Re: [Liverpool] Ideas for future talks

On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:38:34 +, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > Yes please Adrian. I know virtually nothing about NFC - and I might not > be the sole occupant of that particular boat - so anything you can > share with the class would be much appreciated :-) I'm not sure why Dan >

Re: [Liverpool] The Annual LivLUG YuleLUG Meal

On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:34:51 +, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > > I have seen some less than flattering TripAdvisor reviews but we had > > a good time last year and it seems the best option. > > I was under the impression that dubious reviews was a critical > requirement for our

Re: [Liverpool] The Annual LivLUG YuleLUG Meal

On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:46:44 +, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > Thanks Glyn, that's 2 of us confirmed then hehe :) > > I'm think Seb, Will, Tom and Neil will be up for it. They came last > year and enjoyed it. I certainly did, be there again this year. Now, where did I put my robot

[Liverpool] October meeting

Our next meeting is on Wednesday October 4th. We do not have anything planned up to now so it will be more of a social meeting along the usual lines of Linux chat becoming increasingly off-topic. That is, unless anyone has any suggestions or offers for a talk or discussion. DoES from 7pm as

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - Weds Sept 6th from 7pm

I'm not going to be able to make it tonight. See you all next month. On Mon, 4 Sept 2023 at 15:33, Dan Lynch via Liverpool < liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Hello all, > > Further to my earlier email I've decided to do a short talk on LineageOS > tomorrow. It's a fork of CyanogenMod and

Re: [Liverpool] Liverpool LUG Meeting - Weds Feb 1st from 7pm

I won't be able to make it. Will you be recording the talk Dan? On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 at 15:08, Dan Lynch via Liverpool < liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Hope you are well and 2023 is being kind so far. It's time for our next > Liverpool LUG meeting and this month we

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Xmas Meal - Mon 12th Dec 2022

I'll be there. On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 at 17:29, Dan Lynch via Liverpool < liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Hello all, > > Second attempt at this after I discovered the original proposed date > clashed with the DOES Liverpool party. Our Liverpool LUG Xmas meal will > be on Monday December 12th

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Christmas Meeting Weds Dec 8th

Bad news Dan, hope you feel better soon. Still, it gives us something to do for the first half of the meeting, setting up a laptop with Jitsi and everyone saying "I thought YOU brought the webcam" :-/ On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 12:41, Dan Lynch via Liverpool < liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: >

Re: [Liverpool] Another virtual LUG meeting

The link is the same as last time - https://meet.jit.si/bubblino On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 11:38, Dan Lynch via Liverpool < liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I hope you're all doing well and staying safe during this lockdown. Since > the Jitsi meeting went well last month I

Re: [Liverpool] April meeting

> to them > > Will > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 30 Mar 2020, at 13:41, Neil Bothwick via Liverpool < > liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > >  > I wouldn't bother with Zoom, having read about the sort of information it > sends back via their Facebook acc

Re: [Liverpool] April meeting

I wouldn't bother with Zoom, having read about the sort of information it sends back via their Facebook account... On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 at 12:52, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool < liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > On 30/03/20 10:28, Neil Bothwick via Liverpool wrote: >

Re: [Liverpool] April meeting

Lynch via Liverpool < liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > On 30/03/2020 10:28, Neil Bothwick via Liverpool wrote: > > As previously mentioned, there will be no real meeting this month, due > > to social distancing (or, as geeks call it, normal life) but we will try > > a

[Liverpool] April meeting

As previously mentioned, there will be no real meeting this month, due to social distancing (or, as geeks call it, normal life) but we will try a virtual meeting using Jitsi. If you are using a desktop/laptop computer, you don't need any special software, just point your browser at

Re: [Liverpool] Meetings

>A virtual meeting could be interesting if people are up for it. Don't mind what we use. Jitsi did work for me last time I tried it but I would need to install and set up on a new laptop. Do others have strong feelings on this? You don't need to install anything, Jitsi uses WebRTC in a browser.

