#623 – Goodbye, Mrs Chips

This week on The Bugcast: we mourn the loss of a personal friend, we ask if NASA changed your starsign, and we play 8 pieces of great Creative Commons independent music!

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

Passing of Mel Lofthouse – <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/mel-lofthouse-our-poker-queen">fundraiser to support the family</a><br />
independent.co.uk: <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ophiuchus-nasa-star-sign-zodiac-astrology-new-change-a9624061.html">Ophiuchus: Nasa confirms it did not change Zodiac sign</a>

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  • The next live show will be episode 624, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 24 July 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).
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The Big Goodbye

The Big Goodbye
The Big Goodbye

In this episode

Our team of Star Trek experts cough cough gather together to review The Big Goodbye, the 12th episode of the first season of Star Trek : The Next Generation. A very good episode storywise, but mot so much productionwise.

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#622 – Itsa podcast!

This week on The Bugcast: we have become radio presenters, Alex is now a Junior, we discuss the difference between radio shows and podcasts (Itsa podcast!), and we play 8 pieces of great Creative Commons and independent music!

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

Alex has now finished school for the summer, and goes up to Juniors in September.<br />
Our new radio show has gone live on <a href="https://dn12live.com">DN12 Live</a><br />
Uncharted, with Dave and Caroline – <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2335268420116006/">Facebook Group</a><br />
What’s the difference between a podcast and a radio show? <em>(Itsa podcast!)</em>

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<strong>Podcrawl Jitsi will be taking place on Saturday 1 August 2020 from 18:00 onwards.  More details to follow.</strong>

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  • The next live show will be episode 623, which will be streamed live in the chatroom on Friday 17 July 2020 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST/GDT/UTC+1).
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Haven

Haven
Haven

In this episode

Ro is back once more to help the team review Haven, the 11th episode of the first season of Star Trek : The Next Generation. An interesting episode, but as Yannick said during the recording, any episode featuring Majel Barrett is a good episode.

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The Binary Times – Series 8 Episode 1

Series 8 Episode 1 – We kick off Series 8 in jubilant form, happy to be back starting a fresh season, Mark got a message from John Romero and has been testing the Volla phone, Wayne has been playing with Nextcloud, Docker and got a new Raspberry Pi, more under the hood tips and another epic Irish saying. Enjoy.

00:24 Wayne welcomes us to the first Episode of Season 8!It’s a kind of overcast and cool Bristol, while Mark thinks the summer is over already and reminisces about the earlier great sunny days this year.

03:29 Mark tells us he’s actually started making show notes. He also tell us his children arranged for John Romero of Doom fame to send him a Father’s Day Message. The fact that they did it and the fact that John Romero obliged kinda blew Mark away and he thanks them all for making Father’s Day 2020 so memorable.

Mark goes on to tell us that he is Beta Testing Ubuntu Touch on the Volla phone. Mark reallys likes the look of the device and the specs are great. While the experience is still very Beta, as expected, Mark thinks things are shaping up well for the release later this year.The guys discuss Ubuntu Touch, Wayne Out There’s show. The guys discuss whether Ubuntu Touch will ever be a consumer OS and whether that’s important, as long as its niche ready and they can help move it along.

25:21 The chat reminds Mark of the latest Humble Bundle, which is Learn Python Programming with PyCharm. The guys go on to discuss another amazing Humble Bundle, the Circuits and Electronics by Morgan and Claypool bundle.

31:05 Wayne tells us that he’s got his Nextcloud talk working again after installing a TURN server, and the guys are now recording the show using it. He goes on to talk about Nextcloud and PFSense. He fixed problems with his Nextcloud upgrade by with this guide (the intika entry solved his instance being stuck in maintenance mode) and this guide (see the IanNic solution).

37:55 Wayne goes on to talk about his Raspberry Pis, Ubuntu Server on the Pi and Docker. Following are some of his notes on installing Docker on a Raspberry Pi.

Install docker on a Raspberry Pi

Steps

  1. Install Docker

curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh

  1. Add permission to Pi User to run Docker Commands

sudo usermod -aG docker pi

Reboot here or run the next commands with a sudo

  1. Test Docker installation

docker run hello-world

  1. IMPORTANT! Install proper dependencies

sudo apt-get install -y libffi-dev libssl-dev

sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip

sudo apt-get remove python-configparser

  1. Install Docker Compose

sudo pip3 install docker-compose

Installing docker on the Raspberry Pi

how to start a docker container at boot time.

run systemd service specific user group.

Running a script as another user [docker-compose]

The actions below were taken out to start up the grafana docker container but it needed to be run a user ‘pi’.

sudo vi /usr/local/bin/startGrafana.sh

#!/bin/bash

cd /home/pi/Downloads/grafana/

docker-compose up --detach

:wq

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/startGrafana.sh

vi /etc/rc.local

# Add in the line before exit 0

/bin/su -x '/usr/local/bin/startGraf.sh' pi

:wq

reboot.

Great docker introductory video.

44:51 Wayne goes on to tell us he was gifted a Raspberry Pi 4. Eventually he’s hoping all his servers will run on Raspberry Pis.

53:05 Under the Hood – Mark’s under the hood is Cadmus, a noise suppression utility for Linux.

