I have my own dokuwiki page http://www.notesmine.com, and dokuwiki whoops up
on all other wikis I've used.
* It has very easy syntax. For example, you can read the wiki pages by
themselves, without tons of tag/tag stuff all over the place.
* It's file based (no stupid database to set up)
*
If Robert or anyone else will be there around 9:00, I'll get in at 9:00.
I'd like to polish / adapt the logo presentation to KTurtle
http://wiki.bworks.org/logo
It would save a lot of time with two+ people providing immediate feedback on
class presentations!
[Non-text portions of this message
1) training volunteers (means for sustainability)
2) recruiting new volunteers and training them (growth)
3) evaluating the students (measuring success)
I agree. I had written several goofy paragraphs last night in response, but
didn't come up with anything this elegant.
I would like to
I'm interested in attending, to see how/what you teach. Is that o.k..?
Thanks,
--Nate
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Robert Citek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all,
I just wanted to let folks here know that ByteWorks is having a
tutorial on using Gmail, Google's electronic e-mail
It isn't a question of having leverage with the grantors. BWorks
itself made the decision to be self sufficient in regard to operating
costs.
Ah, I understand now.
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Robert S. DeLorey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nate,
It isn't a question of having leverage with
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Ben West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If it is helpful for further tweaking your default OS, here a general
guidelines that I use when setting up a new instance of Ubuntu at
CAMP...
Thanks for the input below, Ben. By the way, what's CAMP?
--Nate
After default
We have talked before about the mentorship kids learning how to build
computers -- just Saturday Caleb expressed an interest in starting to
help us with that after the first of the year.
There are about four or five kids that want to help build computers.
They're mostly the ones
who come into
I'll swing by. Don't know of anything off hand, though.
--Nate
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I'm going to be in the shop tonight from about 7-9pm. Is there
anything pressing that needs to be done?
Regards,
- Robert
I'm going to try to put immediate TODO tasks on this page on the wiki.
Robert mentioned having a scratchpad of TODO tasks a couple of weeks ago, so
I'd like to try it out.
http://wiki.bworks.org/what_needs_to_be_done_now
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:
I will reset your password.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:
Can someone reset my password on the wiki? For some reason the wiki
doesn't remember who I am.
Regards,
- Robert
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com wrote
Good question.
The members of the Community Relations Committee should be the ones to
at least direct website change
requests to the appropriate people. I'm on that committee, and we
need to get some other changes done
as well.
I'm going to defer to Bill H, who created a mailing list, but I
Where are they?
On http://www.flickr.com/groups/bworks/ I don't see any holiday pictures.
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM, phishflower1 phishflo...@gmail.com wrote:
holiday pics uploaded to bworks flickr! link on bworks.org site
in Bill's mind or in the
minds of the rest of the Board. 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
So what shape are the classroom computers in? Do we leave
the Debian partition for convenience?
I think that this is a good idea. Ubuntu partitions on the current classroom
computers should be o.k.
However, just for sanity's sake, we should fire up Ubuntu on the
classroom computes, and
test
i also posted them to our facebook page.
Jen, please post a link. Whenever you put up new things,
copy the link and paste it into your message.
your're in the right place. i'm not crazy about this flickr business.
but their there. group pool?
I'm not crazy about it either, but I want to figure
YAY!
I can see them now!!
After Robert added me to the Bworks group, I can see the pictures.
Now, to figure out how to make pictures public...
--Nate
Jen,
I think that the problem is that you aren't making your pictures
visible to the public.
You have to make the pictures visible to the public.
Check your settings for the default privacy settings
http://www.flickr.com/account/prefs/photoprivacy/
If the Who can see your photostream setting
to view the photos. It's just that the photos don't
show up as part of the pool until you are part of the group and logged
in.
Regards,
- Robert
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com wrote:
YAY!
I can see them now!!
After Robert added me to the Bworks group, I
...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com wrote:
So what shape are the classroom computers in? Do we leave
the Debian partition for convenience?
I think that this is a good idea. Ubuntu partitions on the current
classroom
computers should be o.k.
Keep
I'm guessing the easiest thing would be to take an EAC machine and
make some minor tweaks to put it in the classroom machine's partition.
Is that reasonable? Do we have an EAC machine? How is the EAC
machine setup?
Bill and I have been working on a machine that (was) sitting on the top shelf
Clarence would be the best point of contact with regards to interest
in the Adult Program.
He knows of some parties that are interested in teaching the adult classes.
He's also handling the registration of adult students this week. We
already have three
adults who are registered in the adult
I'd like to ask the shop experts for 2 things:
1) Can we spare an EAC computer that we can donate for a silent
auction? The auction would benefit Old Newsboys who gave us a grant
last year.