[Liverpool] Meetings

Hi all, Naturally there will not be a meeting next Wednesday, but does anyone have any opinions on a virtual meeting? Some LUGs are looking at "getting together" using Jitsi or similar. Any thoughts? -- Neil Bothwick -- Liverpool mailing list Liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - Weds Aug 7th

On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 16:04:37 +0100, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > Thank you for the announcement Dan! I have another event Wednesday > evening, but I'm trying to find a way to get to the LUG as well - so > hopefully I'll see you all Wednesday Or we could all come along to your other

[Liverpool] Meeting announcement - Wednesday February 6th

Sorry for the late notice, February sort of snuck up on us. Details of the next meeting are on the web site at http://www.livlug.org.uk/2019/02/livlug-meeting-february-6th/ -- Neil Bothwick Be regular. Eat cron flakes. pgpxq8pS_bQ_J.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Liverpool

Re: [Liverpool] The 2018 Yule LUG Party - Weds Dec 5th

On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 13:44:44 +, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > > There is a small kitchen and fridges for beer/soft drinks or whatever > > else you want to bring. So bring some food and drink, bring your > > party hats and most importantly bring yourselves! > > > > We'll be there

Re: [Liverpool] News feed reader with automatic alert based on search words

On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:30:06 +, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > > I wondered about a Python script using the feedparser module. That > > could subscribe to your feeds, parse the results and alert on > > matches, all from a single script. > > Thank you Neil. That does sounds like

Re: [Liverpool] Beauford Anton Stenberg: laptop is install and tweak

On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:04:04 + (UTC), Beauford Stenberg via Liverpool wrote: > Please, I need someone to sort out my laptop with a workable GNU/Linux > operating system ASAP. Happy to pay.  Where are you? -- Neil Bothwick pgpmx6VTM7bkw.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature --

Re: [Liverpool] Sending sms message from Linux command line through Android phone?

On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:02:50 +0100, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > I have implemented an email-to-sms gateway a while ago at a client > using Gammu/Wammu and a 3g usb modem. Another client is asking for > something similar, but they want to use an Android phone, which they > can

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - Weds Aug 1st from 7pm

On 31 July 2018 10:36:03 BST, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: >Yeah the website seems fine. I logged in yesterday and checked all the >WP updates before I posted the link to the mailing list etc. > >I will recap the talk for you if you want sometime. This one will just >be an intro. It could be a

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - Weds Aug 1st from 7pm

On 30 July 2018 22:43:15 BST, Neil Bothwick via Liverpool wrote: >On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:33:22 +0100, dan via Liverpool wrote: > >> This month I shall attempt to share my experiences testing >> home-assistant.io for home automation. I may also try a practical >dem

Re: [Liverpool] Saving sms messages from an Android phone

On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:05:18 +0100, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > SMS Backup+ looks good. Unfortunately the client was asking for > something to use themselves - and this particular client wouldn't have > the skills to deal with IMAP settings etc. I was wondering if there is > some

Re: [Liverpool] LUG Meeting - Weds June 6th @ 7pm

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 16:30:50 +0100, Julian Todd via Liverpool wrote: > Press the button on it, issue other mqtt commands to it, etc > > > Turns off the switch remotely: > mosquitto_pub -h mqtt.local -t ESPURNA_4EAD1D/relay/0/set -m 0 > I wish I'd seen this before the meeting, but I don't

Re: [Liverpool] LUG Meeting - Weds June 6th @ 7pm

On 5 June 2018 17:49:50 BST, Adrian McEwen via Liverpool wrote: >If you need a server to talk to during the talk, there's one at >mqtt.local when you're on the DoES network... details at >https://github.com/DoESLiverpool/somebody-should/issues/616 and

Re: [Liverpool] May 2018 LivLUG meet - Weds 2nd @ 1900

On Wed, 2 May 2018 16:53:55 +0100, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > Just checking - considering the importance of the football match > tonight (at least as far as it has been explained to me :-) ) - is it > likely that many people will turn up? I won't be, but because of work commitments

