[ANNOUNCE] Events For This Week - 30 April 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, April 30 DELAYED Dragon C2 launch to May 7 ----------------------------------------------- DEADLINE to apply GIS Applications in Aquatic Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, FREE 3 day NSF workshop ----------------------------------------------- 7:30am Greater STL Book Fair - Closed to Public http://www.stlouisbookfair.org/ ** *FREE ADMISSION - Non- Profit DAY- CLOSED TO PUBLIC* ** Limited to pre-registered 501(c)(3) organizations. VENUE: Macy's at West County Center, Lower Level of Macy's East Parking Garage 80 West County Center, St. Louis MO 63131 ----------------------------------------------- 5:30pm stlDOTNET - StL .NET User Grp http://www.stlnet.org/ TOPIC: A Glimpse Into the Future! About TFS, Visual Studio 11 by Chris Kadel Suite 1100 Three City Place Drive, Creve Coeur, MO 63141 ----------------------------------------------- 6:00pm stlDNNug - StL DotNetNuke User Grp http://stlouis.dnnug.com/ ** *WEB SITE STALE - UNABLE TO DETERMINE* ** ***************************************************************************** Tuesday, May 1 1962 Basic language ----------------------------------------------- 5:30pm Metro East User Group http://www.stlnet.org/ VENUE: Emtec TOPIC: jQuery by Jesse Phelps 612 Pierce Blvd, O Fallon, IL 62269 ----------------------------------------------- 6:00pm FLEX - STL Adobe Users Grp, Flex and Fuse the Arch http://fafta.groups.adobe.com/ ** *WEB SITE STALE - UNABLE TO CONFIRM* ** VENUE: Skeleton Key Consulting 3260 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63139 ----------------------------------------------- 6:00pm GJUG - Gateway Java Users Grp http://www.gatewayjug.org TOPIC: Microsoft / JEE Integration VENUE: Lutheran Hour Ministries building 660 Mason Ridge Center, St. Louis, MO 63141 ----------------------------------------------- 6:30pm MOSLUG - MO Open Source Linux Users Group https://sites.google.com/site/moslugmo/ VENUE: Imo's Pizza 215 S. Kirkwood Rd, Kirkwood, MO 63122 ----------------------------------------------- 7:00pm Bworks Volunteer Orientation http://bworks.org Earn-A-Computer instructors! 2414 Menard St. Saint Louis, MO 63104 ----------------------------------------------- 7:00pm StartLouis - The St. Louis Startup Community ** *FIRST MEETING* ** http://meetup.startlouis.com/ http://meetup.startlouis.com/events/60290912/ VENUE: The T-Rex - Downtown Tech Incubator TOPIC: iOS Flashlite app inventor John Haney, StartUps 611 Olive St. , Saint Louis, MO ----------------------------------------------- 7:30pm ARCH - General Meeting http://www.archreactor.org/ 2400 S. Jefferson Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63104 ----------------------------------------------- 7:30pm GGUG - Gateway Groovy Users Group http://www.gatewayjug.org/ Venue: Lutheran Hour Ministries building 660 Mason Ridge Center, St. Louis, MO 63141 ***************************************************************************** Wednesday, May 2 11:00am Red Hat Linux Training Seminar ** *FREE - SIGN UP REQUIRED - LUNCH PROVIDED* ** Phone 314-429-3311 information.stlouis(a)newhorizons.com VENUE: New Horizons Learning Center 2122 Kratky Rd. Suite 200 St. Louis MO 63114 ----------------------------------------------- 6:30pm SteerCom - St. Louis Unix Users' Grp - Steering Committee http://www.sluug.org/ 10550 Old Olive Street Rd Saint Louis, MO 63141 ----------------------------------------------- 7:00pm SILUG-ME Southern Illinois Linux Users Group http://www.silug.org/ The Computer Room 3720 Green Mount Crossing Drive O'Fallon, IL 62269 ***************************************************************************** Thursday, May 3 10:00am WCORCC-BI - West County Older Residents Computer Club http://wcorcc.tripod.com/ Beginners SIG Internet SIG Daniel Boone Branch Library 300 Clarkson Rd., Ellisville, MO 63011-2222 ----------------------------------------------- 6:00pm stlLL - StL Lambda Lounge http://lambdalounge.org/ VENUE: Revelytix offices in Boiler Room (lower floor) 1099 Milwaukee Kirkwood MO 63122 (map) ----------------------------------------------- 6:30pm SLACC - StL Area Computer Club http://slacc.sluug.org/ ** *Linux Configuration Workshop* ** Thornhill Branch Library 12863 Willowyck Dr. St Louis, MO 63146 ----------------------------------------------- 7:00pm MTM - Midwest Tech Meetup http://www.meetup.com/MTechM/ TOPIC: iPhone vs Android 1909 S Brentwood Blvd Brentwood, MO ----------------------------------------------- 7:00pm Beginner Astronomy http://www.asemonline.org/ Weldon Spring Interpretive Center ***************************************************************************** Friday, May 4 9:00am StC Community College Job Fair http://www.stchas.edu/jobfair 636-922-8243 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, Cottleville, MO ----------------------------------------------- 1:00pm NCORCC North County Older Residents Computer Club http://www.corcc-stl.com Prairie Commons Branch Library 915 Utz Lane Hazelwood, MO 63042 ----------------------------------------------- 4:00pm IgNobel Prize & Ben Franklin; Homage to Silly Serious Science Graham Chapel, Washington University, St. Louis, MO ----------------------------------------------- 6:00pm STL 2600 hackers Meeting http://www.archreactor.org/ 2400 South Jefferson Ave. St Louis, MO 63104 ----------------------------------------------- 6:00pm Star Trek 1st Friday http://www.slsc.org/ VENUE: Science Center 5050 Oakland Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63110 ***************************************************************************** Saturday, May 5 Cinco de Mayo ----------------------------------------------- Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Aquariids ----------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic Windows Live Essentials http://www.microcenter.com/instore_clinic/sign_up.html 87 Brentwood Promenade Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144 ***************************************************************************** Sunday, May 6 2010 Non-latin alphabet Domain Names ----------------------------------------------- 1:00pm CWElug Central West End Linux Users' Grp http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug/ 39 Summit Place, Webster Groves, MO 63119 ----------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic Windows Live Essentials 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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