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Norwich 2003-11-13 report
by Syd Hancock 15 Nov '03

15 Nov '03

We had a great evening! Twelve people turned up - myself, Graham, Ian, Brett, James Taylor and Karen, Jonathan - sporting a T shirt of tasteful design bearing vulgar content <g> - Adam, Kirsten, MJR and Sarah, Tarquin. I took some photos but had drunk too much coffee and every one was very blurred (no flash - horrid intrusive devices). There were too many people to know what everyone was talking about but subjects certainly included the design of the Dragon 32, obscure command line incantations, fast cars and rubbish repairers, and activities included not only beer coffee and diet coke but also comparing PDAs, swapping stuff via IR links and reading mp3/ogg playlists stored on CF cards in mobile phones. So, lots of gadgetry and geekery and general loud chat. The forum was full (opening of the ice rink) which probably helped the general lively vibe. Meanwhile Karen worked relentlessly writing an essay - I didn't dare ask how long ago the deadline was :-) Till next time... (thursday Dec 11th) Syd Not forgetting Syleham a week sunday - 23rd Nov

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Re: Wednesday Ely Meet
by Tim Green 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 06:25:08AM +0000, main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk wrote: > Hi, > As we seemed to enjoy it last time, we're proposing another Ely > Wednesday evening meeting in the Fountain pub. Sorry, I'm already booked for The Wrestlers. Maybe _next_ time! Tim.

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Reminder: Norwich evening meet this week
by Syd Hancock 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

Norwich "second thursday" evening meet this week: Thursday 13th November, 8pm in the Forum coffee bar. General chat and banter, all welcome. More info on the ALUG website http://www.alug.org.uk in the Meetings section Syd

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Re: [ALUG] Ely meeting report
by Kirsten Naylor 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 22:40, Daniel Silverstone wrote: > Thanks to Kirsten and Adam for turning up, and hopefully we'll see a few > more of you at what is turning into a nice regular pub going evening for > a bunch of geeks. I had a really nice time, and hopefully there'll be a bigger crowd next time :) /Kirsten

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Prozilla, FLTK, & FLUID
by Keith Watson 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

Prozilla is an ncurses based download manager (has a GUI frontend called Prozgui) Prozgui uses the Fast Light Toolkit library FLTK and there's a UI builder called FLUID for FLTK. Anyone ever used any of the above? if so, care to comment? Keith

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Norwich evening meeting 8pm tonight
by Syd Hancock 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

Norwich evening meeting 8pm tonight, Forum Coffee bar. Syd

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New member
by Richard Fletcher 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

Why am I interested in Linux? Because the penguin is cute, of course! No, the real reason is that I want to get more out of my computers than Windows can offer. As a complete newbie to all this I am still having to run Windows XP along side SUSE 8.1 but I'm rapidly loosing the need to boot into windows and I think that when I can work out WINE then I'll be kissing it goodbye for ever! Still a newbie striving for more knowledge but with that, I've just popped my cherry feeling, that I got from installing my first driver correctly! Loving the challenge of Linux along with the look, feel and smell of the penguin! Richard Fletcher.

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Re: [ALUG] Ely meeting report
by Andrew Savory 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Chris Walker wrote: > You might be interested to know that there is an Ely branch of CAMRA [...] > a link between ALUG and the local branch, thus benefitting both parties. Ooh, do you reckon there might be Free Beer involved? ;-) A.

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Ely meeting report
by Daniel Silverstone 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Hi, Well, the hard-core ALUGers from the region descended once again on Ely to have a good chat and a pint or two. Myself, Rob, Kirsten and Adam turned up in the Fountain and had a good natter. The smoke rose to record levels so we decided to find a new pub. The new venue for Ely meets is the 'Prince Albert' pub which is just up the side-road from the Fountain, and is opposite one of the pedestrian exits from the council carpark. The Prince Albert was nice, happen to have a cheap book sale to raise money for the Haddenham Wildlife Sanctuary, and happen to sell a good ale or two. Much geekery was perpetrated, and a jolly good natter. Thanks to Kirsten and Adam for turning up, and hopefully we'll see a few more of you at what is turning into a nice regular pub going evening for a bunch of geeks. Regards, Daniel -- Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers(a)digital-scurf.org> Digital-Scurf

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Wednesday Ely Meet
by Daniel Silverstone 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Hi, As we seemed to enjoy it last time, we're proposing another Ely Wednesday evening meeting in the Fountain pub. If anyone needs directions, please ask. We shall aim to be there at 19:00. Last time involved discussions ranging from what beer was good, through when might Debian release Sarge, onto "Is the GFDL free then?" so we have high hopes of a repeat of the beer discussion this time. See you there, Daniel. -- Daniel Silverstone http://www.digital-scurf.org/ Hostmaster, Webmaster, and Chief Code Wibbler: Digital-Scurf Unlimited GPG Public key available from keyring.debian.org KeyId: 20687895

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