http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3361 <pre>Sorry for the spam, but for once things are going in the right direction and we should submit encouragement. The National Computer Science School is running a petition about the newly written *National Curriculum for Technologies*. The Digital Technologies section of the draft Curriculum for Technologies is a *massive step in the right direction (w*hich is very unlike what normally happens). If enacted, it will equip Australian students with the skills they need; not just to become competent consumers of technology, but to design and create our shared technological future. As a person invested in everyone being an digital citizen, the least you can do is to sign the following petition; http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/australian-curriculum-assessment-and-reporting-authority-acara-support-the-draft-digital-technologies-curriculum If you have time, you should also submit a personal submission by; email, which is easier than the online form. You need to sign up on the ACARA website, then email your response to technologies&lt; at &gt;acara.edu.au along with a cover sheet&lt;http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Static/docs/Technologies/Technologies%20feedback%20cover%20sheet.pdf&gt; . Tim 'mithro' Ansell </pre> Tim Ansell 2013-05-08T04:33:14 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3360 <pre> RSVP now for catering *** http://sypy2013may.eventbrite.com *** 15min talks are: • Python: "PANDAS: Python has R envy" - Eugene Van den Bulke • Web: "Playing with gstreamer pipelines in Python" - Tim Ansell • Something different: "Making your rassberrypi do stuff with python" - David Lyon + lightning talks inc. (signup now) - http://sypy2013may.eventbrite.com/ New Atlassian Offices Free Beer &amp; Pizza provided by Atlassian 6:00: Arrive - drink beer* &amp; eat pizza 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 8:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 9:00: drink beer* 9:30: go to the pub (beer might be involved**) * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Location: http://goo.gl/maps/60BTd Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Roger Barnes on 0412 693 539 or Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/pretaweb | linkedin.com/in/djay75 </pre> Dylan Jay 2013-04-23T05:02:50 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3359 <pre>Yup On 23 February 2013 12:00, &lt;activities-request&lt; at &gt;slug.org.au&gt; wrote: </pre> Patrick Elliott-Brennan 2013-02-23T01:11:39 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3358 <pre>Yep! Tim Ansell wrote: </pre> Marghanita da Cruz 2013-02-22T03:40:55 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3357 <pre>SLUG is on tonight and the last Friday of every month. It's held here at the Google Offices (Level 5, 48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont). Tim On 22 February 2013 14:22, Mick Campbell &lt;m4nk1n1&lt; at &gt;gmail.com&gt; wrote: </pre> Tim Ansell 2013-02-22T03:25:30 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3356 <pre>Just seeing if this thing is working. Tim </pre> Tim Ansell 2013-02-22T02:47:35 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3355 <pre>Julien, really looking forward to your session. I have the same setup available to me, (Raspberry Pi, Motorola Atrix with dock), I just hadn't thought of integrating them. I will bring my set along, more has to be better. What cables will I need ? Crossover RJ45 ? USB A-A ? Also do I need to prepare the PI ? At the moment I can't get a SSH session into it unless I have also given it a video to display to. Presently running Debian. Anything else ? CU there Regards Ross Mitchell </pre> Ross Mitchell 2013-01-24T14:13:24 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3354 <pre>Summary Date: Friday, 25 January, 6 pm Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm startDetails Talks *Fun with Gstreamer Pipelines, Tim Ansell* Gstreamer brings the UNIX philosophy to multimedia processing. Stringing together small independent blocks into pipelines you can build powerful multimedia applications doing minimal work. Come and learn some cool and wacky pipelines which do everything from creepy face tracking to watching streaming to YouTube without Flash. *My Raspberry Pi Laptop, Julien Goodwin* Combined a Raspberry Pi with a docking station for a Motorola Atrix and you get a budget but powerful laptop. Come see how it's change seen my last demo. *Lightning Talks, Everyone!