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Open source career taster days for women

Posted on 17/04/2013 by Steve Woods

In conjunction with both Fossbox and Flossie, BCSWomen, the British Computer Society’s specialist women’s group, is organising 3 open source career taster days for women in London next month. The days involved are 13th, 20th and 28th May and the … Continue reading →

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20th April is Hardware Freedom Day

Posted on 15/03/2013 by Steve Woods

Here’s something that’s bound to appeal to our friends at Bristol Hackspace and Dorkbot Bristol: 20th April has been announced as the date for Hardware Freedom Day 2013. Hardware Freedom Day (HFD) is an annual celebration of Open Hardware. Open … Continue reading →

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Coming soon – env[:hack]

Posted on 25/02/2013 by Steve Woods

A couple of dates for your diaries, readers: 16th and 17th March 2013. On those dates env[:hack] will be taking place all day in Bristol. According to the blurb, env[:hack] is a Hack Day organised by the Environment Agency with … Continue reading →

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Next Wednesday is CiviDay 2013

Posted on 17/01/2013 by Steve Woods

Next Wednesday, 23rd January, has been designated CiviDay 2013 and 2 meet-ups have been arranged in London and Bristol respectively for users of CiviCRM, the open source CRM package, as used by Bristol Wireless. The meet-ups are described as a … Continue reading →

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Debian bug squashing parties arranged for Wheezy

Posted on 10/11/2012 by Steve Woods

Debian is a great Linux distribution. Indeed, besides being a distribution in its own right, it acts as the foundation for the very popular Ubuntu distro and countless others. Here at Bristol Wireless, we’ve been using Debian for as long … Continue reading →

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It’s Ada Lovelace Day

Posted on 16/10/2012 by Steve Woods

Today, 16th October is Ada Lovelace Day, which is a worldwide event about sharing stories of women — whether engineers, scientists, technologists or mathematicians and has the aim is to create new role models for girls and women in these … Continue reading →

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GNOME + Beers = GBeers

Posted on 14/10/2012 by Steve Woods

Although the favourite tipple (outside working hours of course! Ed.) of our regular volunteers is cider, we do have a couple – notably Messrs Treasurer and Secretary – who are fond of beer and real ale in particular. Consequently we … Continue reading →

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Last day to register for LibreOffice Conference 2012

Posted on 08/10/2012 by Steve Woods

Today, Monday 8th October, is the last day for registration for the LibreOffice Conference 2012, which, following a public poll, will be held in Berlin from 17th – 19th October 2012. The conference venue will be the Conference Centre of … Continue reading →

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Today is Software Freedom Day

Posted on 15/09/2012 by Steve Woods

Today, 15th September, is Software Freedom Day, an annual worldwide event to promote the role that free and open source technology can play in the modern world, where our everyday lives are increasingly dependent upon technology. At the time of … Continue reading →

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Our Digital Planet lands in Broadmead

Posted on 10/09/2012 by Steve Woods

Our Digital Planet is an exhibition showcasing the positive opportunities and developments that have been made possible by the internet. The exhibition is being sponsored by Nominet Trust, the charity established by Nominet (the organisation which administers the .uk domain … Continue reading →

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