Beacon Community Network

A community-run digital services platform for Beacon, NY.

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About

beaconny.net is maintained by members of the Beacon Computing Forum as a place for local digital content and as a platform for web technology education and experimentation.

Services

Runs on Computers in Beacon

Beacon Computing Forum Learn, share, discuss, and collaborate on all things computers, programming, and technology.

Files A shared, local place to store and access public files. (currently read-only)

City of Beacon Document Archive A fast, searchable archive of local public records.

Gitlab A platform for source code revision tracking, collaboration, and automation.

Kiwix A local archive of various information sources, including Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg Library, and Stack Overflow

Blogs

• Local Maximum
  • Thoughts on the Future of Opportunity and Equity in Beacon, New York

User Pages

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• derekenos

Proposals

• Interface Research Lab
  • A proposal to create a community technology education and digital fabrication lab in Beacon, NY.
• Beacon Correctional Facility Redevelopment
  • A concept for how this property could be leveraged to the educational, economic, and ecological benefit of our community.

Previous Services

These services were either no longer useful, or underutilized.

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COVID Home Test Stock Locator A periodically updated inventory of in-stock COVID home tests at CVS stores near Beacon.

AI Image Generator Use the Stable Diffusion model to turn text descriptions into images. user: beacon pass: computing

Polis A public opinion collection and analysis platform.