[Lancaster] Maybe help others and maybe expand the Linux network ...discuss ? maybe logic ?

Sat Aug 12 19:51:35 BST 2006

Dear Linux User Group

I am writing further to my bad question, Here is a good 
question/questions

I write to you because you are part of the open source network and you 
might have knowledge that could help furher your network and help 
enable others all in one go !

I have been asked by Beaumont college to see what i can do or improve 
creativity to make some Decent, Proper Music they said ?, I am a 
musician and more recently a computer addict and my ideas so far are to 
enable the production of creative products wheather they be programmed 
products or manually made - I first worked with a piece of hardware 
called Sound beam which enables the triggering of sound via midi, this 
has some possibilities though it is limited too. There are other 
devices that i know of ( and i wonder what you know)  to enable 
disabled  access to computers so programming is totally possible, 
certainly cognitively only some students, just like any group of  
students,  will have the aptitude with assistance and technology 
development to improve on that aptidue.

It has been remarked, By Tech Sean Sanderson, that many of the students 
have very accurate control of their wheel chair control stick mcuh like 
the old games machine joy stick, it was also pointed out that a piece 
of conversion code had been made, named 'Midi Yoke', to use the Joy 
stick as a Midi controller , we wondered if there was a way to make the 
stick the instrument ,so that it's movements are assigned to musical 
note attributes ?

So in the long run this is why i am writing to you guys, for lots of 
reasons, mostly because you know how to make things work, and there are 
lots of ways you can help us, i also hoped that there was some value in 
te project for you guys to expand the open source network.

I guess software, but also calling any technicians for ideas  ?

0, I just wanted to put these ideas to the open source network to see 
what the collective conciousness said ?

1, Training a student to be the Beaumont College Linux Tech to do our 
Webste stuff ?

2, Is there an open source version of myspace - except downloadable - 
abit like limewire but with an ID and instantl messaging ? No it's an 
idea i just have no idea how to make it, though i think there is worthy 
millage there,   why myspace.com ? - could any other network ?

3, One obvious way in i thought for the students was to get them 
started on a myspace.com for several reasons gets them on the computer, 
starts them learning code, in a fun, ish way, And it helps advertise 
the generic website to sell our new products, web banners, music, art, 
programming, anything Good.

WHY do i think this is possible you might ask, because it has been done.

These projects are big time, I am talking about Steve Varden,

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1354188,00.html

  he has taken his films to Cannes and to Sun Dance in Utah.

steve also Flys just for fun and is a very funny man.

i believe that with the right help Poeple can be enabled to create 
things which we can ultimately all share in and which gives the student 
more self respect and helps society accept  the disabled And makes 
society a richer place. I also believe that these ideas will spill into 
main stream life as we are talking about enabling people and people are 
fundamentally the same, so there must be something for us to learn here 
to.

AND probably more importantly, i just hate the subject, Funding, 
Beaumonts funders Scope and making big loses on their charity shops,

I say 'ScopeEbay.com'

I hear there are ways of charities selling goods online already, any 
knowledge ?

I also hear Scope are an organizational mess to.

Now this does not mean that it is a non runner, it's just on the 
slippery slop.

There is a  good team which the Boss is trying to add to.

He will employ a business manager from september to help with marketing.

There is also a motivated team of Funders who can make things happen 
given the right info, proposal pitch etc.

So please shout if anything springs to mind, even if a tangent,

at this stage i am investigating ideas.

Though i do also have a pilot project to build so any ideas could also 
be included ?

Thanks for your time

Best

Sam Dale.

On 12 Aug 2006, at 11:01, Darren Poulson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As far as web pages go under linux, you've got either PHP on the 
> server side
> (www.php.net) which is more of a programming language to produce 
> dynamic web
> pages, or the latest craze seems to be AJAX, which is just a buzz word 
> that
> is going around at the moment for a method of using javascript to 
> produce
> dynamic web pages in real time on the client side.
>
> Both these options are rather more complicated than using flash, but 
> will
> always give you better results and be more professional. There are 
> other
> options such as perl, ruby on rails, or ASP (windows version of PHP).
>
> As far as Linux is concerned, you can have a mess around with it using
> something called a Live CD. This is a CD that you boot off which gives 
> you a
> full linux desktop without touching your hard drive and any software 
> you have
> on it. It is a bit slower than using it natively, and you can't 
> install more
> programs, tho' some of them allow you to save settings to a usb pen 
> drive and
> it will give you a general feel for Linux. The best known Live CD is 
> knoppix,
> but ubuntu or kubuntu are getting rather popular. You can download any 
> of
> them for free, or with ubuntu/kubuntu you can go to their web sites and
> request some proper CDs for free.
>
> www.knoppix.org
> www.ubuntu.com
> www.kubuntu.com
>
> (k)ubuntu is probably your best choice as it is becoming rather a 
> common linux
> distribution and (at least in my opinion) the easiest to install and 
> use.
> There's plenty of forums and instructions on the net to help too.
>
> HTH,
>
> Darren.
>
> On Saturday 12 August 2006 02:57, you wrote:
>> Hia Darren
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the info, i realised i was asking a bit of a misnoma,  are
>> there any better equivilents ?,  I was just hoping that one of the
>> group might know something about it anyway, though realise it is the
>> evil stuff i am asking about.
>>
>> On a Linux front, am waiting til the next computer i get to install
>> Linux the full version , just cos i would have to learn so many new
>> programs in order to exist, or is there a solution ?
>>
>> i hear there is a version that will run as a desktop program, as it
>> were  ??
>>
>> like virtual PC or something, so you can see the Linux world and get 
>> an
>> idea of the programs, is this so ????
>>
>> what version of linux is this ? As i could never find it, when i first
>> found out this info ?
>>
>> Many Thanks for your time, there are some free tunes of mine available
>> at
>>
>> http://www.geocities.com/overtakingtheundertaker/overtaking-the-
>> undertaker
>>
>> when i get more savy i will make em for free download.
>>
>> best
>>
>> sam
>>
>> On 12 Aug 2006, at 00:57, Darren Poulson wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Flash, fireworks and Linux don't exactly mix I'm afraid. You can get 
>>> a
>>> flash
>>> plugin working under linux in most browsers but thats about it. Also,
>>> (at
>>> least in my opinion) flash and its ilk are not really any good.
>>>
>>> What other info are you looking for in regards Linux?
>>>
>>> Darren.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday ٠٩ August ٢٠٠٦ ٢٣:٥٥, sam wrote:
>>>> Hello is it Sam
>>>>
>>>> I am looking for info about Linux, Long term, right now i need some
>>>> Flash and Fireworks (or are there are Better Linux equivalents  ?
>>>> )training any ideas for courses or better still Tutors ?
>>>>
>>>> am not big into institutions hence the Tutor idea.
>>>>
>>>> best
>>>>
>>>> Sam Dale
>>>>
>>>>   sam at mojitosalsa.co.uk
>>>> www.mojitosalsa.co.uk
>>>> www.geocities.com/thebigmojito
>>
>> Sam Dale Exploits -
>>

  sam at mojitosalsa.co.uk
www.mojitosalsa.co.uk

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