It is this Saturday, looks like 20 people so far
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ScienceMuseumVisit
Weather forecast is Sunny so a nice day to be up and about in London.
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Liam Proven wrote:
> You should get her a Simplicity box...
>
> http://www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk/
Er-rrm, on the subject of subject :)
Wasn't sure how to add myself to the list, and when I did, it wasn't
hyperlink, just the nick. But I'll be there nonetheless ;)
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On 25 March 2010 14:01, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I
> don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must
> convince her to try ubuntu.
>
Mines using Ubuntu, but I set the machine up to dual-boot just in case
she does
On 25 March 2010 14:01, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I
> don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must
> convince her to try ubuntu.
Yep!
>
> I think the problem with ubuntu on my parents computers (have nearly
> c
The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I
don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must
convince her to try ubuntu.
I think the problem with ubuntu on my parents computers (have nearly
convinced my dad to try - will push him for at least dual-boot
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[mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Alan Pope
Sent: 25 March 2010 13:08
To: UK Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums,Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi
Available!
Hi,
On 25 March 2010 12:37
Hi,
On 25 March 2010 12:37, Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
> Are these personalised screencasts or are they freely available?
I'm not sure whether to make them public or not to be honest. I've
made some decisions about her desktop which people might disagree
with. For example I've installed Picasa as th
On 25 March 2010 12:26, Alan Pope wrote:
>
> That way she can go over what I've told her. I've also planned to make
> some screencasts for her which get automatically delivered to her PC
> when she's online. That way she can watch the video multiple times so
> it does 'sink in'.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
On 25 March 2010 11:52, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> Yeah I try to explain things to her, but I think it is a
> combination of falling deaf ears and simply not getting it. My mum is 66 this
> year, has been using a computer a lot more in the last 4 or 5 years as she
> has become more or less bed-bound,
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Jon Reynolds
wrote:
> Oh god, don't even go there... My mum has a netbook running XP. I really
> would like to get Ubuntu on it, seeing as I am her main support,
> although I do live 200 miles away, so support at the mo is via
> logmein.com... not that any of this
Yeah I try to explain things to her, but I think it is a
combination of falling deaf ears and simply not getting it. My mum is 66 this
year, has been using a computer a lot more in the last 4 or 5 years as she has
become more or less bed-bound, so its been a good thing for her. But even after
ye
On 25 March 2010 11:12, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> But she really doesn't have a clue bless her. The basic principles of
> what a password is and what it is for and how her email username and
> password isn't what the entire Internet is asking her for just doesn't
> sink in.
>
Have you tried educating
Oh god, don't even go there... My mum has a netbook running XP. I really
would like to get Ubuntu on it, seeing as I am her main support,
although I do live 200 miles away, so support at the mo is via
logmein.com... not that any of this is any reason not to use Ubuntu.
But she really doesn't have
On 25/03/10 10:47, Alan Bell wrote:
> Jon Reynolds wrote:
>> > Well as it turns out, April 17 is my Mum's birthday so not likely I
>> > could come anyway.
>> >
> bring her along as a special birthday treat!
We could tell her about popey's Mumbuntu project. :-)
Al
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> bring her along as a special birthday treat!
>
LOL! :)
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Jon Reynolds wrote:
> Well as it turns out, April 17 is my Mum's birthday so not likely I
> could come anyway.
>
bring her along as a special birthday treat!
> Its funny tho, as just this week I have been wanting to go only to see
> the IMAX Hubble 3D showing in there that's on at the mo. Re
Well as it turns out, April 17 is my Mum's birthday so not likely I
could come anyway.
Its funny tho, as just this week I have been wanting to go only to see
the IMAX Hubble 3D showing in there that's on at the mo. Really
would like to see it. Its about 50 mins long and should be spectacular
v
Ha!
I'm bring my dad along, not just because of my age, but because it means he has
a day out too :)
Can't wait to see you all there!
Joe O'Dell
9M
Year 9 G&T Student at Samuel Whitbread Community College
09jod.
Hey Jon!
That's nothing to worry about - In actual fact, all I know about people on IRC
is their name and IRC nick!
And that is why it's great to meet people face-to-face!
It would be great to see you there if you can make it!
Joe O'Dell
9M
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On 24/03/10 16:50, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> Thanks for that Joe,
>
> Would like to come along, depends on whether I am free from family
> commitments and
> also do not know a single person really from the IRC channel...so bit scarey
> :)
I know of at least two *entire* families that are going. The
Thanks for that Joe,
Would like to come along, depends on whether I am free from family commitments
and
also do not know a single person really from the IRC channel...so bit scarey :)
Cheers for the info
Jon Reynolds
. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:47:19PM +, Joe O'Dell wrote:
> Hey Jon,
>
Hey Jon,
It;s been floating around the mailing list ever since Isabell (aka issyl0)
thought and started planning it, which must be a month or two back.
