Bristol Wireless on Twitter- BristolWireless: we supply reliable #opensource small office servers http://t.co/Cem84AfhQj #samba 16/05/2013
- BristolWireless: #Bristol hosts South West #CiviCRM meet-up http://t.co/gT1rkwAjke #foss #opensource 16/05/2013
- BristolWireless: #Bristol IT MegaMeet registration closes tomorrow http://t.co/RwclzFAIej 16/05/2013
- BristolWireless: RT @glynmoody: Published Guides to #OpenData Licensing - http://t.co/s8auEM8xf0 useful stuff 10/05/2013
- BristolWireless: don't think you need IT support? Think again http://t.co/6xD7rsDLyb 10/05/2013
- BristolWireless: RT @upourstreet: Care about Old Market? http://t.co/kn64qlu8uk? 10/05/2013
Tag Archives: open access
Thursday is GAAD
We learn from Accessible Bristol that tomorrow, Thursday 9th May is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). On that day people all over the world will be coming together to spread the word about accessibility and Accessible Bristol will be among … Continue reading
Posted in International Events, Local Events, Local IT News
Tagged event, open access, social change, social networking
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Election news – the open source angle 2: questions for the Bristol mayor
After looking over the Channel at the forthcoming Belgian local authority and provincial elections (news passim), we’re coming a bit closer to home. It cannot have escaped the attention of any Bristolian who hasn’t been in a coma for many … Continue reading
Found a notspot? Tell Connecting Bristol
This afternoon our friends at Connecting Bristol posted the tweet below on Twitter. So, now you know what to do when you find poor connectivity about the city.
Bristol leads UK in work wifi use
The chief scribe has been known to sit in his local café writing posts to this blog using the establishment’s wifi whilst waiting for his full English and toast to arrive; and it seems he’s not alone. Quoting a study … Continue reading
Public wifi access on Crete
Some Bristol Wireless members have just returned from a week’s holiday on Crete – Greece’s largest island. While there they visited Heraklion and Rethymno, 2 of the largest cities on the island, as well as staying in a small village … Continue reading
LTSP in Notts
This weekend the Bristol Wireless mobile LTSP suite made a trip to the Woodcraft Folk’s International Co-operation Camp in Nottinghamshire (news passim). Luckily our friend Sean was on hand to provide documentary evidence once it had been set up in … Continue reading
Greece: free wifi in Kozani
OSOR reports that the Greek non-profit organisation ‘Free Software / Open Source Software’ (aka Ellak, in Greek) granted the northern Greek Municipality of Kozani four wireless access points and a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) line of 24Mb down/1Mb up in … Continue reading
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Tagged free software, open access, open source
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The Mk. II cabinet arrives
Some months ago Bristol Wireless were asked by Easton Community Centre to provide some new LTSP thin clients in secure cabinets, similar to those already installed in St Werburgh’s Community Centre (news passim), whilst regular readers may recall our first … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol Wireless News, Local IT News, Open Source News, Volunteering
Tagged Linux, LTSP, open access, open source
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First sight of Mk2 cabinets
Regular readers of Bristol Wireless News may recall that in early 2008 we had a series of secure cabinets designed and built for the public access internet suite at St Werburgh’s Community Centre – our base for the past 3 … Continue reading
Bristol’s wifi beach
Bristol’s latest summer attraction, the urban beach down on the Redcliffe stretch of the city docks (otherwise known as ‘Harbourside’ by the city’s bright young things), now has wifi thanks to Bristol Wireless. Rich Higgs writes: “Bails and I set … Continue reading