[GTALUG] Looking for Lighting Talks for January's meeting on Linux Distros!

2018-12-17 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
GTALUG is having another Lighting Talks night for the 8th January meeting. If you are interested in giving a talk about your favorite Linux Distribution (or what ever you want to talk about), send an email to speak...@gtalug.org! --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] An LibreOffice question.

2018-07-30 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Alvin Starr via talk wrote on 2018-07-30 3:46 PM: Does anybody know how to display and work with SI numbers like 10k or 20M or 40G within LIbreOffice? I have had little luck searching with google et al. While I am at it how about engineering notation? I think you looking for superscript

Re: [GTALUG] Specific question about mailing list management

2018-07-25 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote on 2018-07-25 12:30 AM: Hi all. This question is asked of anyone who administers a mailing list about policies. I'm setting up a campaign-based mailing system using phplist (as opposed to a forum-type MLM such as Mailman) and I'm interested to know what

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting companies providing Linux shell accounts?

2018-07-19 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Karen Lewellen via talk wrote on 2018-07-18 8:56 PM: Hi All, The organization for whom I work presently has a shared hosting account with dreamhost.  Recently though they made a change that prevents me from accessing my work shell account with the combination of adaptive technology tools I

Re: [GTALUG] I not have a smaller phone, and therefor want it's big brother in a pad

2018-06-25 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
On 2018-06-24 15:32, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: Now I need something about the size of my Kobo, https://ca.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura (6.5 x 4.5") for programs like Open Street Map and Waites' Guide to North American Birds. Any recommendations for good, relatively inexpensive

Re: [GTALUG] pgloaded with Myles Braithwaite talk is on youtube

2018-06-23 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Also could you record higher in the room. I look like a giant. > On Jun 22, 2018, at 10:25 AM, Alex Volkov via talk wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > > You can now watch pgloader lightning talk with Myles Braithwaite from our > June 2018 meeting. > > https://youtu.be/Sdh_

Re: [GTALUG] OK, food where?

2018-06-12 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Christopher Browne via talk wrote on 2018-06-12 4:35 PM: - Where was it that the other set of people went last month? Perhaps that place is plausible? Scott and I went to Banh Mi Boys last month and the month before Hayden and I went to Taco 101 and walked over to a hidden outdoor patio

Re: [GTALUG] Sending array variable over CGI ?

2018-05-18 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
William Park via talk wrote: How do I send array data, like A[1]=111, A[2]=222, A[3]=333 to a CGI script? I don't think I can do something like http://.../xxx.cgi?A[1]=111[2]=222[3]=333 Or, can I? I have seen a same variable repeated, http://.../xxx.cgi?A=111=222=333 but that means

Re: [GTALUG] Last month, Hugh suggested Kaiju and the other food court places at Shops at Aurora

2018-05-08 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Scott and I are at Banh Mi Boys. > On May 8, 2018, at 5:58 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > Sorry, can't make it tonight. > >> On Tue, 8 May 2018 at 16:38, David Collier-Brown via talk >> wrote: >> What do people think? >> >> --dave >> -- >> David

Re: [GTALUG] Last month, Hugh suggested Kaiju and the other food court places at Shops at Aurora

2018-05-08 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
There is only one restaurant left, Sushi BBbop. Maybe we should go back to the old standby. > On May 8, 2018, at 5:12 PM,  Myles Braithwaite via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > wrote: > > +1 > >> On May 8, 2018, at 4:37 PM, David Collier-Brown via talk <talk@gtalug.

Re: [GTALUG] Last month, Hugh suggested Kaiju and the other food court places at Shops at Aurora

2018-05-08 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
+1 > On May 8, 2018, at 4:37 PM, David Collier-Brown via talk > wrote: > > What do people think? > --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Which JavaScript should I learn?

