As usual, check www.sluug.org/resources/calendar for late changes. ADVANCED Warning = April 30 deadline to apply for NFS grant at SLU for summer workshops in... GIS/GPS Applications in Aquatic Ecology/Biology. Editor's picks = Tue. Celebrate "Yuri's Nite" 50th anniversary of human spaceflight. GAMUG Paperless w Steve Jobs Wed. SLUUG general mtng. Cross Platform Tricks by Alan Griggs Tutorial om ckcnfg by Jerry Stutte Thurs. our Scott Granneman as part of a journalist's lunch panel on "How to Build an Online Brand" Sat. &or Sun. Networking w Mac OS X And the details... ============================================================================== Tuesday, April 12 =============================================================================== 50th Anniv. 1st Human in Space. Yuri Gagarin. Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011 "Cosmonautics Day" in former Eastern Block since 1st Anniversary. "International Day of Manned Space Flight" by UN proclimation this year. In 1961, Russian Yuri Gagarin was launched from Kazakstan aboard Vostok 3KA-3 to become the 1st human in space. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patch Tuesday Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Tuesday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yuri's Nite parties Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011 The goal of Yuri's Night is to increase public interest in space exploration and to inspire a new generation of explorers. Celebrated internationally since 2001. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8:00am MOVED- StL SharePoint Users Group Tue, April 12, 8am . 11am 3 City Place Dr. St. Louis, MO 63141 (map) Moved this month for SharePoint Saturday on April 30. http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/stlouis/default.aspx VENUE: Microsoft Corporation, 11th Floor, MPR2 http://www.stlsug.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11:30am stlLTug - StL Lotus Technologies Users Grp Tue, April 12, 11:30am . 1:00pm 500 Maryville Centre Drive, St. Louis, MO (map) IBM Maryville building See http://www.stldominotes.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1:00pm stlSSug -StL SQL Server User Grp Tue, April 12, 1pm . 4pm Three City Place Drive, St. Louis, MO 63141 (map) Description No mtng this month. http://www.stlssug.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5:30pm GAMUG - Gateway Area MacIntosh Users Group GOING PAPERLESS & STEVE JOBS: Tue, April 12, 5:30pm . 9:00pm Parkway Central High School (map) Description This Month= GOING PAPERLESS & STEVE JOBS: Jay Kappmeier will demonstrate how to use a document scanner to digitally archive important paper documents, such as receipts, tax forms, etc. He will discuss what must be kept on paper and what you can scan and get rid of, and how searchable PDFs can be made of those documents, so your important papers will become much more accessable. We will also show the Steve Jobs video from the Bloomberg Game Changer Series. It is a fascinating look into the man and the ideas behind the products we prefer to use. So come join us for what should be an informative evening! The meeting begins with our regular Q&A and Tips&Tricks Session. www.gamug.org/ Beginner SIG - 5:30 PM Intermediate SIG - 5:30 PM General Meeting - 7:00 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6:00pm CCSL - Computer Consultants of St. Louis Tue, April 12, 6pm . 7pm 6630 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63128 (map) Venue: St. Louis Bread Co. See http://www.ccsl.org/ Dinner reservations and cancellations 314-995-4652 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6:30pm New Group??? Build Guild Tue, April 12, 6:30pm . 8:30pm Tin Can Tavern 3157 Morganford Rd., Saint Louis, MO Build Guild is a monthly gathering of web folks that enjoy chatting over drinks. Mustaches optional. Get geeky with web folks just like you. Enjoy frothy, tasty adult beverages. Land gigs, make new friends & connections. No presentations ever ever ever. (Maybe they will drink to Yuri's Nite tonite!?!) http://saintlouis.buildguild.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7:00pm LUCI-NB - Linux Users Central Illinois (Newbie Mtg) Tue, April 12, 7pm . 9pm 1011 E. Ash Street Springfield, IL VENUE: Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center See http://www.luci.org/ ============================================================================= Wednesday, April 13 ============================================================================== 8:00am St. Louis ACT! Users Group Wed, April 13, 8am . 9am http://www.meetup.com/St-Louis-ACT-Software-Users-Group/ Location is usually shown only to members (which is really STUPID!). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:00pm SCORCC-G Geneology SIG Wed, April 13, 1pm . 2pm Tesson Ferry Library Branch, 9920 Lin-Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63123 http://www.scorcc.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6:00pm JCMS - Joomla CMS Wed, April 13, 6pm . 