(This time edited by Noah & Gary.) Editor's picks = Fri. 2600 hackers mtng. Sun. CWElug Tues. GJUG does ANDROID. Wed. Steering Committee (all invited) --------------------------------------------------------------------- This weekend we have two monthly events (of which two are BYOB). Kicking off the new month, the scary month, the day that Watergate cover-up trial began in 1974, the day the Concorde 001 Test flight breaks the sound barrier in 1969, Henry Ford introduces the Model T car 1908... okay I'm over it... _________________________________________________________________ =========================================================================== Friday 1 October ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- STL's very own 2600 union (meet) Friday, 01 OCT 10 @ 1800L - Open to all who would like to come Lets kick it off with some paranoia, some phreakin an' tweakin at the STL 2600 meet at ArchReactor. We'll start at 1800L and go 'til we get bored. http://archreactor.org/location 2400 S. Jefferson St. Louis, MO 63104 314 596-2531 ================================================================ Saturday 1 October I know I said two, but there's also the ________________________________________________________________ T3 - Techies Teaching Techies - Membership may be required Saturday, 02 OCT 10 @ 0830-1200L This Saturday kicks off Security+ training. Every Information Technology Professional should maintain currency in all these topics. This is the locking your car doors of IT. http://www.techiesteachingtechies.com/directions.php Suite 516 The Euclid Plaza Building 625 N. Euclid St. Louis, MO 63108 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10am-11:30am Washington U Physics lectures of October Crow Hall Rm 210 (under the silver telescope dome) Revolutionary Theories : How do we test them? The Scientific Method by `Professor John Rigden Science makes progress through the dynamic interplay between empirical observations and conceptual explanations. I will discuss four examples: three from the past and one from the present. These examples will explicitly illustrate the scientific method which, in turn, will implicitly suggest that methods of science rest upon some basic human needs. ================================================================ Sunday 3 Oct After all is said and done, lets review what we know at the..... ________________________________________________________________ Central West End Linux User Group (CWELUG) meet & workshop 1300-1700L 1L00pm-4pm ************ NEW LOCATION CONFIRMED ********************* So after cramming/slamming what you can with everything else through out the week, lets decompress together in a 4 hour geek/work session. This weekend will crown the new location at the ArchReator. And afterwards, AR has an open Electronics & Hardware Hacking session for those kronically ill with Geek/Nerdness. NEW LOCATION ArchReactor http://archreactor.org/location 2400 S. Jefferson St. Louis, MO 63104 314 596-2531 ========================================================================= Tuesday, 5 October ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:00pm FLEX - STL Adobe Users Group, Flex and Fuse the Arch 6pm . 8pm 3260 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63139 Skeleton Key Consulting http://fafta.groups.adobe.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6:00pm GGUG - Gateway Groovy Users Group 6pm . 7pm Same location and immediately before JUG meetin @7pm. http://www.gatewayjug.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6:30pm MOSLUG - MO Open Source Linux Users Group 6:30pm . 9:00pm Wired Coffee, 3860 South Lindbergh Blvd., Sunset Hills, Missouri 63127 http://groups.google.com/group/moslug Bring your machine or just bring yourself. Drink coffee or try someones software & hardware or just sit and chat. Maybe somebody knows "how to fix that". ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm ASEMO - Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri 7:00pm . 9:30pm http://asemonline.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm GJUG - Gateway Java Users Group 7:00pm . 8:30pm 660 Mason Ridge Center, St. Louis, MO 63141 (map) Lutheran Hour Ministries building See http://www.gatewayjug.org Getting Started With Android Android2 The Google Android mobile platform market is hot, hot hot! Many smartphone makers now have Android phones offered through all major wireless carriers. Android applications are written in Java (unlike that other popular smartphone platform), making it a perfect platform on which you can leverage your Java skills. At this month's Gateway JUG meeting, we'll take a look at Getting Started with Android programming, covering the following topics: * Overview of The Android Platform * Setting Up Your Development Tools * Hello World, Android Style * Android UI Fundamentals * Fun With The Platform * Next Steps Speaker: Jack Frosch =========================================================================== Wednesday 6 Oct 1:00pm SCORCC-WWP - Word/Word Perfect SIG 1pm . 3pm County Government Center, 4544 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63129 http://www.scorcc.org/ CHAIRPERSON: ALEX DOMBI (314) 631-1587 sdombi(a)aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:30pm SteerCom - St. Louis Unix Users Group 6:30pm . 8:30pm 10550 Old Olive Street Rd Saint Louis, MO 63141 (map) http://www.sluug.org/ for current information. The St. Louis Unix Users' Groups (SLUUG) Steering Committee This meeting is for monthly officer reports and general event planning.. Open to all members and anyone interested. Come help learn and decide what SLUUG does! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7:00pm SILUG-ME 7pm . 9pm Computer Room, 3720 Green Mount Crossing Dr., Shiloh, IL 62269 http://www.silug.org/ =========================================================================== Thursday, 7 October 10:00am WCORCC-BI - Beginners SIG Internet SIG 6:00pm STLLL - St. Louis Lambda Lounge 6:30pm SLACC - St Louis Area Computer Club 7:00pm STLGD - St. Louis Game Developers =========================================================================== Friday, October 8 10:00am SCORCC-DTP Desktop Publishing ========================================================================== Saturday, October 9 8:30am T3 Techies Teaching Techies 9:00am EPC Classic Carfest 12:00pm DBUG - Data Bytes Users Group 6:00pm ASEMO - Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri