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Downtime Required
by Redbrick Admins 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Afternoon, In light of a current CVE (CVE-2015-0235) *shudder* nicknamed "GHOST" We'll have to undertake some downtime today at 2pm. This will affect all services. Please save all work and prepare to forfeit your screen/tmux sessions. Regards, Richard Walsh (koffee) Redbrick Admin

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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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Announce Week 10 | Helpdesk@Redbrick | Cinema Trip
by socks 25 Nov '14

25 Nov '14

Hi Everybody, Welcome to the week 10 announce! I'm really sorry for the late announce! Hopefully our awesome events this week make up for it! We would like to say a huge thanks to everybody for the huge interest in FOSDEM. We now have more than a full roster of people interested in coming along with us at the end of January. It promises to be a fantastic trip. In this weeks announce: - Helpdesk@Redbrick: How To Build a PC - Cinema Trip: The Imitation Game ============================== Helpdesk@Redbrick: How To Build a PC ============================== + When: Wednesday the 26th November at 3pm + Where: L101 + Description: The Redbrick Helpdesk and Admin teams will be joining forces to give you a quick guide on how to build a PC. From power considerations and parts requirements we'll be there to show you what to get and why, and once you have the parts, how you put them together. We'll be on hand to talk through the things you should consider when building something from a home PC to a server. This is going to be a really interesting talk so be sure to come along! We look forward to seeing you all there! ========================= Cinema Trip: The Imitation Game ========================= We have two choices of cinema: either the Savoy at 5.45pm or Santry at 6.30pm. If you could email us to let us know if you're going and what time you'd prefer to go at we will pick the cinema that suits the most people. It will cost €5.50 in either cinema. + When: Thursday 27th + 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! 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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Announce week 9 | Associate talks | Admin talks | HEAnet@Redbrick
by socks 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Hello everyone! Welcome to the week 9 announce! Sorry for the huge delay in sending it out! Things have been very busy on our end, but dont worry, it wont happen again! With all the project deadlines looming we have a great week of events lined up to help you relax and take your mind off them for a while! Also if you, or anyone you know, would be interested in giving a talk, please email committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie and let us know what you'd like to talk about! In this weeks announce: - Associates@Redbrick: elephant - Admin talks: VM's - HEAnet@ Redbrick ======================== Associates@Redbrick: elephant ======================== + Where: C166 + When: 6.30pm on Tuesday 18th November + Description: The NSA knows what you did last summer (and they don't care (but why you still should))... This week's Associate Talk is being given by Diarmaid McManus (elephant). He will be talking about how the NSA conducts international surveillance, and what this means for both the general public and, more importantly, IT students worldwide (comes with complimentary tinfoil hat). ============== Admin talks: VM's ============== + Where: LG26 + When: 3pm on Wednesday 19th November + Description: This week Lorcan and Rob will be picking up were they left off last week! You'll be logging back into your VMs , making them more secure, and then they'll be showing you a few ways to get started being productive on your VM. =============================================== HEAnet@ Redbrick: HEAnet & Imprecise Network Monitoring =============================================== + Where: CG20 + When: 6pm on Thursday 20th November + Description: This Thursday we have Brian Nisbet coming in to talk to us about HEAnet's infrastructure and Network Monitoring. HEAnet is Ireland's National Education & Research Network. It connects all of Ireland's universities, IoTs and other HEIs (along with every primary & secondary school) to the Internet and supplies a number of other related services. This talk will give a brief introduction to the company and its 3 layered network, as well as touching on some of the more interesting, if less precise, ways it can be monitored! Brian Nisbet is the Network Operations Manager for HEAnet. His team are responsible for building and maintaining HEAnet's networks and keeping an eye on them at all times. He realises that, these days, Internet connectivity is like any other utility, people only notice it when it stops working, so he does his best to make sure people don't forget what's involved in 21st Century plumbing. Dont forget to keep an eye on our social media pages: - Twitter @RedbrickDCU - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick - Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Well thats all for this week, Kind Regards, Gillian Morrison (socks) Computer Applications Redbrick Secretary 14/15

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Associate talk cancelled
by socks 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Hi everyone, Just to let you all know, the associate talk from today, "fun@redbrick" has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances! We're really sorry about that! There will be no talk on this evening. All our other events for the week are going ahead as normal! We hope to see you all tomorrow at our helpdesk talk given by our webmaster voy! Looking forward to seeing you, Enjoy the rest of your week! Kind regards, Gillian Morrison Computer Applications Redbrick secretary 14/15

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Announce Week 8 | Screen@Redbrick | Associate talks | Helpdesk talk
by socks 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Hello everybody, Welcome to the week 8 announce! We have some awesome events lined up for you this week! In this weeks announce: - Screen@Redbrick: War Games - Associate talk: Fun@Redbrick - Helpdesk talk: Web Design ============================ Screen@Redbrick: War Games ============================ + When: Monday 10th at 6pm + Where: C165 + Description: War Games is a 1983 American Cold War science-fiction film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. This is a fantastic movie and if you haven't seen it, it's well worth the watch! You should definitely come along and bring some friends! It's a great way to chill out after a long Monday! And of course, there will be pizza! See you all there! ========================================================= Associate talks: Release Process and Working at Facebook ========================================================= + When: Tuesday 11th at 6pm + Where: C165 + Description: For this week's Associate talk we will be hearing from James "Reggie" Reilly (aka fun). James is a former Admin and Chair of Redbrick, and is currently a production engineer at Facebook! He will be telling us all about what it's like to work at Facebook, and will be giving us an insight into their release process and he will also be taking a look at their load balancing infrastructure. This is going to be a great talk and a fantastic opportunity to hear about his experiences while working at Facebook. We hope to see you all there! ================== Helpdesk@Redbrick ================== + When: Wednesday 12th at 3pm + Where: LG25 + Description: This week's helpdesk will be given by our new webmaster, voy, and will deal with creating modern looking websites with some pretty CSS3 techniques. We will also revise the basics of HTML for those whose skills are a little rusty, or for those who've never used it before! By the end you will have a small and sleek personal website, uploaded on Redbrick Webspace, so you can show off your fancy new skills to your friends and family. This is going to be a really interesting talk and will definitely be worth coming to! We're looking forward to seeing you all there! Well thats all till next week! 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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