Events for This Week... Editor's picks = Wed. 11:30 SuSEsig / Novell geek lunch (& new SuSE release) Wed 6:30 Perl Mongers - Bill Odom's Vim Fandango The Vim editor power tricks. Looks like a great talk. Thurs. 6:30 StL Linux SIG. rpm vs. dpkg package managers -Jeff Muse Fri. 7pm Astronomy. Moon's with Icy Seas. Sat. Midnite Moonlite Ramble. (bike ride 9 or 19 miles) Tues. 6:30 HZWlug Be a newnie or help the newbies! Tues. 6:30 GAMUG-SP Mac Support Pros, SYNCing ============================================================================ Wed. 18 Aug 1992 . Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thornhill Computer Club 9am . 11am 12863 Willowyck Dr, St. Louis MO (map) Thornhill Branch Library 314-994-3300 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * SuSE Linux sig and SNUG - St. Louis Novell Users Group Geek Lunch. Unstructured this month BUT Lee Lammert is likely to tell us about his installs of the newest SuSE 11.3 release. (General release was July 17.) Don Ellis may also have some experiemces w SuSE 11.3 & VM. 11:30am . 12:45pm Bandana's Bar-BQ 9500 Manchester Rd, Rockhill, MO 63119 (@ Rock Hill Rd.) http://snug.sluug.org/ Every 3rd Wed. Seating is limited so please RSVP Gary Hollingsworth by mailto:garyh@itinet.com * * * * * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIATUS - STLISACA - StL InfoSys Audit & Ctrl Assn 2pm . 4pm http://www.isaca-stlouis.org/ ** *Summer HIATUS - NO MEETING JUNE JULY AUGUST 2010* ** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GCC - Gateway Computer Club 6pm . 8pm 10001 Bunkum Rd. Fairview Heights, IL 62208 Caseyville Township Bldg. See http://gcc.signalhill.net/ (No topic listed yet.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * OB STLPM - St. Louis Perl Mongers Group 6:30pm . 8:30pm 6665 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63130-4544 Announce Media, LLC Meetings are on every 3rd Wed. See http://stlouis.pm.org/ TOPIC: Vim Fandango - The Extended Edition, Director's Cut <http://stlouis.pm.org/2010/08/vim-fandango-extended-edition-directors.html> Speaker: Bill Odom Abstract: Vim deserves its reputation as one of the most powerful tools in a developer's toolbox -- but it's not exactly friendly and approachable. Even long-time users rarely employ more than a fraction of its capabilities, and new users are often left wondering why so many apparently-sane people won't shut up about how awesome it is. The stark UI, the steep learning curve, the host of idiosyncrasies... mastering Vim is a challenge, and that's putting it politely. This talk explains why it's worth the effort. During this presentation, we'll see real-world examples of using Vim to perform astounding feats that poor souls using lesser editors can only imagine. We'll cover ways to integrate Vim with your environment, tailor it to your work, and generally bend it to your every whim. We'll discuss important settings, advanced techniques, useful customizations, handy scripts, must-have plugins, crafty tips, and sneaky tricks. In short, we'll explore how to use Vim most effectively, so it lives up to the awesome reputation that you'll soon be telling all your disbelieving friends about. (Vim is an extension of the Vi editor.) About Bill Odom: Bill is a long time developer and well known member in the Perl community, and was president of The Perl Foundation from 2005 to 2007. He has worked in many languages for companies in the Midwest and both coasts, from ActionScript to XSLT, but keeps finding his way back to Perl. About St. Louis Perl Mongers: St. Louis Perl Mongers (STL-PM) is a group of programmers and programmer types in the St. Louis area that meet to talk about Perl, computing topics, and anything of interest at the time. STL-PM is associated with the international Perl Mongers <http://www.pm.org/> association. We have one official meeting each month on the third Wednesday of the month and socials whenever someone remembers to schedule one. There is no fee to attend the meetings and they are open to anyone. STL-PM welcomes members of any level of knowledge of Perl, even no knowledge at all. To find out more about St. Louis Perl Mongers please consider joining this list<http://groups.google.com/group/stl-pm>and sending out a quick "hello" or visiting our website <http://stlouis.pm.org/>. If you don't know Perl we'll even try and help! * * * * * * =========================================================================== Thurs 19 Aug. 1960 Dogs Belka and Strelka spent a day in space aboard Soviets' Korabl-Sputnik-2 (USSR's Sputnik 5). They were accompanied by a grey rabbit, 42 mice, 2 rats, flies and a number of plants and fungi. All survived. They were the FIRST Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive. 2nd & 3rd dogs into space. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCORCC - General Mtg 1pm . 3pm Daniel Boone Branch, St. Louis County Library, 300 Clarkson Road in Ellisville West County Older Residents Computer Club http://wcorcc.tripod.com/ Contact Mary Ann (6363918123) or Gordon(6363916469) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- STLCCUG - St. Louis Cloud Computing User Group 6pm . 9pm 10845 Olive Blvd, Suite 260, St. Louis, MO 63141 (map) See http://stlcloudusers.org/ for current details. Appistry offices. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * STLLUG - St. Louis Linux Users Group 6:30pm . 9:30pm 4633 World Pkwy Cir, Berkeley, MO 63134 (map) IT Enterprises http://www.stllinux.org/ NOTICE: We are NOT at the LIBRARY any longer. We now meet @ IT Enterprises! rpm VS. dpkg War of the Package Managers! Jeff Muse will take us on a tour of the package manager/installer wars between the rpm command and the dpkg command. Coming from different origins, there are tools to cross back and forth. Jeff may also have some words about "yum". * * * * * * * --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLRCFA - St. Louis Radio Control Flying Association 7:30pm . 9:00pm 13045 Tesson Ferry, St. Louis, MO (map) http://www.slrcfa.com/ ============================================================================= Fri. 20 Aug. 1920 . The first commercial radio station, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. 1975 . NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars. 1977 . NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YMCA Book Fair - 31st Annual 6 days!! Aug 20 . 25 2010 Kennedy Recreation Center, 6050 Wells Road, St. Louis, MO, 63128 http://www.ymcastlouis.org/carondelet/bookfair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- STL Day of .NET Aug 20 . 21 2010 2 days 1 Ameristar Blvd., St. Charles, MO Ameristar Casino Conference Center Description MS marketing for .NET For costs & fee and schedule. http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stlouisdayofdotnet.com%2F&… ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NCORCC 1pm . 3pm 915 Utz Lane Hazelwood, MO 63042 (map) The County Older Residents Computer Club Prarie Commons Branch (between Howdershell and Dunn) http://www.corcc-stl.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLAS - St. Louis Astronomical Society 7:30pm . 9:00pm Washington University, McDonnell Hall Room 162, St. Louis, MO http://www.slasonline.org/ Moons of Distinction - The Ice Worlds Europa and Iapetus by Ms. Kelsi Singer planetary geophysicist Wash U Icy Moons With Oceans The gas giant planets of our solar system all have extensive satellite families of several dozen moons each. Most of these moons are small worlds of ice and rock. Several have highly distinctive features whose nature and origin are as yet unknown. Ms. Singer will talk about Jupiter?s satellite Europa, whose lightly cratered outer shell of ice shields an extensive ocean of water from the cold and radiation of outer space. She will also discuss the Saturnian satellite Iapetus, a world that sports one hemisphere whiter than snow and the other darker than asphalt. Using NASA images from the Galileo and Voyager missions to Jupiter and the Cassini orbiter still actively exploring the Saturn system, she will provide a close-up view of these ice worlds and an overview of current theories about their internal structure and surface features. ============================================================================ Sat. 21 Aug. 1945 . Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality mass incident during an experiment with the Demon core @Los Alamos National Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OLMOLUG - Ol' Mo' Linux Users Group 9am . 4pm 112 1st St, Old Monroe, MO 63369 Lincoln County Third Saturday, sometimes fourth (see exceptions). Computers & Things, (corner Elm) http://www.olmolug.org/ ********** NO MEETING! SUMMER HIATUS! ********* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOMO - St. Louis Area Robotics Group 10am . 1pm 8400 Delport Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63114 (map) Indian Trails Branch Library, (at Midland) http://www.robomo.org/ where StLlug USED to meet! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILUG-ME 4pm . 6pm 3720 Green Mount Crossing Dr., O Fallon, IL 62269 Souther Illinois Linux Users Group - Metro East See http://www.silug.