This fixes these errors in the 1st edition from yesterday:
SNUG/SuSE will be
installing on BOTH an OLD laptop AND a NEW netbook.
the topic & location of
Wed nite's Perl Mongers mtng.
GAMP (Stl CocoaHeads) on
wrong Saturday.
(Also: new Editor's Picks, better formatting, & picking it up from
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Wed. SNUG Novell & SuSe linux LUNCH (TODAY)
A
realtime install on SuSE 11.4 on both an OLD Toshiba laptop & a new
HP notebook.
Wed. Perl Mongers. Robotics.
Thurs. STLlug Linux Users' Grp. Installs on SuSE
11.4 on an OLD & new hrdwr. More and better tricks from yesterday.
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All day
SciFest
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 thru Sunday Oct 23.
For ticket price events Tues thru Friday at the StL Science Center.
Free events on Sat & Sunday include:
DescriptionThe Amazing Brain Carnival Saturday
Calling all Mathletes! Saturday & Sunday All Day Main Floor for
intriguing, fun mathematics puzzles – including a giant-sized Sudoku.
Under the Hood Saturday only 12 – 3 p.m. Location: Lower Level Can a
car really get 100 MPG?
Algae Palooza Sunday
Airdrops and Parachutes Sunday 12 p.m.
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stlISACA - StL InfoSys Audit & Ctrl Assn
-Counterespionage
- Competitive & State-Sponsored Threats
Wed, October 19, 7:30am – 9:30am
http://www.isaca-stlouis.org/
(OR ,,, Is this a typo and really at 7:30PM?)
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SIUC Job Fair
Wed, October 19, 9am – 2pm
SIUC, Student Center Ballrooms
http://careerservices.siuc.edu/events.htm
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9:00am
Thornhill Computer Club
Wed, October 19, 9am – 11am
12863 Willowyck Dr, St. Louis MO
Thornhill Branch Library
314-994-3300
Questions about what you can do on the computer? Join the club! Our
computer club will meet the third Wednesday of the month at 9:30 AM.
Meetings will take place in the auditorium. Everyone is welcome.
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SNUG - StL Novell Users Grp & SuSE Linux Lunch
Installing
SuSE 11.4 on new & old laptops.
Wed, October 19, 11:30am – 12:45pm
Bandana's Bar-BQ
(corner of Rock Hill and Manchester Rds)
9500 Manchester Rd, Rockhill, MO 63119
This month, we will be doing TWO live installs of SuSE 11.4 as a
demo. One an old dog and one a piece of new hrdwr.
One of the machines is an aging Toshiba laptop. It MAY have as much
as 0.5GB of memory and has an old Pentiumj CPU.
Will the new, wiz-bang OS be too much for this humble machine? Will
we have to shoe horn it? What tricks? ...or will it be a simple,
"It just works."
We will also do an install on a much newer HP netbook. Is the newer
hardware a mystery that the OS can figure out?
Don Ellis & Jerry Stutte will drive the efforts as Lee and the 2
Garys heckle them. ;-)
http://snug.sluug.org/
Seating is limited so please RSVP Gary Hollingsworth by mailto:garyh@itinet.com
(This may dove-tail with a similar presentation at the StL LUG mtng
Thurs nite where we may get into variations, fiixes, options,...)
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GCC - Gateway Computer Club
Wed, October 19, 6pm – 8pm
10001 Bunkum Rd. Fairview Heights, IL 62208
DescriptionVenue: Caseyville Township Bldg.
http://gcc.signalhill.net/
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stlPM - StL Perl Mongers Grp
-Robotics
Wed, October 19, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
TOPIC CHANGE!!! LOCATION CHANGE!!!
Venue is ByteWorks (part of B*Works or Bworks) in Soulard.
2414 Menard Street, St. Louis, MO 63104, (314) 827-6640.
Meetings are on every 3rd Wednesday of the month
See
http://stlouis.pm.org/
The history, modern use, and some of the modern problems/solutions in
the world of robotics.
