Another successful training course completed at Easton Community Centre ICT Suite. Ten novice students took away refurbished machines running Mepis Linux, once again kindly donated by those excellent people at the Institute of Physics Publishing. The concurrent running course will be completed next Thursday (4th march) which will bring the grand total of redistributed Linux […]
Bristol & Bath Lug are planning to participate in the event below with a sort of souped up Install Fest prob. at Bristol Uni. I’ve offered support and participation on behalf of BW, I’ll put in on the genda for the next meeting, and it will probably be a subject for the next BBLUG meeting […]
OUTSIDE THE BOX is a celebration of the creativity of sport and art inspired and created by the Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls. Part Two – Saturday August 14th We are looking for volunteers for Saturday August 14th, OUTSIDE THE BOX, PART TWO. It is being held at the Tobacco Factory and features many top Cowboys […]
This might be a useful utility for feeding the last 4 or 5 posts subject lines on the mailing list to the front page of the website, which I should point out is getting 400+ hits a day. http://wonko.com/software/mailfeed/ I haven’t had time to get a good look at it, but if any php whizzes […]
Lasa’s Circuit Rider Conference takes place in London on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 September. The conference will be an opportunity to hear Circuit Riders talk about their work, discuss how to set up Circuit Rider projects, and network with others involved in ICT for small voluntary sector organisations. The agenda includes an exhibition of […]
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2004-07-26-017-26-NW-PB "The city of Barcelona–Spain’s second largest city–recently announced it will be phasing out its current Windows NT infrastructure in favor of open source software, according to IBLNEWS and other prominent Spanish-language news outlets. "Barcelona’s move comes after the German city of Munich took this same path more than a year ago, in a high-profile […]
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=540603 In the beginning was Word When schools buy software, there seems to be only one choice: Microsoft. Why don’t more of them use Linux? It can do most of the work, it’s more secure and it’s free. Michael Pollitt investigates 14 July 2004 In the past week there’s been a lot of talk about […]
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=24610 PARIS, Jul 13 (IPS) – Many European public administrations are distancing themselves from the U.S. software giant Microsoft and turning to free software. The Paris city administration has announced it is considering replacing its Microsoft systems with public domain software such as Linux, OpenOffice and Mozilla. The overhaul of the city’s data processing systems […]
Sometimes this site looks like there is nothing going on so I thought I’d give an update on what has been going on the last month since the Wireless Festival Bannerman Road School We have arranged for the BuildIT project to refurbish the machines for the Bannerman Road school project. This is group of young […]
Just a reminder that the first TUESDAY of the month is rapidly approaching. An agenda for the meeting can be found and edited at http://docs.psand.net/twiki/bin/view/CLAN/ClanAgendaNextMeeting and the minutes of the last meeting here http://docs.psand.net/twiki/bin/view/CLAN/ClanMinutes010604 As we missed out on Bails’ BBQ, it would be good to have a big turnout and a post-meeting pub analysis […]
An elderly gentleman based in Horfield by the name of Ken Taylor rang the Lab last week to ask if anybody we knew might have any use for a large collection of radio valves (1940s/50s), many of them still in their original boxes. He and his friends were "wireless" hobbyists during and after WW2, even […]
BRISTOL INDYMEDIA COMMUNITY ARTS DAY (Sat 12th / 1pm start) Back for a second year – This whole day event is a unique opportunity for people to come along, learn new skills and discuss issues surrounding grass-roots media. The line up this year includes DIY radio workshops, how to make your own magazine, DIY record […]
Andy Laurence’s – day diary http://www.andylaurence.co.uk/BristolWirelessFestival/index.html The rest of Ed’s photo’s http://www.bodgematic.com/photos/bwf/
http://informal.org.uk/people/julian/publications/the_state_of_wireless_london/#towards-a-city-wide-meshed-network This study looks at how wireless networking (WLAN) in London has developed over the last three years from hacktivist pastime to mainstream pursuit. Comparing networks built by freenetwork groups, commercial hotspot providers, and public sector initiatives the study also examines the sales and uptake of WLAN equipment and makes some direct measurements of wireless […]
Dear All You may have heard of Education Unlimited. It is an exciting new Learning and Skills Council funded project only available in Bristol. With strong support from local business it took the view that a radical new approach to learning was needed if we are ever to harness the potential of all our young […]
We now have a link to our IRC Server from the front page of the website, using a CGI script edited and installed by our good friend Alex (Hashbang), so you can join all of us IRC loafers at the click of a button. Click on the link below, create yourself a nickname and join […]
RICHAIR2030 proposes a fictional scenario for its 2004 UK touring performance: http://richair.waag.org April 30, FUTURESONIC04, Manchester May 7-10, MACHINISTA04, Glasgow June 5-6, CUBECINEMA, Bristol July 10-16, BOWFESTIVAL 04, London RICHAIR2030 – BEAT UP THE SIGNALS RICHAIR2030 is a fictional wireless performance set in year 2030. RICHAIR2030 incorporates ideas of freenetwork movement developed worldwide in early […]
The expression of interest and associated docs for funding via the "Building Communities" route can be found here – http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/downloads/sub-section.asp?SubSectionID=55&SectionID=79&lang=en Strangely, it looks like the expression of interest is expected to be handwritten!!
We did start the courses by attempting to make them free, which was OK when everything was being done on a purely voluntary basis. Sustainability has to work on several levels though. Our attempt to employ tutors to provide a more professional approach to the training, seems to be working, but the obtaining of money […]
Well after that riveting debate 🙂 – http://forums.bristolwireless.net/viewtopic.php?t=118 Lets have a bit of fun with the voting bit of this board – poll is open for 48 hours!