2018-03-13 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
On 2018-03-13 02:16, William Park via talk wrote: Hi all, (If you're on KWLUG list, sorry for duplicate.) I have a general question about JavaScript. I want to develop/propose "web app" hosted from embedded Linux board. So, - you go to its webpage, - click "web app", - it will

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 13 March at 7:30pm

2018-03-01 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Sergio Durigan Junior via talk wrote: > Hi there, > > As mentioned in the other thread: > > https://gtalug.org/pipermail/talk/2018-February/005947.html > > I'd like to propose that we make a "mini" keysigning party. Maybe at > the pub, after the meeting and presentation? It's been a while

[GTALUG] HackLab.TO's Junk Independence Day is this Sunday from 2pm to 7pm

2018-02-14 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
It’s everyone’s favorite time again: the first Junk Independence Day of 2018! Coming up on February 18th from 2pm-7pm (or later). Bring your e-waste and dig through other people’s for treasures. On previous Junk Independence

Re: [GTALUG] Increasing interest in the Go language

2018-02-02 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
On 2018-02-02 09:14, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: Later this month I'm joining a company that is fairly Go-intensive. They originally prototyped in Perl, but over time needed more performance but not to the level that would require assembler or even C. What else have folks observed?

Re: [GTALUG] Dinner in the usual place?

2018-01-09 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | The last few times it was Kabul Express, are we headed there tonight? > > I assume that this holds today, as well. > > I've seen no discussion on the mailing list. It looks like it's going to be the Kabul Express on Telegram. --- Talk Mailing List

Re: [GTALUG] pip for Python3 installation issues on macOS (was python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table)

2018-01-05 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
R360 Design INC via talk wrote: > Hi, Was wondering if we could squeeze in a question about Python > installation on OS X on this thread: > > To set up Python on Mac, we were advised to install the latest version > of Python 3.6.4 and PIP3 (According to the Hitchhiker's Guide to > Python

Re: [GTALUG] personal webpage for GTALUG members?

2017-12-22 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > “ > Permission Denied > > Sorry, you don't have enough rights to continue. > ” > on https://wiki.gtalug.org/user:scruss?do=edit while logged in as me. > > Security on wikis is tough (looks over charred remains of a mediawiki > site I used to run and sighs)

Re: [GTALUG] personal webpage for GTALUG members?

2017-12-22 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
William Park via talk wrote: > I have ASCII tables (PDF) that I created and used over the years, and I > would like to make it available to public. Is there "user" section in > the wiki, where I can create entries with file attachments? I wouldn't > mind paying "premium" membership for that. I

Re: [GTALUG] [browser bitching] Re: Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for Google/Android.

2017-12-15 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > Headless Chrome and the Puppeteer Library for Scraping and Testing the > Web Wednesday 29 November > http://www.i-programmer.info/news/87/11344.html > > With the advent of Single Page Applications, scraping pages for > information as well as running

[GTALUG] Links from my presentations last night

2017-12-13 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Terraform: * Presentation: * Example: * Homepage: * Terraform Ansible Provision:

[GTALUG] GTALUG Slack

2017-11-15 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
I setup a GTALUG Slack instance! You can join the Slack here: . It's also connected to the Riot, IRC, and Telegram chat systems though a matterbridge. It's current used is to discuss, in real time, where we are going to for dinner before the meetings. ---

Re: [GTALUG] Dinner pre-meeting?

2017-11-14 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Christopher Browne via talk wrote: > 2. Kabul Express we have done several times recently; it's a pretty > good idea regardless... The chat group seems to like Kabul Express, . BTW, you can join the Slack group here: . It's connected to

[GTALUG] Migrating from MySQL to Postgres

2017-11-07 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Anyone have some recent first hand experience migrating a MySQL database to Postgres and would like a coffee and cookies in exchange for your case study? I'm working on a project that we are trying to get up and running on Postgres (as we plan on hosting it on Heroku's awesome Postgres instances)

Re: [GTALUG] Flatpak: Anyone with Experience or Opinions on It?

