*************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: Check Web Sites for Cancellations, Changes, Fees and Updates *************************************************************************** STL Computer Events Calendar -http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar/ Send Corrections, new additions, etc bymailto:editor@sluug.org *************************************************************************** ******************************************************************** *Sunday, April 21 *** * Planetarium 50th Anniversary celebration Lyrids Meteor Shower 1975 Xerox exits the computer market. 2:00pm MC - Networking with OS X 7:00pm ARCH - Hack Something! ****************************************************************** *Monday, April 22* *** Lyrids Meteor Shower 1993 The NCSA releases the *Mosaic web browser*, which became the first popular web browser. Earth Day 2:00pm SLCL - Cliff Cave Computer Club 6:00pm Ruby Hack Nite ******************************************************************** *** *Tuesday, April 23* *** 2005 1st YouTube video is uploaded. It was entitled "Me at the zoo" 2:00pm SLCL Daniel Boone Library Br TOPIC: Smart Money Resources** explore some of the online consumer, financial and investment resources available through the St. Louis County Library's website. Adults. Registration required. 6:00pm delayed to next Tues! -West STL CoccoHeads 6:00pm IDSL - Interactive Developers of St. Louis 6:00pm SLMEDOTNET - St. Louis Metro East .NET User Group 6:30pm HZWLUG - Hazelwood Linux Users Group 915 Utz Ln, Hazelwood, MO 63042 (map <http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=915%20Utz%20Ln%2C%20Hazelwood%2C%20MO%2063042>) http://hzwlug.sluug.org/ <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fhzwlug.sluug.org%2F&ust=1366683248199000&usg=AFQjCNGfIs6QA25xzrwcgcwf5mh98M43QQ> Prarie Commons Branch Library. A Linux Users Group for beginners, the newcomers to Linux. 7:00pm LUCI GeneralSpringfield, IL 7:00pm delayed to NEXT Tuesday - StL Apple Professionals

****************************************************************** *** *Wednesday, April 24* *** International Robotics FINALS - F.I.R.S.T. Wed. Apr 24 -- Saturday 27, 2013 International High School Competition FINALS. Held in St. Louis last 2 year. Perhaps this is last year. -- America's Ballroom St. Louis Convention Center & Edward Jones Dome

1990 Hubble Telescope launched 2000 ATI Radeon video card

9:30am SLCL Thornhill Library Br**TOPIC: Smart Money 12:00pm STL Lewis and Clark Br 6:30pm VIM Geeks* FREE FOOD - RSVP* . http://www.meetup.com/vimgeeks/ <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meetup.com%2Fvimgeeks%2F&ust=1366683248193000&usg=AFQjCNGRJJvLDuh18jZ5UGTTHQnGfCqyUg> 7:00pm StL ALT.NET -Object Oriented Design for non-OO langs by Jessica Kerr http://stlalt.net/ <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fstlalt.net%2F&ust=1366683248144000&usg=AFQjCNGPyx0y3p1cvIngDF2SWmrKsXSYow> or http://www.meetup.com/stlaltdotnet/ <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meetup.com%2Fstlaltdotnet%2F&ust=1366683248144000&usg=AFQjCNGb-pxNoC9l7tcI3b9fwspekCzCEA> 7:00pm TAP - Science on Tap - Meteorites and Moon Rocks 7:00pm CocoaCodingNight (CCN) Mac OS X iOS

****************************************************************** *Thursday, April 25* **** International Robotics FINALS - F.I.R.S.T. Greater STL Book Fair World Penguin Day 10:00am WCORCC - Technical SIG Multimedia SIG 11:00am SLCL Mid-County Branch TOPIC: Job Search Websites 11:00am Clojure Lunch Cljub 1:30pm StL GeoSpacial Info GIS Users Group - ArcGIS Online. 2:00pm SLCL - Sachs Computer Club TOPIC: Managing Digital Photos 6:00pm SLCL - Oak Bend Br 7:00pm Star Trek movie ONE NITE ONLY Where6706 Clayton Rd, St Louis, MO (map <http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=6706%20Clayton%20Rd%2C%20St%20Louis%2C%20MO>) Description VENUE: Esquire 7 Theater , Clayton Rd., Clayton, MO

A One Night Only Event! Tickets on sale NOW!

SLUUG, StLlug, StClug, HzlwdLUG, Mobile Developers Grp, ... & whatever other techie groups who want to join will be having a social event and go collectively.

In Cinemas Nationwide, Fathom Events and CBS Home Entertainment are coming together again to celebrate Season 3 of the iconic series Star Trek: The Next Generation® in a special one night big screen event. For the first time ever,/"The Best of Both Worlds"/ will be shown bigger and better as a full-length presentation only on Thursday, April 25th at 7:00 PM (local time) in select cinemas nationwide.

...one of the most memorable moments in TV history... Relive Picard's abduction and transformation into a half-borg ... exclusive clips from the making of The Best of Both Worlds and Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3. /*Resistance is futile*/. Buy your tickets now at FathomEvents.com. <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fathomevents.com%2F%23%21star-trek-best-of-both-worlds&ust=1366701249166000&usg=AFQjCNGRkJHMsA7vHvQKxRCI7ISGoNP-bw>

<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fathomevents.com%2F%23%21star-trek-best-of-both-worlds&ust=1366701249166000&usg=AFQjCNGRkJHMsA7vHvQKxRCI7ISGoNP-bw> In St. Louis, so far there are 4 theaters...i.e.: Esquire 7 on Clayton Ave. near Big Bend Blvd. St. Louis Mills Mall 18 with IMAX on MO-370 (West Hazelwood, N of I-70 & I-270) Gravois Bluffs Stadium 12 O'Fallon Stadium 14. /We are aiming the combined techie - computer user group community at The Esquire/ but pay attention to the SLUUG calendar in case there are any changes of location, pre-show partying, etc.

And, yes, this is less than a month before the new movie comes out with the "TOS reboot cast" (Chris Pine, Zachery Quinto, Urban, Zoe,...) . That is on May 17 and is called "Star Trek: Into the Darkess".

7:00pm Mayim Bialik, (Amy Farrah Fowler) of The Big Bang Theory Lindenwood University 209 South Kingshighway, St Charles, MO (map <http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=209%20South%20Kingshighway%2C%20St%20Charles%2C%20MO>)

****************************************************************************** *Friday, April 26* *** International Robotics FINALS - F.I.R.S.T. Greater STL Book Fair 5:00pm April Game Jam @ Simutronics When Fri, April 26, 5pm -- Sun, April 28, 5pm Where 218-C Millwell Drive, Maryland Heights, MO (map <http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=218-C%20Millwell%20Drive%2C%20Maryland%20Heights%2C%20MO>) http://stlgamejam.com/ <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fstlgamejam.com%2F&ust=1366683248173000&usg=AFQjCNHhmUkGLii927aMNA_ie7aKuCUzaA> 10:00am SLCL - Weber Road Computer Club 7:00pm ASEMO Broemmelsiek Public Viewing 7:30pm SLSRC - St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club (Ham) 8:00pm CODERS - Code Until Dawn in STL

************************************************************************ *Saturday, April 27* *** International Robotics FINALS - F.I.R.S.T. Greater STL Book Fair April Game Jam @ Simutronics 1998 Internet Chat w non-human. Koko, a gorilla with American Sign Language holds first interspecies live Internet chat. 10:00am WU - Physics Paradoxes Relativity and Collisions: Pole-vaulters and Barns 2:00pm STL CocoaHeads

************************************************************** *Sunday, April 28* **** Greater STL Book Fair until » 5:00pm April Game Jam @ Simutronics 2003 iTunes store 2010 HP buys Palm & WebOS

7:00pm ARCH - Hack Something! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And looking forward to the headlines for NEXT week... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday, April 29 5:30pmSTLDOTNET - St. Louis .NET User Group Tuesday, April 30 10:00amSLCL - Grand Glaize Tech Talks 6:00pmWest STL CoccoHeads - iOS Tool Talks: AppCode, Jenkins 7:00pmStL Photoshop Users - Retouch

8:00pmARCH - Hack something Wednesday, May 1 1962 Basic language 1978 SPAM invented 2:00pmSLCL - Tesson Ferry Branch 6:30pmSteerCom - St. Louis Unix Users' Grp - Steering Committee 7:00pmSILUG-ME Southern Illinois Linux Users Group Thursday, May 2 1983 - 2 button mouse sets back computer technology SLACC - StL Area Computer Club 10:00amWCORCC-BI - Beginners SIG Internet SIG 6:00pmstlLL - StL Lambda Lounge 6:30pmSLACC - StL Area Computer Club 7:00pmASEMO - Beginner Astronomy Friday, May 3 1:00pmNCORCC North County Older Residents Computer Club 3:30pm"Science in Art" Novus International expo 5:00pmSTL 2600 hackers Mtng 6:30pmStar Trek vs Star Wars -Sci Center 1st 7:00pmASEMO Broemmelsiek Public Viewing Saturday, May 4 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower 10:00amROBOMO - StL Area Robotics Grp 10:00amWU - Physics Paradoxes 11:00amHummingbird Banding - Leasburgh, Mo Sunday, May 5 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower 2003 LinkedIn started 1:00pmCWElug Central West End Linux Users Grp 7:00pmARCH - Hack Something! Monday, May 6 1949 - EDSAC leads to 1st Office Sftwr 2010 Non-latin alphabet Domain Names 1:00pmSCORCC-GM - General Meeting 7:00pmstlGD - StL Game Developers +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Linux Startup Process http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_startup_process ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Tues - Sat 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Sun The DaVinci Machines Exhibition http://discoverdavinci.com/ ** *NOW OPEN THROUGH MAY 2013!!!!!!* ** ** *Admission Prices Vary* ** 800 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63101 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAKEDOWNCON St. Louis http://www.takedowncon.com/stlouis/ Mon, June 3, 9am âEUR" Tue, June 4, 5pm VENUE: Ameristar, One Ameristar Blvd., St. Charles, MO 63301 TakeDownCon is a highly technical forum that focuses on the latest vulnerabilities, the most potent exploits, and the current security threats. The best and the brightest in the field come to share their knowledge, giving delegates the opportunity to learn about the industryâEUR^(TM)s most important issues. With two days and two dynamic tracks, delegates will spend Day 1 on the Attack, learning how even the most protected systems can be breached. Day 2 is dedicated to Defense, and delegates will learn if their defense mechanisms are on par to thwart nefarious and persistent attacks There are various TAKEDOWNCON Hacking Courses available from May 30 âEUR" Jun 2. Early bird rate (15% off) with discount code TDCSTLKR15 good through Apr 30. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: All Publicwww.sluug.org Mailing Lists http://www.sluug.org/mailman/listinfo/ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: SLUUG Online Chat at freenode.net channel #sluug :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: See SLUUG Internet Relay Chat -http://www.sluug.org/resources/irc/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Always check for last minute changes & updates by checking our calendar at http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar and each individual website. All entries are our best guess. All entries should not be considered facts but rather opinions and RFCs. Anything that may be construed or interpreted as malicious, libelous, erroneous, etc. is a typo, misstatement, unintended, or misunderstood. Corrections, new additions, etc. should be sent bymailto:editor@sluug.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ One of our sponsors: Computer & Things -http://www.computersandthings.com/ ########################################################################### # Any interested in Unix, BSD, Linux or Open Source technology should join # DISCUSS mailing list (http://www.sluug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ). ###########################################################################