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Follow-up: Reminder: MFS May 2012 meeting - Saturday, 12th May 2012 at 14:00.

Michael Dorrington — 2012-05-16T06:44:02

* MRTG sensors (although the consensus was not using MRTG and instead
                use RRDs via some other means)
  + http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/mrtgutils-sensors

* RRDtool
  + http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/
  + http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/tut/rrdtutorial.en.html

* collectd snmp plugin
  + http://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Snmp
  + http://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd-snmp.5.shtml
  + Example config:
    - /usr/share/doc/collectd-core/examples/snmp-data.conf
    -
http://git.verplant.org/?p=collectd.git;a=blob;hb=master;f=contrib/snmp-data.conf

On 11/05/12 22:30, Michael Dorrington wrote:

Re: Fri 18 May: ArmenianBeer

Paul Waring — 2012-05-13T12:28:34

Just a reminder that this event is on Friday, and the deadline for 
booking is Wednesday evening.

On 06/05/12 10:52, Paul Waring wrote:

Reminder: MFS May 2012 meeting - Saturday,12th May 2012 at 14:00.

Michael Dorrington — 2012-05-11T21:30:06

Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it.

* Talks: MRTG + FreedomBox
        http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/
        http://freedomboxfoundation.org/
* Speakers: Daniel Botting + Michael Dorrington

* Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory).
* Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN.
"(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)"
  http://madlab.org.uk/
* Date: Saturday, 12th May 2012 (Not the 3rd Tuesday of the month)
* Start time: 14:00
* Finish time: 17:00

Details
-------
This MFS May 2012 meeting will be a joint event with MANLUG.

Daniel Bottling will do a talk entitled 'Introduction to MRTG' and
Michael Dorrington will be demo'ing MRTG as well and other points of
interest on the (proto-)FreedomBox. They are supporting each other's
presentation.

MRTG is a tool to graph network traffic and much more.

The FreedomBox¹ is about combining low powered unobtrusive hardware, so
that you have it powered on in your home 24/7, and Free Software wit

Fri 18 May: ArmenianBeer

Paul Waring — 2012-05-06T09:52:48

On Friday 18 May a number of us from various geek groups will be going 
for some Armenian food at the Armenian Taverna on Princess Street (just 
under the Northern Rock behind the Town Hall). We'll be meeting outside 
the restaurant just before 7:30pm and going straight in for a meal.

http://armeniantaverna.co.uk/

There's a menu on the web site which helpfully doesn't show prices(!), 
but expect £25-30 per head, depending on which you choose and how many 
beverages you drink.

The event is open to all but I need to book a table, so please let me 
know by email (paul-AhP4oNs1KLk< at >public.gmane.org) if you would like to attend. The deadline 
for booking is 6pm, Wednesday 16 May.

Hope to see you there!

Paul

Fwd: theQuiz(); in Manchester - A geeky quiz on the 26th May, please forward to your networks!

Michael Dorrington — 2012-05-04T16:47:28

HACMan are submitting a team.  MFS could submit a team but need 3 other
than me to make up the 4.  Are you interested in being on the MFS
"theQuiz(); in Manchester" team?  See below for details.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: theQuiz(); in Manchester - A geeky quiz on the 26th May, please
forward to your networks!
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 12:43:05 +0100
From: Samantha Bail <samanthapbail-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>
To: Manchester Girl Geeks <manchestergirlgeeks-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>

Ampersand Commerce  &  Manchester Girl Geeks present:
theQuiz();
Saturday, 26th May 2012, 2-4pm
< at >AmpersandHQ (Northern Quarter)

Join us for an afternoon of geekery, competing for honour and prizes
while having tea and biscuits. Find a team of 4, or come solo and we'll
put teams together.Everyone is welcome. There will be great prizes and
everyone will get a free gift.

Categories include
- quiz.init('programming');
- Manchester Knowledge
- Front-End Development / Design
- Famous Geeks

Today: International Day Against DRM 2012Manchester

Michael Dorrington — 2012-05-04T06:29:24

* Event: International Day Against DRM 2012 Manchester
      o http://dayagainstdrm.org/
      o http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/DayAgainstDRM2012
* Location: Starting at Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory).
* Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN.
      o "(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre,
          opposite A Bar Called Common)"
      o http://madlab.org.uk/
* Date: Friday, 4th May 2012
* Start time: 19:00 sharp (But will leave Madlab about 19:15)
* Finish time: 21:00

Details
-------

Friday, 4th May 2012 is International Day Against DRM.

DRM includes stopping you putting the Operating System you want on your
computer¹, see
<http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement>.

MFS are running a local event. We are meeting at Madlab at 7pm sharp (so
don't be late) on Friday, 4th May 2012. We will have a brief overview of
DRM and then we will go out around Manchester campaigning until about
9pm. Then to the pub for discussion.