2017-11-03 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
John Sellens via talk wrote: > I've long found it disappointing the way shared libraries are dealt with > in linux and other OSs. > > To me, the obvious solutions is to install every library into a directory > named for the version, or name the library itself with a version number. > Then, if you

Re: [GTALUG] Adobe Reader Alternatives for Linux

2017-10-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > However the government of Canada (in its infinite wisdom) has mandated > that to open and fill their forms, one use Adobe Reader. (As an > example see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/citizen/CIT0002E-2.pdf > ). > > Alternatives? Not sure if you tried this yet

[GTALUG] Firefox memory usage (was GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 10 October at 7:30pm)

2017-09-30 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Am a serious browser user - - - in the past have had up to 18 windows > open and from 3 to 50+ tabs on any one window. There isn't a browser out > there that can handle that kind of usage especially NOT FF! ( I have > north of 20 GB of RAM plus a system to match so its

Re: [GTALUG] Imagemagick and exif data labels question?

2017-09-13 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Russell via talk wrote: > I would like to preserve my comments as exif data and pull them out to then > label the images in batches using the first example as a template. > > Is it possible to define your own exif data and mung it into the image file? You can use exiftool,

[GTALUG] Links from my talk on Web Scraping last night

2017-09-13 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Jupyter Notebook: Articles: * Remedies for Web Scraping by John Gregory, * Web Scraping and Crawling Are Perfectly Legal, Right? by Benoit Bernard,

Re: [GTALUG] Where are we eating?

2017-09-12 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
+1 for Pizza. On September 12, 2017 at 5:14:52 PM, Christopher Browne via talk (talk@gtalug.org(mailto:talk@gtalug.org)) wrote: > > On 12 September 2017 at 16:26, David Collier-Brown via talk > wrote: > > I've not seen the traditional discussion yet... > > I'd been lazy,

Re: [GTALUG] [OFF TOPIC] Brave new Browser

2017-09-05 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Slack Rat via talk wrote: > Does anyone have any comments on Brendan Eich's new "Brave" > browser? > > Now in a sort of wide beta, I'm personally impressed and am using > it as my main browser. > > At least it's blindingly fast and sound works out of the box and > many of the early version

Re: [GTALUG] Spam is basically dead

2017-08-17 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
> Okay, well you still get the occasional manual sent spam from a public > email account by some opportunist, but I mean that the senseless junk > is all gone... Senseless junk has been replaced by Sales people who use auto-follow-up software to email you every third day if you don't reply. It

Re: [GTALUG] Spam is basically dead

2017-08-16 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
ac via talk wrote: > 1. Bounce when no rDNS (exim/postfix/sendmail/qmail - 2 second conf) Sometimes people don't have access to configure Reverse DNS (or PTR) as they are sending with a dynamic IP address. This isn't common but at least for GTALUG there are five or six people who host their email

[GTALUG] Dinner Tonight (was Meeting on 8 August at 7:30pm)

2017-08-08 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
h...@gtalug.org wrote: > * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. > ) where you want to go for dinner. Anyone have any ideas where we should have dinner tonight? Here is a list of options: . --- Talk Mailing List

[GTALUG] Linux on Windows (was Windows 10 will let everyone run Linux inside Windows following Fall Creators Update)

2017-08-02 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
James Knott via talk wrote: > I've had Ubuntu on W10 for a while now. I didn't have to buy it, just > install from Windows Store. I haven't had the best of luck with running Ubuntu on Windows but that was back during the beta testing. Has it gotten more stable now? --- Talk Mailing List

Re: [GTALUG] SAP ISO SR26000:20010 - listserv etiquitte was: for any hardware gurus

2017-07-28 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
On 2017-07-28 09:50, Russell via talk wrote: This subject is mostly for the list maintainers as it is in fact related to the list policy. I'm the list maintainer, :wave:. It can get tiresome to have people send me private emails at the address they have harvested from this list. Social

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Linux in the Park 2017 this Saturday (22 July) at 2pm

2017-07-21 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
William Park via talk wrote: > I'll try to be there. My car is in body shop, so I have to take GO/TTC > and buy stuffs locally from "Food Coop" or "FreshCo". There is a Metro close to the lab now (other side of Dufferin) . "Food Coop" is kind of

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Linux in the Park 2017 this Saturday (22 July) at 2pm

2017-07-21 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
GTALUG is having the annual Linux in the Park Potluck this year at HackLab.TO's Backyard on 22 July at 2 pm. Things we will provide Bathroom, BBQ, Plates, Cutlery, Serviettes, Cups, and Garbage bags. Things you might want to bring: chairs, tasty beverages, food

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Linux in the Park 2017 - Saturday (22 July) at 2pm

2017-07-16 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
GTALUG is having the annual Linux in the Park Potluck this year at HackLab.TO's Backyard on 22 July at 2pm. Things we will provide: Bathroom, BBQ, Plates, Cutlery, Serviettes, Cups, and Garbage bags. Things you might want to bring: chairs, tasty beverages, food

Re: [GTALUG] Interest in an IM for TLUG?

2017-07-13 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Loui Chang wrote: > Matrix/Riot can also bridge to IRC and other chat systems. > https://github.com/matrix-hacks/matrix-puppet-bridge#examples I'm going to try and complete the registration of the IRC channel so I can setup the Matrix/Riot bridge. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Interest in an IM for TLUG?

2017-07-13 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
+1 for having an IM based communication area for GTALUG. There are so many times I get IMs/Texts from people asking where we are meeting for dinner that alone would be a great help. 0 for Telegram. I'm not a fan of the "security" aspect of it and would rather if GTALUG used a more open system

Re: [GTALUG] Dinner Tonight

2017-07-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 4:24 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > OK. If Thai on Yonge has enough seats that's Plan A. > I'm at Thai on Yonge and it's going to have enough seating. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

2017-07-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Jason Shaw wrote: > Myles, how's the range on this one? I have an older ASUS that does a > good job hitting all four floors (100+ years old Victorian) for the most > part, but it's starting to show it's age. Farms a 150+ year old double brick house and it reaches first and second floors and ~20

Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

2017-07-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5 > years now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a > spare for the next time the router craters. > > Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my router. >

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Annual Linux in the Park on 22 July 2017 at 2 pm.

2017-07-04 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Giles Orr wrote: > Myles, you should perhaps clarify: Dufferin Grove Park is (I believe) > where previous events have been held. And it's a good long way from > HackLab. The URLs you mention don't seem to reference Dufferin Grove > at all, but it being the previous site and mentioned in your

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Annual Linux in the Park on 22 July 2017 at 2 pm.

2017-07-04 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
GTALUG is having the annual Linux in the Park Potluck this year at Dufferin Grove Park on 22 July at 2 pm. Things we will provide Bathroom, BBQ, Plates, Cutlery, Serviettes, Cups, and Garbage bags. Things you might want to bring: chairs, tasty beverages,

Re: [GTALUG] Linux hardening question

2017-06-28 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Truth Hacker via talk wrote: > Hi All, > > I am starting to go down the road to harden a Linux server, I am using > the Ubuntu server image as my starting point. > > I searched a few articles and compiled a list of things to do, so far > the stuff

Re: [GTALUG] Fwd: Cogeco E-Mail not bouncing unknown mailboxes?

2017-06-22 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Alex Beamish via talk wrote: > > Hi All, > > A friend is having issues changing his contact info on a domain. The > Admin contact E-Mail address points to a Cogeco mailbox that was > attached to an account that was closed years ago. > > However, it seems Cogeco doesn't

[GTALUG] Sovereign - An Ansible playbook to build/maintain your own "Cloud"

2017-06-15 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
I was talking with someone on Tuesday about a good Ansible playbook called Sovereign that sets up Email, XMPP, Cal/CardDav, VPN, etc. Here's the link: . It's really good if you want to see how to setup an Ansible playbook and don't know where to start

Re: [GTALUG] Favourite GUI tool for SQLite?

