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Mon Mar 31
1939 "The Giant Brain" Harvard-IBM project Mark 1
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1999 The Matrix sci-fi movie released.
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2002 Gentoo linux released.
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World Backup Day
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2:00pm ~ 3:00pm SLCL~ Tech Talks@Cliff Cave
http://www.slcl.org/
TOPIC Tablet and Smartphone Basics
VENUE STL County Library Cliff Cave Branch
5430 Telegraph Rd. St. Louis, MO 63129-3556
314-994-3300
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5:30pm ~ 7:30pm stlDOTNET - StL .NET User Group
http://www.stlnet.org/
Continuous Delivery & Google Glass
Three City Place Drive, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
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6:15pm ~ 8:30pm BitCoin @ Fed Reserve
Registration Deadline Was 25 March
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
One Federal Reserve Bank Plaza
Broadway and Locust St. St. Louis, Mo. 63102
CONTACT Darby Alba 314-444-8982
Darby.W.Alba(a)stls.frb.org
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Tue Apr 1
1935 1st radio tube made of metal
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1976 Apple Computer founded
by Stephen Wozniak & Steven Jobs
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1952 Big Bang theory proposed
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1972 8008 processor (8080 in 1974)released by Intel
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2004 Gmail introduced
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2:00pm ~ 4:00pm Tech Talks @ Tesson Ferry:
http://www.slcl.org/
TOPIC Hoopla
VENUE STL County Library Tesson Ferry Branch
9920 Lin-Ferry Dr., St. Louis, MO 63123-6914
314-994-3300
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7:00pm ~ 9:00pm Byteworks Volunteer Orientation
http://bworks.org/
2414 Menard St. Saint Louis, MO 63104
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Wed Apr 2
1973 LexisNexis computerized legal research service launched.
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1980 MS announces SoftCard for Apple II
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1987 PS/2 & OS/2 introduced by IBM .
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2004 Gateway closes all its retail stores.
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2007 DRM-free from Apple
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6:00pm ~ 8:30pm STL MySQL Users Group - TBD StL, MO
http://www.meetup.com/St-Louis-MySQL-Users-Group/
LOCATION To Be Determined (TBD)
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6:30pm ~ 7:30pm Docker STL
http://www.meetup.com/Docker-St-Louis/
TOPIC Managing containers with Fleet
LOCATION To Be Determined (TBD)
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6:30pm ~ 8:30pm SteerCom - St. Louis Unix Users' Grp
http://www.sluug.org/
Steering Committee Reports
10550 Old Olive Street Rd Saint Louis, MO 63141
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7:00pm ~ 9:00pm SILUG-ME Southern Illinois Linux Users Group
http://www.silug.org/
Computer Room, 3720 Green Mount Crossing Dr.,
Shiloh, IL 62269
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Thu Apr 3
1969 UCLA announces "The Internet"
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1973 1st cell phone call
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2010 iPad is available - stores in the US.
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Deadline for Apr 9- 20th Annual Outstanding StL Scientist Awards Dinner
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10:00am ~ 3:00pm WCORCC-BI - Beginners SIG Internet SIG
http://wcorcc.tripod.com/
VENUE: St. Louis County Library Daniel Boone Br
300 Clarkson Rd., Ellisville, MO 63011-2222
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6:00pm ~ 8:30pm stlLL - StL Lambda Lounge
http://lambdalounge.org/
Implementing Microservice Architectures
by Fred George
Datomic by Alex Miller
Microservice Architectures & Datomic
680 Craig Road, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
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6:30pm ~ 9:00pm SLACC - StL Area Computer Club
http://slacc.sluug.org/
WORKSHOP Linux Configuration
VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br
12863 Willowyck Dr. St Louis, MO 63146-3771
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7:00pm ~ 8:30pm ASEMO - Beginner Astronomy
http://www.asemonline.org/
Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri
Weldon Spring Interpretive Center
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7:00pm ~ 8:30pm STL Bitcoin Users Group, County Edition
