ByteWORKS does not have a paid cleaning service. The volunteers are
expected to pitch in and do the work.
There is a log sheet in the bathroom, to keep track of who cleans it and
when. According to the log, the last time the bathroom was cleaned was
on 05/21, when I did it.
Tonight (08/04)
Posted by: Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org nneff
Date: Mon Jul 5, 2010 1:35 pm ((PDT))
[...]
In my opinion, it is very bad publicity and public image to offer a
communication medium, and then be non-responsive. I've had many people
start a conversation with Well, I called your
Posted by: Doug Dillard doug.dill...@bworks.org
dillard0...@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun Jun 27, 2010 3:01 pm ((PDT))
All volunteers, including instructors, are invited to a
potluck/get-together at ByteWORKS on Saturday, July 10. Food Set-up will
start at 11:00 AM, and food will be
The adult class will graduate June 19, and the kids June 26. Makeup
class is July 3.
All volunteers are invited to a potluck/get-together the following
Saturday, July 10.
ByteWORKS is having a volunteer orientation/training day, combined with
a get the classroom update in order and get ready
Hey all,
We are fast running out of computers to use for building graduate boxes
or resale. We also need monitors.
I'm asking every BWORKS volunteer who reads this to ask around --
business contacts, friends, family, associates, etc ...
If a business has a number of computers, we can arrange
Hello all,
We ordered 100 of the new 10.04 CDs from Ubuntu, for using in the kids
classes, and for handing out to the public.
According to them, the delivery was made on Wednesday May 19.
As far as I know, the shop was not open that day. Was anyone there?
Did anyone get our delivery?
Thanks,
1b. Your Microsoft Software Donation
Posted by: Gavin gavin53pe...@gmail.com gavin53perry
Don't make me come back in there! ;-)
Gavin
But Gavin, why won't you come back? Do you think that ByteWORKS no
longer needs volunteers?
I've been out for a month, with no clue when I might be
Hi all,
Since we have our annual Christmas get-together this weekend, I thought
it appropriate to update everyone on the general situation at hand.
We have kept the doors open, and classes running, at ByteWorks this past
year. We have also come to realize just how much we do miss Doc, as the
1. Rethink -- Techsoup Budget Buster
Posted by: Doug Dillard doug.dill...@bworks.org
dillard0...@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:22 pm ((PST))
Ok -- I was about to place my first Techsoup Order for Microsoft Products.
Here is the list, subject to the minimum 5
Hey all,
the St. Louis County libraries offer a whole bunch of computer courses.
I found out that they are sponsoring a class, tonight, on using Scratch!
Event Type: Teen Programs
Date: 10/19/2009
Start Time: 7:00 PM
End Time: 8:30 PM
Description:
Teens: do you like to watch animation and play
I found this on the BBC news site today, and thought it would be a great
topic to go over with the kids in the EAC class.
Ten years ago, there were just over four million broadband subscribers.
In 2009, more than 400 million people are connected to high-speed
internet. Move the slider below to
Posted by: Matthew Juneau m...@bworks.org hyperfocal_dot_net
Date: Sat Aug 8, 2009 8:20 am ((PDT))
Anyone know the whereabouts of the shop laptop?
I have asked the CWE-LUG guys, and none of them knows anything about it,
either.
What is really disturbing is that it was NOT sitting
Hey all,
evidently the only people who are bringing anything are Robert himself,
me, and Maggie.
I guess I can chalk this one up to lesson learned ... said lesson
being nobody else cares enough to bring a dish, or be bothered to reply
(except for Brad, who did reply to say he wouldn't be able to
Posted by: mjd7b2 mjd...@sbcglobal.net mjd7b2
Date: Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:14 pm ((PDT))
Hello all,
I've made many donations over the past few years and now I think it's
time to give time, not just stuff. So, I know the shop is open on
Saturdays. Is there any time during the week
Hey all,
We're going to have a Farewell To Robert party next Saturday, at
2:00pm. We haven't had a pot-luck get-together yet this year -- so it
seems an appropriate time.
I will bring a broccoli salad and a dessert. If others can post to the
list what they're bringing, that would be great.
When Bill Hartnett's employer let Eduardo and I attend their IT event,
we got to see some of Toshiba's newly emerging technologies (VERY fun!).
Toshiba's salesman, Mike Buzzard, will be working with Computer St.
Louis, to come up with a reduced price for lower-end laptops -- the ones
we want to
Posted by: phishflower1 phishflo...@gmail.com phishflower1
Date: Mon Jun 1, 2009 6:06 pm ((PDT))
Matthew Beck from the Waterwheel Foundation
(http://www.phish.com/waterwheel). has offered BWorks the opportunity
to use the upcoming Phish show at the Fox to spread the word about our
Hey all,
We have been looking into alternatives for disk cloning. Robert's
scripts have served us very well in the past, but now that there have
been changes to GRUB, they will no longer work (we found this out trying
to clone an Ubuntu 8.10 image -- 8.04 will work, but nothing newer).
Posted by: Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com rwcitek
Date: Sat May 23, 2009 6:02 am ((PDT))
If we do still have the box, can someone set it aside?
It's on the W.I.T.S. shelf (one of the red hard drive bins) -- I doubt
anyone is going to be doing a W.I.T.S. run anytime soon! I'll
Posted by: Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org nneff
Date: Mon May 11, 2009 9:45 pm ((PDT))
Last weekend, we had volunteers in from St. Elizabeth's, and they were
really helpful with entering student information into our database,
answering phone messages, and updating our Byteworks
Hey all, I won't be in the shop this Saturday. It's the makeup/down
week between sessions, so it shouldn't be too hectic.
To whoever is there, if you can focus on the 20 computers for St.
Elizabeths Academy (dang, I hope I got the name right!), that would be
great. Brad and Darren brought them
Posted by: Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org nneff
Date: Mon May 4, 2009 8:22 am ((PDT))
Bill I went through the myriad Byteworks pictures, and gathered ~40 of the
ones that we thought were best.
I removed kids' names from grad. pictures, and uploaded them to my
Flickr account.
Posted by: Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com rwcitek
Date: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:30 am ((PDT))
Unfortunately, the person that knows the answer to this question is
Doc as he would field repairs.
I do recall doing virus removal, but I think this was for either the
retail machines or
Posted by: Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com rwcitek
Date: Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:54 am ((PDT))
...
If we go downstairs and test and keep 16 monitors, then we have no idea
if we have enough monitors for the next class. We won't know until we
go downstairs, gather another batch, and
Looking for volunteers for a project that's long overdue -- taking
inventory.
We need a better handle on what we have and where we're storing it.
Upstairs in the shop things are in fairly good shape, but
downstairs ...
Rumors of grues notwithstanding, I'm looking for volunteers to head down
2.2. Re: time to take stock?
Posted by: Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com rwcitek
Date: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:50 pm ((PDT))
Quick answer for now: kanban.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban
The idea is to test, build, and keep only what you need for the near
future. That
Hey all, lots to cover:
1. Class Scheduling -- when do the next set of classes start for
children? For adults?
2. Windows Computers -- who is willing to take on the Windows Admin role
(and HAS THE TIME TO DO IT)? I very strongly suggest that we do NOT
start the next set of adult classes UNTIL
Hiya guys,
last Saturday, we got Bill's 804EAC image cloned onto a bunch of hard
drives, and we got 12 machines Grad Ready.
However, there is a caveat with that ready part ... there are two odd
technical issues, seemingly between Ubuntu 8.04 and older hardware
(especially with old onboard
Calling all ByteWorks Volunteers ... We Need You!
The shop is very understaffed. Incoming donations are piling up.
Lately it seems we have one person to man the front room, deal with
walk-ins and customers; two people for ALL the computer building and
technical issues; one person for ALL the
Evidently this is brand-new (started Feb 15) -- Best Buy is now
recycling electronics.
They have a limit of two CRTs per day per household.
They charge $10 per CRT (just like W.I.T.S.).
They give you a $10 Best Buy gift card to offset the fee (NOT like
W.I.T.S.).
So, we could end up getting
Posted by: Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com rwcitek
Date: Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:31 am ((PST))
[...]
Of course the number of hours in the example are arbitrary and for
illustrative purposes only. We'll have to assess where the comfort,
stress, and burn-out levels are. Also, the
Posted by: Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org nneff
Date: Mon Feb 9, 2009 8:45 am ((PST))
Do we have a use for a printer with the following specs?
Nope.
(Note the 2 new Lexmark BW Cartridges)
Also, the donor said that a cartridge is jammed, so there might need to
be some work
The shop is getting very short on hard drives, of any size. Does anyone
know if W.I.T.S. or EPC (or anywhere else, for that matter) would
consider being a generous source of modestly-sized (10GB and up) hard
drives?
Theresa
Hey all,
we had a guy come into the shop Saturday, he bought an Ubuntu computer
the week before. The only problem is, he didn't know what the username
and password for the machine was, so couldn't log into it.
There was nothing on the machine with our phone number, or a way to
contact us, and
Hey guys,
I just finished tallying up the hours sheets for 2008. It's all we have
for documentation, but it is very inaccurate ... for example, I am
pretty confident that Robert Citek worked more than 6 hours for all of
2008, but that's all that is shown on the sheets.
So a request to those who
Posted by: Scott Kokotovitch kokotovi...@gmail.com coke_scp
Date: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:16 am ((PST))
10-20 every 7 weeks sounds easy enough. I can slipstream SP3 and all
current updates into the install CD, which makes matters easier. I'm
imagining we have the bench space to have
Posted by: Scott Kokotovitch kokotovi...@gmail.com coke_scp
Date: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:46 am ((PST))
I can throw some time at Windows administration, and potentially teach
various adult classes, depending on topic.
Scott, by throw some time, are you OK with installing, building, and
4a. Re: new photos
Posted by: phishflower1 phishflo...@gmail.com phishflower1
Date: Fri Jan 9, 2009 1:10 pm ((PST))
i can post a link, but i don't believe it will allow you to see unless
you have your own facebook page. that's the nature of the facebook
networking beast. once you
Posted by: nneff nathan.n...@gmail.com nneff
Date: Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:06 pm ((PST))
I'm getting chills typing this message.
I've been looking for a simple programming tool to use for mentorship
class for a long time.
Here's a requirements page, if anyone has any other
To all lurkers, YES, please come, and please bring goodies!!
To all who asked the date/time, from the original post on Dec. 1:
it's that time of year again! Our annual Christmas party is scheduled
for Saturday, December 13. Going to be a very busy day, kids classes,
adults classes, a short Board
Next Saturday, December 13!
Sandwiches from Thurman
Beverages from Doc
Cookies from Karen
Potato Salad from Susan
Antipasto Salad from Theresa
[.] Unknown quantity/quality of foodstuffs from the silent
list-lurkers who don't reply and won't post
See you all then!!!
Theresa
Hey all,
it's that time of year again! Our annual Christmas party is scheduled
for Saturday, December 13. Going to be a very busy day, kids classes,
adults classes, a short Board meeting, and the party, too.
Party start time is scheduled for 1:00pm.
Dr. Walter will bring beverages; sandwiches
The switch from Debian to Ubuntu will take place in January 2009. At
first we were going to try and push it through with the class starting
December 6, but that does not give us sufficient time to get everything
ready. (Not to mention, with the holidays coming up and the entire
world seemingly
Posted by: Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED] rwcitek
Date: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:34 am ((PST))
The reason we list first is always cost – Linux is completely free,
unlike Microsoft, which charges for the operating system, as well as
for the Office Productivity Suite.
How do you answer
Hey all, great news! Ubuntu will be sending us 100-200 (not sure of the
exact quantity yet) of their CDs for the 8.04 version, in their
cardboard sleeves.
This means that we will be able to give each graduate an Ubuntu CD to go
with their computer. If they need to reinstall, or if they want to
Hey, all. I've been talking with Nate, and he said something that got
me thinking (uh oh!): It's difficult explaining the myriad of
reasons/explanations for why we use Linux.
So, as a result of our dialog, I've started a page on the wiki:
http://wiki.bworks.org/why_linux
Other contributions
As requested, I have started posting ads on CraigsList. Here's the
first one:
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/sys/921767978.html
I created an email group, [EMAIL PROTECTED], to use for this, and
created a CraigsList account for it. If anyone wants the password for
the CraigsList account, to post
I propose that we establish a planning committee, involving Board of
Directors, ByteWORKS volunteers and BicycleWORKS volunteers, to discuss
our data storage needs, now and in the future.
We need to consider storage of media, especially photographs, videos,
etc., and how best to access/index
2a. Scratch 1.3 + Wine
Posted by: nneff [EMAIL PROTECTED] nneff
Date: Mon Nov 3, 2008 8:32 pm ((PST))
I ran Scratch 1.3 using wine today, and was impressed.
