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One week to go until the MUG Virtual Midsummer Show

June 25, 2022June 25, 2022 VinceH

Join in from your own home for free – sign in, sit back, enjoy… It is now just one week to the day until the Midlands User Group (MUG) holds their inaugural virtual show – a resurrection of sorts of their old physical shows, but held online. This means that the most obvious barrier to getting there – transportation – is eliminated, and you can enjoy the company of RISC OS developers and enthusiasts from wherever it is convenient for you to do so.

Midlands User Group meeting – 11th June

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 VinceH

A week later than ordinarily scheduled to avoid a clash with the Jubilee weekend and other plans people may have had, the next meeting of the Midlands User Group (MUG) will take place on Saturday, 11th June, starting at the usual time of 2:00pm.

Midlands User Group general discussion

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 VinceH

The Midlands User Group will hold their next scheduled meeting on Saturday, 7th May, running from 2:00pm, and with no specific topic or speaker in mind will be a more general chat, covering a number of topics, depending on what those present wish to discuss.

Chris Gransden talks porting to the Midlands User Group

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 VinceH

Chris Gransden runs the RISC OS Ports website, which is home to a quite diverse selection of software that he has ported to the platform, or which he has updated – in some cases, originally ported by others, and in others software that originated on RISC OS. The Midlands User Group (MUG) will be welcoming Chris through their virtual doors as the guest speaker for their next meeting, at which he will be talking about the portfolio of ports on his website.

Midlands User Group meeting – prepping for the Summer Show

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 VinceH

A handy meeting to join if you’re thinking about exhibiting Later this year, the Midlands User Group (MUG) will be holding their Midsummer Show, resurrecting it as an online event, to be held using the Zoom video conferencing software. Unlike the London and Wakefield shows that have taken place via the software, however, with a run of presentations held one after the other, the group is aiming to make more fuller use of Zoom’s facilities, and make their event more like a traditional show. But online.

Peek into a Pi-hole with MUG – 5th February

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 VinceH

The next Midlands User Group (MUG) meeting will take place on Saturday, 5th February at 2pm, at which MUG’s own John Rickman will be talking about and demonstrating Pi-hole, a Raspberry Pi-based solution for blocking unwanted content from your home network.

Midlands show returns as a virtual event

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 VinceH

In recent months, particularly in announcements for their user group meetings, you may have seen references to a show to be organised in 2022 by the Midlands User Group – a resurrection of their old Midsummer MUG Show. And if you happened to look on RISCOSitory at any point over the last few days, you may well have noticed that a banner has appeared in the sidebar for just such a show. The show page(s) on the group’s website were updated at the end of November with the show’s details…

Midlands User Group discussing Pi cameras – 4th December

December 1, 2021 VinceH

Pi… Camera… Action! (And erm… RISC OS?) Although most laptops these days include webcams, as do some normal monitors even, the Raspberry Pi has its own camera module and a number of third parties also supply cameras for the device. At the next Midlands User Group (MUG) meeting, John Rickman will be talking about cameras for the Pi, and exploring what you need to use one.

MUGs meet to moot midsummer show – 2nd October

September 29, 2021 VinceH

Apparently addressing someone at RISCOSitory called ‘Rick’, Darnell from the Midlands User Group (MUG) has been in touch about the group’s forthcoming meeting, which will take place via the Zoom video conferencing service.

Terry Swanborough talks RiscPCB to MUG – 3rd July

June 30, 2021 VinceH

RISC OS users with an interest in designing printed circuit boards (PCBs) may wish to attend the next Midlands User Group (MUG) meeting, when Terry Swanborough will be the guest speaker, talking about his freeware PCB designer application, RiscPCB. Terry will also explain how and why he began using RISC OS, and about a current project for which he uses the operating system.