Re: [Dorset] Who knows Winton? In-person meeting, Wednesday 19th June.

2024-06-18 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Hi, I would be happy to go there, but unfortunately I am ill so I shouldn't go and spread the illness. Hope any of you who do go have a good time :) Hamish On 18/06/2024 14:27, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, Tim wrote: If that turns out too noisy then consider a Wetherspoons as they have no

Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings

2024-06-13 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Also just noting that I guess we'll meet at 8pm as that's what we used to do. Hamish On 13 June 2024 14:03:37 BST, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: >On 29/05/2024 20:56, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: >> On 29/05/2024 10:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote: >>> Hi, &g

Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings

2024-06-13 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
On 29/05/2024 20:56, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: On 29/05/2024 10:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, Peter wrote: At a previous discussion the Kings Arms at 252 Wallisdown Road Wherever you decide, have someone scout it out on the same weekday and time.  It may now be a dive, or have

Re: [Dorset] Updating technology NvMe memory

2024-05-30 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Hi Peter, You'll likely not be able to boot from NVME on a system that old, and you probably don't have NVME slots either, but that can be fixed with a PCIE to NVME adaptor card, if you have a free PCIE slot. A while ago back when I had an older computer, I booted it from NVME using Clover

Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings

2024-05-29 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
On 29/05/2024 10:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, Peter wrote: At a previous discussion the Kings Arms at 252 Wallisdown Road Wherever you decide, have someone scout it out on the same weekday and time. It may now be a dive, or have constant, loud music. Even if someone vouches for it for

Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings

2024-05-28 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
guess we could always discuss this at the online meeting next Tuesday. Hamish On 03/05/2024 20:37, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: Hi all, I have taken the executive decision that Wednesdays are best, but we can change that later. Here's the link so all of you can note your availability

Re: [Dorset] Free: iPad mini

2024-05-13 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Hi Hugh, I don't have any use for that, but it's probably worth something at CeX even if it's not a supported model any more, so even if no one here wants it, I'd hesitate before recycling it. Hamish On 13 May 2024 09:39:05 BST, Hugh Frater wrote: >Before it goes in the WEEE skip, does

Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings

2024-05-03 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
up with that. Hamish On 17/04/2024 16:00, Hugh Frater wrote: I'm also flexible, I drive and don't have a particularly full schedule at the moment. On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 at 14:51, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset < dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: Bump. What dates and times and venue

Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings

2024-04-17 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Bump. What dates and times and venues work for all of you? I can be pretty flexible because I can drive and I don't have too much going on at the moment. Hamish On 12 March 2024 20:52:18 GMT, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: >On 12/03/2024 11:27, Peter Merchant wrote: >> On 1

Re: [Dorset] In-person meetings

2024-03-12 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
On 12/03/2024 11:27, Peter Merchant wrote: On 11/03/2024 18:09, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: Hi all, At the last online meeting, several of us expressed interest in doing in-person meetings again, probably at the Broadway in Bournemouth where we used to do them. We were

[Dorset] In-person meetings

2024-03-11 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Hi all, At the last online meeting, several of us expressed interest in doing in-person meetings again, probably at the Broadway in Bournemouth where we used to do them. We were thinking of doing them on a different day so they don't clash with the online meetings, and so that people who

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8pm

2024-03-05 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
On 05/03/2024 05:28, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug Chrome or Chromium may fare better than Firefox. An alternative to installing either of those is to obtain

Re: [Dorset] TP-Link routers

2023-11-18 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
On 18/11/2023 16:41, Peter Merchant wrote: On 18/11/2023 14:49, Terry Coles wrote: On 18/11/2023 14:25, Peter Merchant wrote: Does anybody have any experience with TP-Link routers?  I see the C50 and C64 are not badly priced and I really want to improve the response of my  wireless connection

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting Tonight at 8 pm

2023-11-07 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
I will be a bit late again and start from 8:30, assuming the other thing is running this time. Hamish On 7 November 2023 14:13:42 GMT, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. > >The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open

Re: [Dorset] Somewhat Off Topic - Can Anyone Recommend a Decent Tablet Computer?

2023-10-30 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Just a thought: I wonder if an E-ink tablet would be a good idea, though the contrast might be lacking a bit for text-on-colour sections. Hamish On 30 October 2023 13:14:02 GMT, Peter Merchant wrote: >WE have had a few, and I have been happy with Lenovo ones. I once had a 10" >one, but it

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8 pm

2023-10-03 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Hi all, I will be a little late again and will join a little after 8:30 pm. Hamish On 3 October 2023 13:12:04 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. > >The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open >https://meet.jit.si/dorset-lug >

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8pm

2023-09-05 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Hi, I have something else to attend as well, so I will be joining the LUG a little later at around 8:30. As I preciously mentioned, someone with a Google, GitHub, or Facebook account will need to set up the call. Hamish On 5 September 2023 12:37:16 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

2023-08-29 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
This reminds me, Jitsi now requires sign-in to start meetings, so whoever first arrives may have to sign in with Google, Facebook, or GitHub to start the meeting. Hamish On 29 August 2023 09:49:09 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next Meeting will be one week tonight; Tuesday, 2023-09-05

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - Tonight at 8 pm

2023-08-02 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Sorry, I forgot that it was on last night so didn't show up, see you all at the next one. Hamish On 1 August 2023 12:40:04 BST, Terry Coles wrote: >Hi, > >The next Online Meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. using Jitsi. > >The meeting can be joined using a web browser to open

Re: [Dorset] Best Way of Installing Old Version of MySQL Client

2023-07-13 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Hi Terry, At the time, I didn't have to do anything for the pis to be compatible, because the mysql client provided worked with the database on the NAS box. I believe incompatibility would start to be a problem if we updated Raspberry Pi OS as well, but with the current version all seems fine.

Re: [Dorset] Logging into the WMT Database

2023-07-09 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
On 08/07/2023 08:33, Terry Coles wrote: On 07/07/2023 19:25, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: Hamish, Yes, there are compatibility issues with newer versions of mysql/mariadb clients and the old version of mysql the server uses, which is why the installation spec says to use an older

Re: [Dorset] Logging into the WMT Database

2023-07-07 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Hi Terry, Yes, there are compatibility issues with newer versions of mysql/mariadb clients and the old version of mysql the server uses, which is why the installation spec says to use an older version of python-mysqlclient, amongst other things. I'm surprised the users I created aren't

Re: [Dorset] Interesting email security check

2023-06-02 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset
Hi Peter, Thanks for sharing this, it prompted me to make some improvements to my domain's email security. Hamish On 31 May 2023 08:52:25 BST, Peter Merchant wrote: >I came across this from Linked-In >https://emailsecuritycheck.service.ncsc.gov.uk/check > >It shows me how much I need to