Monthly Archives: August 2008

Friday Opinion Request: Shaping the Future of Social Enterprise

2008-08-29 by mjr

As you may know, our webmaster cooperative is classed as a Social Enterprise by gov.uk because it has social primary aims and isn’t run for shareholder benefit – we have neither shareholders nor employees, which screws up lots of surveys. … Continue reading →

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More Free Software for Libraries

2008-08-28 by mjr

Two interesting nearly-free-software articles about Free Software for Libraries:- May/June 2007 Library Technology Report: Open Source Software for Libraries, from ALA TechSource (recently republished under CC-By-SA) Open Source Business Resource, August 2008: Education, Is Open Source Right for your Library?, … Continue reading →

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Why I Didn?t Buy Some Online Courses

2008-08-28 by mjr

I was just looking to buy some online classes.  I haven’t bought one yet and here’s three ideas I think online course sellers should follow to get more customers:-

Telephone courses – it’s the world-wide web, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I want to make an international telephone call for the course.  If the course includes […] Continue reading →

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Forthcoming Attractions: Software Cooperative Events for Late 2008

2008-08-27 by mjr

Some interesting events that I’ve heard about recently, with a bit of a focus on software, cooperatives and the South-West:- Bristol Knowledge Unconference: Friday 5th September 2008 * Tour of Britain, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, Tuesday 9th September – other UK locations … Continue reading →

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Solved but Why? Belkin F5D7630 to Realtek 8139 Drop-outs

2008-08-26 by mjr

I’d been having problems connecting my laptop to my router to the Phone Coop using a new network cable that I laid under the floor just after the new heating system was installed. It’s a 1970s building – cat-5 wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Bristol and Bath LUG Meeting 23 August 2008

2008-08-22 by mjr

Apparently the LUG’s website is still off-line and there’s no idea when it will return, so let me use this site to help announce that the LUG’s regular meeting at the Knights Templar public house, near Isambard Walk, Bristol, will … Continue reading →

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USB Charging: Greener or Not?

2008-08-22 by mjr

I’ve ordered some USB charging leads for various portable devices, mainly because I’ve already got mains-USB and car-USB power adapters (they came with a bluetooth headset that charges from USB) and I agree with things like this: “management of an … Continue reading →

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How To Avoid 6 Common Website Mistakes That Cost Money

2008-08-21 by mjr

According to a recent article, 6 Common Website Mistakes That Cost Money are:

1. JavaScript or other crawler-unfriendly navigation that may impede indexing

This one is best avoided at design-time, by including Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Level A in the design brief, but if you’ve ended up with JavaScript-based navigation on your site (check by doing […] Continue reading →

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Would Debian Lists Send Scunthorpe to Coventry?

2008-08-21 by mjr

I had a small chuckle at the delay to Debian Project news because the listserver filter treated it as if an event was on Free Ando Penis Land. Parties in Scunthorpe and Penistone may have a similar problem. At least … Continue reading →

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Would a Real Free Software Developer Group Bite Apple Like FSF Did?

2008-08-20 by mjr

I’ve been installing free software for library cataloguing onto Apples recently. It’s not been great (GNU/Linux is still easier and faster, in my opinion) but it has worked much better than older Macs. As well as making servers that are … Continue reading →

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