* Short talks (5 minute max) from anyone who turns up! LocationGoogle Sydney Level 5, Workplace 6 48 Pirrama Road Pyrmont, NSW Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map Getting there The Google office is the big black building marked "Accenture" opposite Star City Pirrama Road facade. If using the trains, you can go either get off at; - Town Hall station, head towards Darling Harbour, walk across the Pyrmont footbridge and then follow Pirrama Road towards Star city. - Central station, then follow the light rail instructions. If using the buses, the route 443 stops right out front of the building. If using the light rail, get off at Star City station and walk across the street. If you drive, then you can look for parking on the suburban streets around the office (or pay for parking at the Casino), and then walk from there. Afterwards We'll be aiming to finish by 8pm and will be heading to the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel (PBH) afterwards to socalise and eat dinner </pre> Tim Ansell 2013-01-22T02:25:42 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3349 <pre> Sure. </pre> Chris Deigan 2012-11-23T04:58:36 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3348 <pre>You offering? Tim On 22 November 2012 15:29, Chris Deigan &lt;chris&lt; at &gt;deigan.id.au&gt; wrote: </pre> Tim Ansell 2012-11-22T05:20:16 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3347 <pre> So get someone on board with time to make it happen. -Chris. </pre> Chris Deigan 2012-11-22T04:29:00 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3346 <pre>Problem at the moment is not server capacity, it's admin capacity. Tim On 22 November 2012 11:40, Simon Watson &lt;simon.watson.sjw&lt; at &gt;gmail.com&gt; wrote: </pre> Tim Ansell 2012-11-22T01:21:20 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3345 <pre>Hi Tim, I have a vps on Gandhi.net that I'm not using for a few months. You are welcome to use it if you like. Good to know the group is still going. Simon On Nov 22, 2012 10:35 AM, "Tim Ansell" &lt;mithro&lt; at &gt;mithis.com&gt; wrote: </pre> Simon Watson 2012-11-22T00:40:48 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3344 <pre>====== September 2012 SLUG Meeting ====== ====Summary==== * Date: Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, 6 p.m. * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: TBA * RSVP: http://www.slug.org.au/event/225003 * Suggest or sign up for a talk at http://www.slug.org.au/talks ==== Details ==== Details TBA. ====Location==== Google Sydney Level 5, Workplace 6 48 Pirrama Road Pyrmont, NSW Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map </pre> committee< at >slug.org.au 2012-07-27T06:44:10 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3343 <pre>Greetings. This email is a gentle reminder that the linux.conf.au call for mini-conferences closes in three days on 6 July 2012. Miniconfs are day-long sessions on a specific topic: a miniature conference, with a formal schedule published ahead of time listing speakers and sessions for the day. Instructions for submitting miniconf proposals are at http://linux.conf.au/miniconf-cfp ** There will be NO extension of the mini-conference submission deadline. ** The conference will showcase the best of open source and community-driven software and hardware. It will be held in Canberra at the Australian National University from Monday 28 January to Saturday 2 February, 2013, and provides a great opportunity for open source developers, users, hackers, and makers to share their ideas and further improve their projects. === Important Dates === Call for miniconfs opens: 1 June 2012 Call for miniconfs closes: 6 July 2012 Email notifications from conference organisers: 28 August 2012 Early Bird registrations open: 1 October 2012 Conference dates: Monday 28 January to Saturday 2 February 2013 Thanks, Mikal -- Michael Still Director linux.conf.au 2013 http://lca2013.linux.org.au Canberra 28 January 2013 to 2 February 2013 </pre> Tim Ansell 2012-07-03T01:53:49 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3342 <pre>Greetings. This email is a gentle reminder that the linux.conf.au call for mini-conferences closes in three days on 6 July 2012. Miniconfs are day-long sessions on a specific topic: a miniature conference, with a formal schedule published ahead of time listing speakers and sessions for the day. Instructions for submitting miniconf proposals are at http://linux.conf.au/miniconf-cfp ** There will be NO extension of the mini-conference submission deadline. ** The conference will showcase the best of open source and community-driven software and hardware. It will be held in Canberra at the Australian National University from Monday 28 January to Saturday 2 February, 2013, and provides a great opportunity for open source developers, users, hackers, and makers to share their ideas and further improve their projects. === Important Dates === Call for miniconfs opens: 1 June 2012 Call for miniconfs closes: 6 July 2012 Email notifications from conference organisers: 28 August 2012 Early Bird registrations open: 1 October 2012 Conference dates: Monday 28 January to Saturday 2 February 2013 Thanks, Mikal -- Michael Still Director linux.conf.au 2013 http://lca2013.linux.org.au Canberra 28 January 2013 to 2 February 2013 </pre> Tim Ansell 2012-07-03T01:53:49 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3341 <pre>SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup RSVP