Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-04-26 Thread Ciemon Dunville
On 26/04/2008, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just a quick message to say if you're going to the Ubuntu Demo Day today > hopefully I'll see you there. I'll be the one wearing the blue flagship > polo shirt. > > If you're not able to go, I'll be taking my camera along and

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-04-25 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, Just a quick message to say if you're going to the Ubuntu Demo Day today hopefully I'll see you there. I'll be the one wearing the blue flagship polo shirt. If you're not able to go, I'll be taking my camera along and getting lots of pics and I'm sure others will too. Rob -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-04-22 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: > Oops, sorry all - I sent that last post to the list by mistake. :( > > Dianne > > LOL that's okay. I've posted about it in the Retro Gamer magazine forums (and they have a piece on the possible closure in issue 50), not sure if any Retro Gamer readers will come along, h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-04-22 Thread Dianne Reuby
Oops, sorry all - I sent that last post to the list by mistake. :( Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-04-22 Thread Dianne Reuby
> Evening Diane > > Catching up on personal e-mails at the moment - is this still on for this > weekend? > > Ian > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dianne Reuby > Sent: 17 March 2008 21:48 > To: British Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-04-22 Thread Ian Pascoe
Evening Diane Catching up on personal e-mails at the moment - is this still on for this weekend? Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dianne Reuby Sent: 17 March 2008 21:48 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-18 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: > On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 21:32 +, Ian Pascoe wrote: >> Hi Diane >> >> Quick question - will the normal exhibits still be available for viewing? >> > > The museum will be open as usual - the current exhibition is Pong to > Playstation (which includes the Wii, but Pong to Wii

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-17 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 21:32 +, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Hi Diane > > Quick question - will the normal exhibits still be available for viewing? > The museum will be open as usual - the current exhibition is Pong to Playstation (which includes the Wii, but Pong to Wii didn't sound so good!) This ex

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-17 Thread Ian Pascoe
] Behalf Of Dianne Reuby Sent: 06 March 2008 11:45 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day Just to confirm the demo day is set for April 26, from 10 til 4. The website has been a severe pain in the posterior for ages, and the newish CMS just don't want to work

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-11 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: > Hi Rob, > > The Uni is about 20 minutes by bus - the main departure/arrival point is > about a 5 minute walk from the station. Our buses don't give change, so > you need the exact fare - adult single is £1, return £1.90 to Oakfield > Campus. > > There are always taxis at the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
Hi Rob, The Uni is about 20 minutes by bus - the main departure/arrival point is about a 5 minute walk from the station. Our buses don't give change, so you need the exact fare - adult single is £1, return £1.90 to Oakfield Campus. There are always taxis at the station - I think the fare is about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-11 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: > Just to confirm the demo day is set for April 26, from 10 til 4. The > website has been a severe pain in the posterior for ages, and the newish > CMS just don't want to work right! It's embarrassing for a computer > museum, but there it is. If anyone wants the alternative acti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Paul Mellors
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 20:22 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > eek it's late, i don't wanna get into techy stuff ;) > > > > It's late? It's not even the geekery tech explosion hour :D > > -- > Kris Douglas >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Kris Douglas
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > eek it's late, i don't wanna get into techy stuff ;) > It's late? It's not even the geekery tech explosion hour :D -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Paul Mellors
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 19:07 +, Sean Miller wrote: > On 3/6/08, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wouldn't use a CNAME i would just add two A records, a blank > one and > and *, that would do it. > > If the virtual host is configured as "www." in httpd.con

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Sean Miller
On 3/6/08, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wouldn't use a CNAME i would just add two A records, a blank one and > and *, that would do it. If the virtual host is configured as "www." in httpd.conf you'd have to change that first, though. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Paul Mellors
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 18:59 +, Sean Miller wrote: > On 3/6/08, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And as Paul said, the www is just case of adding a "cname" > record to the DNS. > > Sorry... I'd read that the wrong way around... if you *require* www to > resolve then the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Sean Miller
On 3/6/08, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And as Paul said, the www is just case of adding a "cname" record to the > DNS. Sorry... I'd read that the wrong way around... if you *require* www to resolve then the virtual domain on the server has been set up with a "www." prefix on it, wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Sean Miller
It's probably fairly easy to fix... the edit buttons etc... is this some WYSIWYG plug-in like FCKEditor or Xinha? Or perhaps a Java applet? And as Paul said, the www is just case of adding a "cname" record to the DNS. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Paul Mellors
> Personally I'm not very happy either with the fact that you have to put > "www" in the URL or you get a 404. > We'll that's easily fixable, get your sys admins to fix it for you. It's only a dns entry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https:/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Dianne Reuby
Dianne Reuby Collections Manager Museum of Computing @ Swindon http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 17:52 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > What kind of problem are you having with the CMS? We switched to CMS so that (in theory) any volunteer who was authorised and who was w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Kris Douglas
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to confirm the demo day is set for April 26, from 10 til 4. The > website has been a severe pain in the posterior for ages, and the newish > CMS just don't want to work right! It's embarrassing for a computer > museum,

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

2008-03-06 Thread Dianne Reuby
Just to confirm the demo day is set for April 26, from 10 til 4. The website has been a severe pain in the posterior for ages, and the newish CMS just don't want to work right! It's embarrassing for a computer museum, but there it is. If anyone wants the alternative activities sheet for partners an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day, Swindon

2008-01-25 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 05:34:13PM +, Dianne Reuby wrote: > If anyone would like to help at this event, please contact me - our main > need will be for experienced users to talk to non-users and answer their > questions. > Count me in - mail sent. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day, Swindon

2008-01-25 Thread alan c
Dianne Reuby wrote: > We'll be holding an Ubuntu Demo Day at the Museum of Computing in > Swindon from 10am on Saturday 26 April. This will be an opportunity to > meet other users, gaze lovingly into each others desktops, talk to > potential users, and of course visit the Museum. > > Local publici

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day, Swindon

2008-01-25 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: > We'll be holding an Ubuntu Demo Day at the Museum of Computing in > Swindon from 10am on Saturday 26 April. This will be an opportunity to > meet other users, gaze lovingly into each others desktops, talk to > potential users, and of course visit the Museum. > > Local publici

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day, Swindon

2008-01-25 Thread Sean Miller
I wouldn't call myself an "experienced user" in a holistic sense, though I can field most general questions having used Linux for best part of 8 years... Would be happy to help if I can. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.o

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day, Swindon

2008-01-25 Thread Dianne Reuby
We'll be holding an Ubuntu Demo Day at the Museum of Computing in Swindon from 10am on Saturday 26 April. This will be an opportunity to meet other users, gaze lovingly into each others desktops, talk to potential users, and of course visit the Museum. Local publicity will be aimed at telling peop