Wayne’s Under the Hoods are the Simple mobile tools website (Thanks Dave!) and pip3 install catt followed by catt cast 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2eoeC4R5Ak' (thanks Ben!) Wayne also tells us of a DJ Ware video that’s worth a watch.

Irish saying of the show is Tá an Samhradh thart

#621 – First orders!

This week on The Bugcast: we discuss the reopening of pubs in the UK, announce some great news for the show, and we play 8 pieces of great Creative Commons music!

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52977388">What are the new rules when pubs reopen?<a /> <em>(First orders!)</em><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-53279723">Sheffield Council apologises for coronavirus pub tweet</a><br />
The Bugcast will be replayed on <a href="https://www.dn12live.com/">DN12Live</a> from next weekend, and we’re producing a brand new original show, Uncharted, for the same station starting this week!

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Hide and Q

Hide and Q
Hide and Q

In this episode

The guys are alone to review Hide and Q, the 10th episode of the first season of Star Trek : The Next Generation. This episode was recorded two days after Picard Day 2020, but other than that, the team had nothing to talk about.

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#620 – Logs on the beach

This week on The Bugcast: we discuss the behaviour of the British public dropping logs on the beach, and we play 8 pieces of great Creative Commons music!

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53190209">Coronavirus: PM warns over virus rules after beach crowds</a> <em>(logs on the beach)</em>

Upcoming events

<strong>A virtual version of Podcrawl Glasgow will be taking place on Saturday 1 August 2020 from 18:00 onwards.</strong>

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The Binary Times – Series 7 Episode 12a

Series 7 Episode 12a – This is the final episode of Series 7, we welcome Ben Klaasen back to the show, we explore our IT ethics, speak about the FSFE, what phones we use, our heartfelt feelings on Linux and Open Source, more under the hood tips and another epic Irish saying. Enjoy.

00:27 Wayne welcomes us to the final episode of Series 7. It’s windy, sunny and rainey in Bristol, a bit of a mixed bag in Kilkishen with heavy rain on the way and it’s a beautiful sunny day in Dublin from whence Ben joins us. The guys discuss the weather for a bit before delving into the topic for the show, that being the ethics of the Binary Times, the individuals behind it and what they try to do implement those ethics in their daily and work lives.

The guys kick off their conversation around the small topic of Free Culture. Wayne quotes the FSFE’s statement on what is Free Software. Mark has a little rant about proprietary software and licenses generating wealth for the few. Ben brings it back with a little devil advocacy. Services are key to free and open source software strategy. Ben brings up the topic of open core software.

The conversation moves onto screwdrivers and printing in linux and hardware in general. Mark mentions Unauthorized Bread as a good read on the subject of licensed appliances and Ben agrees, while also talking about Martin Wimpress’ latest male grooming products.

30:10 Wayne moves the conversation around to free phones. Mark’s optimistic about the future. He also tells he’s using a BQ E4.5 with Ubuntu Touch. He also tell us about his experince with /e/. Ben’s not using Ubuntu Touch because of the lack of integration with NextCloud. Wayne tells us that NextCloud integration is on the way but that the Ubuntu Touch developers are stretched. Ben tells us he has recently purchased a Fairphone 3 from /e/ and gets a warm feeling inside using his phone with nextcloud integration. Ben also tells us of Fairphone’s long life strategy and how the Fairphone 2 has recently been updated to Android 9. The guys go on to talk about how they came to Linux and Free Software. Ben recommends Hackers by Steven Levy. Wayne isn’t overly happy about working with proprietary software but then advocating for Free Software. Mark reminds us of The Open Source Community on Steam, advocating for Free Software on a proprietary platform. Wayne’s still not convinced and thinks he’ll end up on MikeOS. Ben reminds us of Collapse OS, an Operating System and collection of tools designed to soften the fall of civilization. The guys talk about the effects of the current crisis on everything. Wayne tells us he’s using UBPorts on a Sony Xperia X.

1:08:45 Under the Hood – Mark tells us to put in youtube.com. instead of youtube.com to remove ads from Youtube. Ben tells us he’s using NovaLauncher on his Fairphone. Wayne encourages people to check out UBPorts device list to see if your phone is supported. He also says to check out f-droid if you’re going to stick with Android. Ben is optimistic about the future of free software phones.

1:14:20 Irish Saying of the show – it’s a special episode so we get two sayings! ‘Saoirse Boegearraí’ means Software Freedom and ‘Cultúr Saor in Aisce’ Free Culture.

We hope you enjoy the show as much as we did making it!

#619 – Willie meet again, Bilbo

This week on The Bugcast: we cut back most of the talk to mark the passing of a number of British national treasures, and we play 8 pieces of great Creative Commons music!

Songs played

Intro: <a href="http://chrisjuergensen.com/">Chris Juergensen</a> – Bug Lips<br />
Outro: <a href="http://markmarshall.com/">Mark Marshall</a> – Man Walking

Topics

BBC Sport: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/53076861">Willie Thorne: Snooker favourite dies aged 66</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53091856">Dame Vera Lynn: Forces’ Sweetheart dies aged 103</a><br />
BBC News: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53110391">Sir Ian Holm: Lord of the Rings and Alien star dies aged 88</a>

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<strong>Most events that we would usually promote are at risk, keep watching for more details.</strong>

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