If we use wine, we can skip the step where I have to package any new
Scratch versions. We can just download the newest
Hey all,
The last Debian class graduates on November 29 (and any makeups will
take place that same day). The first Ubuntu class starts the very next
week, on December 6. That means we need graduate machines ready to hand
out with Ubuntu installed on them by January 10, 2009.
Here is the game
Let's aim for 10:00am on Saturday morning for the planning meeting.
That way we shouldn't interrupt classes for children or adults, either.
See you there,
Theresa
Posted by: Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED] rwcitek
Date: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:36 pm ((PDT))
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Theresa Kehoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I made a hard drive from the new cloned image, and Darren tested it out
while triaging incoming hardware. No problems
Posted by: Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED] rwcitek
Date: Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:04 pm ((PDT))
Hello all,
I was hoping to make it to the shop tonight, but just got too much
other stuff going on.
Despite that there is a new EAC image on the spare clone machine
(clone machine not
Posted by: Scott Kokotovitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] coke_scp
Date: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:01 am ((PDT))
LightScribe
I've been hearing about it for years, have had lightscribe drives for
years, have never actually bought a lightscribe CD/DVD. Should we
be/are we using this on the
Posted by: Kenneth E Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] kennethewalter
Date: Thu Oct 9, 2008 7:44 am ((PDT))
Tower Grove Baptist Church has invited us to participate in their Fall
Festival on Sunday Oct.26 from 12-5pm
They will provide a tent and electricity.
I agreed since it gives us a
Hey all,
Nate and Bill did some pretty thorough testing of Ubuntu 8.04 running on
a standard grad machine which meets existing specs -- PIII (under 1 GHz)
with 256MB of RAM -- and they say it's good enough to use, stable and
responsive.
We had some informal discussion on the migration Saturday,
Posted by: Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED] rwcitek
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2008 9:27 am ((PDT))
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Theresa Kehoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you have already made the new image then never-mind ... if not, there
was a situation last Saturday, where a student
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 needs to be done? If not, I was thinking of creating a
new Debian image for the next round of EAC machines.
The downside
Posted by: Robert S. DeLorey [EMAIL PROTECTED] deloporp3
Date: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:06 am ((PDT))
--- In bworks_shop@yahoogroups.com, Theresa Kehoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a long article, but very worth reading, whether you are a
techie or not. When you read it, look
Hey all,
we're trying to solve a whodunnit ...
In the shop, there is a file server kept under the workbench (close to
where the grad ready boxes are stored), which is always left on.
Likewise, there is a clone server kept in the middle shelf (used to be
stored underneath), which is also kept
Re: Classroom status and plans
Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] hyperfocal_dot_net
Date: Tue Aug 5, 2008 12:29 pm ((PDT))
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:03:30PM -0500, Theresa Kehoe wrote:
1. Nate, Dave and Bill have been discussing the possibility of a future
move from
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 09:24 +, bworks_shop@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Posted by: Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED] rwcitek
Date: Mon Aug 4, 2008 8:41 pm ((PDT))
Hello all,
I was wondering what is the current state of the classroom machines
and any plans for the future?
I ask
Posted by: Matthew Juneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] hyperfocal_dot_net
Date: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:58 am ((PDT))
I think this illustrates three separate issues:
[1] We would have a difficult time finding, cobbling together, or
creating a true parental controls solution. I know it sounds
On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 12:59 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
FYI. - Robert
Original Message
Subject: RE: ATT says: You CAN get our $10 DSL Internet offer
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:45:39 -0500
From: Michael Sorkin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
References:
On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 16:18 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
On 08/24/2007 03:52 PM, nneff wrote:
We could also give each student a 1GB USB key to put their photos on.
This USB key could also be used if they participate in a workshop.
Which is another reason there should probably be a fee for
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 00:39 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
On 08/03/2007 07:34 PM, Robert Citek wrote:
When does the next youth class begin? IIRC, the current session ends
August 11th. Or is it the 18th?
It's written up on the whiteboard in the classroom, along with who will
be teaching which
On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 20:56 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
Hello all,
Anyone know what browsers under Linux will work to register with ATT?
Don't know for sure that Opera will work all the way through the
process, but ...
