The Weekly Rewind

Phew it’s hot today. As Robin Williams said in Good Morning Vietnam “It’s hot!! Damn hot!!”. I’m sat on the sofa doing very little and still sweating like an overweight tourist. I’m not in very good shape, so sweating for me is a common occurrence but I’m not THAT unfit! Sitting down is not usually considered strenuous enough to make me sweat. So, onto business. It’s been an interesting week, let’s get into what’s been going on…

It was my 29th birthday on Monday, my twenties are rapidly fading away but I’m not quite over the hill yet I hope. We did our usual Linux Outlaws live show in the evening and it was something of a bloated birthday special. I say bloated not because I’d eaten too much cake (though I may have), but because it ran to 2 hours in length. Nevertheless people seem to enjoy the longer shows on the whole and I’m glad of that. I don’t think we’ll be making a habit of 2 hour shows, but every now and then it’s nice to have a blow out. The show was released on Wednesday as normal after a mammoth editing session by Fab, hat’s off mate. Read the rest of this entry »

The Weekly Rewind

Unlucky for some but it’s the 13th Weekly Rewind. This Sunday finds me using the free wi-fi at a pub in the exotic climbs of Wigan, Lancashire. Technically it’s not Wigan it’s a small town nearby called Orrell, but since most of you probably don’t even know where Wigan is, I figured I’d keep it simple  I’ve just enjoyed a lovely steak and I’m now sipping my tea and drawing strange looks from the other pub patrons as I sit glued to my laptop, not literally, but close enough. I’m sure I’ll draw some even stranger stares when I put on my HUGE headphones and begin editing the next Software Freedom Law Show in a minute. I’ll begin with a quick recap of the week, before explaining what brings me to deepest Lancashire. Trust me, you won’t be able to guess, and it’s not the pies. Read the rest of this entry »

The Weekly Rewind

Weekly Rewind number 12 already, the Dirty Dozen; I’m half expecting Lee Marvin and Telly Savalas to burst through the window at any moment. It’s been an eventful and emotional week, all kicked off as usual by Linux Outlaws on Monday night. Unusually though for us we actually started the live show on time. I don’t know how it happend or if it will ever happen again but at least we can say we did it once right? If you’d like to listen to the live show and get involved in IRC, head to linuxoutlaws.com/live and join in the fun. Read the rest of this entry »

The Weekly Rewind

Hello folks, it’s that time again already so I’d better fill you in on events this week:

On Monday evening we did Linux Outlaws after a major delay and some technical problems. We were supposed to start at 7pm (UK) but ended up starting at about 9pm. Thanks to everyone who was so understanding and especially those who waited around for us. For those who didn’t wait, I really don’t blame you. It seems there are some issues with Ustream and audio breaking periodically. The joys of Flash, arrgh! Some people have to keep reloading the page during the show and I’m sad to say it’s hit and miss at best. We’ll keep looking into other solutions and let you know ASAP if we have something. I was looking at Icecast streaming myself a while back but was told by a lot of different people the bandwidth is a killer. If anyone has ideas on streaming solutions or you know a bit about Icecast; please let me know in the comments, it would be really useful. Read the rest of this entry »

The Weekly Rewind

It’s Rewind time again. I don’t think it’ll be a long one this week, but then I always say that and still end up with 1000 words. Let’s get into it:

On Sunday afternoon – technically last week I know but sod the rules, I’m in charge around here – I recorded a long and interesting chat with Fab and Chad Wollenberg of the Linux Basement podcast. Chad works in a K-12 school district in Virgina, US and he’s had some great success in moving them towards open source software; he has some advice for others looking to do the same and free their kids education. We talked to him about all sorts of things for a special episode of Linux Outlaws. Hard hitting issues you want to know about, such as does he really record in a basement? We got to the bottom of that (no pun intended) and you’ll be able to hear the results very soon. I don’t have a release date for the show yet but as soon as I do I’ll be sure to shout about it. On Monday we recorded and streamed another Linux Outlaws as always. There were plenty of people in the IRC channel (#linuxoutlaws), getting involved, having fun and telling us we are wrong, which is frequent. We’re trying to get a set show time on Monday’s so people can plan around when to get online and join us. I want to try and make it early evening in Europe when people are home from work. The way time zones are it’s always going to be a bad time for someone in some part of the world I’m afraid, but we’re thinking 7pm (UK time) on Mondays. Read the rest of this entry »

The Weekly Rewind

Another week, another dollar. Ok so that’s not the exact saying but you get the idea. It’s been quite a packed and interesting few days; there’s much to report and reflect on, and I hope you’ll find some it interesting. So here we go:

Monday we recorded and streamed Linux Outlaws episode 83. Nothing unusual about that you might say but you’d be wrong. It was the first time we did live video broadcasting from both ends, a “double-ender” if you will; regular podcast listeners will get that joke. It’s fun doing the show live but there’s a definite adjustment with the live element because it’s easy to get distracted while talking in IRC, talking (audibly), getting music lined up to play next and also monitoring the video as it goes out. We held it together well I thought and everyone who participated said they enjoyed, so that’s the main thing. If you’d like to join us it’s Monday evenings over at linuxoutlaws.com/live and you’re more than welcome. We don’t have a set time at the moment but we’re working on that, so it’s easier for people to plan around. Last time it was 7pm in the UK and it will usually be something similar. Come see us and for the first time ever, I do actually mean see us.

I mentioned our new poster campaign and also wrote a quick post on the Outlaws blog. It basically involves downloading the PDF, printing one off and sticking it up somewhere for us. If you’d like to help out with that we’d both really appreciate it. Thank you! Read the rest of this entry »