Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

[Shugen]

Re: Pre-Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

My wife got off work early and needed the computer for school, so I won't be using the zenhall at the time I scheduled tonight. (9:30pm to 10:30pm Eastern Standard Time US, Sunday June 7) Sorry if it caused any problems.

Ron

[roky]

Re: Pre-Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

hi guys - after 2 days of struggling with xubuntu on my laptop, i, temporarily, give up -- this means the webcam only runs on the ancient desktop, which sounds like ____ -- so i'll actually be sitting in the next room -- so if you see an "empty zafu", or nothing at all, i'm still there, sitting with you, in the next room -- you'll probably be seeing/not seeing a lot of me this next week

gassho, bob

[Shonin]

Re: Pre-Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

Doesn't technology just suck sometimes, Bob? I hope ya get it all worked out.

Dave

[roky]

Re: Pre-Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

dave - when you pay $12 for a computer, you gotta expect to tinker a bit -- i just refuse to put out 100 + for winxp -- plus, i really appreciate what the linux folks have done, for free

actually, the technology gods are smiling on us -- i've noticed that mebeam is very stable, compared to last year -- of course, you have to get 2 windows up within 90 seconds, but after that it stays put, for hours -- and it refreshes without kicking you out, which is what it used to do -- 20minutes , you were out

and thanks to my compadre, padre, for the company -- its great to have company in the hall

[Shugen]

Re: Pre-Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

and thanks to my compadre, padre, for the company -- its great to have company in the hall

I second that. Thanks padre.

Ron

p.s. Sorry I keep missing you in the zen hall Roky, I'm glad you have someone to sit with.

[roky]

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sorry for not sceduling in advance, ron, so that does make it a bit difficult to connect -- i have the luxurious retired life: no money, but i'm the boss(unfortunately, i'm my own worse boss), so i can sit whenever, at least when my wife is away from this one room shack(20X25) -- are you and padre really sitting at 1:30am, or is my time zone screwed up?

anyway, todays the monthly sit, i think at 12 est, so i'll be there -- bill gates must love me, cause i actually got winxp to work on my laptop, with webcam -- but no sound -- i'll get it - but i can use the desktop on ustream to hear jundo, and the laptop for mebeam

mebeam took about 10minutes to connect this am, hope that was just a maintenance issue, cause its been solid on so far

gassho, bob

[Shugen]

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Roky,

I think your timezone is screwed up! We usually sit somewhere around 9:30, 10:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

Ron

[roky]

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i'd love to join in on the evening sits, but i'm just, again, getting off caffeine -- i'm having trouble staying awake past noon :P

my first teacher used to sit very late, sometimes around the clock -- when i'm on retreat, sometimes i can do the hours you guys do, but mostly i just start dreaming, and falling over -- but maybe once the caffeine addiction is under control

[roky]

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well, i blew that -- sat down with the webcam, wondering where is everybody, then i figured out it was now 1am in japan -- i'll do it recorded

[roky]

Re: Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

sounds nice, i'll have to check it out -- right now i'm down to 1 cup of sencha -- unfortunately, if i continue with that, it will just increase -- unlike most, i truly have an addiction --

[roky]

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padre the tea man -- actually, the sencha is decaf, safe for me -- what i'm still hung up on is the chun mee, but only for the caffeine -- i'm not very up on it, but i will say, that a good cup of tea, including my decaf sencha, tastes very good when drunk with awareness

and mebeam was acting up for me this afternoon, hopefully not a sign of last years problems -- since, without a local sangha, you guys is all i've got

but :P , i now have winxp and win2k dual-booted on both my laptops!! -- with sound and webcam(actually, a $10 aiptek megacam that doubles as a webcam)

see you in the hall

[Shohei]

Re: Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

I actually just got everthing setup to go for a sit in the zen hall and its a no go for me. could be this laptop but it worked last time i tested it a week ago. Any one else having an issue?

Gassho, Shohei

[Shugen]

Re: Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

I just checked and It's okay for me. Tuesday 9:23 pm EST. I'm going to sit at 9:30.

Ron

[Shohei]

Re: Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

i will be joining you for a second sit then

Gassho Shohei

[roky]

Re: Announcement: The Always Open Zazen Cafe

shohei/dirk -- what are the exact symptoms, as i've been dealing mucho over the last 2 weeks with mebeam on different operating systems

for instance, in some instances, mebeam's control panel wouldn't function, that is, the one that says "do you want mebeam to have access..." -- the buttons for yes or no wouldn't function

another: they function, but say you don't have a webcam hooked up

and then there's the old favorite, you get kicked out,even though you have 2 windows -- which i think is not my computer, but server, or mebeam

its the first one thats bad news, cause i never found a fix, nor has anyone else, in my research -- its specific to the os

gassho, roky