Editor's picks this week = Wed 6:30 SLUUG general mtng Geekout worksession on 'KEY MAPPING in the "Vi IMproved" editor'. by Bill Odom Wed 7:30 SLUUG general mtng Amazon Web Services(AWS) by Scott Granneman and Jans Carton. A collection of remote computing services that together make up a cloud computing platform. Thurs & Friday - The Strange Loop Conference. Fri 9am IBM & St.L. Lotus Users' Grp. Free showing, the new movie "The Social Network" & IBM's view. =========================================================================== Tuesday, October 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- All day Patch Tuesday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Tuesday --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:00am Free MS-Windows 7 Tips & Tricks 9am . 11am 1 Campbell Plaza, Suite 2B, St. Louis, MO 63139 Microsoft Windows 7 Tips & Tricks: During this 2 hour complimentary event we will cover 15 Tips & Tricks on how to use MS-Windows 7. Topics include: how to live clutter free, how to change the scenery, crunching the numbers, managing windows, shuffling through program windows and more. Presented by: Premier Knowledge Instructions Certified Instructor Registration: via www.clicktoattend.com Code 149261 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11:30am STLLTUG - St. Louis Lotus Technologies Users Grp **** MOVED TO FRIDAY 9am with free movie "The Social Network" @ Wehrenberg Des Peres 14 Theater! **** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1:00pm Free Sneak Peek @ MS Office 2010 1pm . 3pm 1 Campbell Plaza, Suite 2B, St. Louis, MO 63139 This spring, Microsoft is releasing the next version of Microsoft Office suite. New features (or tricks to keep their user base) in MS-Office 2010. Registration: www.clicktoattend.com Code 149263 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5:30pm GAMUG - Gateway Area MacIntosh Users Group 5:30pm . 9:00pm Parkway Central High School http://www.gamug.org/ Beginner SIG - 5:30 PM Intermediate SIG - 5:30 PM General Meeting - 7:00 PM Creating websites, comparing RapidWeaver and iWeb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6:00pm CCSL - Computer Consultants of St. Louis 6pm . 7pm 6630 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63128 St. Louis Bread Co. http://www.ccsl.org/ Dinner reservations and cancellations 314-995-4652 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm LUCI-NB - Linux Users Central Illinois (Newbie Mtg) 7pm . 9pm 1011 E. Ash Street Springfield, IL VENUE: Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center http://www.luci.org/ ============================================================================= Wednesday, October 13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:00am St. Louis ACT! Users Group 8am . 9am http://www.meetup.com/St-Louis-ACT-Software-Users-Group/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:30am SLOUG - St. Louis Oracle Users Group 9:30am . 4:30pm Ameristar casino, St. Charles, MO http://www.sloug.org/ **** DANGER!!! Advance payment is required but the amount apparently may be too high to mention!!! **** Topic: Oracle Database Performance Annual Big Bash! Please note: an RSVP and advance payment is required to attend the Big Bash. Memberships must be paid by check and sent by mail prior to the event. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:00pm SCORCC-G Geneology SIG 1pm . 2pm Tesson Ferry Library Branch, 9920 Lin-Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63123 http://www.scorcc.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:00pm JCMS - Joomla CMS 10425 Old Olive LL3 St Louis, MO 63141 Venue: Above Web Media http://www.meetup.com/Joomla-CMS-and-Graphics-Design/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm SLUUG St. Louis Unix Users' Grp 6:30pm . 9:00pm Geekout worksession on 'key mapping in the "Vi IMproved" editor'. & Amazon Web Services(AWS) by Scott Granneman and Jans Carlson. A collection of remote computing services that together make up a robust, scalable, inexpensive, innovative cloud computing platform. Graybar Electric Co, Inc. 11885 Lackland Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63146 http://www.sluug.org/ Your forum for exchanging information about open standards, open systems, open source, products, services and architectures. The St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) general meetings are on the second Wednesday of each month. The 6:30 session will be... a _VIM Workshop_ by Bill Odum. This month's session will cover KEY MAPPING in the "Vi IMproved" editor. It's fundamental to customizing the Vim interface, and it touches on other topics (like modes and motions) that are worth reinforcing. This will be one of many Vim geekout worksession over the next few months. They will frequently fill the timeslot formerly used by the basic/tutorial session. Bring your laptop and "hack along with the rest of us trying out the commands and code as we go". *** Our main event will be An Introduction to Using Amazon Web Services by Scott Granneman and Jans Carton. In 2002 Amazon changed the Internet by offering Amazon Web Services (AWS), a collection of remote computing services that together make up a robust, scalable, inexpensive, innovative cloud computing platform. Ranging from storage to virtual servers to queueing, AWS now stores more than 100 billion objects and is used by more than 500,000 developers. In this talk, Scott Granneman and Jans Carton (bios on sluug.org) will go over some of the major components of AWS and show you how to set up, create, and manage them, with special attention given to EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), EBS (Elastic Block Storage), and S3 (Simple Storage Service). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm MTM - Midwest Tech Meetup 7pm . 