The computer would need to be ready by early March. It would be nice
to be supportive of our grantors,
I'd like to welcome Alan Carter to bworks, and to the Web Committee.
He's a professional graphics designer, and has been interested in Byteworks
for 3-4 months.
Alan spent some time tonight creating an EAC class presentation to teach graphic
design and picture editing using GIMP. GIMP is a
Would you be able to use an older (runs Windows 98) Toshiba Satellite
laptop? I'm not certain of it's dvd drive speeds and other technical
components, but can bring it by if it's something you could possibly use. I
didn't see it on the website, but do you need any Apple components? I have
one
I don't think I'll be in, either. Sponge Bill H. told me he wasn't sure either.
--Nate
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't know if I'll make it Wednesday evening. I caught a nasty bug
over the weekend and am still trying to shake it. If I do,
Just wanted to remind everyone that this tour is tomorrow, from 1:00 to 4:00.
(See below)
If you plan on going, then call me at 314-956-6283 and maybe we can go at the
same time.
Thanks
--Nate
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 5:47 PM, nneff nathan.n...@bworks.org wrote:
Clarence Johnson and I met with
to
them our current negotiations/discussions with SLHA.
Is there any possibility that we could move our entire operation to their
building?
How about moving just the ByteWorks operation to their building?
Steve
From: Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org
I listened to 10-12 voice mails yesterday, and was lucky enough that
they were all inquiries
about the adult or kids EAC program.
I'm looking for a good way to remotely answer the voice mails (in other words,
not have to drive to Byteworks to check voice mail).
Currently, we have a few ways (See
Dates for the next session of classes have *not* been determined yet.
I need to get with Clarence to talk about a Windows admin for the computers.
I will adjust the dates on the Yahoo Calendar accordingly.
--Nate
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:
On
This Wednesday, I want to defeat the Open Office clipart beast that
comes with Ubuntu.
Problem:
1)If you use Ubuntu, open a new Open Office Impress document.
2)Create a slide that has a picture in it (Use the Layouts tab on the right).
3)You will see a square that is reserved for the picture,
Sure looks like it. I googled for a long time and didn't come up w/this one.
Looks like there's a few steps involved :-/
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Theresa Kehoe t...@cablemo.net wrote:
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/02/taking-a-bunch.html
I think this might work.
t.
William Kelley from Saint Louis Housing Authority has arranged to meet with us
this Tuesday at the Guardian Angel Center 1401 LaSalle, St Louis Mo 63104
Here's a snippet from William:
There needs to be a discussion on needed software and any other soft/hardware
needs Byteworks may have. I also
Sorry, I forgot the meeting time: 4:00 p.m.
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org wrote:
William Kelley from Saint Louis Housing Authority has arranged to meet with us
this Tuesday at the Guardian Angel Center 1401 LaSalle, St Louis Mo 63104
Here's a snippet
Contegix gathered a lot of food in the last month (1,500 pounds), and
will donate $3,000 along with their sister company Xiolink.
They were looking to disperse the food / funds to more than one food pantry.
If anyone has ties/preference of a food pantry located in the city of
St. Louis, let me
10:00, or ~1:00 would be the best time for me to talk w/them.
Everything starts to bustle between 10 1, and it's not very useful
between those times.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
There are two potential volunteers (mother/daughter
I'll be @ Byteworks from 6:00 - 8:00 tomorrow (Wed), also.
--Nate
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org wrote:
10:00, or ~1:00 would be the best time for me to talk w/them.
Everything starts to bustle between 10 1, and it's not very useful
between those times
Thanks, Robert.
I'll print some of this info and put it up @ Byteworks.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:
DigiGirlz High Tech Camp for girls will be in Saing Louis at the
beginning of June:
St. Louis, MO June 8-10, 2009 Only first-time campers
I'm up for this.
What would be really cool is to get some people interested in contributing to
some projects that would help Byteworks. Might be some potential Mentors
here, too!
--Nate
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Ben West westbyw...@gmail.com wrote:
-- Forwarded message
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra
Interesting thing was that I was considering teaching Scratch
programming using the whiteboard at the back of the
classroom, rather than showing the kids how to do it on the projector.
I found this section to be interesting:
Wed. 4/29?
--Nate
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.
Kids in the graduation pictures have signed a photo release.
This is a slideshow of the pictures:
Don't know about the BWorks Flickr account, but the slideshow looks
really great!!
Thanks a bunch!
