Category Archives: Media and Content

News on media and content on the network

We’re in the latest Tuxradar podcast

Posted on 07/09/2011 by woodsy

Along with our friends over the road at Bristol Hackspace, Bristol Wireless gets an honourable mention in the latest Tuxradar podcast, brought to the world by Linux Format magazine. The podcast is available as both a high quality ogg or … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Wiki sessions in Bristol

Posted on 04/09/2011 by woodsy

Bristol is well known for its links with natural history and wildlife. The city is the home to the BBC’s Natural History Unit and Bristol Zoo is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year. To build further on this base, there’s … Continue reading →

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Microsoft sends birthday video greetings to Linux

Posted on 20/07/2011 by woodsy

Earlier this year we reported that Linux is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year (news passim). As part of the celebrations, the Linux Foundation invited video submissions to mark this milestone. A birthday greetings video from Microsoft has now been … Continue reading →

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LTSP round-up

Posted on 20/05/2011 by woodsy

Earlier this week our 2 LTSP gurus, BenG and Acesabe, were busy configuring and preparing a new LTSP suite comprising some donated redundant Rock Clevo T200C laptops as the thin clients. These run on 12 volts and are being made … Continue reading →

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Digital doings down the Counts Louse

Posted on 17/05/2011 by woodsy

Bristol is a city with a long history, part of which is reflected in its civic institutions. One of these is the office of mayor. Bristol first had a mayor as long ago as 1216. In 1899 the plain old … Continue reading →

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It’s not cricket, it’s #twicket!

Posted on 26/04/2011 by woodsy

The Lancashire village of Wray (population approx. 500) became a true global village on Easter Monday with a world first – the live streaming of video and audio coverage of a village cricket match over the internet. The protagonists were … Continue reading →

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After Badger Cam comes Pigeon Cam

Posted on 18/04/2011 by woodsy

Following on from Bristol Wireless’ recent work with Secret World and their badgers and other assorted critters (news passim), news reaches the lab that our colleagues up at Knowle West Media Centre have also been getting involved with wildlife – … Continue reading →

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Hotot Twitter client

Posted on 15/04/2011 by woodsy

People who know BW’s chief scribe know he’s a great fan of Twitter, the social networking and microblogging website. Over the past couple of years, he’s tried out various Linux Twitter clients, ranging from quick and dirty Python scripts for … Continue reading →

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Linux is 20 this year

Posted on 07/04/2011 by woodsy

2011 marks the 20th birthday of Linux (or GNU/Linux if you’re a purist. Ed.) and the Linux Foundation has released the video below to mark the event. Find out more about what’s happening to celebrate 20 years of Linux and … Continue reading →

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What to do with Linux when the cows come home

Posted on 06/04/2011 by woodsy

If someone asked you what you would do with Linux when the cows come home, would your answer be: “Milk them”? If so, you can go to the top of the class; and no, don’t let the proximity of April … Continue reading →

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