[Bradford] Notes from June's Meeting

[David Carpenter]

Thanks Alice this is great.

I'm pretty much flat out all weekend with bike stuff (see you all at
Cyclefest today, Roberts Park, Saltaire, 11 - 3?)

I'll try to get this up on the bradlug site early next week, if no-one
else beats me to it...

Cheers
David

On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 21:48 +0100, Alice Kaerast wrote:
> At last night's meeting we discussed OpenVPN, Truecrypt, Bitcoin and
> Tomboy Notes.
> 
> The slides from the talk on OpenVPN are available from Github, but
> probably don't make any sense on their
> own.<https://github.com/kaerast/OpenVPN-Presentation>.  We covered the
> use-cases for OpenVPN, along with discussion on problems setting it up
> people had encountered and tricks and tips.  We also quickly installed
> a server on the night, so hopefully people feel more comfortable
> setting it up now.
> 
> Brian showed us how to use Truecrypt, right from the basics.
> Truecrypt is a cross-platform tool for encrypting filesystems.  He
> showed us how to setup an encrypted vault, and we discussed setting up
> encrypted partitions, cross-platform compatibility issues and
> security.  We briefly covered how it compares to other disk encryption
> tools, but there is scope for a wider discussion around that.
> 
> Brian also showed us Tomboy Notes, which follows on from the article
> he has written for the Bradford CVS newsletter.  Tomboy Notes is a
> cross-platform application for storing information which can then be
> shared across multiple computers and also mobile devices.  We very
> briefly mentioned alternatives such as Dradis.
> 
> Olly's talk on Bitcoin generated lots of interest, and we discussed
> the technical and political issues around Bitcoin.  Websites shown on
> the night included Bitcoin Market Charts -
> http://www.bitcoincharts.com/markets/ where people watch the value of
> Bitcoin.  http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ Which is a popular mining pool and
> Britcoin https://britcoin.co.uk which is probably the best place to
> buy and sell bitcoins in the UK right now.
> 
> We also had a short quiz and a clear out of Alice's spare parts cupboard.
> 
> There was an interest in hearing talks on media (especially video
> editing) in Linux as well as Git and Github in the future.  A 20
> minute talk or discussion on either of these topics would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Finally, a couple of dates for your diary:
> 
> Leeds Hack - 6th August http://leedshack.com/ A weekend of creating
> things and learning new skills.
> 
> Haworth Jelly - 15th July http://www.bradfordjelly.co.uk An afternoon
> of coworking at a cafe in Haworth, designed to encourage collaboration
> and skill sharing.
> 

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David Carpenter

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