It won't be particularly Perl-centric, in fact there'll probably not
be much code.
Instead there'll be more math, algorithms, and videos of robots doing
cool stuff.
There is some talk about having subsequent meetings that involve
implementing simple robots using various CPAN modules.
There is talk about contributing (with other cities PM groups) to a
new/revised O'Rieley's Perl Cookbook.
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CocoaCodingNight (CCN) Mac OS X iOS
Wed, October 19, 7pm – 8pm
Brentwood Square Bread Co. Brentwood Square (#636)
1909 Brentwood Boulevard Brentwood, MO 63144
CocoaCodingNight (CCN) is an opportunity to spend a little time each
week working on your Mac or iOS project alongside other Cocoa coders
doing the same.
This is a great way to get some work done as well as a great way to
get/give some face to face help. We typically meet every Wednesday
at the Brentwood Bread Co.
Come after work and work on your Cocoa (Mac or iOS) project with
fellow Apple nerds. :-) f- -- Fred Priese
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stlISACA - StL InfoSys Audit & Ctrl Assn ??
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SIMS-STL Society for Information Management
WhenThursday, Oct 20, 2011
http://www.simnet.org/?page=STL_Welcome
Morning Session - How to get the most from your vendors and contracts
Simon Huang, SIM St. Louis VP of Programs Brown Shoe Company
E-mail:simon.huang@simstl.org
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7:30am
IT Advancement Council
Thu, October 20, 7:30am – 9:00am
12405 PowersCourt Dr., St. Louis, MO 63131
Venue: Charter Communications
http://www.itac-stl.org/
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8:00am
StL ACT! Users Grp
8:00am-9:00am A CRM users group.
Blue Sky Tower Grill 1034 S Brentwood Blvd, Richmond Heights, MO
http://www.meetup.com/St-Louis-ACT-Software-Users-Group/
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WCORCC - General Mtg
West County Older Residents Computer Club
Thu, October 20, 1pm – 3pm
Daniel Boone Branch, St. Louis County Library, 300 Clarkson Road in
Ellisville
http://wcorcc.tripod.com/
Contact Mary Ann (6363918123) or Gordon(6363916469)
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6:30pm
stlLUG -Linux Users' Grp
Installing
SuSE 11.4 on OLD & NEW hrdwr.
Thu, October 20, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
4633 World Pkwy Cir, Berkeley, MO 63134
Venue: IT Enterprises
http://www.stllinux.org/
A realtime demo of installing OpenSuSE 11.4 on a Toshiba laptop. Don
Ellis & Jerry Stutte will drive the install...[with heckling from the
2 Garys ;-)]. A similar presentation was done yesterday at the SNUG
Novell SuSE lunch. This may be more oriented to those not familiar
with SuSE, or it may be a continuation of that mtng with fixes,
enhancements, ...
The Toshiba is an older laptop. MAYBE 0.5 GB of memory. An aging,
slow Pentium. Can it handle the new wiz-bang OS?
We may also have a new HP netbook. Will the OS recognize this
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6:30pm
stlJS - StL JavaScript Meetup
- intro
to Knockout.js,
Thu, October 20, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
VENUE: May change every month. The Able Few LLC 2603 Cherokee
Street, Saint Louis, MO
http://www.stljs.org/
Meetup starts at 6:30pm, with 30 minutes of social time. Dylan
Hassinger will present an introduction to Knockout.js, beginning at 7pm.
Starting about 8:15pm, we'll move into a hacking session to experiment
with the material that's been presented, and with JavaScript and
node.js in general.
TEKsystems will be providing complementary sodas and sandwiches from
Jimmy John's, and the pub downstairs serves good beer, so come hungry,
come thirsty, bring your laptop and be ready to code!