8pm 10425 Old Olive LL3 St Louis, MO 63141 (map) Description Venue: Above Web Media http://www.meetup.com/Joomla-CMS-and-Graphics-Design/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm SLUUG StL Unix Users Grp Cross-Platform Tricks chkconfig tutorial Graybar Electric 11885 Lackland Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63146 This month= The basics/tutorial portion will be chkconfig by Jerry Stutte. Our main event will be Cross-Platform Tricks by Alan Griggs. Alan Griggs has been getting paid for working in the Information Technology industry since 1993. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Christian Brothers University (Memphis, TN), a Masters of Information Management and a Masters of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis. Alan is now the Data Systems Architect for Wells Fargo Advisors, the 3rd largest brokerage firm in the United States. Jerry Stutte has worked in molecular biololgy and bio informatics. Jerry Stutte builds left handed widgets, which he discards because he is right handed. Or is it the other way around? http://www.sluug.org/ At Graybar Electric 11885 Lackland Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63146 Every month = Your forum for exchanging information about open standards, open systems, open source, products, services and architectures. ============================================================================== Thursday, April 14 ============================================================================== 10:00am WCORCC-WE - MS Word SIG Excel SIG Thu, April 14, 10am . 3pm Daniel Boone Branch Library (map) West County Older Residents Computer Club http://wcorcc.tripod.com/ MS Word SIG - 10:00 AM MS Excel SIG - 1:00 PM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11:00am SCORCC-F Financial SIG Thu, April 14, 11am . 1pm Tesson Ferry Library Branch, 9920 Lin-Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63123 South County Older Residents Computer Club http://www.scorcc.org/ ** *Membership Fee Required* ** Financial Special Interest Group ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12:00pm Gateway/400 Group Thu, April 14, 12:00pm . 1:30pm 12031 Lackland Rd, St Louis, MO This month= Kent Milligan presenting "Latest on DB2 for iSeries" Spazio's in WestPort, at the Comfort Inn http://www.gateway400.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12:00pm How to Build an Online Brand Thu, April 14, 12pm . 1pm 1234 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103 This is the monthly mtng of the StL chapter of the Society of Professional Journalist but it has appeal for IT techies. "How do you Build Your Online Brand?" How do you make a name for yourself in these days of online overload, with journalists, bloggers, commenters and everyone else with access to the Internet competing for attention? Many successful "web-eneurs" have established a personal brand and, with the help of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, made their own name and their sites go-to destinations on the Web. The St. Louis Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will look at how to set up, polish and market your personal brand, and the potential pitfalls of putting too much of yourself out there, at its next lunch gathering. The lunch will feature: Evan Benn, who in just a couple of years at the Post-Dispatch has made himself and his Hip Hops blog reliable and popular sources for all things hops-related across the region. Angela Ortmann, who has used her stlwinegirl website and web identity to build up an event and consultation business. Earlier this year, the Riverfront Times honored her for Best Use of Facebook to Promote a Personal Brand in its Point & Clique awards. Chad Garrison, writer and blog manager/editor at the Riverfront Times, and one of the judges of its Point & Clique awards, honoring the best use of the Web by local people and groups. Scott Granneman, an expert on web security and adjunct professor at Washington University in St. Louis, teaching courses on technology, security, and the Internet. He also plans, develops and hosts websites. The lunch is set for noon Thursday, April 14, at Lucas Park Grille, 1234 Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis. Cost (including soft drink and tip) is $10 for SPJ members and $12 for nonmembers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1:00pm SLOUG - StL Oracle Users Grp Thu, April 14, 1:00pm . 4:45pm 424 South Woodsmill Road Chesterfield, MO 63017 This month= roundtable format with discussion points on: Active Dataguard, Virtualization and 11gR2. http://www.sloug.org/ Venue: Oracle offices. Park in the back of the building and enter the door facing hwy 141. Conference room is immediately on the right after you enter the building. Next to the cafeteria. If you enter on the other side of the building you will need to take the elevators down to "G". Then the conference room will be to your left. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6:00pm GAMUG Support Pros SIG -- Drown Your Sorrows Thu, April 14, 6pm . 9pm Highlands Brewing Company Come out, join us and commiserate with other area professionals over good food & drinks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6:30pm stlJUG - StL Java Users Grp Thu, April 14, 6:30pm . 