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moonlite Ramble Midnite to 3am bikeride with your 10,000 closest friends thru the streets of St. L. Bigins @ St.L. City Hall. Routes are secret until launch. 47th Moonlight Ramble® Ride the Night. with thousands of other bicyclist under the light of the almost full moon, starting in Forest Park (short route of 9 miles)and continuing into St. Louis County for another 9 miles. Required registration online or onsite during the evening of from 9:00p.m.-midnight, with the ride starting at 12:01a.m. Entertainment stating @ 9pm. Adults: $30.00; Scouts & teens: $15.00; children under 12 years of age: $10.00. Registration includes wristband glow-in-the-dark commemorative T-shirt, Vendor Village, After-party with Schlafly beer and Ted Drewes Frozen Custard. Coordinator: Chris Wells, 314-644-4660 or clerk(a)moonlightramble.com http://www.moonlightramble.org/events/default.aspx They also need VOLUNTEERS to be marshalls! ============================================================================= Sun. 22 Aug. 2007 . The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day ============================================================================= Tue. 24 Aug. 1995 . MS releases Windows 95. 1998 . First RFID human implantation tested in the United Kingdom. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HZWLUG - Hazelwood Linux Users Group Monthly mtng. 6:30pm . 9:00pm Prarie Commons Branch Library, 915 Utz Ln, Hazelwood, MO 63042 http://hzwlug.sluug.org/ A Linux Users Group for beginners, the newcomers to Linux. No question is too simple! Come to just investigate or bring your computer and ask to be shown how to do it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMUG-SP 7pm . 9pm Nerinx HS 530 East Lockwood Avenue Webster Groves, MO 63119-3217 http://www.supportpros.org/ SP = Mac Support Pros. I.E. the techies serving larger organiations from help desks to sysadmins, network techs, programmers, etc. Syncing, Syncing, Syncing! Do you have that "syncing" feeling that you could find a better method to sync your data across devices? There are many methods you can sync your files, contacts, calendars and music. Come on out, join us and show us how you or your clients handle the task of syncing data. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gateway Older Adults PC Club 7pm . 9pm 12863 Willowyck Dr, St. Louis, MO 63146 (map) Thornhill Branch Library ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LUCI General 7pm . 9pm 1011 E. Ash Street, Springfield, IL http://www.luci.org/ ======================================================================== Wed. 22 Aug. 1981 . Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn 1989 . Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the Solar System -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCORCC-MSW - MS Windows SIG 1pm . 2pm Tesson Ferry Library Branch, 9920 Lin-Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63123 http://www.scorcc.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Summer Hiatus ****- - Science on Tap 7:00pm . 8:30pm Schlafly Bottleworks. Southwest Ave., Maplwood ========================================================================== Coming Next Week ========================================================================== ========================================================================== ========================================================================= Thurs. 26 Aug. Tech-Security Conference 2010 8am . 4pm http://www.dataconnectors.com/events/2010/08StLouis/agenda.asp 8:30am STLCRMUG - St. Louis CRM Users Group 10am WCORCC - Technical SIG 5:30pm STL-AITP - Association of Information Technology Professionals 6pm STLMD - St. Louis Mobile Dev 6:30pm StC LUG - St. Charles Linux Users Group --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri. 27 Aug. 9:30am Weber Road Computer Club 1pm SCORCC-I - Internet SIG 7:30pm SLSRC - St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat. 28 Aug. 9am PMI - OPM3 Workshop 2pm GAMP - Gateway Area Mac Programers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon. 30 Aug. 5:30pm STLDOTNET ========================================================================= ========================================================================== ========================================================================= In Future... Sat-Sun 11-12 Sept. Scott Air Force Base AIR SHOW. This year w. The Navy's Blue Angles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri. 17 Sept. Balloon Glow in Forest Park Sat. 18 Sept. Great Forest Park Balloon Race Sun. 19 Sept. Rain date