2017-06-15 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
William Park via talk wrote: > I hear pgAdmin is GUI tool of choice for PostgreSQL. > > Is there similar thing for SQLite? I am using "SQLite Manager" add-on > for Firefox, only because that's what co-workers use. But, I'm curious > what the experts use. I like SQLite Studio

[GTALUG] Good introduction to Kibernetes

2017-06-09 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
I remember someone at a GTALUG meeting asking about Kubernetes (a new container thing). This is a really awesome introduction to what Kunernetes is and links to some good resources for more information. --- Talk Mailing List

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting Tomorrow at 7:30pm

2017-05-09 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Scott and I are on the second floor. On May 9, 2017 at 9:32:11 AM, David Collier-Brown via talk (talk@gtalug.org) wrote: > On 08/05/17 04:22 PM, Christopher Browne via talk wrote: > > Paramount seems like a decent idea. It's about a block south of where > we normally go, but that is hardly any

Re: [GTALUG] Instantly better presentation with Damian Conway

2017-05-09 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Alex Volkov via talk wrote: > I just came across a talk by Damian Conway on how to give better > technical presentations, and I thought it would be of interest not just > for me. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_i_DrWic88 Damian is one of my dream speakers for GTALUG. I'm hoping the next

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting Tomorrow at 7:30pm

2017-05-08 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:28 AM, wrote: > * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. > ) where you want to go for dinner. Anyone have any ideas where you want to go for dinner tomorrow night? --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Any experience with these FOSS platforms?

2017-05-05 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > * Mattermost - for group collaboration, instead of Slack Mattermost is the most feature compatible with Slack I have ever used. I haven't used it as an administrator just a user. Also checkout Let's Chat (which is developed in Toronto) and Rocket.Chat. > *

[GTALUG] Recording of Stewart Russell's April GTALUG Talk is now up on YouTube

2017-04-25 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Thanks to Alex Volkov we now have the recording of April's GTALUG presentation with Stewart Russell on "A Bit More Than Mostly Searchable: Scanned Paper You Can Find" up on YouTube. It's a really

[GTALUG] Upcoming Meeting (was Meeting on 11 April at 7:30pm)

2017-04-02 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
11 April - A Bit More Than Mostly Searchable: Scanned Paper You Can Find with Stewart Russell Building on a GTALUG Lightning Talk from 2015, Stewart goes over what you'll need to turn messy piles of paper into a (mostly) organized archive of compact searchable electronic files. 9

Re: [GTALUG] Selectively restoring WordPress posts from old SQL dump

2017-03-30 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
William Witteman via talk wrote: > I have a bunch of WordPress blogs sharing a database, which seemed > like a good idea at the time. > > Now I have a bunch of posts that were overwritten at *some* time in > the past by bad data, but my backups are good. > > My backup testing works perfectly

Re: [GTALUG] testing CURL without real server

2017-03-29 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 12:45 AM, William Park via talk wrote: > Question for curl expert... > > I want to see what curl sends out, because I want to know what a proper > HTTP request looks like. Manpage says -v or --trace. OK. But, curl > requires a real URL to connect to. >

[GTALUG] Looking for Speakers for May and June GTALUG Meeting

2017-03-28 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
We are looking for speakers for 9th May and 13th June GTALUG meeting. If interested email me off the list at . --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] mailing list issue

2017-03-14 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > I'm receiving much of my email through an ancient server. I hope to fix > that. > > Some of my messages from the GTALUG list are dammaged. Basically, the > newlines are lost. I suspect that this is due to my server, but at least > some of the problem is

Re: [GTALUG] Git/Gitolite Question

2017-03-08 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Peter King via talk wrote: > I have a repository cloned from an original master repository -- but > the server it was taken from, hosting the original master repository > with git/gitolite, is now defunct, leaving me with only my cloned >