9pm http://www.meetup.com/MTechM/ ============================================================================= Thursday, October 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- All day Strange Loop 2010 Day 1 of 2 of Oct 14 . 15 2010 Strange Loop is a developer-run software conference. See http://strangeloop2010.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00am WCORCC-WE - MS Word SIG Excel SIG 10am . 3pm Daniel Boone Branch Library 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 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm stlJUG - St. L. Java Users Grp 6:30pm . 8:00pm *** CANCELLED THIS MONTH! **** CityPlace One Auditorium http://www.ociweb.com/javasig/ ============================================================================== Friday, October 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- All day Strange Loop 2010 2nd day of Oct 14 - 15 2010 Strange Loop is a developer-run software conference. See http://strangeloop2010.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08:30 AM to 11:30 AM IBM speaks on "The Social Enterprise" and a free showing of the new movie, "The Social Network" (about Facebook). Wehrenberg Des Peres 14 Cinema IBM Company & The Lotus Users' Grp. The Social Enterprise Presented By: Eric Larson (IBM) Mass collaboration is here to stay! Public domain technologies such as Facebook, Flickr and YouTube have revolutionized the way people create, contribute, share and stay connected. IBM is using these same collaboration paradigms to help our customers work smarter. Come hear IBM's point-of-view regarding social software for business and how our customers are using these tools to align with business goals while delivering recession-proof business results. Immediately following, please be our guest at a private showing of the new movie, "The Social Network". Register early as seating is limited. Location: Des Peres 14 Vine Place . 1270 Manchester Rd., Des Peres, Mo 63131 Doors: 8:30am - 9:00am Meeting: 9:00am - 9:30am Movie: 9:30am - approx. 11:30am The Social Network (Release date 10/1, PG-13, 121 minutes) http://www.stldominotes.org/UserGroup/StlDomiNotes.nsf/?Open ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:00pm NCORCC 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. L. Area Radio Club 7pm . 8pm Buder Park, Valley Park, MO 63088 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:30pm SLAS - St. Louis Astronomical Society 7:30pm . 9:00pm Wash U, McDonnell Hall Room 162, St. Louis, MO http://www.slasonline.org/ Michael Friedlander, Prof. of Physics @ Wash U will speak on "WOODHENGE", the native American Indian astronomy structure in Cahokia Ill. ============================================================================= Saturday, October 16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00am ROBOmo - St. L. Area Robotics Grp 10am . 1pm 8400 Delport Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63114 Indian Trails Branch Library, (at Midland) http://www.robomo.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:00am - 11:30am Wash U Physics lecture. Crow Hall (under the silver telescope dome.) Cosmic inflation: more than a theory. The extremely rapid expansion of the universe is thought to have occurred shortly after the Big Bang. However, the theory of inflation bears a striking resemblance to the theory of evolution: both are really paradigms for thinking about a scientific subject, rather than a specific testable theory. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4:00pm SIlug-ME 4pm . 6pm 3720 Green Mount Crossing Dr., O Fallon, IL 62269 Souther Illinois Linux Users Grp - Metro East http://www.silug.org/ ============================================================================ Monday, October 18 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:00pm SCORCC-WK - MS Works SIG 1pm . 2pm Tesson Ferry Library Branch, 9920 Lin-Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63123 http://www.scorcc.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:00pm stlDNNug - St. L. DotNetNuke User Grp 6:00pm . 7:30pm 10330 Old Olive Street Rd, St Louis, MO 63141 Venue: TricorBruan http://stlouis.dnnug.com/ *** No topic yet! **** ============================================================================ ============================================================================ Coming NEXT week =========================================================================== Tuesday, October 19 11:45am STLHDI - Help Desk Institute 1:00pm SCORCC-CM - Computer Media SIG 2:00pm Hiatus - STLISSA - Information Systems Security Association 6:00pm HIATUS - STLOSUG - St. L. OpenSOLARIS Users Grp ============================================================================= Wednesday, October 20 9:00am Thornhill Computer Club 11:00am ** St. Louis Business Expo ** 11:30am Top Layer Security - Lunch Seminar 11:30am SNUG - St. L. Novell Users Grp and SuSE Linux Lunch 2:00pm STLISACA - StL InfoSys Audit & Ctrl Assn 6:00pm GCC - Gateway Computer Club 6:00pm UMSL Free MS Office 2010 Preview Night 6:30pm STLPM - St. L. Perl Mongers Group 7:00pm St. L. ALT.NET ============================================================================= Thursday, October 21 1:00pm WCORCC - General Mtg 6:30pm STLlug - St. L. Linux Users Grp 7:00pm PHP - St L. PHP Users Group 7:30pm SLRCFA - St. L. Radio Control Flying Association 7:30pm STL Wordpress Users Group ============================================================================ Friday, October 22 9:30am Weber Road Computer Club 1:00pm SCORCC-I - Internet SIG 7:30pm SLSRC - St. L. & Suburban Radio Club =========================================================================== Saturday, October 23 9:00am OLMolug - Ol' Mo' Linux Users Grp Old Monroe in Lincoln County (northwest St. Charles Co.) 10:00am Wash U Physics. Accepting the weirdness: quantum mechanics and reality 2:00pm GAMP - Gateway Area Mac (CocoaHeads & iPhone) Programers