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August 2013
A Lilly Langtry and Chiquito
For a central permutation, we have this month's social at The Cornerhouse Chiquito for something a little American Mexican. Pre-nosh beers in the usual Langtrys Pub 7:30pm. Thence we wander over to Chiquito for around 8:00pm. No doubt we’ll later reconvene for beers and further discussion. :-) Langtry’s 4 South Sherwood St Nottingham, NG1 4BY Telephone 08721 077077 Google Map Chiquito First Floor (Click for map) The Cornerhouse Burton St Nottingham, NG1 4DB Telephone: 0115 9081570 Google Map…
Find out more »Linux Beer Hike 2013 in Castleton
Linux Beer Hike 2013 in Castleton Hacking, learning, talking, walking and dining - The Linux Bier Wanderung (Linux Beer Hike) is all this and much more. Each summer around 50 Linux enthusiasts meet up for a weeks holiday. This year the 15th annual event takes the penguin-friends to England, specifically to the picturesque village of Castleton in the Peak District... ... Over the next few weeks the organisers and participants will arrange various hikes and excursions, and participants can also…
Find out more »Beeston Blue Moon Beers
Time for a slightly rarer Blue Moon Beers... Beeston Blue Moon Beers All in the nature of a Blue Moon! A long time has passed since time for a few local beers, fun discussion, all on anything and everything, all at: The Last Post! I’ll be there from 8pm with beers and linux. Just look for the Linux mags and netbooks and whatever other Geekery or so. See a few there :-) Cheers, Martin “Blue Moon” in this…
Find out more »Bletchley Park Visit
Since our visit last year to Bletchley Park, TNMOC have added a few more old bits. Thus here we go again! Transport is via personal means and/or car share. No doubt we'll clear up all details at the Beeston Blue Moon Beers and subsequently on the maillist. Provisionally, the car shares depart Nottingham about 7:30am sometime civilised to arrive for 9:30am sometime in the morning as the gates open so as to beat the crowds. Rendezvous can be via mobiles…
Find out more »September 2013
Antikythera, Babbage, and The WITCH
On this occasion, I will be taking you back to the days before binary was considered to be a neat idea. Back to the days before silicon. Back to the days when Computation was a great engineering feat of imagination and ingenuity. Back to the Future! dawn of: The programmable digital calculator! :-) Roll up, roll up, for a video and commentary presentation spanning a few thousand years in three simple steps to the pre-dawning of our digital era and…
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