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April Oxlug
by Simon Dales 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

The calendar winds around again, so this Sunday is our next meeting. Usual details apply (L&F 2000). -- "The impossible is easy" Purrsoft

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IgNobel 2008
by Simon Dales 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Note that 2008 Ig Nobel UK Tour are nearly upon us: 6th March, Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, 1930. National Science and Engineering Week website says: "National Science and Engineering Week (formerly National Science Week) is an opportunity for people of all ages, areas and organisations to take part in science, engineering and technology activities." IgNobels are awarded for science that makes you laugh and then think. E.g. For example "Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and in Ancient Sculpture"[1] and "An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces."[2]. Need to book tickets online or queue on the door (finite number of seats). http://improbable.com/improbable-research-shows/ig-uk-tour/ [1] "Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and in Ancient Sculpture" (McMannus, Nature (vol 259, Feb 1976, p. 426)) [2] "An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces." (Harvey et al, Applied Ergonomics (vol. 33, no. 6, November 2002, pp. 523-31)). -- "The impossible is easy" Purrsoft

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January Oxlug
by Simon Dales 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

Oxlug this month will be Sunday 13th. Lamb & Flag @ 20:00. -- "The impossible is easy" Purrsoft

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December Oxlug
by Simon Dales 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Like The Great Prophet Zarquon said "a few things cropped up at the last minute" so December's meeting is postponed one week to 9/12/7. -- "The impossible is easy" Purrsoft

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Oxford Geek Night #4
by Dominic Hargreaves 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

JP Stacey asked that we pass on this URL advertising the next Oxford Geek Night: http://oxford.geeknights.net/ He also says: We really want to get the local geek scene (especially outside the university) more active, and connecting all the disparate groups together seems one way to go. With any luck we might be able to bootstrap a local Barcamp in the near future: http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampOxford -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email)

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FW: BCS Open Evening at Science Oxford - Weds 7th Nov 7.30-9.30pm
by Alasdair G Kergon 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

The British Computer Society Oxfordshire is hosting a free evening to celebrate its 50th anniversary: We will be showcasing many of our services and achievements and having some fun at the same time. Games and prizes will be on offer. Food will be locally sourced from Millets Farm shop with a selection of Wines and fruit juices also available. This event is open to non-members and members alike. We would particularly welcome younger members or those who are not currently members but who are working in or studying IT. We have exclusive use of the exhibition space and "Hands on" exhibition area at Science Oxford, where there'll be raffles and mini quizzes during the evening with various prizes. http://www.oxon.bcs.org/downloads/BCSOxfordshireEvent2007-11-07.pdf http://www.oxon.bcs.org/downloads/BCSEvent2007-11-07Poster.pdf http://www.oxtrust.org.uk/bfora/systems/xmlviewer/default.asp?arg=DS_VEN_AB… 1-5 London Place, OX4 1BD (off St Clements at bottom of Headington Hill)

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LinuxConf Europe, Cambridge, 2-5 September
by Alasdair G Kergon 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LinuxConf Europe 2007 Conference & Tutorials, Cambridge Sunday 2nd - Wednesday 5th September ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The full timetable for this event is now online at: http://www.linuxconf.eu/timetable http://www.linuxconf.eu/programme The technical programme is particularly strong this year because the annual invitation-only Linux Kernel Developers' Summit visits the UK this year and overlaps with our event in the same hotel. Some top developers from around the world are arriving early and taking part in our conference. Please don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet them and make them feel welcome in the UK! The conference dinner is on Sunday evening, after which Dr David Hartley, a former director of the Cambridge University Computing Service, will offer a personal view of the development of computing in Cambridge University. On Monday evening we're visiting the air museum at Duxford, with its Concorde. There is the opportunity to take Linux Professional Institute exams on Tuesday afternoon. Topics covered in the tutorial stream are: SystemTap, RDMA, Cell Programming, Linear Programming, GIT, RPM, High Availability, Chip Development and Ruby on Rails. If you wish to come, please book ASAP - the official deadline is Friday 17th August - and mention the event to any friends and colleagues who might be interested! Prices are shown on the website and there is a 25% discount for UKUUG and XML UK members. O'Reilly will be offering books at a 35% discount. N.B. There are also still some discounted places available for students or linux developers who would otherwise be unable to afford to attend. Please contact me (agk(a)linuxconf.eu) or office(a)ukuug.org if you want more details. Organised by the UK Unix User Group and the German Unix User Group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Sponsored by: Intel - Gold Sponsor Google - Silver Sponsor | | Bytemark Sun Novell Linux Magazine LinuxUser & Developer | | The Positive Internet Company Collabora | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CompSoc talk on DBIx::Class and Catalyst
by Andrew Godwin 16 May '07

16 May '07

It is possible that some OxLUG people will be interested in this week's wonderful CompSoc talk. You're all more than welcome, and it's free. DBIx::Class and Catalyst ======================== Wednesday, 16th May 20:30 Denis Sciama Lecture Theatre, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Rd. [0] Matt Trout will come and give us a run-down of tips, tricks and available modules that serve to make Catalyst [1] internationalisable, localisable, capable of dealing with a wide variety of domain models and templating systems. Topics covered include: - URI mapping flexibility - Supported environments - Models - Views - Authentication stores - UTF8 and internationalisation - Javascript - Mad plugin foo (laundry list) There will be someone outside the DWB to let you into the talk; if you have never been before, it's up the large concrete steps at the end of Keble Road, and round the corner. For those who can't be bothered to use links, Catalyst is a web development framework, implementing such acronyms as MVC and ORM, and is written in Perl. Come along to see shiny examples demonstrating just how nice web application development has become. [0]: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=OX13RH [1]: http://www.catalystframework.org Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk: andrewgodwin(a)gmail.com MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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OxLUG mail server downtime
by Michael Howe 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

Hi all, The server which runs the OxLUG mailing lists, stanley.ox.compsoc.net, will be down on Friday 13th March, between midday and 6pm, while we move it from Leeds to its new home with Community Internet [0]. Sorry for the fairly short notice, Michael 0: http://www.community.net.uk/ -- Michael Howe <support(a)ox.compsoc.net> System Administration Co-ordinator, Oxford University Computer Society http://www.ox.compsoc.net/

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Compsoc talk: Simon Cole (AMD) on virtualisation and Barcelona
by Will Thompson 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi, I suspect that some OxLUG people might be interested in this week's Compsoc talk, which is tomorrow. You're all welcome, and it's free. AMD Virtualization and Barcelona (Simon Cole) ============================================= When: Tuesday 6th March, 20.00 Where: Keble College, Pusey Room Simon Cole, who spoke to Compsoc in Michaelmas 2001, returns to give us an overview of AMD's on-chip virtualization technology, and introduce their forthcoming "Barcelona" quad-core processors. The Pusey room is on the Pusey Quad, roughly opposite the lodge. http://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/about/tour is a fairly good map. Someone will be hovering in the lodge to point you in the right direction in any case. If you're interested, various Compsoc-type people are meeting at Noodle Bar on Gloucester Green[1] at about 18.40 to eat with Simon. Drop me an email or an SMS if you if you have any questions about meeting up. [1] http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?id=Noodle_Bar Will -- Will Thompson, Oxford University Computer Society President Jabber: <resiak(a)feayn.org>; Mobile: +44 (0)7771 77 40 70 <http://www.ox.compsoc.net>

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