[GTALUG] Resources I Mentioned Last Night

2017-01-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
AdBlocker though DNS /cc @Hecktor * Good for blocking Ads though `/etc/hosts` file * Better Raspberry Pi VPN Gateway Provider /cc @Evan * VPN Provider: * Tutorial for

Re: [GTALUG] dinner suggestion

2017-01-10 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > I'm interested in dinner. I propose Kaiju, in the food court in the > basement of the Aura building, 384 Yonge St. +1 -- Have an awesome day, and happy open-sourcing :-). --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] unexpected firefox "server not found" messages

2016-11-24 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
On November 24, 2016 at 8:53:44 AM, Evan Leibovitch via talk (talk@gtalug.org) wrote: > > I despise Chrome for its reporting to the alphabet company all my > > browsing!! > > You can have ​all the Chromey goodness of the browser with none of the > creepy phone-home stuff. According to this

Re: [GTALUG] Recommendation for a Good VPN and a PGP on Email Tutorial.

2016-11-06 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Brad Fonseca via talk wrote: > Another question: is there any hit to the speed of the network if > I'm using a VPN? I've seen a drop in download and upload speed > when I'm on my work's VPN versus when I'm not. Yes you will notice a drop in download and upload speeds. This can't be helped as

Re: [GTALUG] Recommendation for a Good VPN and a PGP on Email Tutorial.

2016-11-05 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Brad Fonseca via talk wrote: > Hello, > > I was hoping someone on this list might be able to help me out > with some advice and/or point me to a previous thread or to a > good current resource. > > I have decided (belatedly) that it would be good to start using a > VPN service to connect to the

Re: [GTALUG] ssh/terminal on Android phone

2016-10-29 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
William Park via talk wrote: > Which SSH client do you use on your phone? I like JusicSSH[0] it's free with a Pro version (that offers "secure cloud sync") that I don't use. [0]: -- Have an awesome day, and happy open-sourcing :-). --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] email client with autocorrect?

2016-10-27 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
Stewart Russell wrote: > If only Thunderbird would fix their editor and its random text style > switching ... You should checkout [Markdown Here](http://markdown-here.com/), it let's you write Markdown in the Thunderbird editor that get's converted cleanly to HTML, that will actually look good on

[GTALUG] Presentation resources from tonight's meeting on Ansible

2016-10-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
You can find all the presentation resource files from tonight's meeting over on GitHub: . The book Giles was referenceing is called "Ansible: Up and Running": . Here it is at the Toronto Library:

Re: [GTALUG] email client with autocorrect?

2016-10-08 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Matt Price via talk wrote: > Does anyone use an email client that has decent autocorrect? I am a terrible > typist who makes many similar mistakes over and over. In thunderbird, > correcting my errors takes about 30-50% of my total message

Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG Election Officer

2016-10-03 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Myles Braithwaite <m...@mylesbraithwaite.com> wrote: > GTALUG is looking for an Election Officer to oversee the GTALUG Board > Election on 11 October 2016 at 7:30 p.m.. We need someone who will: > > * Run the GTALUG candidate nomination pro

Re: [GTALUG] curious... Linux vs BSD ?

2016-09-29 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
William Park via talk wrote: > To those who knows/uses both BSD and Linux... Should I learn BSD, and > which one? If you read to HackNews we are currently in the systemd apocalypse and Linux's user base is shrinking every day and good ethical people are moving to BSD to the warm embrace of init.

[GTALUG] GTALUG Election Officer

2016-09-29 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
GTALUG is looking for an Election Officer to oversee the GTALUG Board Election on 11 October 2016 at 7:30 p.m.. We need someone who will: * Run the GTALUG candidate nomination process. * Announce the candidates for the GTALUG board. * Give out ballots to GTALUG members. * Count the votes. This

[GTALUG] GTALUG Board Elections

2016-09-29 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
GTALUG's Annual General Meeting is coming up on 11 October 2016 which means we will be hainvg an election for board members. To vote you will need to be a member of the GTALUG Organisation which costs $20 for the year (this helps cover the cost of running the server for the mailing list and

[GTALUG] Tonight's Dinner ([GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday at 7:30pm)

2016-09-13 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:46 AM, wrote: > * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. > ) where you want to go for dinner. I'm thinking of going back to Banh Mi Boys (399 Yonge St), Vietnamese style sandwiches. You can see the menu here:

[GTALUG] Fwd: [kwlug-disc] Kitchener Waterloo Linuxfest Website Up!