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Theresa Kehoe t...@cablemo.net wrote:
Posted by: Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org nneff
Date: Mon May 4, 2009 8:22 am ((PDT))
Bill I went through
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 documents.
This got me to thinking about our regular 'crew' that comes in plays
games every
weekend.
I'd like to put together a meeting for updating the Bworks website.
Any ideas for a good time to meet? I have some friends that are willing
to help, and it would be nice to include them on a meeting.
Scratch 1.4 is out, and has some great changes.
Scratch can now accept keyboard input and store it in variables.
This means that kids can write programs that prompt for your name, etc.
What would it take to get Scratch 1.4 installed on the kids' computers
for this class session?
I know there's a
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Ben Westwestbyw...@gmail.com wrote:
Whoops, sorry for posting again on this topic. I didn't check a
calendar before replying the first time. Is Robert's party 7/18 or
7/25? So, could I do WasabiNet demo on 7/25 or 8/1?
Robert's party is 7/18
Either 7/25 or
Our friends @ Arch Reactor just down the street from Byteworks had
their apartment
broken into.
It's a longshot, but please keep an eye out for a 12.1 HP laptop with swivel
screen running Linux Mint.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Kevin ke...@webkevin.com
Date: Wed, Jul 29, 2009
Check out the Scratch program from MIT.
There's a linux version (.deb) package that works pretty good.
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Linux_installer
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Ben Westwestbyw...@gmail.com wrote:
Howdy,
I'm provisioning a 1GHz Athlon box with 1GB RAM with Xubuntu 9.04
Hello All,
We have had a surge of people who are interested in getting the
adult program back up.
1) Michelle, who worked with us this Saturday building computers
2) Doug, who's retired from Boeing, and has done system
administration, etc. and is interested in building computers for the
adult
Here's an idea for sprucing it up --
Let's get those digital cameras we've been wanting (cheap, about 5-6 of them)
Have the kids take pictures of themselves / instructors, etc
Kids will put the pictures in their Open Office Writer document.
Or, perhaps we could create HTML pages using Kompozer
All,
I'm pondering the next class start date, and wondering if we can start
the next class a week early (the 22nd?)
Current class ends on the 15th, which leaves a makeup weekend on the 22nd, and
potential starting date of the 29th.
The only holiday that we have coming up is Labor Day, which is
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?
I've
All,
We've been getting a great response to our Earn-A-Computer program.
There's tons of e-mails and voice messages that we're receiving, and
this is a great thing.
Our voice mailbox is full -- probably with people interested in
registering for our program.
I really think that we should try for
I'm thinking about going to Ohio Linux fest September 24 (Thursday)
through Sept 28 (Monday).
It's pretty cheap ($65) and has some fairly cool looking sessions.
http://www.ohiolinux.org/schedule.html
Southwest Airlines has 1 way tickets for $80 to Columbus, or we could
road trip (about 7
We opened a generic bworks account at the Scratch website, where we will
put projects that we complete in our Scratch programming class.
You can play the games directly from your web browser, with no
installation needed.
Check it out -- good fun!
http://scratch.mit.edu/users/bworks
Anne,
I think you mentioned the possibility of Byteworks using St.
Elizabeth's computer lab for teaching our classes.
When do you think the lab would be available?
How many computers do you have?
Are you located here:
3401 Arsenal St
St Louis, MO 63118-2097
(314) 772-2968
Here's my thoughts:
Interesting -- looks like a wiki.
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.comwrote:
If you are thinking photos and webpages, have you considered Google Sites?
Regards,
- Robert
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Nathan Neff
nathan.n...@bworks.orgnathan.neff
do with it? - Robert
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Nathan Neff
nathan.n...@bworks.orgnathan.neff%40bworks.org
wrote:
Interesting -- looks like a wiki.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Thanks!
Where is the bag?
--Nate
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 7:53 PM, benbw1 ben...@gmail.com wrote:
--- In bworks_shop@yahoogroups.com bworks_shop%40yahoogroups.com,
benbw1 ben...@... wrote:
--- In bworks_shop@yahoogroups.com bworks_shop%40yahoogroups.com,
nneff nathan.neff@ wrote:
-- Forwarded message --
From: Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: MODERATE -- jasmha...@yahoo.com posted to bworks_staff
To: Steve DeLorey delopo...@yahoo.com
I know the people involved.
I'll forward this to Bworks shop. Bill H
Theresa, Darren, Bill, et. al.
Maggie called me asking for a list of Educational Material things
we've purchased
in 2008. The reason is that we have a grant that we're getting which
is geared directly
towards supplying educational material for our students.
We've accounted for the USB keys, and
I wont' be in this Saturday.