- connect to http://204.60.203.227/register/
- on the Member Agreement
Hey all,
In working on a computer for myself I stumbled across an issue that may
affect our student machines. I was working on installing Debian Etch
AMD64 on a new SATA drive. What I discovered was this:
Any computer running Debian Etch on my home network, was having odd
problems connecting
On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 21:22 +, nneff wrote:
I found this tonight, How to make deb packages:
http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8047723203.html
Yeah, I read that page a few weeks ago, and tried to create a package.
However, I got tons of meaningless errors. Many of the errors that I
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 15:28 +, nneff wrote:
- build a .deb. Learning how to do that will be applicable to many
other apps we will want to package in the future
I did create a .deb package, but had some problems. I'll finally have
some time in the next few weeks to look into this.
On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 10:49 -0500, Sean Burns wrote:
[...]
3. We need to put something up, most likely on our home page, with a
notice about CIN discontinuing their dial-up Internet service, and
include a link to the press release about it on their home page:
Dr. Walter,
Should we put something up on our web site, with a link to this page on
CIN's site (CIN to end dial-up services on June 30, 2007)?
http://stlouis.missouri.org/help/dialup.html
On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 01:06 +, Kenneth E. Walter wrote:
I was having trouble with the Internet
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 15:25 +, nneff wrote:
Theresa:
I noticed that you and Craig were going over a lot of the Byteworks
basics on Saturday.
This would be an ideal time to update the wiki and/or paper
documentation with the steps/instructions of building a PC.
Additionally, you
On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 15:55 -0500, Jess wrote:
ByteWorks ShopF Y I I got 50 mice (mouse) from E.P.C. out in St Peters.
they are at the shop. Jess
Yay, Jess!! You fixed our rodent problem!!!
:-)
Thanks,
t.
--
*** Propositions arrived at purely by logical
means are completely empty
On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 14:31 +, Kenneth E. Walter wrote:
Jess was called by the police because of a breakin.
We drove down together.
They smashed a front windor and the dood with rocks about 2am,
They stole a $220 Pentium4 and a repair computer (non--working)est $ ??
Quite a mess.
I'm
Hey, all, consider this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/27/google_earth_charity/
Key points:
- Google Earth Outreach will offer charities an easy way to add Google
Earth layers - effectively a personalised version of the application. It
includes online training in adding layers, video
Hey all,
I took home with me all the cloned drives we had problems with, and ran
the following with the drives plugged into a USB adapter:
1) shred -v -n 0 -z /dev/sda
2) od -bc /dev/sda
I wasn't trying to wipe them to fullest standards (all that was on them
was our Debian student image), thus
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 14:48 -0500, John House wrote:
These are all identical. So if one is good, they are probably all good,
or otherwise. I will theck out today.
What do you mean, they are probably all good? Any PCI modem, even if
by the exact same manufacturer, can and most likely will
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 17:42 -0500, John House wrote:
I bought 3 PCTel 789 chipset modems. All the rest were 3com or Conexant.
Good job -- turns out I was off on the count for the number of graduate
machines needed (we need 15, not 14) and we need some spares built, so
the three modems you
WOW! Everybody pitched in, there was enough equipment (barely), and we
now have 14 machines pre-ready, with PC-Tel789 modems already installed
and configured.
All we have to do with them is customize them for each student; we can
start doing that next week. We need 13 so have 1 spare for oops.
Searched eBay under internal modems for 'pctel lot new' and found three
listings (look to be all the same) for a lot of 10 new PCI PC-Tels with
the 789 chipset, buy it now price of $39.95 plus $9.99 for shipping.
Do we pay $5 per modem? They are listed as new, not used, and
supposedly come with
On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 16:15 -0500, Brad Fritz wrote:
Here's another link for PC-Tels that I found,
http://cgi.ebay.com/PC-TEL-56K-V-90-PCI-Modem-PCT789T-C-LOT-OF-10-PCS_W0QQitemZ220117476678QQihZ012QQcategoryZ44940QQcmdZViewItem
The only question is if we want them. It says they are OEM,
On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 18:15 -0500, Sean Burns wrote:
One of the things I learned from Google Analytics is that some of the
hits to our site have been a result of a link from
http://www.volunteermatch.org. On their page for BWORKS, they had the
link to the CIN site. I emailed them to request
On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 04:29 +, Dave Herholz wrote:
[...]By the way, I think we need to make Debian
the default OS in the bootloader. Right now it is Ubuntu and it
causes issues when about 10% of the kids (or the instructor) miss the
choice at startup and go into the wrong OS.
