[ANNOUNCE] Events For This Week - 7 May 2012

***************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: Check Web Sites for Cancellations, Changes, Fees and Updates ***************************************************************************** See STL Computer Events Calendar - http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar/ Corrections, new additions, etc. should be sent to editor(a)sluug.org ***************************************************************************** Monday, May 7 1952 - Integrated Circuit concept ----------------------------------------------- Dragon C2 launch http://www.spacecoastlaunches.com/ ----------------------------------------------- 12:00pm SCORCC-GM - General Meeting http://www.scorcc.org/ South County Older Residents Computer Club 9920 Lin-Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63123 ----------------------------------------------- 7:00pm stlGD - StL Game Developers http://www.meetup.com/St-Louis-Game-Developers/ VENUE: Simutronics Corp. TOPIC: Critique games from the April Game Jam 218-C Millwell Drive, Maryland Heights, MO ***************************************************************************** Tuesday, May 8 Patch Tuesday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Tuesday ----------------------------------------------- 8:30am STLSUG - St. Louis Sharepoint Users Group http://www.stlsug.org/ ** *UNABLE TO VERIFY INFORMATION - WEB SITE STALE* ** ----------------------------------------------- 1:00pm STL Business Intelligence Users Group http://stlouisbi.sqlpass.org/Home.aspx VENUE: Microsoft Corporation, Suite 1100 SQL 2012 BI--Overview and new PowerView Tool 3 City Place Dr., Creve Coeur, Mo ----------------------------------------------- 3:30pm - 6:30pm Start Up trade show downtown VENUE: T-Rex, 12th Floor 615 Olive Street, Saint Louis, MO 63102 ----------------------------------------------- 5:30pm GAMUG - Gateway Area MacIntosh Users Group http://www.gamug.org/ VENUE: Parkway Central High School 369 N. Woods Mill Rd., Chesterfield MO 63017 ----------------------------------------------- 6:00pm CCSL - Computer Consultants of St. Louis http://www.ccsl.org/ VENUE: St. Louis Bread Co. 6630 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63128 ----------------------------------------------- 7:00pm LUCI-NB - Linux Users Central Illinois (Newbie Mtg) http://www.luci.org/ Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center 1011 E. Ash Street Springfield, IL ----------------------------------------------- 7:30pm ARCH - Arch Reactor http://www.archreactor.org/ 2400 S. Jefferson Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63104 ***************************************************************************** Wednesday, May 9 1:00pm SCORCC-G - Genealogy SIG South County Older Residents Computer Club VENUE: County Government Center 4544 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63129 ----------------------------------------------- 2:00pm STLCL - Flo Valley Computer Club VENUE: St. Louis County Library Florissant Valley Branch Library, Room 2 (FV) 195 New Florissant Rd., S. Florissant, MO 63031 ----------------------------------------------- 2:30pm SLCL - Indian Trails Computer Club VENUE: St. Louis County Library Indian Trails Branch Library, Auditorium (IT) 8400 Delport Dr., St. Louis, MO 63114-5904 ----------------------------------------------- 6:30pm SLUUG St. Louis Unix Users Group http://www.sluug.org/ MAIN: Splunk by Alan Griggs DEMO: Grouping Firefox Tabs by Stan Reichardt Graybar Electric Co, Inc. 11885 Lackland Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63146 ----------------------------------------------- 6:30pm Hiatus - STLMDBUG - STL MongoDB Users Group http://www.meetup.com/Saint-Louis-MongoDB-User-Group/ ** *UNABLE TO VERIFY INFORMATION - WEB SITE STALE* ** ***************************************************************************** Thursday, May 10 National Abacus Day in Japan ----------------------------------------------- 10:00am WCORCC-WE - MS Word SIG Excel SIG http://wcorcc.tripod.com/ West County Older Residents Computer Club Daniel Boone Library Branch ----------------------------------------------- 11:30am STLISSA - Information Systems Security Association http://stlouis.issa.org/ NON-MEMBER FEE $30 VENUE: Fleming's Steakhouse TOPIC: Cyber Espionage Case Studies 1855 S. Lindbergh, Frontenac, MO 63131 ----------------------------------------------- 12:00pm Gateway/400 Group http://www.gateway400.org/ VENUE: Spazio's in WestPort, at the Comfort Inn 12031 Lackland Rd, St Louis, MO ----------------------------------------------- 4:00pm ITEN - Information Technology Entrepreneur Network http://www.itenstl.org/ Viral & media buzz for a start up VENUE: Tavern of Fine Arts 313 Belt Ave St. Louis 63112 ----------------------------------------------- 6:30pm stlJUG - StL Java Users Grp http://www.ociweb.com/javasig/ TOPIC: MongoDB Presented By: Nathan Tippy (OCI) CityPlace One Auditorium, One City Place, Creve Coeur, MO 63141 ----------------------------------------------- 7:00pm Star Trek Science: Pluto mission "New Horizons" http://www.slsc.org/ VENUE: St. Louis Science Center 5050 Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110 ***************************************************************************** Friday, May 11 1952 - 1st RAM = mag cores ----------------------------------------------- 1997 - Chess: Deep Blue unix computer defeats world champion Garry Kasparov ----------------------------------------------- 10:00am SCORCC-DTP Desktop Publishing 11:00am SCORCC - PI PhotoInmpact SIG http://www.scorcc.org/ ** *Membership Fee Required* ** South County Older Residents Computer Club 4544 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63129 ----------------------------------------------- 8:00pm Star Trek: Live! Live actors theater 10:30pm http://www.stlshakespeare.org/magicsmokingmonkey.htm Gamesters of Triskelion & Journey to Babel ** *TWO SHOWS EACH NIGHT* ** $15 general admission $10 students 18 and under VENUE: Regional Arts Commission 6128 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO ***************************************************************************** Saturday, May 12 1942 - Z3 computer ----------------------------------------------- 12:00pm DBUG - Data Bytes Users Group http://dbug-stl.tripod.com/ VENUE: Thornhill Branch Library 12863 Willowyk Drive, St. Louis, MO ----------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic Photo TIps http://www.microcenter.com/instore_clinic/sign_up.html 87 Brentwood Promenade Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144 ----------------------------------------------- 7:00pm ASEMO Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri http://www.asemonline.org/ Weldon Spring Interpretive Center ----------------------------------------------- 8:00pm Star Trek: Live! Live actors theater 10:30pm http://www.stlshakespeare.org/magicsmokingmonkey.htm Gamesters of Triskelion & Journey to Babel ** *TWO SHOWS EACH NIGHT* ** $15 general admission $10 students 18 and under VENUE: Regional Arts Commission 6128 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO ***************************************************************************** Sunday, May 13 Mother's Day ----------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic Photo TIps http://www.microcenter.com/instore_clinic/sign_up.html 87 Brentwood Promenade Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144 ============================================================================= And looking forward to the headlines for NEXT week... ============================================================================= +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ** *Forming New Special Interest Group* ** ----------------------------------------------- Embedded SIG - Build and deploy a microcontroller based data collection system using the ARM9 iPAQ 9302 from EMAC, Inc. in Carbondale. EMAC is donating a controller for the group's use! The first task will be to setup development environments [Eclipse based], and then build a custom kernel with USB networking. Subsequent tasks will be: 1) Create a safe line voltage interface 2) Setup a thermocouple interface 3) Build a current sensing circuit The iPAQ controller was chosen for it's onboard I/O, .. no 'daughter' boards or external devices needed. Form factor is PC-104, which means it is very compact as well. Anyone interested should let us know if 2nd Thursday of the month or otherwise would be good for regular meetings. Point of Contact is Lee Lammert at mailto:lvl@omnitec.net ============================================================================= Always check for last minute changes & updates by checking our calendar at All entries are our best guess. All entries should not be considered facts but rather opinions and RFCs. 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