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

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  

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.

Krysia's just been lent a G4 .. Its very tasty, flat screen + final cut pro and a Pro DV editing bit of hardware.

Any how I tried to install Safari on it because IE 5 stinks if you want to use encrypted websites, and found I couldn't because the mmachine wa set to autologon as a particular user and that users password was hidden.

Well suddenly its a challenge as .. whats the point of having a computing device in the house if you can't change augment / customise it.

Inspired by my Drupal experiences and also by my recent playing around with rss/xml feeds I've decided to have a go at converting my exisiting rising7 website into a combination of static and weblog pages.

My motivations are multiple:

My thoughts so far on the various bits of software I've been playing with while experimenting with rss feeds. When I've got it all together, I plan to add this as a new section of the Mac notes page.

Mac OS 9
Amphetadesk
Free. Separate app which feeds to your web browser of choice. Worked OK under OS 9.2.2, but a bit buggy [especially when trying to quit].

BITPart is a voluntary partnership of individuals and groups working with IT in Burngreave

Advice and help with computers
Training and volunteer opportunities
IT networking to provide fast internet access and resource sharing
Public meetings and IT strategy

We run a 3 Mac network at home sharing our broadband connection (though I do have a line of site to Abbeyfield Park House...)

As our finances have meant our newest Mac is now nearing it's 5th birthday (and unless an as yet undiscovered rich relative leaves me some money, this will remain the situation for some time), I've made it a project to keep out three Macs as up-to-date as possible.

The three are: PowerMac 5500/275, 7600/132 and 8200/100. They have all been running OS9.1 successfully (and in a very stable way). According to Apple this is the maximum OS that can be run on these machines.