A couple of ideas on slow-to-no internet connection software installs on
student computers:
As tms mentioned, we would have to decide how to deal with the sudo/root
issue.
The fact that we're using cloned drives gives us at least a baseline for
which packages are on the machine. (I understand
I'll be there too. Have a good trip!
Bill
On 12/17/07, Brad Fritz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can help out.
Brad.
On Dec 17, 2007 6:17 PM, nneff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I won't be able to teach the workshop this Saturday. I'll be in Texas
visiting my brother.
Will Bill
I think we can be flexible with the workshop to prioritize getting the
new classroom online. Caleb and Dominic were both helpful when we were
moving out the previous classroom machines for the party.
I think part of the philosophy of the workshop, in addition to
providing guidance and instruction
Just out of curiosity, what are the reasons for not providing sudo access or
an admin account on student machines? Is it a security issue, or to prevent
students from accidentally making their machines unworkable?
My personal bias would be towards giving the students as much control as
possible on
I've seen some new BIOS batteries for about $3 apiece, and might be
able to get them cheaper. Any interest in me picking up a few? They
also sell an automatic power supply tester with an lcd readout for
around $30 if we thought that would be a good investment.
I forgot to leave off the diagnostic
, nneff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All,
Bill Hartnett I won't be available to teach Caleb Dominick
tomorrow (the 19th) for the workshop. Dave H. will have to leave
immediately after class, so we think it's better to cancel this week's
after-class workshop.
Bill I will contact
Sounds good! Sorry I missed you guys today; my car chose today to go
on strike. But the ongoing negotiations show some promise.
I'm also going out of town next weekend, so will look forward to being
there the weekend after!
Bill
On 2/2/08, tms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, it look as if Doc
In the same vein as Robert's post, another interesting place for Linux
learning materials is http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/. Among
(many) other things, there's a good continuing series of Linux
tutorials geared towards preparing for the LPI exam which do a good
job of covering a lot of
I like the idea of having a good set of offline learning material and
documentation for the students (and customers) who don't have internet
access. Even for those who do, putting some good learning resources at
their fingertips for them to follow when they're interested can only
be good.
I just
Steve,
The current Mentorship Program is essentially a rechristening of the
Workshop Program. According to Gavin, Byteworks used to have a
mentorship program which was focused not only on providing an
opportunity for learning beyond the class topics, but on providing
examples and guidance that
I'll be there. Standard 10am start time I assume?
Bill
with the contents. To eject it, right click on the icon and choose
Eject Volume. Very similar to how it's handled in Ubuntu. =)
Bill
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Bill Hartnett [EMAIL
PROTECTED]bill.hartnett
We have two backup classroom machines. They're on top of the new set of
shelves in the back corner of the shop nearest the classroom. (The
grad-ready machines and zombies are on the lower shelves.)
Bill
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008
I have a side question on the USB keys. I was testing an EAC zombie the
other day and noticed it didn't have USB ports on it (or I overlooked them).
I'm guessing some of the grad take home machines might lack USB, or have the
slow version on them. Would it make sense for these machines to consider
Just an echo on this being a timely warning, and an article worth looking
at. I've seen machines going in for repair with variations on this malware
for a while, including one this morning.
A good point the article and comments make is that this kind of malware gets
around mostly on the strength
Only thing I can think of off-hand that might be good to do ahead of time is
to print up certificates if they haven' t been already. Our color printer is
still out of commission I assume, so we can do them either on the black and
white laser or run them somewhere else in color.
Bill
On Tue, Sep
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Bill Hartnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Only thing I can think of off-hand that might be good to do ahead of time
is to print up certificates if they haven' t been already. Our color printer
is still out of commission I assume, so we can do them either on the black
I'll be there in a bit myself. Will see you then!
Bill
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all,
I'm going to be in the shop tonight doing a wiki tutorial. When it's
over I plan on doing a couple of tasks in the shop. Is there anything
pressing that
Doc and I got these working tonight, and they're all good to go. We're still
not sure what was going on with the built-in USB on the Vectras, but we
eventually just threw some PCI USB cards into them and those worked fine.
Bill
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Kenneth E Walter [EMAIL
There might be one more spare on top of the grad-ready shelves. My hope
would be that this one just needs some partition resizing like Robert did on
the other classroom machines a few weeks back when we were upgrading XP.
(And if we have a spare, it probably needs that partition resize as well.)
The EAC computers for tomorrow's graduation are apt-get updated, apt-get
upgraded, and on the grad-ready shelves. The nine that are ready to go have
blue check marks on the grad ready sticker.
See you in the morning!
Bill
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Nate and I will be around the shop starting at 5:30 pm. (We're going to
start giving Mentorship Program classes on Wednesday evenings.)
Bill
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Hello all,
I don't remember who was going to be in the shop this Wednesday.
