Category Archives: Bristol Wireless Events

Events organised by or in which Bristol Wireless participates

Sign up for Barncamp 2013

The email below has been posted today to the Hacktionlab mailing list. Hi All, I’m pleased to announce that the BarnCamp 2013 sign-up is now live and on-line: https://barncamp.org.uk/ More information about BarnCamp on that site and at: https://hacktionlab.org/barncamp/ You … Continue reading

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NAO warns UK needs more skilled cyber-crime fighters

The BBC website posted an article today highlighting the concerns expressed in a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) that a lack of skilled workers is hampering the UK’s fight against cyber crime and that it could take up … Continue reading

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A message from the Company Secretary

Time is fast approaching for the co-operative’s AGM, so cunningly disguised as the Company Secretary, the chief scribe has just emailed the following notice to members. NOTICE OF AGM The Annual General Meeting of Bristol Wireless for 2012 will be … Continue reading

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IRC – not just for idle chat. It’s great for meetings too

Jules, our esteemed treasurer, is currently several thousand miles away from Bristol. Nevertheless, he was able to participate in our last monthly meeting fully due to the wonders of IRC. When he’s been away before, Jules has always emailed his … Continue reading

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Reasons to be cheerful – 2 parts

2012 is fast approaching and there are two reasons for celebration in the New Year. Firstly, the United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives as an acknowledgement of the fundamental role of cooperatives in … Continue reading

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It’s festive closing time (soon!)

In common with the rest of the country, we heathens at Bristol Wireless shall be taking a festive break and closing the lab. Our arrangements are as follows: we shall be closing from lunchtime on Friday 23rd December (aka beer … Continue reading

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Linux Lounge now on Twitter

Last week, the lab was pleased to receive a visit from BW member John Palfrey. For those who don’t know him, John is the owner of the Linux Lounge (news passim), an old double-decker bus which he’s refurbished and kitted … Continue reading

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It’s AGM time

Your correspondent, in his guise as company secretary, has just sent the following notice to members of the co-operative and our general mailing list: NOTICE OF AGM The Annual General Meeting of Bristol Wireless for 2010 will be held at … Continue reading

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Bristol Wireless reopens City Farm Computer Room

Bristol Wireless will be officially reopening the Computer Room at Windmill Hill City Farm, Philip Street, Bedminster on Thursday 21st October after a brief period of closure. To mark the reopening, we’ll be holding an open access drop-in session from … Continue reading

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We’ve moved!

There’s been a dearth of news from us for the last week or so. The reason: we’ve been moving the lab across Bristol from Stokes Croft to Windmill Hill. We moved out of Hamilton House over the weekend with the … Continue reading

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