Forest BB

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Would like to be there, but got work

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Cool, let's do it!

Can anyone involved with the newsletter join us?

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7 would be fine, but I don't think it's worth having if it's just you and me. Is it?

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We were too busy to have a Behind the Scenes meeting in November. We're due one for Thurs 17th December at 8pm. Is this good for people?

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Cool. Yes, GNUcash is working.

The switch Mike set up is still in there, working.

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Billy has set up the Shuttle in the admin office and transferred the relevant files across from the old machine. He didn't have time to transfer everything, but the main ones (Shared, Lynne, Emma, James) are done. We also took Baoboa from the action room and set up in admin office. No changes have b...

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1). would it be possible to copy music from the PC in Café ... i heard that its somewhat free copywright ? ... Don't see why not, as long as you're not going to use it for blatantly commercial purposes. (technical question ... isnt it Mac ? is it possible to mount on it NTFS formatted external HDD ...

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Did they def come to forest in the first place?

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Can forest mail feed into a mail client? Couldn't Lynne just use Thunderbird or something, with Googlemail feeding in also?

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Btw, I have a 250GB SATA hard drive going spare. I meant to get a PATA one instead. Cost £26. Any use?

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Can whoever knows about PCs please make it their priority to sort out at least one (preferably two) high-spec working machines for the admin office. Lynne has a lot of pressure on her at the moment and she's trying to do the accounts on a machine that randomly shuts itself down about three times a d...

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These are basically useless for computing purposes but it would be worth having them for spare parts. Do they have to be collected, or can you send 'em over?

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How about Weds 4th at 8?

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I have a few things for the free shop and I've been holding onto them for ages. There's no way I can get down on Sat or Sun to drop them off because of work. Is there anyway I can drop off on Friday?

Is good free shop stuff!

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milk wrote:i'm confused as to why there seems to be a myth about the difficulty of posting items

It's not the difficulty of posting items - that's fine. It's the difficulty of doing anything else such as changing links or layout.

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This was a non-meeting in the end. The next BTS meet is supposed to be Thurs 19th November, but I will be away on that date. Should we have it the previous Thurs (12th) instead? We usually don't have a lot to talk about at these meetings. Can I suggest we try to kick start the newsletter at the next...

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It's ok - I'll have the meeting with myself.

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Tomorrow, the 15th, is the third Thursday in October. Geeks are in alignment with pen pushers, the website and grants coincide, and the shop moves into administration.

This can mean only one thing: the Behind the Scenes working group meeting. In the Action room. 8pm.

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I mentioned something on another thread about the size and complexity of the forest site. This is something I'd hoped to talk about at a BTS meeting sometime, but it would be better if I explain what I mean now, so there's less confusion. I'm a fan of the new site as I think it looks a lot better th...

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So is there another one on Sunday 4th October?

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Hi all, Forest would like to make a newsletter occasionally. Does anyone have the necessary skills to have a go at this, or would they be interested in learning? It would not need to be anything fancy, but it could be if you want it to be. This is your chance to tap into the hidden undergorund uteru...

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Present: Emma, Neil, Hannah (partially) Agenda: Shop, Newsletter, Money Shop: Magda has to go back home and is leaving in a week. She'll be back in a few months. See if we can find anyone to fill in cutting hair. Hanna will ask around. Or maybe we could have some other weird shit in the corner of t...

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I don't finish work until 7 on Thursday. I wouldn't be able to get to the forest much before 8.

It would be good to have a shop update, Hannah. Any chance you could pop in at the beginning and we could discuss the shop first?

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I got some stuff I want to bring to the freeshop, but now I am completely confused!

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Come and have a peek Behind the Scenes on Thursday 17th at 8pm in the action room. Discuss exciting topics such as admin, the shop, money, computers & the web.

Bring your brilliant minds!

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so is it friday?

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I have an electric sander I'm looking to get rid of. Would this be of use to the forest?

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Ok, let's do that.

It would also be good if, sometime soon after the fest, we could have a special "fixing the action room" meeting, where techy folks get together & discuss how we can make all the computers work again....

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That's great - good work, Milk! The galleries look amazing and some of the photos are fantastic. But let's not be afraid to exert some quality control on the photos. We shouldn't use our server space to host rubbish pics that no-one will enjoy looking at. I'm no master photographer - I'm useless wit...

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WOW!!!!! Super fucking sweet!!!

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I'm starting to agree that we should replace Twitter with Identi.ca. But I'm still confused about how it all works. I'm definitely thinking we should lose the Facebook, MySpace, Twitter etc logos from the top of the homepage. Maybe there is a place for these links somewhere on the site, but even tha...

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We're due for a behind the scenes meeting on Thurs 20th Aug at 8pm.

Does anyone think we should we go ahead with this, or should we postpone it till after the festival? I think after the fest would be better.

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Lookee fine in Safari 4

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did you install lightbox2?

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RAM upgraded. Shop people: you can now use all the applications, and use more than one at a time!

Broken CD drive replaced - working now!

Dead PRAM battery replaced.

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I've got two more 2m ethernet cables going spare, if these are any use.

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That's v.cool!

We need to separate events & workshops calendars though, with a separate workshops page on the site.

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milk wrote:i wish i had more time to look into this at the moment.

ditto that!

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Chombee, I really admire the way you eschew facebook. I'm often close to doing the same thing myself, but I stay with it for practical reasons. I think Milk's right that we have to make the most of twit & face. But also agree with Chombee that we should big up the open alternatives. But dude, there'...

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Thanks Martin. We need at least 256 on one stick. I've just realised these can be had fairly cheap off eBay. I'll try to order a 512 if no objections. Should be under a tenner.

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Milk has worked his ass off to make the front page better looking & easier to update. If anyone wants to take on the task of updating it daily, I'm sure Milk will be happy to demonstrate how it's done. All that's needed is access to the internet & basic computer skills.

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This is in the shop now. Could also potentially be a temp music source for the cafe. But it's useless until it gets more RAM! Anyone????

It needs at least 256MB of PC100/133. It is old RAM - your old PC or Mac might have some...

Or we could buy for about £30...

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Thanks to whoever fixed this. I came in today to do it, but already done. Now the switch in the action room is in a place where not all the computers can be attached. I brought a 2m & a 3m ethernet cable & left them in the admin office. Also in there is Martin's adaptor. The switch could be moved cl...

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The iMac is almost ready for the shop, except that one of the SDRAM sticks is fucked. It's PC100, 168 pin. Pretty old-fashioned. Any chance we have something like this lying around?

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Thanks Martin, I got the adaptor. I'm afraid the new cable is still exposed in the hall. I couldn't do anything when I came in to sort it as I couldn't find a hammer, despite searching the workshop & elsewhere. (This represents a new low for our tool situation. While it's always been hard to find a ...

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Cool, thanks,

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Good stuff, Chombee. I've just copied it all to my laptop but it can't stay there for long as it's taking up most of the hard drive! If, as you say, it's already been salvaged, I won't worry myself about it. Of course, what we need is a massive HD somewhere that automatically backs up everything at ...

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I'm going to re-write the hard drive of the old iMac jukebox very soon. If there is any music that needs to be salvaged from this, better speak up now or it will be losted forever!

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Monday'll be fine. Let me know which hole. I'm not sure which ones there are these days.

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I may be around on Sunday eve. What sorta time would you be in? Or could you leave it in a pigeon hole?

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