http://www.meetup.com/St-Louis-Bitcoin-Users-Group/
Granite City Food & Brewery
11411 Olive Boulevard, Creve Coeur, MO
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7:30pm ~ 9:00pm ACM WUSTL Tech Talks
https://acm.wustl.edu/
VENUE Gregg Technology Classroom
Gregg House Washington University
Clayton, MO 63105
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Fri Apr 4
636 AD -Patron Saint of Internet
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1975 Gates - Allen partnership (Microsoft)
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1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
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HWY I-64 Chesterfield Detours
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Comic Con (William Shatner) in StL
America's Center, Convention Plaza,
St. Louis, MO
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11:30am ~ 1:30pm Geocachers
http://www.meetup.com/St-Louis-Area-Geocachers/
How to build a 5/5 - A Maker Madness Lunch
VENUE Fuddruckers
10752 Sunset Hills Plaza, Saint Louis, MO
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1:00pm ~ 3:00pm NCORCC North County Older Residents Computer Club
http://www.corcc-stl.com
VENUE: STL Library Prairie Commons Br
915 Utz Lane, Hazelwood, MO
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6:00pm ~ 11:00pm STL 2600 hackers Mtng
http://archreactor.org/index.php?page=2600-meetings
2400 South Jefferson Ave. St Louis, MO 63104
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6:00pm ~ 12:00am First Friday at Science Center
http://www.slsc.org/first-fridays
TOPIC Robots
StL Science Center, Forest Park,
5050 Oakland Ave, St Louis, MO
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7:00pm ~ 10:00pm ASEMO Broemmelsiek Public Viewing
http://www.asemonline.org/
Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri
Weldon Spring Interpretive Center
Broemmelsiek Park, Schwede Road, Wentzville, MO 63385
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9:00pm ~ 10:00pm Lost in Space episode, “War of the Robots” (1966)
McDonnell Planetarium,
StL Science Center, Forest Park,
5050 Oakland Ave, St Louis, MO
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10:00pm ~ 12:00am Free movie -"iRobot
OmniMax Theater
StL Science Center, Forest Park,
5050 Oakland Ave, St Louis, MO
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Sat Apr 5
HWY I-64 Chesterfield Detours
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Comic Con (William Shatner) in StL
America's Center, Convention Plaza,
St. Louis, MO
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2006 Apple's Boot Camp will multiBoot OSX, & MS-Win
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2012 "Anonymous" (the International internet group)
hack several Chinese bureaus in opposition to censorship
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Reserve STL County Library Rooms
http://www.slcl.org/
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10:00am ~ 11:30am LECTURE The Physics Of Things That Aren't There
Crow Hall, Danforth Campus, Washington University,
St. Louis, MO
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10:00am ~ 1:00pm ROBOMO - StL Area Robotics Grp
http://www.robomo.com/
VENUE: STL Science Center
5050 Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110
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2:00pm ~ 3:00pm MC ~ Understanding & Troubleshooting Win 8
http://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/instore-clinics.aspx
VENUE Micro Center Computers & Electronics
87 Brentwood Promenade Ct. Brentwood, MO 63144
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Sun Apr 6
HWY I-64 Chesterfield Detours
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Comic Con (William Shatner) in StL
America's Center, Convention Plaza,
St. Louis, MO
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1992 MS~Win 3.1
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1997 MS acquires WebTV.
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1:00pm ~ 4:00pm CWElug Central West End Linux Users Grp
http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug/
39 Summit Place Webster Groves, MO 63119
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2:00pm ~ 3:00pm MC ~ Understanding & Troubleshooting Win 8
http://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/instore-clinics.aspx
VENUE Micro Center Computers & Electronics
87 Brentwood Promenade Ct. Brentwood, MO 63144
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6:00pm ~ 8:00pm Big Data Cloud Architects User Group
http://www.meetup.com/BigData-Cloud-Meetup/
VENUE IDEAL Office Suites
10 Strecker Road, Ballwin, MO 63011
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7:00pm ~ 10:00pm ARCH - Hack Something!
