[Hampshire] Computer-Related Charitable Work

2011-06-23 Thread Peter Andrijeczko
Does anyone on the list get involved with any charity work related to computers? I have a few hours a week I could spare, want to do something rewarding, and since computers are my skill, was looking at doing something where those skills are useful - for example, PC recycling for computers sent

Re: [Hampshire] Computer-Related Charitable Work

2011-06-23 Thread Chris Dennis
On 23/06/11 09:26, Peter Andrijeczko wrote: Does anyone on the list get involved with any charity work related to computers? I have a few hours a week I could spare, want to do something rewarding, and since computers are my skill, was looking at doing something where those skills are useful -

Re: [Hampshire] Computer-Related Charitable Work

2011-06-23 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
On 23/06/2011 11:54, Chris Dennis wrote: On 23/06/11 09:26, Peter Andrijeczko wrote: Does anyone on the list get involved with any charity work related to computers? Yes. I do work for some dog rescues when I have some free time. I have a few hours a week I could spare, want to do something

Re: [Hampshire] Computer-Related Charitable Work

2011-06-23 Thread Andy Random
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011, Peter Andrijeczko wrote: I have a few hours a week I could spare, want to do something rewarding, and since computers are my skill, was looking at doing something where those skills are useful - for example, PC recycling for computers sent to Africa, or getting old people

Re: [Hampshire] Easy to use CMS ? (was:Computer-Related Charitable Work)

2011-06-23 Thread Andy Random
Excuse the thread hi-jacking... On Thu, 23 Jun 2011, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: A lot of dog rescues still have static web sites but could really use a simple to use CMS. Do you have a favourite CMS to use for such things? I want to convert a small (not computer related) static website to a

Re: [Hampshire] Computer-Related Charitable Work

2011-06-23 Thread Lisi
On Thursday 23 June 2011 12:41:50 Tony Wood wrote: All coded very simply for speed because in the early days computers and dial-up were not very quick! !! :-) Persuade Waitrose to hire you. They are in dire need. :-( Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

Re: [Hampshire] Easy to use CMS ? (was:Computer-Related Charitable Work)

2011-06-23 Thread Michael Pavling
On 23 June 2011 14:08, Andy Random andy.ran...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have a favourite CMS to use for such things? phpSQLiteCMS http://phpsqlitecms.net/ -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL:

Re: [Hampshire] Computer-Related Charitable Work

2011-06-23 Thread Tony Wood
d:-) Tony Wood (from Linux PC) On 23/06/11 14:12, Lisi wrote: On Thursday 23 June 2011 12:41:50 Tony Wood wrote: All coded very simply for speed because in the early days computers and dial-up were not very quick! !! :-) Persuade Waitrose to hire you. They are in dire need. :-( Lisi

Re: [Hampshire] confused ssh newbie

2011-06-23 Thread Benjie Gillam
Can you ssh -p from another computer/device on your LAN? (You may need to use your internal IP address to do so.) If so then you at least know SSH is working. If not, then I'd use netcat. is an unprivileged port (1024) so if you shut down sshd you should be able to run nc -v -l -p

Re: [Hampshire] Wireless repeater / bridge

2011-06-23 Thread Martin N
At 19:46 24/04/2011, you wrote: ... it's time to build some wireless access points / repeaters! I have a few laptops kicking about, with wireless cards, so I figured I could dot these about and build a wireless network that way! Stephen, Another approach to extend wireless coverage is to use

Re: [Hampshire] confused ssh newbie

2011-06-23 Thread NeilS
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:12 +0100, Benjie Gillam ben...@jemjie.com wrote: is an unprivileged port (1024) so if you shut down sshd you should be able to run nc -v -l -p on the server. Then from another computer/device run I'm no expert, but shouldn't that be `nc -vl ` to set up