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BITPart Aims and Objectives

Sat, 8 Feb 2003 02:41:00 +0000

Burngreave IT Partnership
Aims and Objectives

Installing MKDOC on a Dual Opteron Server

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:51:00 +0100

I've started installing on MKDOC on a Dual Opteron ( AMD64 ) server using Debian Testing ( Sarge)

A 64 bit version is available as an unofficial port of Debian. There is a HOW-TO here The Debian GNU/Linux AMD64 HOW-TO

Installing Debian Sarge on a RAID 1 Device

Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:01:00 +0100

I've been asked to install Debian Sarge on a server for the Burngreave Messenger.

The machine in question has 2x 80GB Hdd which are to be used as a RAID 1 Disk Mirror.

My Distro of choice is generally SuSE which will deal with installing onto a raid device without any issues, but the specification was to use Debian so....

Next Steps

Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:54:00 +0100

With the success of Burngreave Community Area Network, we need to start building on it and putting some content in through the pipes..

Next steps ?

1. plug residents who are interested working with Community Organisations directly into the CAN ?

2. get timebank software going ? Use it to coordinate volunteer activity ?

3. find ways of 'can' abling every community group in Burngreave ?

Upgraded Software across Bunrgreave CAN

Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:41:00 +0000

I've compiled and installed the latest version of Sown's Aladin - meshing daemon, on all the live Burngreave Pebbles. It'll need adding to the bcan pebble installer at http://bcan.burngreave.net.

Reports

Sat, 31 Jan 2004 13:20:00 +0000

During its lifetime the Burngreave IT Partnership produced a number of reports.

These are available at http://www.burngreave.net/reports. classified by author and date published.

Open Source and the State

Thu, 15 Jan 2004 01:33:00 +0000

Came across This on a mailing list

The original article crap! But even so ..

The arguments seem to lead up to its final statement
�
> > demonstrate quite clearly that the promotion of open-source software
> > cannot be an economically justifiable role for the state.
�
But there are probably a number of fallacious steps involved. �I guess you

Automatically converting between different Document Formats

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:21:00 +0000

In the quest to produce a simple way of porting documents into more transparent formats I've managed to use wvWare to convert MS word 2000 Docs to html and pdf from shellscripts.

I'll post some examples later. First though

wvHtml filename.doc filename.html

Creates HTML from Word docs .. seems OK, yet to try on complex tables.

wvPS filename.doc filename.ps

Getting to grips with custom Drupal Themes

Mon, 5 Jan 2004 01:33:00 +0000

I've stolen the December Messengers web edition as a test to try and
customise a drupal theme with a little more consistency, and style.

Apologies to Jamie for ruining his pixel perfect layout!

Burngreave Internet Access Report v0.3 (BurngreaveInternetAccessv0.3.pdf vv0.3 by Alan Dawson)

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:22:00 +0000

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.

BootUP a StartUP

Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:15:00 +0000

from http://www.jroller.com/trackback/shareme/Weblog/how_to_bootup_a_startup
How to BootUP a StartUP
1. Make the Implementation of product, busienss, and etc unique as opposed to just the product.(90% complete)
2. Get living expenses covered through day job or project.(completed)
3. Develop Product.(First Product 90% complete)

Burngreave Internet Access Report v0.2 (BurngreaveInternetAccessReportDecember2003v0.2.pdf v0.2 by Alan Dawson)

Tue, 9 Dec 2003 01:54:00 +0000

Burngreave Internet Report (BurngreaveInternetAccessReportOctober2003v0.1.pdf v0.1 by Alan Dawson)

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 02:04:00 +0000

Opportunities for Internet Access in Burngreave
First Draft

BITPart/BCAT/Public meeting Tue 26 Aug 2003

Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:44:00 +0100

Dear all

Following the BITPart General Meeting of Tuesday 12 August 2003 it was agreed that I should arrange an open and public meeting between BITPart and BCAT to discuss the issues diplomatically transcribed in Saleema's e-mail (see below).

However, a letter has been sent by the BITPart Management Committee to the BCAT Board of Trustees raising issues which need resolving. Therefore BCAT cannot enter into such a meeting until the matter is settled.

You Don't Know Me, but... Social Capital & Social Software

Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:02:00 +0100

The Work Foundation's iSociety has just published a sociological review of collaborative "social software" of the type you are using here to view this page.

The Work Foundation is a national think tank headed by Will "The State We're In" Hutton. A Summary can be found here:

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/research/isociety/social_capital_main.jsp

The full text can also be downloaded as a PDF file from the page.