2016-09-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite  via talk
A community run Linux conference is happening in Kitchener/Waterloo on 28 January 2017. Registration and Call for Puropsals is open now. On September 11, 2016 at 9:36:28 PM, Colin Mills wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Just wanted to let you know that the Kitchener Waterloo Linuxfest > website is up. >

Re: [GTALUG] Neighboring LUGs and Other Computing User Groups in Toronto

2016-08-24 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this. I have updated the page here: . --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Neighboring LUGs and Other Computing User Groups in Toronto

2016-08-23 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > I wonder if putting this on the wiki would be better. My guess: no > because nobody would feel responsible to curate the list. > > Would there be a reasonable way for page to invite contributions > WITHOUT generating a lot of SPAM for you? I'm not really

[GTALUG] Neighboring LUGs and Other Computing User Groups in Toronto

2016-08-23 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
I'm trying to compile a list[0][1] of neighboring linux user groups and other computing user group in the Toronto area for the GTALUG website. Does anyone know of any user groups that should be added to this list? [0]: [1]:

Re: [GTALUG] 2 weeks on cell phone and chromebook... never again!

2016-07-22 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Reminds me of the xkcd comic Real Programmers: . > > Furthermore we lose about 3 to 5 mailing list subscribers every time > this discussion is on the list. Which makes it toxic to our community. Reminds me of the xkcd comic Real

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Linux in the Park this Saturday at 2pm in Dufferin Grove Park

2016-07-18 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
GTALUG is having the annual Linux in the Park Potluck this year at Dufferin Grove Park on 23rd July at 2pm. Things we will provide: Plates, Cutlery, Serviettes, Cups, and Garbage bags. Things you might want to bring: chairs, tasty beverages (that are

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting Tomorrow at 7:30pm

2016-07-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Sammy Lao via talk wrote: > Please send an unencrypted version. You can see the unencrypted version here: :-). I think this might be an issue with Yahoo mail. When I was testing the GTALUG list with Yahoo and Outlook the source of the

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting Tomorrow at 7:30pm

2016-07-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
# The Document Foundation with Giovanni Caligaris An introduction of what **LibreOffice** is, what is **The Document Foundation**, how they work and what they do. The benefits of contributing to LibreOffice and how can you improve your skills. ## Location

Re: [GTALUG] KWLUG Keysigning on 8 August 2016

2016-07-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Bob Jonkman via talk wrote: > Hi Everybody! I'll be the Keymaster at a Formal Keysigning at the > "Short Presentations and Activities" KWLUG meeting on 8 August 2016. > [..] > See you on 8 August! Anyone know a public transportation option of going to KWLUG meetings from Toronto? -- Have an

Re: [GTALUG] OwnCloud vs Nextcloud?

2016-07-11 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Does anyone have any insight into which would be worth adopting? Or > something else? I'm using Radicale[0] for my CalDAV and CardDAV server and Seafile[1] for my active file sync service (i.e. Dropbox). [0]: [1]:

[GTALUG] July 2016 Pre-Meeting Dinner

2016-07-08 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
So where do we want to go? You can see some options over on the wiki: . We are working on getting a talk title and description from our speaker for July's meeting. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Converting .pptx files to multiple .png

2016-06-20 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
Bob Jonkman via talk wrote: > Hi: I've got a bunch of .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint) files that I'd > like to convert to individual .png files for each slide, preferably > where each step in a transition becomes its own .png file. You can use unoconv[0] (a universal office converter that works with