Re: [Liverpool] Houston We Have A Problem

On 4 April 2018 18:41:38 BST, Neil Bothwick via Liverpool <liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: >On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 10:40:02 +0100, snippyv s via Liverpool wrote: > >> I wont be able to make it tonight.someone crashed into my >carand >> its a write off. >&g

Re: [Liverpool] Houston We Have A Problem

On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 10:40:02 +0100, snippyv s via Liverpool wrote: > I wont be able to make it tonight.someone crashed into my carand > its a write off. > > I'm bruised and have a bad backbut apart from that ok. Sorry to hear that, I hope the other driver was insured and clearly at

Re: [Liverpool] Houston We Have A Problem

gt; there'll be a sign with my phone number on if the bell doesn't work. > > This is what the door looks like, just so you know you've got the right > one https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg1nVxUBaAJ/ > > See you tomorrow, > > Adrian. > > > On 03/04/18 18:38, Neil Bothwic

Re: [Liverpool] Houston We Have A Problem

On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 15:04:21 +0100, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > Following on from last week when I asked about suggestions for our next > meeting I have bad news. The chest infection I thought I was getting > rid of last week came back with a vengeance over the weekend. Those chest

Re: [Liverpool] Alternative browser suggestions

On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:15:32 +0100, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > I hope we are all well. I realise this could be a slightly contentious > issue, and might just start the next holy war - so please try and keep > the replies nice and steady! (if there will be any replies, that is) :-) >

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - Weds Feb 7th @ 1900

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:35:00 +, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > > It all went well. The consultant said there were no major problems. > > To me that implied there were minor ones but he said it was all fine. > > No pain at the moment but the spinal anaesthetic hasn't worn off > >

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - Weds Feb 7th @ 1900

It all went well. The consultant said there were no major problems. To me that implied there were minor ones but he said it was all fine. No pain at the moment but the spinal anaesthetic hasn't worn off completely yet. Now I have a choice of proof reading some copy for LUD or starting on my

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - Weds Feb 7th @ 1900

On Mon, 5 Feb 2018 22:39:02 +, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > All are welcome, hope to see some of you there. Any questions just drop > me an email :) Sorry, I won't be able to make it, I'm going shopping for a new hip tomorrow... unless they cancel again :( -- Neil Bothwick

Re: [Liverpool] Ideas For Next Week

On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:57:54 +, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > I have some ideas/requests of my own. I'm looking to sort out a new > spam blocking solution for my personal email and would welcome anyone > else telling us about their set up or kicking off a discussion on that. I'd be happy

Re: [Liverpool] Suggestion for talk on time series databases on 7th March

On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:50:48 +, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > > IoTLiverpool have had a query from a company with a time series > > database product. They'd like to come and talk to us at DoES > > Liverpool all about the wonders of time series databases and that > > seems quite interesting

Re: [Liverpool] Presentation at the next meeting

On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:57:36 +, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > It would seem that rather rashly, and, may I say, under the influence > of some particularly strong tonic water, I have committed to give a > presentation at the next meet. However, I just realised that I will be > out

Re: [Liverpool] Pre-Christmas Meeting - Weds Dec 6th @ 7pm

You late? That's unusual! On 6 December 2017 19:12:38 GMT, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: >A bit delayed at a job. I should be there by 8, all going well. Hope >you >are all getting in the festive spirit! :-) > > >On 06/12/17 18:59, Matthew Allan via

Re: [Liverpool] Next meeting

On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:41:14 +, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > > Yeah I'd prefer the North > > Western. Glyn > > > OK, that's 2 votes for The North Western. It does look very nice now > they've done it up. Haven't been in since it was the Head Of Steam. I'll vote for it, if only

Re: [Liverpool] Meeting next week

On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:30:25 +, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > I tried to do an online booking for the beginning of December, and it > seems to work without a deposit. But maybe they haven't updated the > website? Alternatively, for a detox style Christmas meal, how about the >

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG October 2017 Meeting - Weds 4th @ 19:00

On Sun, 01 Oct 2017 21:50:38 +0100, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > It should be really interesting to see a demo and hear a bit more about > embedding Linux onto all kinds of devices. The full meeting > announcement details can be found here - > http://www.livlug.org.uk/2017/10/october-meeting/

Re: [Liverpool] Setting up a private email server. .. part 36!