It's also at fossevents.org, and plastered on some of the Ubuntu-UK members'
blogs too.
There is some info on the wiki at:
https://wiki.ubuntu
This is the first I have heard of this outing.
Just wondering how people would find out about such social gatherings?
Cheers,
Jon Reynolds
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:16:29PM +, Joe O'Dell wrote:
> That is very true, but I was thinking more of someone like yourself pulling
> out a laptop fo
That is very true, but I was thinking more of someone like yourself pulling out
a laptop for a quick 5 minutes and saying "look at this [om nom nom explain
here]"
But yes, I can understand - It was more of a "its there if you need it" rather
than a "we have to use it".
As you said yourself, it
On 24 March 2010 13:55, Joseph O'Dell <09jod...@samwhit.org.uk> wrote:
> Alan - I can understand, but i'm sure there is going to be something that
> makes us go "I wish we'd bought laptops", so it's just a safe guard!
>
Sure, I just have experience of attending a fair few events. At 'geek'
events
Well, as we're all a big linux-using group, its a worthwile point. I will
bring my (decrepid) Lucid one along just in case!
Also, isabell, I have been told that all credentials are the same, and they
never expire; So if you go and get one like you suggest, we can all use it
without repeated trips
On 24 March 2010 12:24, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> On 24 March 2010 11:58, Joe O'Dell wrote:
>> I just wanted to let you all know that I have been in contact with the
>> Science Museum (for issyl0's organised outing there in April), and they have
>> free WiFi access available.
>>
>
> I can't
On 24 March 2010 11:58, Joe O'Dell wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I just wanted to let you all know that I have been in contact with the
> Science Museum (for issyl0's organised outing there in April), and they have
> free WiFi access available.
Thanks for doing that Joe, very resourceful of you.
>
>
Hi Joe,
On 24 March 2010 11:58, Joe O'Dell wrote:
> I just wanted to let you all know that I have been in contact with the
> Science Museum (for issyl0's organised outing there in April), and they have
> free WiFi access available.
>
I can't help but feel that a 'day out' in the big blue room mi
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that I have been in contact with the
Science Museum (for issyl0's organised outing there in April), and they have
free WiFi access available.
All it entails is that we collect the key from the Information Desk when we
arrive, which is no hardship se
Hi there,
Having just looked at the doodle poll again after a few days, a suitable date
is most likely to be Saturday 17th April 2010, as that seems to be the
date most people can come, so far! I do of course apologise to the people who
sadly cannot make it on that day! Although this is all p
Sean Miller :
> I did the Woking thing when I went to the Linux show at
> Olympia 2 a few years back and it was a nightmare... had to
> change at Guildford and then again at Clapham Jn. and the
> train stopped at about 300 stations in between (places like
> Cobham and whatever) so I somehow don't t
Quoting Sean Miller :
> I did the Woking thing when I went to the Linux show at Olympia 2 a
> few years back and it was a nightmare... had to change at Guildford
> and then again at Clapham Jn. and the train stopped at about 300
> stations in between (places like Cobham and whatever) so I somehow
I did the Woking thing when I went to the Linux show at Olympia 2 a
few years back and it was a nightmare... had to change at Guildford
and then again at Clapham Jn. and the train stopped at about 300
stations in between (places like Cobham and whatever) so I somehow
don't think I'll follow that pa
Quoting Sean Miller :
> I've posted a message to the LUGoG list, so we shall see what response
> we get -- it may be there are several interested, it may be that
> nobody is so we'll see.
>
> I shall let you know.
>
> Sean
No problem, if all else fails I guess those of who are interested in
goi
I've posted a message to the LUGoG list, so we shall see what response
we get -- it may be there are several interested, it may be that
nobody is so we'll see.
I shall let you know.
Sean
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Isabell Long wrote:
> Okay, Doodle poll created, please indicate when you will be available!