8:00pm 2281 Ball Maryland Heights, MO 63043 http://www.ociweb.com/javasig/ LOCATION FOR THIS MONTH! Monsanto North Campus, 2281 Ball Maryland Heights, MO 63043. Directions: From 270, east on Page left on Ball Dr. Title: Clojure: Art of Abstraction Presented By: Alex Miller (Revelytix) About the Presentation: Clojure is a new language that combines the power of Lisp with an existing hosted VM ecosystem (the Java VM). Clojure is a dynamically typed, functional, compiled language with performance on par with Java. At the heart of all programming lies the need for abstraction, be it abstraction over our data or abstraction over the processes that operate upon it. Clojure provides a core set of powerful abstractions and ways to compose them. These abstractions are based in a heritage of Lisp but also cover many aspects of object-oriented programming as well. This talk will examine these abstractions and introduce you to both Clojure and functional programming. Attendees are not expected to be familiar with either Clojure or FP. ============================================================================= Friday, April 15 ============================================================================ 1:00pm NCORCC Fri, April 15, 1pm . 3pm 915 Utz Lane Hazelwood, MO 63042 The County Older Residents Computer Club Prarie Commons Branch (between Howdershell and Dunn) http://www.corcc-stl.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7:00pm SLARC - St. Louis Area Radio Club Fri, April 15, 7pm . 8pm Buder Park, Valley Park, MO 63088 Monthly Meeting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm SLAS - St. Louis Astronomical Society Life in Extreme Environments. Some Like It Hot...and Toxic! Fri, April 15, 7:30pm . 9:00pm Washington University, McDonnell Hall Room 162, St. Louis, MO http://www.slasonline.org/ ============================================================================= Saturday, April 16 ============================================================================= 10:00am ROBOMO - StL Area Robotics Grp Sat, April 16, 10am . 1pm 10267 Saint Charles Rock Road, St. Ann, MO NEW LOCATION! StL County Library Rock Road Branch (314) 429-5116 http://www.robomo.com/ This month= Atom and WinfieldMike show two different approaches to CNC for the home hobbyist and robot builder. Atom will demonstrate creating parts usings extruded molten plastic, and WinfieldMike will explain how to create parts using a CNC router. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:00pm MC-Clinic - Networking with Mac OS X Sat, April 16, 2pm . 4pm 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4:00pm SILUG-ME Sat, April 16, 4pm . 6pm 3720 Green Mount Crossing Dr., O Fallon, IL 62269 Souther Illinois Linux Users Group - Metro East See http://www.silug.org/ ============================================================================= Sunday, April 17 ============================================================================== 2:00pm MC-Clinic - Networking with Mac OS X Sun, April 17, 2pm . 4pm 87 Brentwood Promenade Ct., Brentwood, MO 63144 (map) 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. ============================================================================= ============================================================================ ============================================================================ Coming NEXT 2 WEEKS... SNUG SuSE Linux lunch. StLlug = Natural Lanhuage Processing w Prof. Kevin Scannell. International FIRST Robotics ompetition @ Junes Dome Football Stadium. The DAY by DAY... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monday, April 18 1:00pm SCORCC-WK - MS Works SIG ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, April 19 11:45am stlHDI - Help Desk Institute -date & time CHANGE 1:00pm SCORCC-CM - Computer Media SIG 2:00pm STLISSA - Information Systems Security Association 6:00pm HIATUS - STLOSUG - St. Louis OpenSolaris Users Group 6:30pm St. Louis Hadoop Users Group 7:00pm Astronomy Digital Imaging SIG ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, April 20 9:00am Thornhill Computer Club 11:30am SNUG - St. Louis Novell Users Group and SuSE Linux Lunch 2:00pm STLISACA - StL InfoSys Audit & Ctrl Assn 6:00pm GCC - Gateway Computer Club 6:30pm stlPM - StL Perl Mongers Grp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, April 21 1:00pm WCORCC - General Mtg 6:30pm stlLUG -Linux Users' Grp 7:00pm PHP - St Louis PHP Users Group 7:30pm IT Advancement Council 7:30pm SLRCFA - St. Louis Radio Control Flying Association 7:30pm STL Wordpress Users Group ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, April 22 9:30am Weber Road Computer Club 1:00pm SCORCC-I - Internet SIG 7:30pm SLSRC - St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, April 23 9:00am OLMOLUG - Ol' Mo' Linux Users Group ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, April 24 Easter ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, April 25 thru Saturday!! "FIRST" high school robotics competition -international finals!!