[cumbria_lug] 28th August CLUG Meeting

[Damian Hellstrom]

@Mark

No internet access ('cept 3g, of course). There's plenty of power outlets &
a 40" tv that may have a vga socket...

Damian

On 9 September 2011 10:19, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote:

> Yes, scripting has always been a *killer feature* for me when it comes to
> Linux. I prefer OpenVMS DCL to bash, but there is rarely a time when I have
> to resort to custom code when scripting under linux, the set of tools that
> have been built over the years pretty much cover everything.
>
> For example, I have a script which transcodes the HD video from my
> camcorder into both DVD and Web quality automatically. I even set it up for
> a while so that simply copying the files to the server would kick off the
> process.
>
> I also created my own code to take a directory of images and create a
> gallery and push it out to the website with the same look and feel. It's all
> good stuff, and you take the pain up front getting the scripts working,
> after that it's all plain sailing.
>
> After all, what are computers for if not to take to drudgery out of our
> lives.
>
> I'll try and make the 18th for a change. What are the facilities like for
> bringing along kit? I have threatened to show up with a VAX before now, just
> to provide some perspective of what was possible 20 years ago.
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
>
>
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