December 2014 - Announce-RedBrick - lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

Pygmalion Reboot
by Redbrick Admins 27 Dec '14

27 Dec '14

Evening All, We've to do a reboot on Pyg, it'll be back in a few minutes. Reboot scheduled at 21:45.

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Intermittent Issues on Primary Services.
by Lorcan Boyle 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

Hi Guys We will be starting work shortly on some of our primary service. We don't foresee any downtime at the moment but there may be intermittent issues throughout the day. We hope to carry out any upgrades that require a reboot this evening and we will notify you all in due course. Kind Regards The Admins Lorcan Boyle (zergless)

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Announce week 12 | Christmas Party | Downtime | FOSDEM | Tech Week Talks
by socks 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

And with this Semester one draws to a close. Ladies and gents, welcome to the final weekly announce of semester one! In this weeks announce + Christmas Party + Downtime + FOSDEM Deposits + Tech Week talks =========================== Intersocs Christmas Party =========================== Where: The Slipper (Matt Weldon's) Ballymun Rd. When: 11th of December at 7:30pm Description: The sleigh bells are jingling louder than ever and the elves are wrapping the final pressies! With Santa, Presents, food and drink... Along with some great company from many of the other societies, its our now (in)famous Christmas Party! Complete with presents, music and grub. Drinks Deals on the night are: €3 carlsberg /tubourg/whiskey&dash/vodka&dash Sign up at the Facebook Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/360109674150914/ ========== Downtime ========== When: Week 13 Description: The Admins are taking one of their hard earned weeks off to do some system updates and some reorganizing. This will result in some intermittent downtime. Keep an eye on the MoTD and Twitter/Facebook for updates as things go on. We'd recommend that people save all of their data before the end of week 12 and store an offline copy. Hopefully the impact should be minimal, but we're sorry, your screen sessions are about to be no more. ======== FOSDEM ======== When: Jan 30th - Feb 1st Where: Brussels, Belgium There'll be announce sent to everyone going, but in case you miss that we'll say it here too. If you've expressed an interest and are still looking to come along, we need your passport details and deposit before the end of week 12 (Friday 12/12/14) to secure your place. You can pay deposits either via PayPal or we can arrange to collect payments from people by emailing committee. Also if you havent done so already, please fill in this form as soon as possible: http://goo.gl/forms/YcRN8VWMtn ================ Tech Week Talks ================ When: 9th March -13th March) Where: The Mezz, 1st Floor, The Hub, DCU Interested in giving a lightning talk about a project you're passionate about? Want to get your company in to sponsor a lunch and come hire some soon to be graduates? We've got a load of speakers and companies lined up already, and we're looking for more. Drop us a line via email to committee or PM koffee or zergless. That's that ladies and gents, we hope you had a fantastic semester one, lets make it a good foundation for semester two. Have a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic New year from all of Redbrick committee! Dont forget to keep an eye on our social media pages: - Twitter @RedbrickDCU - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick - Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Kind Regards, Gillian Morrison (socks) Computer Applications Redbrick Secretary 14/15

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Week 12 - Christmas Party | Downtime | FOSDEM | Tech Week
by Richard Walsh 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

And with this Semester one draws to a close. Ladies and gents; welcome to the final weekly announce of semester one. A few notices this week +Christmas Party +Downtime +FOSDEM Deposits +Tech Week talks ==================================== Intersocs Christmas Party Where: The Slipper (Matt Weldon's) Ballymun Rd. When: 11/12/14 7:30pm ==================================== Santa, Presents, food and drink... Along with some great company from many of the other societies. The now (in)famous Christmas Party is back and we've got presents, music and grub. Drinks Deals on the night are: €3 carlsberg /tubourg/whiskey&dash/vodka&dash Sign up at the Facebook Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/360109674150914/ ================== Downtime When: Week 13 ================== The Admins are taking one of their hard earned weeks off to do some system updates and some reorganizing. Keep an eye on the MoTD and Twitter & Facebook for updates. (maybe even G+ for the Googlers; slrn if koffee remembers) We'd recommend that people save all of their data before the end of week 12 and store an offline copy. Hopefully the impact should be minimal, but we're sorry, your screen sessions are about to be no more. ========================= FOSDEM When: Jan 30th - Feb 1st Where: Brussels, Belgium ======================== There'll be announce sent to everyone going, but in case you miss that we'll say it here too. If you've expressed an interest and are still looking to come along; we need your passport details and deposit before the end of week 12 (Friday 12/12/14) You can pay deposits either via PayPal or email committee and we'll arrange it. ================================== Tech Week Talks When: 9th March -13th March) Where: The Mezz, 1st Floor, The Hub, DCU ================================== Interested in giving a lightning talk about a project you're passionate about? Want to get your company in to sponsor a lunch and come hire some soon to be graduates? We've got a load of speakers and companies lined up already, and we're looking for more. Drop us a line via email to committee or PM koffee or zergless. That's that ladies and gents, we hope you had a fantastic semester one, It was a great foundation for what's coming in semester two. Enjoy your time off with friends and family, Keep in touch out of term via: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Snapchat RedbrickDCU On behalf of committee we wish you all our kindest regards and season's greetings. Richard Walsh koffee@redbrick Chair/SysAdmin

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Announce week 11 |Cinema Trip | Admins@Redbrick | Imtersocs Christmas Party
by socks 01 Dec '14

01 Dec '14

Hey Everyone! Welcome to the week 11 announce! With all those project deadlines looming, and the semester drawing to a close we have a week jam packed with awesome events to help you chill out! In this weeks announce: + Cinema Trip: The Imitation Game + Admins@Redbrick: Getting Comfy in Linux + Intersocs Christmas Party ========================= Cinema Trip: The Imitation Game ========================= + When:Monday the 1st December at 6.20pm + Where: Santry + Description: Genius British logician and cryptologist Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) helps crack Germany's Enigma Code during World War II but is later prosecuted by his government for illegal homosexual acts. The reviews promise this is a fantastic film so if you're interested please come along! ================================ Admins@Redbrick: Getting Comfy in Linux ================================ + When: Wednesday 3rd of December at 3pm + Where: LG25 + Description: This week Lorcan and Rob will be picking up were they left off last week! You'll be logging back into your VMs , and making yourself at home in your new fully functioning linux environment. The talk will include, setting up some aliases, cron jobs and more! This is going to be really interesting so please do come along! ==================== Intersocs Christmas Party ==================== + When: Thursday 11th of December at 7pm + Where: Matt Wheldons across from DCU + Description: Well its that time of year again folks! The sleigh bells are jingling, rudolph's nose is redder than ever, and the Christmas jumpers are out! It can only mean one thing.... The annual Intersocs Christmas Party is upon us! This is always a great evening to spend with friends. Complete with twinkling fairy lights, armfuls of tinsel and even a visit from Santa and his elves this is an evening not to be missed. You should definitely grab some friends and come along to a night full of festive cheer and merriment! We'd love to see you there! Make sure to join our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/360109674150914/ Keep an eye out for any updates in the next two weeks! Well thats all for this weeks announce! Dont forget to keep an eye on our social media pages: - Twitter @RedbrickDCU - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick - Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Kind Regards, Gillian Morrison (socks) Computer Applications Redbrick Secretary 14/15

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