[Falkirk] meeting debriefing

[Phil Ward]

Minor correction. The internet caf=E9 is in Stirling. For those of you =
who know the town it'll be next to the old arcade on the floor below =
Peppers gym. Anyone willing to volunteer cabling skills?

Also you could add that the usual software exchange of Knoppix and =
GNUWin took place (two of the finest Free Software evangelism tools =
available, every Free Software advocate should have them).

Additionally it was a darn shame, since I was looking forward to =
learning how to pimp myself. Maybe Rab can hang onto his lesson for the =
next meet?

Finally, I've not yet decided whether to drive or get the train to SLUG =
this week. If anyone wants a lift to Glasgow I'll consider driving. Let =
me know.

Ciaow,

Phil.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Riddell [mailto:jr@jriddell.org]=20
Sent: 20 April 2003 15:28
To: falkirk@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: [Falkirk] meeting debriefing


On 16 Apr 2003, Robert Lazzurs wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 14:20, Jonathan Riddell wrote:

> > Possible topics for discussion are Umbrello UML Modeller, a Free =
Software
> > diagramming tool written using Bazaar methods (15000 words by =
tomorrow
> > evening anyone?) and lessons from Rab on how to pimp yourself =
better.

> Is there another Rab or is this me?

You can have as many surnames as you like, but there's only one Rab.

--

Meeting was a quiet affair even by Falkirk LUG standards.  The mood was
brightened by the announcement of a second FLUG baby, due in 9 months
minus 2 weeks.

The technical talk centred around Umbrello UML Modeller, the thesis =
which
has caused shockwaves among Free Software developers or at least any =
which
come near me.  Other topics included a discussion on how to ssh out into
the world when stuck at a windows machine behind a proxy (answer is to =
use
putty development version, tell is to proxy via proxy.example.com port
8000 and ssh into yourcleverbox.example.net port 443, naturally you need
sshd running on port 443 for this to work); a general confirmation that
Richard Stallman is the main man and the prospect of using terminal =
server
for an internet cafe in Menstrie.

Next meeting is on May 15th.  May is a five Thursday month, so we're two
weeks before the SLUG meeting.

Also of interest is the Embra BCS debate on Wednesday 14th May..
    "This house believes competition from Open
    Source software benefits the entire software industry".

What a typical BCS title.  Speakers are:
Mark Greatorex, .NET Developer Director for Microsoft UK
    and
Stephen=A0Tweedie, Linux developer

6:30, York Place.   http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~bcsed/02-03/index.htm


Jonathan Riddell



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