for catering: http://sypy2012jul.eventbrite.com/ 15min talks are: Beginner: TBA General "Learn to avoid common python security errors and general python security tips" - David Blanc Web: "Automatic setup of Django on EC2 using Bellatrix" Adrian Deccico + lightning talks Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak *NEW VENUE* *NEW TIME* Atlassian Offices (lower floor, entrance from rear) Beer &amp; Pizza provided by Atlassian 6:00: Arrive - drink beer* / eat pizza 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 8:00: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:30: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 </pre> Dylan Jay 2012-06-29T06:08:41 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3340 <pre>SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup RSVP for catering: http://sypy2012jul.eventbrite.com/ 15min talks are: Beginner: TBA General "Learn to avoid common python security errors and general python security tips" - David Blanc Web: "Automatic setup of Django on EC2 using Bellatrix" Adrian Deccico + lightning talks Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak *NEW VENUE* *NEW TIME* Atlassian Offices (lower floor, entrance from rear) Beer &amp; Pizza provided by Atlassian 6:00: Arrive - drink beer* / eat pizza 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 8:00: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:30: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 </pre> Dylan Jay 2012-06-29T06:08:41 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3339 <pre>Hello there! Just a friendly reminder to all of you that applications for our Gender Diversity Grants close on Friday this week. Google Australia are funding several AU$500 grants for deserving women living outside of the Souther Tasmania Region to attend PyCon Australia 2012, which us happening in August in Hobart. Please pass this onto anyone you know who may be interested in applying for one of these grants. Further information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants including the application form. Original message follows. --Chris *** PyCon Australia and Google Australia are pleased to announce that they're joining forces to offer gender diversity delegate grants to women who wish to attend PyCon Australia in 2012. These grants will cover up to $AUD500 of travel, accommodation and registration costs for women living outside of the Southern Tasmania region to attend this year's conference. These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending PyCon Australia 2012, by subsidising the registration and travel costs of people from diverse groups, who contribute in important ways to the Python community. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Eligibility ==== In order to be eligible for one of the grants, you must be: - A woman, aged 18 or older - A professional, enthusiast or student interested in, or currently working in Python-related fields or projects - Planning to attend both days of PyCon Australia 2012 - In order to be eligible for the travel and accommodation grant, you must additionally: live further than 150 km (by road) from the conference venue. (If you are unsure, please visit http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?q=Wrest%20Point,%20Tasmania and use the "Get Directions" link in the upper left-hand corner to calculate the driving distance from your place of residence to the venue.) More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants  ==== Award Amount  ==== All selected grant recipients will be extended the Early Bird registration rates to PyCon Australia, provided registration is completed prior to 13 July. In addition, recipients of the travel and accommodation grant will be reimbursed up to $500 in travel and accommodation costs. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants  ==== Timeline  ==== Applications for the gender diversity delegates grants are open now, and will close on Friday 22 June We will notify all successful recipients of their award by Friday 29 June so that you can have ample time to complete your travel plans. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact&lt; at &gt;pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsors: Google Australia (www.google.com.au), and the Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); our Event partners: Kogan, and Secret Lab; and our Silver sponsors: the Python Software Foundation, the Django Software Foundation, Anchor Systems, Red Hat, ekit, RimuHosting, 99designs and CSIRO. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- &lt; at &gt;pyconau Conference registration and accommodation deals now available! See our website for details. Jabber: chrisjrn&lt; at &gt;gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: &lt; at &gt;chrisjrn </pre> Chris Neugebauer 2012-06-19T01:54:04 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3338 <pre>(Hobart Tasmania, 15 June 2012) With both of our keynotes announced, PyCon Australia is very proud to be able to reveal the programme for the 2012 conference, to be held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania. Following an impressive response to our Call for Proposals the conference will feature three full tracks of presentations and tutorials, across two days, covering all aspects of the Python ecosystem, presented by experts and core developers of key Python technology. Our keynote presenters, Mark Ramm, Engineering Manager on Juju at Canonical [1], and Kenneth Reitz, Python lead at Heroku [2] will be joined by a wide array of presenters covering a broad range of backgrounds, including industry, research, government and academia. As ever, PyCon Australia is a great place to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in Python web technology: From Heroku, Lincoln Stoll will be presenting on the 12 Factor Method for building software-as-a-service apps [3]. Other web related topics include deployment and testing techniques for Django applications and techniques for asynchronous web programming. There's also a wide range of talks for the rapidly growing community of developers using Python in science. Edward Schofield's survey of the latest developments in Python for Science and Engineering [4] will get you up to scratch on what tools and techniques are shaping the Python world for scientists. From there, case studies and introductory talks will delve into all aspects of Python in science: including techniques for handling large scientific data sets, natural language processing, and data visualisation </pre> Chris Neugebauer 2012-06-15T01:21:11 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3337 <pre>Hello there! Just a friendly reminder to all of you that applications for our Gender Diversity Grants close on Friday this week. Google Australia are funding several AU$500 grants for deserving women living outside of the Souther Tasmania Region to attend PyCon Australia 2012, which us happening in August in Hobart. Please pass this onto anyone you know who may be interested in applying for one of these grants. Further information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants including the application form. Original message follows. --Chris *** PyCon Australia and Google Australia are pleased to announce that they're joining forces to offer gender diversity delegate grants to women who wish to attend PyCon Australia in 2012. These grants will cover up to $AUD500 of travel, accommodation and registration costs for women living outside of the Southern Tasmania region to attend this year's conference. These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending PyCon Australia 2012, by subsidising the registration and travel costs of people from diverse groups, who contribute in important ways to the Python community. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Eligibility ==== In order to be eligible for one of the grants, you must be: - A woman, aged 18 or older - A professional, enthusiast or student interested in, or currently working in Python-related fields or projects - Planning to attend both days of PyCon Australia 2012 - In order to be eligible for the travel and accommodation grant, you must additionally: live further than 150 km (by road) from the conference venue. (If you are unsure, please visit http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?q=Wrest%20Point,%20Tasmania and use the "Get Directions" link in the upper left-hand corner to calculate the driving distance from your place of residence to the venue.) More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants  ==== Award Amount  ==== All selected grant recipients will be extended the Early Bird registration rates to PyCon Australia, provided registration is completed prior to 13 July. In addition, recipients of the travel and accommodation grant will be reimbursed up to $500 in travel and accommodation costs. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants  ==== Timeline  ==== Applications for the gender diversity delegates grants are open now, and will close on Friday 22 June We will notify all successful recipients of their award by Friday 29 June so that you can have ample time to complete your travel plans. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact&lt; at &gt;pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsors: Google Australia (www.google.com.au), and the Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); our Event partners: Kogan, and Secret Lab; and our Silver sponsors: the Python Software Foundation, the Django Software Foundation, Anchor Systems, Red Hat, ekit, RimuHosting, 99designs and CSIRO. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- &lt; at &gt;pyconau Conference registration and accommodation deals now available! See our website for details. Jabber: chrisjrn&lt; at &gt;gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: &lt; at &gt;chrisjrn </pre> Chris Neugebauer 2012-06-19T01:54:04 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities