[19:49] <airurando> Just read the thread on the loco contacts mailing list about the Ubuntu Drupal Theme.
[19:50] <airurando> Pity we never got the ubuntu ireland website up and running again.
[19:54] <zmoylan70b> someone would have to maintain it
[19:54] <airurando> I know zmoylan70b
[19:55] <airurando> never got someone with the skills interested
[19:55] <airurando> lots of initial interest but things always fizzled out
[19:56] <zmoylan70b> in other channels for podcasts i listen to they have put up sites and forums and then spend lots of time maintaining a site barely used
[19:57] <zmoylan70b> and keeping up with just security changes is an ongoing project
[19:57] <airurando> aye indeed
[19:57] <airurando> perhaps we are better off without it
[19:57] <airurando> still i lament its loss
[19:59] <zmoylan70b> as time goes by forums.and websites have given way to social media.
[20:01] <zmoylan70b> bought a win8 laptop last week.  still looking at how to dual boot it
[20:02] <zmoylan70b> cheapo argos end of catalog special
[20:06] <zmoylan70b> normally i'd just install ubuntu but this time i need windows to run firmware updates for old hardware
[20:14] <airurando> let me know how you get one.
[20:14] <zmoylan> currently working on making a clone of the hard drive so that if it fails i can get back to win8 and start again
[20:15] <airurando> smart thinking
[20:15] <zmoylan> win8 does not make it easy
[20:15] <airurando> no experience of win8
[20:15] <zmoylan> it's horrible
[20:16] <airurando> :-)
[20:16] <airurando> A small bit of positive activity on the forum
[20:16] <airurando> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2100291
[20:16] <airurando> we are terrible at keeping up with activity on the forum
[20:17] <airurando> I only check it every few months or so.
[20:17] <airurando> Glad Ste_JDM got the delayed replies
[20:19] <AndrewMcC> airurando: You can have ubuntuforums e-mail you daily if there have been changes
[20:20] <airurando> AndrewMcC: Told you I wasn't a geek.  how do I do that then?
[20:20] <AndrewMcC> Can't remember :) One second...
[20:20] <airurando> I barely know how to post a reply
[20:22] <airurando> Hah I can't edit settings as I have fewer than 25 posts!
[20:24] <AndrewMcC> Me too :)
[20:24] <AndrewMcC> Okay, go to the "Ireland Team" forum.
[20:24] <airurando> right
[20:24] <airurando> there
[20:24] <AndrewMcC> Just above the list of threads, there's a "Forum tools" drop-down. Select "Subscribe to this forum"
[20:25] <AndrewMcC> Change notification type to whatever you want, such as "daily update by email".
[20:26] <airurando> cheers AndrewMcC
[20:26] <airurando> done :-)
[20:26] <AndrewMcC> BTW, airurando, were you ever down at the Carlow coderdojo. Went last week for the first time to see what it was like.
[20:27] <AndrewMcC> Think they're nearly at the end of the term (possibly no sessions over summer), but might be interesting to see where it goes next academic year.
[20:27] <airurando> no I've never been.  I know about it though.
[20:28] <airurando> I am curious but can offer no practical mentor help
[20:28] <airurando> AndrewMcC: Set one up in Athy and I'll bring my kids along :-)
[20:29] <AndrewMcC> Sure, I'll sort it out tomorrow ;)
[20:29] <airurando> How did you find the carlow coderdojo last weekend?
[20:29] <airurando> busy
[20:29] <airurando> well run?
[20:29] <AndrewMcC> They're fully subscribed. They have more computer space (it's in the top of the Carlow IT library), but they haven't enough mentors.
[20:30] <AndrewMcC> They only allocated 15 tickets to the senior group, but really there's space in the room for more like 30-40.
[20:30] <airurando> what languages do they teach?
[20:30] <airurando> or mentor
[20:30] <AndrewMcC> Last week it was HTML/CSS.
[20:30] <AndrewMcC> Because spaces are scarce, there's a problem with continuity. Somebody this week mightn't get in next week.
[20:32] <AndrewMcC> Not sure there are many programmers mentoring there. I'd be happy to help with other languages, like Python, etc. Another suggestion was to look into some other graphical stuff like Blender's animation and game extensions.
[20:32] <AndrewMcC> Consequently I started working through some Blender video tutorials and am starting to understand it better.
[20:33] <airurando> great stuff
[20:35] <airurando> I suppose the nature of the coderdojos is fairly organic.  People will come and go.  If spaces are very limiting perhaps folks can't get tickets consistently.
[20:36] <AndrewMcC> Yep. The other guys there said the tickets were usually snapped up within minutes of becoming available each week.
[20:37] <airurando> yeah that is a problem.  demand dramatically outstripping supply will surely hamper consistent attendance.