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 19:03:33 +0100, jn1057 via Liverpool wrote: > Just to update anyone who is interested, I'm still in the process of > learning how to host my own email server. Yes there are so many options > and choices to make.  > > So far, I've used namecheap.com to buy my Web domain.  > >

Re: [Liverpool] Email in a box

On Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:05:05 +0100, jn1057 via Liverpool wrote: > Hi everyone!  Does anyone know if the email in a box system is any > good?  From what I can see it looks like it is deliberately basic and > as far as possible self repairing. Is the the system that Click reviewed. That was

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - Weds July 5th

On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 10:43:49 +0100, Adrian McEwen via Liverpool wrote: > Sorry for the mixup with the lock on Dinky last night :-( If it's any > consolation, the offending door is running Linux... If the door is running Linux it should be open... -- Neil Bothwick Politically Incorrect --

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - Weds July 5th

On Mon, 03 Jul 2017 17:12:20 +0100, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > I've written a post on the blog so I won't duplicate all the details > here but I'm going to talk about Proxmox - > http://www.livlug.org.uk/2017/07/july-2017-meeting/ It seems every time you do a talk, I'm away. Don't take it

Re: [Liverpool] It's That Time Again

On Sun, 04 Jun 2017 19:04:58 +0100, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > Neil usually signs his emails with PGP so perhaps it could be something > to do with that. They're only signed though not encrypted so the text > should all be visible. I wondered about that, so I sent the last one unsigned to

Re: [Liverpool] It's That Time Again

On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 19:49:25 +0100, Max Dowkes via Liverpool wrote: > Any chance of a technical difference between nextcloud and ownloud, if > any? AIUI the differences are more philosophical than technical, the two servers talk to one another. -- Neil Bothwick There are 10 types of people in

Re: [Liverpool] It's That Time Again

On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:45:57 +0100, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > It's that time of the month again where I ask if anybody has something > they'd like to demonstrate or tell us about for the LivLUG meeting next > week. Usually there's no response but I'm hoping someone will surprise > us this

Re: [Liverpool] OggCamp 2017 - Canterbury

I'm on holiday that week, August is a bad idea IMO. On 3 May 2017 23:30:44 CEST, Samir Benmendil via Liverpool wrote: >Hello LivLUGers, >Greetings from the South, > >are any of you planning on going to OggCamp 2017 in Canterbury on the >weekend of the 19th

Re: [Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting - May 3rd 2017 - 7pm

On Mon, 01 May 2017 16:32:05 +0100, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > Hello all, it's time for the May 2017 meeting of Liverpool LUG. It will > take place Wednesday May 3rd at 7pm GMT. I won't be able t make it, I'm going to Berlin for a couple of days as a belated birthday treat. -- Neil

Re: [Liverpool] Liverpool LUG info.

I've changed the home page to include when meetings are held. I've not added the location as we occasionally attend away fixtures. On 19 January 2017 16:03:24 GMT+00:00, jn1057 via Liverpool wrote: >Hi Paddy, > >Hopefully this will help. >

Re: [Liverpool] December Meeting/Meal Plan Number 15

On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:54:05 +, Scott via Liverpool wrote: > Is the burger relish at the Shipping Forecast open sauce? Of course it is, how else would you get it out of the bottle. > On 20/11/16 21:21, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > > > > On 20/11/16 16:07, animation animation via

Re: [Liverpool] December Meeting/Meal Plan Number 15

On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 15:29:52 +, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > So I propose we just meet at Shipping Forecast 7pm on the first Weds in > December. That sounds like a plan that is workable, for once. -- Neil Bothwick ERROR #0915: MONITOR NOT PRESENT. CLICK ON OK TO CONTINUE.

