assuming I'm not worse tomorrow I should be able to make it. > > > > John and Donovan (who haven't subscribed to the list yet) told me they are > > planning to come as well. > > > > BR, > > Lucas > > > > On February 3, 2026 8:00:01 a.m. EST, Richard Guy Briggs via sigs-l3go < sigs-l3go [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > >> Reminder of L3GO meeting a week from today, Tue Feb 10 18:30:00 EST 2026. > >> Saigon Pho restaurant, 232 Bank Street @Lisgar slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ -- Manage your subscription: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org/sigs-l3go/listinfo.html