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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah I now noticed that, alternatively you can use the google cache
for now.  As probably mentioned earlier we are in the process of
creating a new website, so the links might change anyway -- when we
are done...

2015-08-18 23:25 GMT+02:00 Lance Doiron <ldoiron17@xxxxxxxxx>:
> It seems that the server for the domain is having some issues at the moment,
> I a got a 504 (Gateway Timeout) error.
>
> Lance Doiron
> Electrical Engineer
> 207.289.5500
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Lance Doiron <ldoiron17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for the insight I will look into it!
>>
>> Lance Doiron
>> Electrical Engineer
>> 207.289.5500
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Lance,
>>>
>>> Thank you for considering KiCad as a place to spend some of your time
>>> to help out KiCad.
>>>
>>> For general information on how to get started, please have a look at
>>> [1] and look at [2] for some ideas on where to start. I have tried to
>>> list some possible "easy" issues on [2]. But other than that, try to
>>> browse the issue tracker (I suggest chronologically) and see if there
>>> are some issues that you fell that you can handle and try to fix them.
>>>
>>> For more handholding and direct response, you might want to join our
>>> IRC channel #kicad@freenode, there you might be able to gain some
>>> realtime help if you will need it.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/DEV/Getting+Started
>>> [2] http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/DEV/How+to+Contribute
>>>
>>> 2015-08-14 14:18 GMT+02:00 Lance Doiron <ldoiron17@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> > Kicad Team,
>>> >
>>> > I am an EE by training and have a passion for open source anything. I
>>> > am
>>> > currently designing an open source motor drive for teaching the DIY
>>> > hacker
>>> > crowd about how PID loops, motor control etc works. I see that Kicad
>>> > has
>>> > potential, and also that Kicad has very few people working on it to
>>> > make it
>>> > better.
>>> >
>>> > I would like to help fix Kicad bugs, which is something only a handful
>>> > of
>>> > crazy nut jobs have said before. I have programmed in Java and python
>>> > before, and dabbled in C++. I am not totally inept when it comes to
>>> > algorithmic coding, however I am not well versed in how OS programs run
>>> > or
>>> > interact with the OS. If somebody who is working on Kicad is willing to
>>> > trade a little bit of hand holding for another person on board to help
>>> > make
>>> > Kicad the next Ubuntu for PCB design, I am willing to help.
>>> >
>>> > I was planning on learning either C++ or Scala to write a desktop app
>>> > for
>>> > interfacing with my new motor drive so I would already be putting the
>>> > time
>>> > in to get semi proficient at C++.  I don't have 40 hours a week to put
>>> > in,
>>> > but I would assume anything is better than nothing!
>>> >
>>> > Lance Doiron
>>> > Electrical Engineer
>>> > 207.289.5500
>>> >
>>> >
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