From slitt at troubleshooters.com Wed Feb 4 02:59:05 2026 From: slitt at troubleshooters.com (Steve Litt) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 02:59:05 -0500 Subject: [Semibug] 2/4/2026 GoLUG meeting, 7pm Eastern STANDARD time Message-ID: <20260204025905.351d1f28@mydesk.domain.cxm> Hi all, Where: GoLUG Online: https://meet.jit.si/golug When: Wednesday, 2/4/2026 7pm sharp Eastern STANDARD time Arrive 15 minutes early for Microphone check & discussion Who: Steve Litt, Troubleshooter, Developer, Tech Writer What: Free for all discussion of Open Source I'll present a 20 minute mini-talk on the benefits of making your HTML also be well formed XML, an XML well-formedness detector, a handy HTML troubleshooting test you can use if your HTML is also well formed XML, and having your own, locally hosted W3C HTML validity tester. After that, other people will present, as desired, and discussions will ensue. Hope to see you there. SteveT Steve Litt GoLUG Publicity Coordinator -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: junk.png Type: image/png Size: 6136 bytes Desc: not available URL: From slitt at troubleshooters.com Sat Feb 7 23:23:57 2026 From: slitt at troubleshooters.com (Steve Litt) Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 23:23:57 -0500 Subject: [Semibug] I'm available for presentations at your LUG meetings Message-ID: <20260207232357.0d40202e@mydesk.domain.cxm> Hi all, My 45 minute "HTML Derivation Via W3C Validator and xmlchecker.py" presentation was well received at GoLUG the other night, so I'd like to refine it and present it at a few other LUGs and/or BSD groups using Jitsi, Big Blue Button or Zoom remote meetings. The eight minute first segment highlights the following: * Benefit of writing valid HTML. * 2 Benefits of really knowing and understanding HTML. * 3 Benefits of making your HTML also be well formed XML. * Benefits of deriving HTML from the W3C validator and xmlchecker.py. * Mention of the three tools: W3C validator, xmlchecker.py, and a browser. * Mention that installation of W3C validator and xmlchecker.py will be detailed later in the presentation. The next segment derives a valid "Hello World" HTML starting from an empty file using the W3C validator exclusively, and then makes it well formed XML with the aid of the xmlchecker.py XML well formedness checker. We then correct this valid HTML written in well formed XML to be what we all know should really be in an HTML file. The next segment enlarges the HTML file with a few more lines, proves that HTML can be valid even if it's not well formed XML, and shows how to convert it to well formed XML. This segment features more sophisticated use of the W3C validator and xmlchecker.py. The next segment unveils use of a time saving debugging technique useful on any HTML which is also intended to be well formed XML, and also gives a peek at CSS. The next segment details the installation of both the W3C validator, which can be a massive headache if the wrong Internet instructions are followed, and the dead-bang easy installation of xmlchecker.py. The final segment is a wrapup of the presentation, and should finish within 45 minutes of the start. <<< NOTE >>> I also have a similar presentation for Rust, which I can give at any LUG or BSD group. SteveT Steve Litt Technical Trainer http://www.troubleshooters.com From slitt at troubleshooters.com Thu Feb 26 21:23:13 2026 From: slitt at troubleshooters.com (Steve Litt) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:23:13 -0500 Subject: [Semibug] 3/4/2026 GoLUG meeting, 7pm Eastern STANDARD time Message-ID: <20260226212313.57643d38@mydesk.domain.cxm> Hi all, Where: GoLUG Online: https://meet.jit.si/golug When: Wednesday, 3/4/2026 7pm sharp Eastern STANDARD time Arrive at 6:45pm for Microphone check & discussion Who: Steve Litt, Troubleshooter, Developer, Tech Writer What: Find out for yourself about Rust It's coming. You've seen it. You've heard of Rust. You've seen the evangelism. You've heard the skepticism. At the next GoLUG meeting, you get to decide for yourself. Using the Rust compiler as your instructor, you'll derive a Rust Hello World, go on to numeric and string manipulation, data structures, branching, looping, command line argument handling, and multi-file projects. The pace will geared to people who have never touched Rust, but have written a program in some language, including Bash or Powerscript, as well as the usual suspects such as C, Python, Javascript etc. Time permitting, after that we'll take a quick AI dip into the things that make Rust special, so that you'll recognize what techniques to use when, and be able to read other peoples' Rust code. If you want to code along with the presentation, and this is recommended although not necessary, install Rust on your computer before the presentation. It's very easy to install on most Linux distros, and I assume on Windows, Mac, and BSD also. Hope to see you there. SteveT Steve Litt GoLUG Publicity Coordinator -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: junk.png Type: image/png Size: 6136 bytes Desc: not available URL: