March 2011 - Announce-RedBrick - lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

RedBrick Supplemental Announce
by Nina 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hi folks, Just a few extra things to let you know: * AGM results. * Feminism in Geek Culture talk, Margaret Synnott, QG02 6pm Today. * Tickets to C&S awards == AGM Results == So we successfully survived yet another AGM and here are the results of the new committee: Chair: Dave Larkan (tziegler) Secretary: Lotta Mikkonen (attol) Treasurer: Nina Hanzlikova (geekity) PRO: Meabh Landers (timelady) Events: Ciaran McNally (maK) Admins: James Reilly (fun), Austin Halpin (haus), Paul Bunbury (bunbun) Webmaster: Vadim Clyne-Kelly (VadimCK) Helpdesk: Eimear Tyrell (beimear), Shane Stacey (isaac702) Congratulations to all those elected and thanks to all those who came out to vote. == Feminism in Geek Culture Talk == Today we're having a talk about geek culture and feminism from Margaret Synnott (afrodite@rb). The talk's in QG02 at 6pm, so come out and see what it's all about. == C&S Awards Tickets == So we have ourselves 11 spare tickets going. If you'd like to get some, please email the committee as soon as possible. It's first come first served basis. That's about it and you'll be hearing from me in the regular announce :) Nina (geekity) RedBrick Secretary 2010-2011

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RedBrick Announce Week 8
by Nina 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hi all, So hope people enjoyed themselves at 15th Birthday Party and are up for week 8. For those who missed it, shame on you :p for those who were there, way to go, for everyone, see the video from the party here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYe9xSvmhuA * Feminism and Geek Culture talk, Margaret Synnott (Afrodite), Thursday 6pm, venue tbc * AGM, Tuesday 6pm, CG05. * New Boards, boards.redbrick.dcu.ie * IRLCPC coding contest. == Feminism and Geek Culture == This Thursday we will be having a talk on feminism in geek coulture by our very own Margaret Synnott (afrodite@rb). Whether you are a geek girl or a guy with interest in tech, come along, we shall be having tea and such. The room is tbc, so watch this space. :) == AGM == On Tuesday we will be holding our AGM to vote in the new committee and the usual AGM business. It will be on from 6pm in CG05. Please come out and vote or run since a vote for RedBrick is a vote for procrastinators everywhere (although mostly just in DCU). Afterwards we shall be having a pizza fest, so there's no excuse for missing. == Boards.redbrick.dcu.ie == Our newest service, the brand new and shiny web boards are now gone live. Drop in on all the banter at boards.redbrick.dcu.ie, where you can now find jobs, talk tech or finally settle the all important question of which are the world's superior crisps (I still can't believe people have omitted Hula Hoops!!). == IRLCPC Coding Contest == Congratulations to team Blue Chalk, who won third place at the IRLCPC in Cork last weekend. The team consisted of Bunbun, Paddez and Tiroskan, so gratz and gg. That's just about it, so catch you guys laters and take it easy. Nina (geekity) RedBrick Secretary 2010-2011

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RedBrick Announce Week 7
by Nina 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hello all, Week 7 is upon us and with it the biggest RedBrick party of the semester, the 15th Birthday Party. Here's the announce: * RedBrick's 15th Birthday party, Thursday, 7pm, Slipper. * AGM and AGM tests, Tuesday week, 6pm, and all this week, respectively. * Congratulations to Bunbun and maK, intersocs coding contest winners. == RedBrick Birthday Party == So yes, you may have noticed us mentioning the RedBrick birthday party every chance we get over the last few announces. It's on this Thursday in the Slipper from 7pm. There will be cake!!! We hope to see as many faces, old and new as our little eyes can handle so come on out. If for some reason you can't make it in person, join us on irc and enjoy the event remotely on the night :) == AGM & AGM tests == All this week we are holding the AGM tests for positions of admin, webmaster and helpdesk. The AGM itself will be held on Tuesday week at 6pm in a venue TBC. If you'd like to run for any of the positions requiring passing a test, please email the relevant mailing list (admins@rb, webmaster@rb and helpdesk@rb) as soon as possible. The AGM will be followed by a pizza fest so no excuse not to come. == Coding Contest Congrats == Congratulations to Bunbun and maK for getting the first place in the Intersocs coding contest held last Saturday. Competition was stiff, so thanks to all those who had a go. That should be it, so enjoy week 7. Regards, etc. Nina (geekity) RedBrick Secretary 2010-2011

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Programming Contest in Trinity Tomorrow(Saturday)
by Lotta Mikkonen 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Hey guys, There are still a couple of places so if you'd like to enter there's still time! You can compete in either pairs or by yourself. Up to you. We can pair people up on the day if you would like to work in a team. Sign-ups (using your RedBrick username and password) can be done here : http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/events/ This is open to both postgrads and undergrads. We'll be meeting at the Dame Street entrance to Trinity(the big one with the arches) at 12.50pm tomorrow. Meet up : Trinity Arch Entrance(The one by Dame Street) at 12.50pm Location TCD arts block 3074 Checklist of things to bring: Pen and paper Laptop(you're grand as long as you have one per team) Any books/notes you'd like to use A USB key per team Contest timetable : 1pm - Meet and greet, warmup questions 2pm-6pm - Contest 7pm - Intersocs drinks The entry fee will be paid on your behalf and we'll be providing food so you don't need to worry about any of that. If you get lost or anything my number is 085 156 9525 so give me a call. Cheers, Lotta

