by Jono Bacon | Mar 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
Thanks to the efforts of Master Revell my O’Reilly article has been linked to Newsforge. You know, it has been interesting seeing the responses to this piece on the article itself and here. I am genuinely interested in peoples thoughts on this subject. 🙂 I am...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
OK, so it is difficult to do an impression of Blaze Bayley singing on Iron Maiden’s Virtual XI with the title of this entry. Note to self: try harder next time. 🙂 The reason for the title of this blog entry is that I have written an article for the...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 2, 2004 | Uncategorized
You know, there are times when you do something that you feel really proud of. This often occurs when you create something that satisfies you completely. Well my good friends, I am very proud of my new song that I recorded last night with my good pal Emelye Penfold....
by Jono Bacon | Mar 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
I just got off the phone to Tim Weber, the Business Editor of BBC News Online. I had a long and interesting discussion about all of the issues involved with this complaint. He was fully professional and we discussed each of the issues in turn. Although we disagreed on...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
Guess what, the BBC have finally got around to giving me a response regarding the complaint I have made. I got the letter through this morning and it says this: Dear Mr Bacon Thank you for calling the BBC on 23 and 25 February regarding Stephen Evans’ online...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
It seems that LUGRadio is doing really well. We have shifted over 6GB of data now and we are on the lookout for mirrors. I don’t think any of us expected this kind of reaction. We also want to thank all the people who have mailed fantastic comments to us. 🙂 I am...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
It seems that LUGRadio is getting a heck of a lot of downloads so far, and it has only really been announced on our blogs and on The Inquirer and Newsforge. It has been submitted to Slashdot by Matt, so if there is no LUGRadio site when you try to access it, that...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
Yes folks, we have done it, LUGRadio is reality. We have actually managed to pull off a LUG project. For those who are interested in hearing four blokes ramble on about Linux and crack jokes at each other, go and check out https://www.lugradio.org/. Be warned though,...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
LUG meet last niht and we had a bunch of guys come down from South Birmingham LUG to do a Python talk. It was good to meet these guys and meet Tim again from SBLug. I was also talked into doing a KDE presentation at one of their meetings. The night continued in the...
by Jono Bacon | Feb 25, 2004 | Uncategorized
Well I called the BBC again today. Again I spoke to a polite and helpful person on the phone, and again I explained my complaint. I was then put on hold for quite some time as I demanded to speak to a supervisor. A few minutes passed and went and eventually I spoke to...
