New forums ready

After several requests and numerous flamewars on the mailing list, I am pleased to announce the launch of the manchesterwireless.net forums.

http://forum.manchesterwireless.net

Hopefully the forums will make it easier for passing visitors and newbies to ask for help in a less techie environment. The forums should also provide a slightly more attractive interface for finding answers to frequently asked questions.

The mailing list will continue as normal - I'll keep and eye on how the list traffic changes, maybe summarising useful threads from the forum. We/I do eventually intend to add a wiki for the website, but until that happens, It would be great if people would contribute their expertise by writing up simple solutions to Wi-Fi problems they've encountered.

If you have a guide to contribute, no matter how small (ie. a photo with explanation is good enough), then please stick it in the Howto section.

So, please take a look at the forums, and get posting!

Many thanks to Joel for his kind hosting of the website.

Band in the Hall

It's been a month since the event, but footage from the gig webcast on July 4th is back online.

Thanks go to the FunkyReptile for providing some fantastic edited highlights of the event. There are 4 two-minute clips of the bands rocking out on Slade Hall's main stage. Enjoy the feast of community media:

Band #2: Our beautiful ridiculous plan [34MB]
Band #3: Tigers [11MB]
Band #4: Belle Epoque [10MB]
Band #5: The Pine [10MB]

Meeting report

The meeting went well with many new faces turning up, and a lot of talk about how manchesterwireless can improve, and move forward in the future. With representatives from Digcoop, the Knowledge Media Institute, redbricks, Homes 4 Change, Community Media, Shefnet, 3-C, Consume Leeds, and guadawireless, there was plenty of technical and social discussion on the future of community networks.

Thanks go to Gareth for being the quickest off the mark to get some meeting photos online - more can be found here