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RedBrick Announce Additions - AGM
by Nina 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Hi folks, Me again, 2nd time for this week. A few additions to the last announce. * AGM, Tuesday, week 8, 6pm, room TBC. * Intervarsity coding contest this Saturday, 1pm. * Coding practice today (Tuesday), 5pm, LG26. == AGM == We have a date for our AGM, it will be held on Tuesday in week 8 (2 weeks from now) at 6pm. If you would like to run for admin, helpdesk or webmaster, you will need to sit the test for the relevant position, which will be held in week 7. Please email the admins, helpdesk or webmaster if you are interested in taking the test. And please don't forget to come in and have your vote :) == Intervarsity Coding Contest == This Saturday will be the intervarsity coding contest, where we take on TCD. To sign up, please go to http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/events/ and use your RedBrick login. The contest is from 1pm, so come out to code. == Coding Practice == Just a reminder, coding practice on tonight from 5pm in LG26. Feel free to drop by for coding and pizza even if you're not entering any of the contests. That's that, later days :) Nina (geekity) RedBrick Secretary 2010-2011

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RedBrick Week 6 Announce
by Nina 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

Hellos all, Welcome to week 6, here's what we're up to :) * Coding Contest Practice, Tuesday, 5pm, LG26. * IBM Smarter Planet, Tuesday, DCU. * 15th Birthday Party, March 24th (Thursday week), Slipper, 7pm-late. * AGM Tests, week 7. == Coding Contest Practice == More Coding Contest practice this Tuesday, in LG26. This is with respect to IRLCPC and the intersoc coding contests, so come out and get your coding on. Refreshments should be making their appearance at some point in the evening to fuel the coding enthusiasm. == IBM Smarter Planet == On Tuesday IBM is bringing their Smarter Planet initiative to DCU. This aims to educate people about "smarter, safer and greener ways forward in technology by introducing new skills, new ways of thinking and new ways of applying technology to solve business and world problems". For more information see http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/ie/en/smarterplanet/ and keep a lookout for them on campus. == 15th Birthday Party == So yea, 15th Birthday Party, only a Thursday week away. Come out, have cake, have a laugh, a bit of banter and catch up with all the charming folk of RedBrick. == AGM Tests == Fancy running for Admin, Webmaster or Helpdesk positions at the next AGM? If so, the tests will be held in week 7. Please email admins, webmaster and helpdesk to have your name noted for the test and get the specifics of whens and wheres. Finally, congrats to Shauna (pinkpani@rb) for bagging herself one of our vintage hoodies as the 100th Facebook RedBrick group member. Good game Shauna :) For anyone who has no idea what group I'm talking about you can find it on http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_167418566612957 And that be all from me this week. Nina (geekity) RedBrick Secretary 2010-2011

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Redbrick Announce Week 5
by Nina 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

Hi folks, Hope you all survived Rag Week in relatively good health and are slowly but surely returning back to normal. To ease your transition, here's what we're up to next week and such: * Admin training - Tuesday 6pm LG26. * Coding contests - Intersocs (19th March) IRLCPC (26th March). * Adopt a brick photos - ends 13th March (prizes for best photo). * AGM tests for helpdesk, webmaster and admin positions. * RedBrick's 15th birthday party - shamelesly sneaking in yet another reminder ;) 24th March, Slipper. == Admin Training == Admin training will be on this week as usual, with a Q&A session and past exam papers. So if you have pesky adminy type questions that have been keeping you up at night drop by LG26 on Tuesday at 6pm and you shall be enlightened. Rumour has it there may well be pizza afterwards, to boot. == Coding Contests == As you may well be aware RedBrick is sending out teams to the IRLCPC in Cork. We are pleased to announce prior to this coding contest we will be holding a code off with TCD on 19th of March. This will be followed by platter evening in Longstone from 7pm. Teams for this contest will consist of 2 members and entry fee is 10 eur, which will be covered by us for RedBrick members. There will prize giving at the end of the contest. We will be holding a practice session in week 6, so if you'd like to come, please fill out your availability at http://doodle.com/scq9qi8s4xm2c9ac Details for signing up to the contest are available from http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/events/ == Adopt a Brick Photos == Last week we ran our adopt a brick event where you had the chance to adopt your very own, adorable red brick. Why not show off your pride and joy by sending us (committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie) a picture of yourself with your new brick companion. There will be a prize for the best photo, so feel free to be as inovative in your composition as you wish. == AGM tests == Would you like to run for helpdesk, webmaster or admin positions for next year's committee? If so, the relevant tests will be held in week 7. If you would like to sit the test, please email the relevant mailing list: - helpdesk(a)redbrick.dcu.ie - webmaster(a)redbrick.dcu.ie - elected-admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie == 15th Birthday Party == For those of you who missed the announce from 2 weeks ago, here's a reminder of the 15th Birthday party coming up this month. It shall be held in the Slipper on the 24th and we'd love to see as many folks as possible. I have it on good authority there will be cake (<insert obligatory portal reference here>). For any of you who can't make it, it may be worth your time checking into RedBrick IRC at the very least. That should be that for the announcements so over and out. Nina (geekity) RedBrick Secretary 2010-2011

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Reboot
by James "Reggie" Reilly 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Hi guys, Ubunty have released yet more security updates this week in the form of *another* kernel update for 10.04. This means unfortunately that we will be rebooting 10.04 machines (Azazel, Carbon, Daniel, Deathray) again. During the last reboot we encountered a bug that caused mysql and mailman to fail to start, as part of a teething issue in moving all machines to 10.04, a quest that is approaching completion. This bug has been fixed and should not happen again. The reboot is planned to take place today 4th March, at 19:00. Regards, fun

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Reboot
by James "Reggie" Reilly 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Hi all, We'll be doing a quick reboot of deathray, carbon, daniel and Azazel this evening at 20:00 due to kernel updates. Most primary services should fail over and we expect minimal downtime. Unfortunately, those of you that took the leap to Azazel will lose your screen sessions. Regards, fun

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