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Chinese Feast | Blogs | Possible Downtime.
by carri＠redbrick.dcu.ie 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hey guys! After a relatively quiet week 6, week 7 has a few more little things going on, that should be lots of fun! ==Redbricks Chinese Feast== Redbrick are heading to the Full House on Abbey St this Wednesday. Meeting in the Hub at 2pm, and heading into town. Full House is a Chinese All-You-Can-EatRestaurant so everyone can make pigs of themselves for under €10! (I think it's €8.80 but I'll say €10 so you can't blame me if I'm wrong! :D) So, come along to the Hub at 2pm, and don't forget your bus fare! ==Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog== Got Blog? Got something interesting to blog about? Want to tell Redbrick all your secrets? (How about starting blogs about how much you love the Redbrick PRO?) Well, we have somewhere for you to do it! :D http://blogs.redbrick.dcu.ie/ Join up and start blogging! :D Finally, the admins tell me that there is possible network downtime Monday while Redbrick Fiber link to CSD is upgraded. That's it from me. Toodles, Carri.

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Wavehunt | Intersocs Night Out | Downtime | Wimax Trial
by carri＠redbrick.dcu.ie 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

Heya guys!! It's late but yet early... (for some). Anyway on with Week 6! ==TechWeek== How great was that? From Demonware talks to Microsoft, from installing Linux to shooting each other with Lasers. (First years kicked ass) It was quite a success, in my opinion. We had a great turn out for all the events and even managed to get some free t-shirts. (Thank you atlas!) With only one event left for Techweek I'm gonna miss it. :) ==WAVEHUNT== Saturday March 14th. 12pm under the arch in Stephens Green Park, at the entrance. Entry fee is €10 and it'll be a laugh! :) Remember you can win prizes. Full details are on http://wavehunt.redbrick.dcu.ie Which brings me to my next topic...... ==Intersocs Night Out== Longstone - 7pm Saturday March 14th. (After Wavehunt *hint*) ==A Note From The Admin== RedBrick is pleased to announce the launch of it's new services machine Morpheus, a sun x4140. Mysql, Postgres, Bitblee, Webmail, Anyterm, & DNS have all been migrated to this new machine. Remaning services such as boards, IRC, mail, mailman & imap will also be migrated shortly. As part of this migration IRC will be moving to Morpheus at Midday on Tuesday. IRC will be unavaliable during the work, which is expected to take less than one hour. ==Wimax Trial== Thanks to all those that applied to take part in our wimax trial. Applications will continue to be accepted until midnight on sunday, so you still have time to apply by mailing wimax(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. We will be in touch with all applicants next week with more details about the trial. That just about finishes everything for this week. Toodles, Carri x

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TechWeek | Wimax Trial
by Carri Fuery 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

Hey guys! Busy week coming up! So, lets all say a big HELLO to Techweek and get stuck in! =*=TECHWEEK=*= All the details can be found at http://techweek.dcu.ie =Monday= 7pm – HACKERS – Showing in QG15 =Tuesday= 1pm – FORENSIC SECURITY – Seminar Room 2pm – MICROSOFT XNA – Seminar Room 5pm – GIT VCS – “How not to lose your final year project” – Seminar room 6pm – HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN PC – Seminar Room 8pm – SCI-FI TABLE QUIZ – Downstairs in the Slipper. =Wednesday= 1pm – CONSOLE GAMING – Seminar Room 3pm – DEMONWARE TALK – Seminar Room 5pm – LINUX INSTALLFEST – Seminar Room =Thursday= 7pm – Qzar – Meet in the hub, followed by drinks in the Woolshed. =Saturday= 12pm – WAVEHUNT – Meeting under the Arch Entrance to Stephens Green Park ==Wimax Trial== This semester RedBrick will be working with CSD on a pilot scheme for WiMax, a next generation wireless system with much higher speeds and ranges than wireless technologies currently in use. This trial system will have a range of about 1km around DCU. The trial will run in April and May, and participants will be provided with all the necessary hardware and software. In return particpants will be expected to provide feedback on their experiences using the system. To get involved email wimax(a)redbrick.dcu.ie That's pretty much everything I've got for you guys this week. Don't forget to keep your eye on Techweek! Toodles, Carri. x -- PRO - Redbrick DCU Networking Society, (December 16 2008 - [date of EGM] 09, Tiny was beaten by a girl.**) PRO - Strange Things, DCU Sci-fi and Fantasy Society 08-09 PRO - Comic Soc 08-09 CA1 Class Rep 08-09 **Requested Specifications from colmmacc, elephant and halenger.

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Weekly Announce!
by Carri Fuery 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Heya Guys! Hope everyone had a great week, other then it being extremely busy, I'd say it was great fun! ==RAG Week== I'd say this was successful. We raised a total of €120 for RAG Week. Between the Cake Sale and Dare Day. I think we owe a big thank you to Lotta, Emma and Kat for baking yummy cakes. The Dare Day was a brilliant day all in all. The winners were Diarmaid McManus and Austin Halpin, who both drank a full shot of ketchup, hugged a redbrick and many many other crazy dares. =Techweek== Next week is Techweek! Excited yet? You should be. There's something for everyone, ranging from industry talks on game development and coding to a Q-zar session later in the week. This year's highlights include talks from Microsoft on their XNA game toolkit (with free games being given away!), a talk from Activision/Demonware (the company that make your Xbox games go on the internet) and the unexpectedly successful Linux installfest. Don't forget Wavehunt! Linkage -> http://wavehunt.redbrick.dcu.ie ==Admin Training== The first admin training workshop will take place this Wednesday. Meeting at 2.30 in the Clubs & Socs office (upstairs in the hub). This session will focus on shell scripting, and last about an hour and a half. The workshop is open to everyone. People coming should bring laptops, if possible, if not we can work it out on the day. I do believe that covers everything. I'll be talking to you next week, and updating you fully on the fantastic goings on of Techweek! Carri x -- PRO - Redbrick, DCU Networking Society 08-09 PRO - Strange Things, DCU Sci-fi and Fantasy Society 08-09 PRO - Comic Soc 08-09 CA1 Class Rep 08-09

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