¹ Of course, it is always abou

OWASP Manchester Meeting 30th May

Simon Ward — 2012-05-03T10:26:25

OWASP Manchester Meeting coming up…

Date: May 30th
Location: KPMG, St James Square, M2 6DS
Registration: Via Eventbrite[1]
Schedule: Doors open at 18:00, talks start at 18:30 prompt - please make
sure you are there on time.

[1]: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/3486200319

“BYOD Could You Would You Should You - Mobile Device Management for
BYOD”—Ben Ramduny (KPMG)

“Building a secure SDLC utilising OWASP resources”—Jason Alexander
(Security Architect - KPMG)

Open mic: bring a topic!

See: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Manchester

Simon

Re: Liverpool LUG meeting with Hakim Cassimally -Enchanted Objects: the Internet of Things for Humans -Wednesday 2nd May 2012

Bob Ham — 2012-05-01T20:17:56

Just a reminder that this meeting is tomorrow.

On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 22:53 +0100, Bob Ham wrote:
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Fwd: MadLab Maintenance Day 6th May

Michael Dorrington — 2012-05-01T18:46:31

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: MadLab Maintenance Day 6th May
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:32:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Natalie Whittaker <office-bstog1bgBjbe9xe1eoZjHA< at >public.gmane.org>
Reply-To: madlab-organisers-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw< at >public.gmane.org
To: MadLab-organisers <madlab-organisers-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw< at >public.gmane.org>

Hello everyone,

Your favourite day of the month is here: MadLab Maintenance Day! This
Sunday 6th May, 11-5pm http://madlab.org.uk/content/madlab-maintenance-5/

Volunteer your time and diy skills, to help us clean up the space. If
you can help out please let me know, or sign up under the events
post.

If you can't make this month, pencil it in your diary for the 3rd
Sunday of each month!

Many thanks,

Natalie.

Re: Day Against DRM in Manchester - Friday, May 4th, 2012

Michael Dorrington — 2012-05-01T08:12:06

* We have anti-DRM stickers and badges.

* Day Against DRM poster adverts
<http://www.defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm>

* DRM Elimination Print-At-Home-Kit
<http://www.defectivebydesign.org/printable>
  - Includes "What Is DRM" Leaflet
<http://www.defectivebydesign.org/sites/nodrm.civicactions.net/files/TellmeWhatIsDRM.pdf>
  - Includes sticker images too.


For the event it would be great if people read up on DRM so they can
explain it to people. A good start is:

* What is DRM? Digital Restrictions Management
<http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm>

* Stand up for your freedom to install free software
<http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement>

* The Right to Read <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html>


Hope to see you there and others.

Regards,
Mike.

Re: Fsuk-manchester Digest, Vol 58, Issue 16

Anna Morris — 2012-04-30T17:07:12

drm evening campaigning sounds good - what campaign matrieials are there etc?

should be able to make it, unless i get called in at work.



On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 5:00 PM,  <fsuk-manchester-request-qX2TKyscuCcdnm+yROfE0A< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Day Against DRM in Manchester - Friday, May 4th,2012

Michael Dorrington — 2012-04-30T07:08:33

It is International Day Against DRM on Friday.
http://dayagainstdrm.org

DRM includes stopping you putting the Operating System you want on your
computer¹, see:
http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement

MFS are running a local event.  We are meeting at Madlab at 7pm *sharp*
(so don't be late) on Friday, May 4th, 2012.  We will have a brief
overview of DRM and then we will go out around Manchester campaigning
until about 9pm.  Then to the pub for discussion.

Hope to see you there,
Mike.
MFS Chair.

¹ Of course, it is always about who has the keys and so the control.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [DBD] Come show your opposition to DRM at an event near you on
May 4th
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:17:32 -0400
From: DefectiveByDesign.org <info-5/I1Hs30TiVVmv6ocLLGH4SLwOllVvif< at >public.gmane.org>
Reply-To: DefectiveByDesign.org <info-5/I1Hs30TiVVmv6ocLLGH4SLwOllVvif< at >public.gmane.org>
To: <michael.dorrington-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>

May 4th is the Internatio

Fri 4 May: Currybeer social

Paul Waring — 2012-04-29T09:13:59

tl;dr: Curry and beer, 7pm, Friday 4th May, Hardy's Well in Rusholme.

On Friday 4th May, a number of us from various geek groups will be going 
out for a curry and some drinks. We'll be meeting in our usual venue of 
Hardy's Well pub at the end of Rusholme from 7pm and moving on to a 
nearby curry house after a drink or two - usually this means by 8pm at 
the latest.

Everyone is welcome to attend, so please feel free to forward this email 
to other lists and drop me an email off-list if you want a contact 
number for the evening. If you haven't been before, it would be helpful 
to know that you're coming so that we can keep a look out for you.