A recent EAC student came in tonight to get a Cricket Wireless USB
modem working on his Debian box, and serendipity led me to these
excellent instructions:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=949838. It needs activation
on a windows box, but works great connecting with kppp under Debian
after
observe on Cricket wireless?
Is it comparable to the sub-Mbit speeds ppl current get on their ATT
iPhones?
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Bill Hartnett
bill.hartn...@bworks.org wrote:
A recent EAC student came in tonight to get a Cricket Wireless USB
modem working on his Debian box
Cool, I'll be there before 7pm tomorrow to open up.
Bill
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Brad Fritz stid...@gmail.com wrote:
Ok, I just got off the phone with Peggy Walters (Doc's youngest). At least
3 of the Walters will be stopping by at 7PM tomorrow to visit / see the
shop. I'll be there
. Perhaps the minutes of the meeting will
clarify the issue when they come out.
Steve DeLorey
From: Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com
To: bworks_shop@yahoogroups.com; Bill Hartnett 5.95...@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:17:56 PM
Subject: Re
Hi all,
I would be very interested in any comments, suggestions or corrections
on a proposed memorial page for Doc.
http://bworks.org/doc.html
Thanks,
Bill
I'm planning to be there. I have a few computers to get ready for Saturday. =)
Bill
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:
Will not as I'm in Texas. - Robert
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Matthew Juneau m...@bworks.org wrote:
Anyone going in to the shop
Robert,
I don't think we need it in the shop, so that should be no problem.
And someone else can correct me if necessary, but I would fix our
maximum asking price at $0.00. =)
Bill
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Robert Citekrobert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I was going to go to
Hi Ben,
I think a demo would be very welcome; thank you for the offer! We have
Robert's party coming up on Saturday. Would the Saturday after that
make sense to everyone, or would another time work better?
Bill
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Ben Westwestbyw...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
I
I'd think earlier would be as good as anything. Would we want to try
having a week off on Labor Day weekend in the middle of the session?
That might avoid having a day with low attendance. Have we tried
something like that in the past and does it work without disrupting
the class flow?
Bill
On
I'm going to make a brief appearance at the shop tonight, but won't be
able to stay long. I don't think any of the other keyholders will be
around, so we'll likely be closed this evening.
Bill
Hey Nate,
I think we got this taken care of, though we must not have mentioned it on
the list. Thanks for the catch!
Bill
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org wrote:
-- Forwarded message --
From: Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org
Looks like Microsoft is entering the fray with a free antivirus,
Microsoft Security Essentials. From what I've heard through work, it
might not be as strong as the best of the pay AV's, but it's supposed
to be a step up from the pay version of AVG. Once we check it out, it
might be the one we want
Dan,
The phone trees are apparently pruned. For instance, when you get down to
the bikeworks IVR, any number you press just repeats the top level bikeworks
recording.
Any thoughts?
Bill
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Dan d...@stlstories.com wrote:
Hi Theresa -
I've got the bicycle
They discussed this on Slashdot about a month ago. (
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1434274) It does almost seem
like a good internet joke, but it looks to be a real company (not related to
the OpenOffice project).
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Nathan Neff
Hi Doug,
I can create emails for you before the next class. Are these all
student emails, i.e. exam...@alum.bworks.org?
Also, the bworks_shop list that you posted to is publicly archived and
visible on the internet, so it would be best for security to contact
me directly to coordinate a
Sounds good. I'll plan on being around as well.
Bill
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org wrote:
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Bill Hartnett
bill.hartn...@bworks.orgwrote:
Hey guys,
What are our plans for 12/26, shop open or closed? Theresa isn't going
I believe our Google Docs allows you to upload any kind of file up to a
total of 1024 MB. That ought to work pretty well as offsite backup. And the
encryption is a good idea no matter what online or offsite service we use.
Bill
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org
I don't think we did. =P
Eduardo or I should return that call this coming week.
As an aside, if anyone out there is willing and able to handle voicemails, I
can get you connected and show you the system (Google Voice, easy to use).
Until then, our voice message is asking people to email us at
A reminder to one and all, the potluck/get-together is this coming Saturday!
If you get a chance, drop me a line (b...@bworks.org) to let me know if
you're bringing food (or a big appetite) so I can gauge how much additional
food to bring.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Bill
On Sun, Jun 27,
Thanks to everyone who replied! I think we should be doing pretty well with
what people are bringing, and I'll be getting some additional sandwiches and
salad as well. And we always have Thurman for backup supplies.
See you tomorrow!
Bill
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Bill Hartnett bill.hartn
Hey Gavin,
It was primarily CRT's we were clearing out. I believe the big switches are
still in the shop.
Bill
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Gavin gavin53pe...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi guys,
Did a lot of stuff get thrown out at your saturday clean up?
I'd like to buy or take some of those
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/05/1737215/Steve-Furber-On-Why-Kids-Are-Turned-Off-To-Computing-Classes
Nate, I'm wondering if this is why you're instinctively using more
Scratch programming in the program. =)
Bill
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