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Another occasional lab report

Posted on 08/11/2011 by Steve Woods

Your correspondent arrived at the lab last Friday to find there was – initially at least – nowhere to sit down. We had a full complement of volunteers present – both old and new – and a couple of customers … Continue reading →

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Green ICT and Bristol Wireless

Posted on 22/10/2011 by Steve Woods

A couple of days ago, Bristol24/7 reported that Bristol is entering the race to be Europe’s top green city in 2014, so it’s perhaps appropriate to have a look at what Bristol Wireless can do as regards green IT (although, … Continue reading →

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More LTSP

Posted on 21/05/2011 by Steve Woods

Just after your correspondent had published yesterday’s LTSP round-up post (news passim), Acesabe got busy with his Twitter client, tweeting: #LTSP 4.2 & 5 running as #vserver clients on host laptop, old lappers get to live another day! He also … Continue reading →

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LTSP round-up

Posted on 20/05/2011 by Steve Woods

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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Thank you, Mr Anonymous!

Posted on 16/02/2011 by Steve Woods

A couple of days ago, we received a generous donation of an Acer laptop from an anonymous caller at the Lab (thank you kindly, sir! We did ask him if he wanted any kind of thanks, but he resisted all … Continue reading →

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The Digital Challenge is dead, but Momentum Group is harder to kill than a vampire

Posted on 14/12/2010 by Steve Woods

Yesterday, Rich, Jules and yours truly were representing Bristol Wireless at a Connecting Bristol event (news passim) at the Watershed entitled ‘The Digital Challenge is Over – The Digital Opportunity is Here’. It was good to see some old (not … Continue reading →

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Lab life – disc wiping

Posted on 30/11/2010 by Steve Woods

A couple of days ago, we received a donation of a rather smart machine; this will be refurbished and offered for sale as part of our refurbishment project, for which we currently have a selection of machines complete with a … Continue reading →

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Lab report – close look at refurbishing

Posted on 18/12/2009 by Steve Woods

It’s 3pm on Friday afternoon (aka POETS Day. Ed ) and the lab is in the capable hands of Jim, Stefan & your ‘umble scribe. Jim & Stefan, both freshly supplied with a hot drink are busy working away on … Continue reading →

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Bristol Wireless helps out student campaigning group

Posted on 21/08/2009 by Mike

When Bristol Wireless heard about the recent break-in and theft of computers at UK student campaining group People & Planet, who are based in Oxford, they were more than happy to help by donating two snazzy refurbished Linux desktop systems … Continue reading →

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We’re in the Evening Post

Posted on 16/06/2009 by Steve Woods

Regular readers will be aware that Bristol Wireless’ move to Hamilton House (news passim) is imminent, i.e. this coming weekend. Quite independently of our move, the Bristol Evening Post is today carrying a feature on Hamilton House and its role … Continue reading →

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