Sounds like it was a good social, sorry I couldn't make it. Unfortunately the next one is right in between my two exams so I'm not going to be able to make that one either. I will however try and remember to bring the Kindle to the next social I do make it to which may well be the Esoteric Coding event.<br clear="all">
--<br>Regards,<br>Harry Mills<br><a href="http://haeg.in" target="_blank">http://haeg.in</a><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 May 2011 11:48, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ylug.emorrp1@mamber.net">ylug.emorrp1@mamber.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi all, the next social will be:<br>
<br>
Tuesday 7th June<br>
19:00-21:00<br>
<br>
Yorkshire Terrier<br>
YO1 8AS<br>
<br>
Don't forget about the Coding event<br>
(<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/york@lists.lug.org.uk/msg00011.html" target="_blank">http://www.mail-archive.com/york@lists.lug.org.uk/msg00011.html</a>)<br>
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Last night was successful, with five people turning up and geeking<br>
out. Some highlights were:<br>
* Phil's humongous burger that deflated with removed garnish<br>
* cheapness of Kindle, though not enough was really known (Harry can<br>
you bring next time please)<br>
* nuclear submarine jobs<br>
* Wayland more suited to workstation than X over unreliable networks,<br>
NX > VNC etc.<br>
* YLUG to be every fortnight, rather than 2nd/4th Tue of month<br>
* neighbouring table being convinced Bombadil was in the Hobbit<br>
<br>
== Interest in TermKit (<a href="http://acko.net/blog/on-termkit" target="_blank">http://acko.net/blog/on-termkit</a>): ==<br>
* command-line separation of Data and UI<br>
* server/client design<br>
* json object types, webkit renderers<br>
* will work on linux<br>
(<a href="http://blog.easytech.com.ar/2011/05/21/playing-with-termkit-with-chrome/" target="_blank">http://blog.easytech.com.ar/2011/05/21/playing-with-termkit-with-chrome/</a>)<br>
<br>
== Zoe using an old iPod Touch with built-in iBooks: ==<br>
* limited to reading anything from iBookstore<br>
* couple hours battery life, enough to read on the commute, or bus into town<br>
* pocket-sized<br>
<br>
== Phil using Sony's Daily (PRS-900) eReader: ==<br>
* versatility of formats<br>
(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebook_reader#Supported_File_Formats" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebook_reader#Supported_File_Formats</a>)<br>
* ok screen, but PRS-x50 series eliminates glare and has huge contrast<br>
* weeks of battery life, enough to read on long trips away from power supply<br>
* touchscreen, used for random notes on the go, annotations etc.<br>
* the 950 is US-only, so no guarantee 3G works in UK c. £250 imported<br>
<br>
Hope to see you all next social,<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
Philip Morrell<br>
<br>
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