January 26th 2011

Nice to see everyone again in the new year. Last night's meeting was a bit of a mish mash of news and new ideas. So: Dates for your diary: First Saturday of March, June, September, December 2011 will be days when we can spend some more time looking in depth at things of interest (yes it's a vague as that). We'd like people to suggest topics, offer their services, etc and then the group will offer help and support to make it happen. We'll get these dates on our calendar, it's looking like Arduino might be the first day (March 5th) Nige agreed to draw together a calendar of big events and to get those on the calendar as well (this after Martin informed us that UKLUG is going to be in Leeds this year, 22nd-24th March) Bradford Jelly - next meeting 11th Feb, Bradford Uni.

Chrome Web Browser

Much like Firefox, Chrome is an open source web browser that let's you do everything that you are accustomed to while online.

Christmas Meal

Ok - we've finally bit the bullet on this one.. There are 2 options: Wetherspoons http://bradlugmealwether.eventbrite.com/, or Omar Kahn's http://bradlugmealomar.eventbrite.com/

November 24th 2010

Firstly, wow - 28 people crammed into the room for last night's meeting. Lovely to see you all. We had half a dozen or so new faces, so I hope you all felt welcome and enjoyed what was on offer. If you have any feedback for us please let us know via a comment here, a message via the contact form or on the mailing list. Secondly, wow - and thanks to Thomas Mangin (Non-Executive Director at LINX and Technical Director at Exa Networks), and David Farrar, (head of R&D at Exa Networks), ...

After the top ten

Following the publication of the top ten free and open source software programs last issue, we had a request for 11-40.

October 27th 2010

Yesterday's meeting saw presentations about the history of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), Macbuntu, and (even more) on the Cycle of Change.

September 29th 2010: Happy Birthday

The meeting on the 29th gave a chance to look to both the past and the future. See Andrea's post for the pre-meeting agenda. Quite a lot of things came out of the meeting, and if thought's suggestions and ideas are to be taken forward then people are welcome to get cracking on them. Attached we have John's presentation that was ammended as the meeting progressed and a PDF of the post-it comments that people made. (svg file also available - please contact us if you want it.).

September 29th 2010 - Our 2nd Birthday!

It seems that, like certain members of British royalty, we have 2 birthdays, and it was agreed that our 'official' celebrations would take place in September! There are rumours of a birthday cake. It is not yet confirmed whether the cake is a lie. The topic for the meeting this month is, erm, the meetings: - What do members like? - What don't we like? - Would members like to have more meetings? - Or perhaps tutorials/workshop sessions?

Top ten free and open source programs

Asked to choose the ten top free and open source (FOSS) programs, Bradlug members suggested over forty; so this list has been whittled down and is in alphabetical order because we probably couldn't agree on an order for those that made it to the top ten.

August 25th 2010: HTML 5: The Hype and Some Alternative Realities

David Fisher and Jeff introduced HTML5, saying that it was estimated that HTML5 will only receive full approval in 2022 because W3C standards now require full compliance from two browsers.