It used
Hey all,
I'm focusing on the wiki pages I think are most important. Later, I can
get to moving those pages that don't have a high hit-count.
OK ... to get the Linux graduate machine to what we generally call the
pre-ready state (meaning, might need a final update, and will need to
have the
On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 14:10 -0500, Sean Burns wrote:
None of the ones I installed could launch gdm. I tried to reconfigure
the xserver again. No go. I don't know what the deal is.
http://wiki.bworks.org/doku.php?id=etch:4.0_notes is where I posted my
notes. I stopped by the shop this
Hey all,
I saw this posting on the Wanted section of STL Craigslist:
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/wan/336751621.html
Does anyone know what model that printer is, that we have been trying
unsuccessfully to get rid of for the past year and a half?
t.
--
*** Propositions arrived at purely by
On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 17:41 +, nneff wrote:
How do we want to set up our categories for the pages?
I'd recommend using a classoutline category for class outlines.
Comments/opinions regarding categories?
- Volunteers (personal pages, weekly updates, community presentation,
orientation for
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 14:20 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
nneff wrote:
I think that tags is the way to go.
...
Or, if we don't want to mess w/tags, we can use namespaces. However,
namespaces gets kinda weird, IMHO.
If tags in dokuwiki work like they do in deli.cio.us or Mediawiki, then
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 18:48 +, nneff wrote:
Teresa, I saw something about you trying to work on this, so please
contact me if you are -- let's not duplicate effort.)
Nate, if you're willing to take it on -- go for it!! :-)
For now, I'll let you drive. Let me know how I can help, fill in,
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 15:54 -0500, Sean Burns wrote:
The issues I had are follows:
Some of the drives with cloned Etch images are corrupted. I had errors
like segmentation faults and one time there was a kernel panic. I
rebooted into Knoppix and ran the following command:
fsck -c -f -y
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 01:35 -0500, Sean Burns wrote:
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 04:42:03PM -0500, adelmand wrote:
We can rebuild it!
Everyone, I want to thank you for being so kind about this. I'm deeply
sorry for messing it up. I feel like a goofball. Everyone here is just
the most
Hey all,
I'll be away from the shop this weekend but in a good cause (contractor
working on putting down concrete). I will also be gone the following
week, May 26, because I promised my son he could have my help (and the
help of my big huge truck) to move. As always I'll be around via phone
or
On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 10:15 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
Hello all,
The ShopServer seems to have issues with both it's CD-ROM and CDRW
drives. Specifically, I tried to create an ISO image from a CD in the
CD-ROM drive and it failed about 10% into the process. Using that same
CD I was able
On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 09:49 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
Kenneth E Walter wrote:
No classes have been scheduled. Waiting for ok
The classroom is ready. Two questions I have are:
1) are the linux machines built?
Two weeks ago when I was last in the shop, we had 5-7 Linux computers
(some
Hey all,
I have revised the Parents Handout to reflect the new look of Debian's
Etch. The only image remaining is, I need a screenshot of the login
screen. Under Sarge I could start a new login window within an
existing session, but under Etch it takes you to a new full-screen
login (thus
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 17:19 +, Dave Herholz wrote:
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Did we start a new class last week, or is it this week? I will be
there this Saturday.
On April 26, Dr Walter sent out an email saying:
The next class is being held up for the new Linux system and Dave's
approval of the Class
On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 15:03 +, Dave Herholz wrote:
Yes, the new projector looks good. It has been moved to the back row
of the classroom so that no one has an obstructed view.
Will someone who will be in the shop on Wednesday make sure to Protect
the Projector? Sean brought in a spare
Hey all,
I will not be in the shop tomorrow (May 5), but should be back next
weekend. If anyone needs anything you can give me a call or send an
email.
t.
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On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 11:03 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
Classroom is all done. I've even got photos of the classroom with all
three OSes:
http://wiki.bworks.org/robert_citek#new_etch
Fantastic work, Robert!! :-)
We know that Conexants and PCTel modems will work with Etch. I did a
quick
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