[GTALUG] Speaker for July 2016 Meeting

2016-06-15 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
We are looking for a speaker for 12 July 2016 meeting. Anyone interested in giving a talk? --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Linux in the Park 2016

2016-06-15 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
GTALUG is having the annual Linux in the Park Potluck this year at Dufferin Grove Park on 23rd July at 2pm. Things we will provide: Plates, Cutlery, Serviettes, Cups, and Garbage bags. Things you might want to bring: chairs, tasty beverages (that are

[GTALUG] Last Night's Meeting Annoucments

2016-06-15 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
# Linux in the Park 2016, **23 July** All planning is being done in the wiki @ # Upcoming Events ## June 27 June 2016 at 7pm - Damian Conway -- Perl 6: More Concurrency, Less Contusion Even if you

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Tuesday, 7 June at 7:30pm - Nerd Money with Warren McPherson

2016-06-02 Thread Myles Braithwaite
# Nerd Money with Warren McPherson The outrage, the greed, the cryptography, the possibilities! **Crypto Literacy** - a quick kindergarten class of the foundational ideas that enable the current crop of "Applied Cryptography" applications. **Innovation of

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on 14 June 2016 - Nerd Money with Warren McPherson

2016-05-19 Thread Myles Braithwaite
# Nerd Money with Warren McPherson The outrage, the greed, the cryptography, the possibilities! **Crypto Literacy** - a quick kindergarten class of the foundational ideas that enable the current crop of "Applied Cryptography" applications. **Innovation of

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting Tonight at 7:30pm

2016-05-10 Thread Myles Braithwaite
# Round Table Q Session A Round Table Q Session is where we take questions from the audience, and the audience discusses and attempts to answer those questions from their own knowledge. It's a great way to meet fellow members of our community and discover the

Re: [GTALUG] dinner before May meeting

2016-05-05 Thread Myles Braithwaite
On Thursday, April 14, 2016, D. Hugh Redelmeier <h...@mimosa.com> wrote: > > Other suggestions? > I'm interested in Basil Box. Also Taco 101 looks cool but has no seating (might be a good summer time option as we could wheat outside in Ryerson's courtyard. -- Myles Bra

Re: [GTALUG] Meeting on Tuesday at 7:30pm

2016-05-05 Thread Myles Braithwaite
out%20members%20being%20unsubscribed%20by%20bounces%20of%20Yahoo%20user's%20posts%20for%20DMARC%20policy%20reasons%3F> (sorry that links probably not going to work as it's impossible to share with all those spaces). I also subscribe to the mailing list with my Yahoo email address so I can prevent this s

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday at 7:30pm

2016-05-05 Thread Myles Braithwaite
# Round Table Q Session A Round Table Q Session is where we take questions from the audience, and the audience discusses and attempts to answer those questions from their own knowledge. It's a great way to meet fellow members of our community and discover the

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on 10 May at 7:30pm

2016-04-26 Thread Myles Braithwaite
# Round Table Q Session A Round Table Q Session is where we take questions from the audience, and the audience discusses and attempts to answer those questions from their own knowledge. It's a great way to meet fellow members of our community and discover the

[GTALUG] Fwd: Toronto Homebrew Hosting Club on Thursday at 7:30pm

2016-04-19 Thread Myles Braithwaite
We're having our second ever Homebrew Hosting Club on this Thursday at 7pm at the HackLab.TO. If you are interested in self hosting you should definitely come out. -- Forwarded message -- From: Myles Braithwaite <m...@mylesbraithwaite.com> Date: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting Tonight at 7:30pm

2016-04-12 Thread Myles Braithwaite
ctor: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dIu8gHkzEs> * Pixel art gallery: <https://www.weasyl.com/submissions/hiker> --- Myles Braithwaite is a web developer who sometimes has to designs user interfaces. He accomplishes this by using Open Source design tools like Inkscape for icons and wiref

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