Re: [Liverpool] Christmas Meal Info - Responses Needed

On Wed, 9 Nov 2016 15:19:26 +, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, THANKS :-) I'm in! -- Neil Bothwick If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed. pgp0hRbONW3bZ.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [Liverpool] December meeting

On 24 October 2016 16:43:55 BST, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool <liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > On 24/10/16 10:51, Neil Bothwick via Liverpool wrote: > > It is time to plan our Yule LUG. The Red Hot World Buffet that we > have > > used for the last few years is a no

[Liverpool] December meeting

It is time to plan our Yule LUG. The Red Hot World Buffet that we have used for the last few years is a non-starter so where would people like to grace with our presence this year? -- Neil Bothwick COMMAND: A suggestion made to a computer. pgpsWpRWK8WIm.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital

[Liverpool] November meeting

We did have a talk planned for the next meeting but have had to postpone it. The reason being that our meeting is the same day as the next Ignite Liverpool. I know some of you also enjoy Ignite to I wonder if we should make this months meeting an away fixture and have a LivLUG outing to Ignite on

Re: [Liverpool] Swamp / water bufallo

On Thu, 6 Oct 2016 14:07:06 +0100, Defnet Media via Liverpool wrote: > I am now sorry that I couldn't attend now. Yes, you missed an interesting evening, although it did leave the DoES lift in a bit of a mess! > On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool < >

[Liverpool] LivLUG Meeting on Wednesday October 5th

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday October 5th. There will be a talk from Neil Bothwick on creating a system rescue USB stick that is able to boot from a choice of Live CD ISO images stored on the stick. We will meet at DoES Liverpool http://doesliverpool.com/ at around 7pm with the talk

[Liverpool] Next meeting

Just for once, we did have a talk sort of arranged for the next meeting, but it now won't happen until next month. However, I've been messing around with booting multiple live CD ISO images from a single USB stick, creating a sort of super-rescue stick, and would be happy to give a talk on that.

Re: [Liverpool] Next Meeting: Wednesday September 7th at 7pm

ee > >you again if you ever get back up this way. > > > >See ya, > > > >Dan > > > >On 7 September 2016 11:22:52 BST, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool > ><liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > >>On 07/09/16 10:51, Samir Benmendil via Liverpool wrot

Re: [Liverpool] Volunteer Needed For Weds Meeting

On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 17:14:25 +0100, Andrew Bates via Liverpool wrote: > Sooo I tested my keyfob and it is decidedly broken (not through neglect > I might add!). It probably got broken by the recursive loop caused by your locking it in the room it was supposed to unlock last time ;-) -- Neil

Re: [Liverpool] Volunteer Needed For Weds Meeting

On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 14:50:01 +0100, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > Unfortunately I'm quite ill at the moment and won't be able to make it. Sorry to hear that. > I also think Neil is out of commission. No, I'm decidedly in commission. I have been on holiday, which is why I couldn't do

Re: [Liverpool] Next Meeting: Wednesday 6th July

On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:10:34 +0100, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > I just realised that tonight's meet is overlapping with a football > match. Are people still planning on attending? :-) Talk quickly, we won't ask any questions, then we can decamp to a pub with TV ;-) Or we can just

Re: [Liverpool] Next Meeting Wednesday June 1st

On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 15:09:13 +0100, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: > > I've been trying to work out who I caught it from, no one I know has > > it. Then I remembered I spent 40 minutes in the Doctor's waiting room > > the other day - I only went in for X-Ray results on my knee. And they > >

Re: [Liverpool] Next Meeting Wednesday June 1st

On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:08:20 +0100, Dan Lynch via Liverpool wrote: > Can't make it tonight, sorry. Hope you have a great time and l'll see > you next month :-) Turns out I won't be able to be there either, I've got this godawful viral infection and feel like crap. Will there be anyone there to

[Liverpool] May Meeting Announcement

We are not having a regular meeting at DoES this month. Instead we will have a LivLIG outing to Ignite (http://igniteliverpool.com/). Some member like to attend both, and there is a clash of dates this month. In addition, they have lots of talks planned, which is exactly lots more than us