> http://doodle.com/46hbbd6gz4s5kmtr
>
> Thanks,
>
I've just added my name to the poll. Saturdays are probably best for
me, although I could possibly make a Sunday. I'd rather not do a
weekday unl
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 08:28:51PM +, Alan Bell wrote:
> Isabell Long wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the
> > Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them
> > that their website did in fact say that th
Isabell Long wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the
> Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them
> that their website did in fact say that they did organised *group* tours,
> then they gave me another number to
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 08:16:23PM +, Bruno Girin wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 20:00 +, Isabell Long wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the
> > Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them
> > that
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 20:00 +, Isabell Long wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the
> Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them
> that their website did in fact say that they did organised *group* tours,
>
Hi,
I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the
Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them
that their website did in fact say that they did organised *group* tours, then
they gave me another number to ring and that went to message s
Quoting Sean Miller :
> Presumably if you got a coach together you'd be coming fairly close to
> the Linux User Group of Glastonbury area -- perhaps people in my LUG
> would be interested in coming too and (this is pure speculation, but
> worth exploring as a possibility) there could be two or thr
Quoting Dianne Reuby :
> Rob Beard wrote:
>> Personally I'd like to go to a trip to the Museum Of Computing in
>> Swindon :-)
>
> You're always welcome! Bring your friends :) We'll be celebrating
> PacMan's 30th birthday on the Big Screen in May. Not sure if the
> Science Museum are having an even
Rob Beard wrote:
> Personally I'd like to go to a trip to the Museum Of Computing in
> Swindon :-)
You're always welcome! Bring your friends :) We'll be celebrating
PacMan's 30th birthday on the Big Screen in May. Not sure if the
Science Museum are having an event at Wroughton this year, but if t
> I would like to hear your views on this, the general consensus was that it
> was a good idea from what I caught up on of last night's meeting... if anyone
> feels the need to
> elaborate on what I've said or contribute some more ideas/information, please
> of course feel free to do so! Obviou
On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 09:23 +, Isabell Long wrote:
> 2010/1/19 Dave Morley :
> > You might like to get onto the museum before going much further and
> > enquire about rate for guided tours, lunches etc.
>
> Yep, I was planning to later! :)
> >
> > I partial organised a trip to the computer mus
2010/1/19 Dave Morley :
> You might like to get onto the museum before going much further and
> enquire about rate for guided tours, lunches etc.
Yep, I was planning to later! :)
>
> I partial organised a trip to the computer museum and the guided tour
> brought the whole thing to life. they also
On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 08:16 +, Isabell Long wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:45:19PM +, Alan Bell wrote:
> > well that sounds like a cracking idea to me :-) Looks like the Easter
> > holiday dates are from the 1st to the 18th of April. Maybe a doodle poll
> > would reveal a good date for
Presumably if you got a coach together you'd be coming fairly close to
the Linux User Group of Glastonbury area -- perhaps people in my LUG
would be interested in coming too and (this is pure speculation, but
worth exploring as a possibility) there could be two or three "pick up
points" along the w
On 18/01/10 21:47, Isabell Long wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my idea
> of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter.
>
> So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and came up
> with Science Muse
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:45:19PM +, Alan Bell wrote:
> well that sounds like a cracking idea to me :-) Looks like the Easter
> holiday dates are from the 1st to the 18th of April. Maybe a doodle poll
> would reveal a good date for everyone.
They are indeed. Yep, I will do a doodle poll late
Hi Isabell,
2010/1/18 Isabell Long :
> I would like to hear your views on this, the general consensus was that it
> was a good idea from what I caught up on of last night's meeting... if anyone
> feels the need to
> elaborate on what I've said or contribute some more ideas/information, please
>
http://xkcd.com/320/ is a handy one too.
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Can I suggest http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/15/103358/720 if you need
more hours in the day?
ymk
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Rob Beard wrote:
> I would but there's not enough hours in the day, I'm thinking of putting
> up a petition to have days extended to 40 hours :-)
>
> Rob
>
-
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:07:49PM +, Rob Beard wrote:
> What I would like to arrange is a trip down to Goonhilly in Cornwall, I
> went a couple of years back when I went to Cornwall on holiday. Not
> sure if it's still open though, I heard rumors that it was closing.
> Saying that though,
James Thomas wrote:
>
>
> 2010/1/18 Rob Beard mailto:r...@esdelle.co.uk>>
>
> Isabell Long wrote:
> > Hello there,
> >
> > As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list
> about my idea of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at
> Easter.
> >
>
2010/1/18 Rob Beard
> Isabell Long wrote:
> > Hello there,
> >
> > As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my
> idea of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter.
> >
> > So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and
> came up with
Isabell Long wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my idea
> of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter.
>
> So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and came up
> with Science Museum! As there is fr
well that sounds like a cracking idea to me :-) Looks like the Easter
holiday dates are from the 1st to the 18th of April. Maybe a doodle poll
would reveal a good date for everyone.
Alan.
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On Mon, 2010-01-18 at 21:47 +, Isabell Long wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my idea
> of a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter.
>
> So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and came up
>
Hello there,
As decided at last night's meeting, I am now emailing the list about my idea of
a group trip to the Science Museum in London at Easter.
So, as I just mentioned, I was thinking of things to do at Easter and came up
with Science Museum! As there is free entry to museums in London at
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