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PHP - StL PHP Users Grp
Thu, October 20, 7pm – 9pm
http://www.meetup.com/php-425/
NO MEETING THIS MONTH!
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7:30pm
SLRCFA - StL Radio Control Flying Association
Thu, October 20, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
13045 Tesson Ferry, St. Louis, MO
http://www.slrcfa.com/
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7:30pm
STL Wordpress Users Grp
Thu, October 20, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
7220 Lindbergh Blvd., Hazelwood, MO 63032
Venue: Lift Office
http://www.meetup.com/stlwordpress/
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1:00pm
NCORCC North County Older Residents Computer Club
Fri, October 21, 1pm – 3pm
915 Utz Lane Hazelwood, MO 63042
VENUE: Prairie Commons Branch Library
http://www.corcc-stl.com
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7:00pm
SLARC - StL Area Radio Club
Fri, October 21, 7pm – 8pm
Buder Park, Valley Park, MO 63088
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7:30pm
SLAS - StL Astronomical Society
-100
Years of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) – The Role of the Amateur
in Astronomy
Fri, October 21, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Washington University, McDonnell Hall Room 162, St. Louis, MO
http://www.slasonline.org/
by
Mike Simonsen
American
Association of
Variable
Star Observers (AAVSO)
Stars like the Sun are, fortunately for us, fairly constant in their
brightness and energy output over millions of years. But there are
many other types of stars whose brightness changes measurably over a
few years, months, days, or even hours. The study of these variable
stars has been a major field of astronomy for many decades.
Professional astronomers rely heavily on amateur observations to
provide the data for their research. One hundred years ago, the
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) was formed to
facilitate professional and amateur collaborations and to maintain a
storehouse of variable star observations. Mr. Simonsen will review
the development and expansion of AAVSO during the past century, and
look forward to new opportunities for amateur astronomers in the next
century. He will also comment on the vital and expanding role that
amateurs play in the exploration of the universe. Mike Simonsen is
the Membership Director and Development Officer of the AAVSO. He has
been recognized world wide over the past dozen years as a leading
variable star observer. Mr. Simonsen has authored twenty research
papers on his particular interest, the study of cataclysmic variables.
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10:00am
SciFest
WhenSat, October 22, 10am – 4pm StL Science Center
The Amazing Brain Carnival Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Life Science Lab. You are cordially and playfully invited to join
ten young, fun, creative (and very smart) psychologists, engineers and
neuroscientists from Wash U to explore the mystery and wonder of the
human brain. Peek into university labs, try out an experiment or
two, hold real brain specimens, play fabulous brain games of chance,
and compete for prizes at surprising demonstrations.
Calling all Mathletes! Saturday & Sunday All Day Main Floor
Join the Math Circle of Washington University, along with the YES
Teens of the Saint Louis Science Center for intriguing, fun
mathematics puzzles – including a giant-sized Sudoku.
Under the Hood Saturday only 12 – 3 p.m. Location: Lower Level
Can a car really get 100 MPG? Check out one of the competitors for the
$10 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE and find out for
yourself.
See Jeff King, 2011 National SciFest Science Showman Winner! Saturday
2 p.m. CenterStage
Jeff King is a Live Science Show Presenter and Operations Lead at
Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington. He has done hundreds of
shows and has many fans who come back to the Science Center
specifically to see him. Jeff is known for his high energy and
onstage antics. Don’t Miss his Amazing Air Show! It's all around
us, making objects contract, expand, and sometimes even rise above the
ground. Feel the hidden power of high and low air pressure through
live experimentation! You will experience air as you never have
before.
