Hi, buddy of mine (elderly chap) sent this email to me about RPi. anyone
got info?
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From: Ed Wilson <eddwilson(a)postmaster.co.uk>
Date: Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:55 PM
Subject: Hello!
To: Anna Morris <say.hello.to.anna(a)googlemail.com>
Hi Anna,
How are things? Are you still associated with Madlab? If so, is there
anything in the offing based on the Raspberry Pi? I'm not sure my brain's
right for it, but I'll be getting one when they finally emerge.
Ed
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From: Paula Graham <paula(a)fossbox.org.uk>
Date: Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Subject: [Discuss-Flossie] Fwd: IT Opportunities for young women
To: Flossie <discuss(a)flossie.org>
Don't know if anyone can do anything with this?
Paula
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: IT Opportunities for young
women Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:53:56 -0000 From: Amina Begum
<Amina.Begum(a)15billion.org> <Amina.Begum(a)15billion.org>
Hi
As part of our diversity campaign, 15billion is currently running a big
recruitment drive for young females into IT positions with various
employers across London. This opportunity will be ongoing throughout this
year with the very first starters starting this month.
I would appreciate greatly if you could speak to your young people about
this opportunity and forward me details of any eligible female candidates
that you may have. Male candidates for this opportunity would need to have
learning difficulties or disabilities in order to be eligible. However,
please also note that apart from the IT we do have positions available in
other sectors for males and females - they must be aged 16-18 years to be
eligible.
I have also attched a flyer which I would be grateful if you could
circulate to your contacts and young people.
<<IT APPRENTICESHIPS.doc>> <<Partner flyer 16.01.12.pdf>>
Please do contact me if you have any queries. Many thanks for your help.
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*Amina Begum*
*Apprenticeship Development Manager*
*Get App'ed - Diversity in Apprenticeships*
Unit 12 The Office Village | Romford Road | Stratford | London | E15 4EA
020 8536 3630
*www.15billion.org* <http://www.15billion.org/>
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
*EXCITING IT APPRENTICESHIPS!!*
*EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY*
*As part of our diversity campaign, 15billion are now looking to recruit
young people for exciting IT apprenticeships with various different
employers. These are fantastic opportunities for candida*t*es who are
looking to develop their IT skills and gain experience in the world of IT.*
*In order to apply for these vacancies young people must meet the following
eligibility criteria:*
· * Must be aged 16-18 yrs old*
1 * Must have English and Maths GCSEs or equivalent*
2 * Preference given to females and learners with learning
difficulties or disabilities*
*All roles will be for 30 hours a week and paid at The National Minimum
Wage for apprentices.*
*These positions are* *ongoing.* *Candidates can start as early as this
month! So if you are interested in this role, please send your CV to **
amina.begum(a)15billion.org* <amina.begum(a)15billion.org>* or call free on 0800
1422 676. This could be an exciting start of a new year and new rewarding
career!*
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= Summary 09-15 January =
During three days this week I spent most of my time catching up on emails from
Christmas, reading and editing DFD materials, and responding to news of
changes to UK's national ICT curriculum.
= Detail =
== Fellowship ==
- Welcomed new fellow 'bsum'
- Welcomed new fellow 'Thom'
- Replied to London advocate contact referred by Rainer
== Policy ==
- Notified education team about government consultation on new ICT curriculum
- Microblogged multiple news items about UK policy on standards, and school
laptop spending scandal
- Replied (email) to BBC journalist about politics of programming and
education
- Spoke with BBC journalist about future of UK ICT curriculum and the
potential role of FS
- Published as blog post reply to bbc journalist & added as news item to
http://uk.fsfe.org (http://blogs.fsfe.org/samtuke/?p=255)
== Web ==
- Reported problem with wiki.fsfe.org making it unindexable by search engines
- Collected list of women Free Software speakers for UK Flossie conference
- Created new wiki page with brief list of women involved with FS
https://wiki.fsfe.org/Free-Software-Women
== Other ==
- Investigated banks supporting SEPA for receiving FSFE payments
- Indefinitely postponed London 'Free Software Assembly' conference in order to
focus on DFD
- Found contact details for Dame Janet Finch for RMS re: open-access scheme
== DFD ==
- Edited letter to DFD adopt a city donors
- Started planning Berlin DFD sprint in mid feb
= Preview =
- Work on recent changes to UK Govt. Open Standards procurement policy
- Work on DFD website
Thanks,
Sam.
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Here are two more contenders for future server hardware:
http://www.linutop.com/linutop3.en.html
340 EUR
http://www.linutop.com/linutop4.en.html
380 EUR
These two are very similar, differing primarily in power consumption and
connectivity. Both consume more power than the Fit PC3, and both are less
powerful machines, especially in terms of CPU.
However the Linutop3 is slightly cheaper than the FitPC (about £9), and are
more widely used and tested in Europe.
Fit PC3 is still #1 contender for new server hardware in my view.
Sam.
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Hi,
the domain for the event I ran entitled okaycomputer is due to be renewed.
The domain is okaycomputer.org - It's number one in google when you type in
okay computer, but the others (.com etc) are owned by other people (though
mostly inactive or not in use at all) and the twitter feed is taken (but
inactive too). I was wondering if we could use it for our server project:
its unlikely i will be running any more full scale okay c events because I
have my business to run now as well, but if we do run anymore events, I
have no problem with running them under another name or running them as a
part of the server project and under the same guiding principles etc.
Positives (other than the happy name) would be a) much of the search engine
work is done b) some people know the name already c) we would be merging
(not forking!) d) we could stop worrying about a name, and its technically
recycling... Negatives a) it's weird b) okay computer, though v. cool, was
very tied to me as a person (baggage) c) in rel. to b. would we be
alienating some people trough this?
I know its a bit of a weird suggestion, but I think it might actually work
and solve a few problems. I always felt the name okay computer was catchy
and accessible to all, without being to corporate or threatening sounding.
I wont be offended if you all say no though! I know its a question of
taste, and many of the tech guys didn't *get* the name.
I worry that the project name problem is starting to hold us back mostly.
All the good ones are taken : (
Best
Anna
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