We have makeup classes this weekend, but I don't think there's any
students who need to make anything up.
However, I've been wrong before, so I asked Oren if he'd be avail to teach any
makeup students that I missed -- he said he'd be avail.
I'm going to call Bill
I won't be available to call students on our call list this Saturday,
so I propose we postpone the next class until the 24th of October.
That will give us
10/24 - Intro
10/31 - Scratch
11/07
11/14
11/21
11/28 - Graduation
12/5 - Makeup
Sound OK?
Jim,
Come by the shop tomorrow around 10:00 and I can fill you in on
volunteer opportunities.
Thanks,
--Nate
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 1:57 PM, jimsalih jimsa...@yahoo.com wrote:
Jenny,
could you please call me at 962-7504 so that I can learn more about
volunteer opportunities at Byte
All I can say is.
Wow. It characterizes Open Office to the T
http://openofficemouse.com/pr110609.html
Doug Dillard has organized a Photography class @ Byteworks.
Please forward to interested parties!
Photography and Photo Processing Class: We will have a Photography
Class open to everyone on January 6th, 2010, at 6:30 in the evening.
Please publicize this.
--
Doug Dillard
(636) 949-6978
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
to be there, but are the rest of the usual suspects going to be
around?
I'll try to be there.
--Nate
Bill
[Non-text
I won't have enough time to call students/parents for a new class this Saturday.
I also want to review the class materials since it's been such a long
time since a class.
In addition, I want to clean the classroom prior to our next class.
I intend to be @ Byteworks this Sat. the 24th, and will
Good to hear about the graduates, Doug.
Bill, et. al, we should put a link about the adult class graduation on our
wiki. I'll put a TODO in my notes, and get something written up this week
or next week.
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Doug Dillard doug.dill...@bworks.orgwrote:
The adult
Whoops, just saw this -- this schedule is fine.
--Nate
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Theresa Kehoe t...@cablemo.net wrote:
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,
I talked with Bryan Kalil from Maryvill university and
he said they have 15-30 pentium IV machines that
are about 3 years old.
They could easily have more. He would like us to
come over to Maryville University this coming Monday,
July 5th to pick up 15-30 computers, as well as look around
for
a projector. I would never have been
able to teach the class without the assistants.
Thanks again!
--Nate
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org wrote:
Byteworks graduated eight more kids last Saturday.
This was the first batch of kids to get the cool flat-panel LCD
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Bill Hartnett bill.hartn...@bworks.orgwrote:
Outstanding! Thanks for being there Andy!
Great drop, guys. Thanks a lot!
Bill
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Andy Flesner
andyfles...@yahoo.comandyflesner%40yahoo.com
wrote:
The dropoff went great
I want to start getting regular data backups for Enrollio,
and obviously, test the backup when we move the server.
I'd like to encrypt these backups if possible, as well as burn them
to a DVD or ext. hard drive every couple of months.
I'd like to start gathering some ideas for doing this
-
I noticed that Bill put up our Sorry but we can't take voice mails
message.
Good work on the message.
I was going through the old messages, and noticed that Robin Smith,
from Channel 4 had left a message in June -- OOOPS!
Did anyone handle that call?
Thanks,
--Nate
[Non-text portions of this
a couple hundred K.
I would like to encrypt the data.
Thanks,
--Nate
Andy
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@bworks.org
wrote:
I want to start getting regular data backups for Enrollio,
and obviously, test the backup when we move the server.
I'd like to encrypt
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Matthew Juneau m...@bworks.org wrote:
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Nathan Neff
nathan.n...@bworks.orgnathan.neff%40bworks.org
wrote:
I suggest that we before we turn voicemail back on, that we have at least
two people whose responsibility
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Robert Janet Bennett
jlrbenn...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
How tough would it be for the voicemails to be automatically transcribed
and
e-mailed? Surely our most excellent and honorable (great sarcasm for
those who may
not know my view on google) GOOGLE offers
John,
We're working on establishing some hours -- we talked about it last week.
Do you have a preference? Stay tuned / ping us again soon.
--Nate
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:16 AM, John doll.j...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Have any evening slots been made available for the techs?
[Non-text
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:02 AM, John doll.j...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
During my volunteer orientation a desire was expressed to have a web based
time sheet program to replace the paper log. I didn't commit to anything
then as I've never done web design or programming in a linux environment,
Fecba is a time-logging system that we're currently writing.
Users will be easily able to log on, and record their hours.
Features:
* Easy log in
* Easy time entry.
* Time reporting (monthy, yearly, per user and total amounts)
* Graphs, charts and other goodies.
Noah, myself and John are
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