Interactive Tables throughout Main Building include:
St. Louis Cardinals Green Team Missouri American Water Ameren Pure
Power Onesto Pizza & Trattoria Microgrid Energy Stone Mill Design
Garden By Design Allied Waste St. Louis PetLover Coalition Webster
University FIRST EVie (Electric Vehicle)
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Wash U physics
-Fine Structure
Constant The Universal and Mysterious Fine Structure Constant
Sat, October 22, 10:00am – 11:30am
Crow Hall, Washington University, University City, MO
Professor John Rigden, Department of Physics, Wash U
October 22, 2011 at 10:00 am
201 Crow
The fine structure constant made its appearance in physics at the
hands of Arnold Sommerfeld in 1916. Its value is 0.00729735308 or
1/137.0359895. This constant is a measure of the strength of the
interaction between electrons and photons. Just as the mathematical
constant pi (3.14...) is dimensionless, so the fine structure constant
is dimensionless which means that for all physicists throughout the
entire universe the fine structure constant has the same value. It
is truly universal. A Nobel Prize awaits anyone who can explain where
this mysterious constant comes from. But is it really a constant?
Maybe yes, maybe no.
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GAMP - ( stl CocoaHeads)
THIS WAS INCORRECTLY LISTED HERE.
It is actually NEXT Saturday, i.e. Oct 29
Sorry for the mistake but this month
the LAST Saturday is the the Sat. rather than the 4th.
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2:00pm
MC-Clinic - Network Security
Sat, October 22, 2pm – 3pm
87 Brentwood Promenade Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144
Venue: Micro Center In Store Clinic FREE in-store computer technology
clinic,
see
http://www.microcenter.com/instore_clinic/sign_up.html to sign up.
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11:00am
SciFest
11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Life Science Lab
Celebrate all things algae at this event! Learn how the public has
been helping scientists on the quest to make algae the next biofuel.
Make algae balls to take home with you. Plus, you'll get to talk
with scientists from the Center for Advanced Biofuel Systems at the
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and make biodiesel with members
of the St. Louis Renewable Energy Club!
Airdrops and Parachutes
Sunday 12 p.m. CenterStage
How do you safely drop hundreds of pounds of supplies from an
airplane? Don’t miss this opportunity to talk with Mobility Airmen
from Scott Air Force Base about how they use various high and low-tech
methods, such as GPS-guided parachutes, called Joint Precision Airdrop
System or JPADS, and "low-cost low-altitude" combat airdrop, to
deliver supplies to forward-deployed troops.
Amazing Science Demonstrations Everyday CenterStage
Witness exciting and interactive science demonstrations that are fun
for the whole family! Observe and learn about the amazing world of
science.
Interactive Tables throughout Main Building include: St. Louis
Cardinals Green Team Missouri American Water Ameren Pure Power Onesto
Pizza & Trattoria Microgrid Energy Stone Mill Design Garden By Design
Allied Waste St. Louis PetLover Coalition Webster University FIRST
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6:30pm
HZWLUG - Hazelwood Linux Users Group
7:00pm
GAMUG-SP
7:00pm
Gateway Older Adults PC Club
7:00pm
LUCI General
7:30pm
ARCH - Arch Reactor
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6:30pm
VIM Geeks
7:00pm
StL
ALT.NET
7:00pm
TAP - Science on Tap -Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Geysers
& Fires: A Geological Tour of Yellowstone National Park
7:00pm
CocoaCodingNight (CCN) Mac OS X iOS
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8:30am
STLCRMUG - St. Louis CRM Users Grp
10:00am
WCORCC - Technical SIG Multimedia SIG
1:00pm
SCORCC Windows SIG
5:30pm
STL-AITP - Association of Information Technology
Professionals
6:00pm
stlMD - St. Louis Mobile Dev
6:00pm
NSBracket-STL iOS Developer Grp
6:30pm
HIATUS StC LUG - St. Charles Linux Users Grp
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9:30am
Weber Road Computer Club
7:30pm
SLSRC - St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club
11:00pm
CODERS - Code Until Dawn in STL
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10:00am
Wash U. Physics -'c' - the speed of light :
more than just a speed limit...
2:00pm
GAMP - Gateway Area Mac Programers (stl CocoaHeads)
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