http://www.archreactor.org/
2400 South Jefferson Ave., St Louis, MO 63104
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8:00pm ~ 9:00pm “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” - ch 2.1 FOX KTVI
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Mon Apr 7
1964 IBM S/360 mainframe
1979 RFC #1
2013 Webster U = Chess Champions of USA - webster Groves, MO
11:00am ~ 11:05am STL County Outdoor Warning Sirens
1:00pm ~ 3:00pm SCORCC- South County Older Residents Computer Club
6:30pm ~ 8:30pm STL Wordpress Users Grp -" Github in your Workflow"
7:00pm ~ 9:00pm STLGD - StL Game Developers
Tue Apr 8
Deadline - WORKSHOP GIS Applications: Aquatic Ecology/ Evolutionary Biology
Patch Tuesday
MS Windows XP - End of Life
1981 JAVA developed
10:00am ~ 11:00am STL Rocketry Assn
10:00am ~ 5:00pm SLUUG Linux Booth @ STL Business Expo
11:00am ~ 5:00pm STL Business Expo
11:30am ~ 1:30pm stlLTug - StL Lotus Technologies Users Grp
5:30pm ~ 9:00pm GAMUG - Gateway Area MacIntosh Users Group
6:00pm ~ 7:00pm CCSL - Computer Consultants of St. Louis
6:30pm ~ 8:30pm STL Startup Community
7:00pm ~ 9:00pm LUCI-NB - Linux Users Central Illinois (Newbie Mtg)
7:30pm ~ 10:00pm ARCH - Arch Reactor
Wed Apr 9
1:00pm ~ 3:00pm Hiatus SCORCC-G - Genealogy SIG
2:00pm ~ 3:30pm SLCL Indian Trails Branch
2:00pm ~ 4:00pm SLCL - Flo Valley Computer Club
5:30pm ~ 9:00pm 20th Annual Outstanding StL Scientist Awards Dinner
6:00pm ~ 9:00pm Spirit of STL R/C Flying Club
6:30pm ~ 9:00pm SLUUG St. Louis Unix Users Group
6:30pm ~ 12:00am STLSec - A STL Security Meetup
Thu Apr 10
1710 Copyright law starts in Britian (&US)
1989 80486 chip announced
2012 Apple Inc becomes highest capital valuation
10:00am ~ 3:30pm WCORCC-WE - MS Word SIG Excel SIG
12:00pm ~ 3:00pm Gateway/400 Group
1:00pm ~ 4:00pm slOUG - StL Oracle Users Grp
4:00pm ~ 6:00pm ITEN - Information Technology Entrepreneur Network
6:30pm ~ 8:00pm stlJUG - StL Java Users Grp
7:30pm ~ 9:00pm ACM WUSTL Tech Talks - Gregg House
Fri Apr 11
1935 Zuse patent on computer process
1976 Apple I created.
StL Game Jam Spring 2014 @ Webster University
10:00am ~ 12:00pm SCORCC-MT Multi-Topic
6:00pm ~ 12:00am StL Game Jam Spring 2014 until Sunday 7pm
7:00pm ~ 10:00pm ASEMO Broemmelsiek Public Viewing
Sat Apr 12
1961 1st Human in Space. Yuri Gagarin.
1981 1st handheld calculator in space
"Yuri's Nite parties". 52st anniversary 1st human in space.
StL Game Jam Spring 2014 @ Webster University
?? Gateway Software Symposium. No Fluff Just Stuff - STL Marriott West
??? STL Anime 2013 - Collinsville, IL
10:00am ~ 11:30am The Atom, Then and Now - Wash U Physics
10:00am ~ 12:00pm STL App Developers Alliance
12:00pm ~ 3:00pm DBUG - Data Bytes Users Group
2:00pm ~ 3:00pm MC ~ Mac OS X Tips & Tricks
7:00pm ~ 11:00pm ASEMO Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri
Sun Apr 13
StL Game Jam Spring 2014 @ Webster University
?? Gateway Software Symposium. No Fluff Just Stuff - STL Marriott West
??? STL Anime 2013 - Collinsville, IL
2:00pm ~ 3:00pm MC ~ Mac OS X Tips & Tricks
5:30pm ~ 8:00pm StL Game Jam Spring 2014 ends @ 7pm
6:00pm ~ 8:00pm Big Data Cloud Architects User Group
7:00pm ~ 10:00pm ARCH - Hack Something!
8:00pm ~ 9:00pm “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” - ch 2.1 FOX KTVI
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10:00pm ~ 5:00pm SLUUG Linux Booth
St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG)
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
SLUUG Linux Booth 401 at STL Business Expo
One Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles, MO 63303
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Tue Apr 8
11:00pm ~ 5:00pm St. Louis Business Expo
http://www.stlouisbusinessexpo.com/
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*FREE And Open To The Public*
VENUE St. Charles Convention Center
One Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles, MO 63303
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