burngreave.net

The burngreave.net  umbrella covers a number of different projects.

1.  Community Area Network.  We are developing a wireless based community area network in coordination with other groups in Sheffield.  For more infomation see http://bcan.burngreave.net
2. Volunteer PC support for the community at the PC Fixit  Cafe.  See http://www.burngreave.net/mailman/listinfo/cafe for more information
3. IT consultancy services / workers co-operative BITWork  
4. Community ISP services, hosting web sites and email for a number of organisations and bodies.
5. Email lists

Burngreave IT Partnership
Aims and Objectives

Burngreave Computer Fixit Cafe

We are opening a computer cafe in the basement of the New Roots shop (corner of Spital Hill and Hallcar Street) on Saturdays 12-3 from the 20th November 2004. Basically you can come along (bring your computer box if needed) and get any computer problems sorted out then and there for free. If you need some new hardware we can tell you exactly what to get and then fit it for you. If your computer needs new software we can find open programs and we'll help download, install & configure them for you. If you've had a bad case of virus attack then we will nurse your computer back to health!

We are a group of volunteers from the local community who mostly work in IT (I'm a qualified support engineer and IT tutor for example). We keep meeting people with computers at home that they aren't using because they're 'broken'. By spending a little time and sometimes replacing a chip or two these computers can often be brought back to life.

We feel that fixing our neighbours computers for free is good because then they can be better connected in our community - the other part of our idea is to register everyone we help and offer them a burngreave email address - then send them a local email (for local people) every month or so.

So come down, bring your tired and huddled mass storage devices, shrivelled apricots and rotten apples. If you want to get involved just come along and see what we're doing and how you could help. You can also contact us via cafe@problem-solved.co.uk

This article http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/44879 in German newspaper Heise Online I think supports my analysis of the latest round of trojan and viruses .. see conversation below

> The fact that the motivation for this virus is open source-related and  
> concerned with hitting on those that seek to profit from intellectual  

As if we didn't already know.

Software Tycoon is Knighted.. as poverty stricken council uses successful OSS trial to guarantee future proprietry lock in.

Another sign that irony is the zeitgest.

Bourgeois Nihilism meets HyperCapital Charity as all meaning is lost

Approaching a 1.0 release :-)

Latest draft of the Burngreave Internet Access Report .. Changes are extended Digital Divide Section, Conclusions, and Appendix on the CAN

Abstract

The existing market in Internet conectivity for Bungreave is outlined. Good practice for connecting safely, securely and maintaining a consistent presence on the internet is put forward. Whilst the dotcom boom is over, the growth in network connectivity and business solutions continues, and some future trends and growth areas are defined.

I couldn't resist this from inessential.com. [=k= will like it anyway.]

http://www.thaivisa.com/index.php?514&backPID=10&tt_news=325

To make the most of your web space and shell account you'll want to be able to upload files to it.

We don't support ftp or telnet currently as they are not really suitable for authenticated access across insecure networks.

Instead we use ssh, sftp and scp.

suitable clients for Windows are putty and WinSCP2, and if a google for them doesnt help you can get them from
http://www.