Hope to see you there!

Paul

P.S. You can always find details of upcoming socials at the Currybeer 
web site[, where there is also a Google Calendar.

http://www.currybeer.com

Liverpool LUG meeting with Hakim Cassimally -Enchanted Objects: the Internet of Things for Humans -Wednesday 2nd May 2012

Bob Ham — 2012-04-26T21:53:52

On Wednesday, 2nd May 2012, the Liverpool Linux User Group¹ will be
meeting.  Hakim Cassimally² will be shedding light on the mysterious
concept of the Internet of Things³ in a talk entitled "Enchanted
Objects: the Internet of Things for Humans".  In Hakim's words:

  "In this talk, we'll look at bubbles, owls, bicycles, enchanted
  objects, designing for humans, and open source frothy goodness!"


We will meet at the Liverpool Social Centre⁴ at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm
start.  After the talk, we will venture to a local drinking
establishment for beverages and further discussion.

Liverpool Social Centre is next door to the News from Nowhere bookshop
on Bold Street⁵.  To access the centre, press the bell for the
basement on the left of the door and someone will come up and let you
in.

This should be another illuminating, possibly even inspiring talk :-)


¹ http://liv.lug.org.uk/
² http://book.roomofthings.com/authors/
³ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
⁴ http://www.liverpoolsocialcen

Re: Heads-up: MFS May 2012 meeting - Saturday,12th May 2012 at 14:00.

Michael Dorrington — 2012-04-26T08:27:22

In case it wasn't clear, this is a joint event.  Daniel Botting will
still be talking about MRTG as well.  We are supporting each other's
presentation.

Heads-up: MFS May 2012 meeting - Saturday,12th May 2012 at 14:00.

Michael Dorrington — 2012-04-25T21:00:12

The MFS May 2012 meeting will be a joint event with MANLUG
<http://www.manlug.org/> and will be on Saturday, 12th May 2012 from
14:00 to about 17:00.  The meeting is still at Madlab.  I will demo'ing
the MRTG and other things on the (proto-)FreedomBox.  More details to
follow.

Cheers,
Mike.
MFS Chair.

Re: smart read out

2012-04-22T20:15:23

Buy a new disk.
Seriously. It's cheaper than your time and the risk of it totally failing.

Fwd: Young Rewired State - get involved for 2012

Michael Dorrington — 2012-04-22T15:23:01

It would be good if someone could represent MFS at this event and
promote the Free Software philosophy.  These developers could be
programming the Free Software you use.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Young Rewired State - get involved for 2012
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:11:27 +0100
From: Steven Flower <stevieflow-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>
Reply-To: madlab-organisers-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw< at >public.gmane.org
To: madlab-organisers-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw< at >public.gmane.org

Hi everyone

Apologies for using the google group for this, but I think it could be of
interest to a wide range of organisers

We've held Young Rewired State [1] at MadLab for a week in August in 2010 &
2011.  It's a weeklong "hack" for developers aged 18 and under - held in
August

It's a chance for developers aged under 18 to come together, build stuff
and show the world.  Equally, it's also a great opportunity for the
communities around MadLab to work with young people.

In the past year, the success of YRS has al

Re: Liverpool LUG meeting - Saturday 21st April2012

Bob Ham — 2012-04-20T22:07:08

Just a reminder that the meeting is happening tomorrow (or today if
you get this in the morning :-)

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Follow-up: MFS Talk. Tues, 17 April. "FreedomBox: Practical freedom in a box" by Michael Dorrington

Michael Dorrington — 2012-04-20T08:18:34

I hope the talk informed about FreedomBox and inspired people to have a go.

If you do want to have a go then get some hardware that you don't mind
having on 24/7 in your home, is reliable, and has the functionality you
need, such as dual network ports for a firewall/router.  You might use a
DreamPlug + JTAG cable (DreamPlug is the FreedomBox Foundation reference
hardware) or one of the "Targeted Hardware"
<http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TargetedHardware> or something like a
laptop with a broken screen.  Just keep in mind the reliable 24/7 operation.

Then get a Free Software base system on the hardware.  If you are using
a DreamPlug then do this using Freedom-Maker
<http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/code/>.  Then start "Leaving the
Cloud" <http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/LeavingTheCloud>.

Then let us know your experiences.

Links:
* FreedomBox Videos <http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/appearances/>
* Debian FreedomBox wiki <http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox>
* Wikipedia article on Wireless Mesh Ne

Re: London HacktionLab 2012 – May 4th ,5th & 6th at LARC, Whitechapel, London

Michael Dorrington — 2012-04-18T19:58:28

It would be really good if you could include stuff on the FreedomBox
<http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/>.  You could show one or more of
the videos <http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/appearances/> if nothing
else.

Mike.