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Projects Night

We’re doing something different during the Open Social Night on Saturday 5th of March and having a quick Projects Meeting between 19:30 and 20:30. The general idea for this meetings is for people to quickly present any projects or activities they hope to work on over the next 3 months.

The format will consist of each presenter having 2-3 minutes to inspire others to get involved in their project. Presenters don’t have to be TOG members, everybody is welcome. So be creative and use slides, photos, prototypes, etc.

As for projects, anything goes.

After the meeting there will be lots of time to discuss and develop the proposed projects over some beers. BYOB

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LED Dot Matrix Display Workshop

Workshop Description:


During this workshop you will assemble your own Red/Green 8×8 Dot Matrix Display.

Starting with a quick introduction into how the display operates and leading on to an overview of how to convert a circuit into a physical device. You will then use strip board construction techniques to assemble the display.

Only basic soldering skills are required and as a larger project it forms a excellent opportunity to practice and perfect your soldering skills.

The circuit and software are designed to work with an Arduino or compatible device. Although other development boards should also be able to work with the display.

Rates:

General Public €35.00, Students/Unwaged €30.00, TOG Members €25.00

When:

Sunday 20th of February. 11:00 to 17:00

Where:

In TOG. See our location page.

P.S. We have 20 matrix kits and 10 soldering irons so if you can bring along your own iron that would be great.

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Geodesic domes and IPv6

We’ve arranged two diverse and interesting talks for our social night during Engineers Week on the evening of Thursday 17th from 7pm.

The first talk will be from Charlie who will be talking about geodesic domes and how to build them in Ireland.

Title: Triangles all the way down
Subtitle: How to build a large, strong geodesic dome in Ireland
Description: A discussion of what geodesic domes are, why they are popular all over the world, and how you can easily build a big one in Ireland with minimal tools.

Our second talk from Paul McDonnell who works with HEAnet, Ireland’s National Education & Research Network will cover the change from IPv4 to IPv6 and how it will effect our lives and the Internet.

Title: IPv4 depletion and IPv6
Description: With the depletion of IPv4 addresses likely before the end of 2011 now is the time to move to IPv6. This talk will cover the current state of IPv4/IPv6, how to connect now using IPv6 and the future of the Internet.

After the talks will be plenty of time to discuss the talks with the presenters and other attendees.

Both these talks and the open social night are free and open to the public. This night is only suitable for over eighteens and BYOB.

Rates:

This event is free and open though only suitable for over eightteens, BYOB. Please let is know if you are coming by using the form below.

When:

Thursday 17th of February. 19.00- 22.00

Where:

In TOG. See our location page.

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Lower membership rate

Before the party last week TOG held it’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2011. After reviewing the treasurer’s report for 2010 and some discussion, the group has decided to reduce the standard membership rate to €45 per month (down from €50), the starving hacker rate will stay at €30 per month.

TOG has established itself as a charitable organisation and is non-commercial and not-for-profit. Our intention is that our membership fee will be set so that it covers our operating costs. Our operating costs include rent, insurance, fees, electricity, gas, internet, etc.

Since moving to our new space in June 2010 our operating costs and membership income have now stabilised. So we are now at a point where we can start reducing the standard rate which has be set at €50 since we first began collecting money early in 2009. As more members come in, we hope to continue this process.

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Engineers Week 2011

We’re participating in Engineers Week again this year (14th-20th February) with our regular activities and some special events.

Monday, 14th of February, 19:00- 22:00 – Electronics and Micro controller Group Night – 555 Timer Intro
Tuesday, 15th of February, 19:30- 21:30 – Arduino 101 – Learn to Blink
 Wednesday, 16th of February, 19:00- 22:00 – Computing/Networking/Programming Group Night – OS Install Demo
Thursday, 17th of February, 19:00- 22:00 – Geodesic domes and IPv6 – Open Social Night
Saturday, 19th February 2011, 10:30-14:00 – Soldering Workshop Sold Out
Sunday, 20th February 2011, 11:00-17:00 – LED Dot Matrix Display Workshop

The weekend of the 19th and 20th is also a Synchronous Hackathon weekend running each day from 11:00 to late. So we’ll be participating in the Global Hackerspace Challenge which will be announced within a week. Update: The challenge involves submiting an entry to the 555 Contest. We’re hoping for have a small 555 night on the Monday to introduce people to the wonders of 555 timer IC.

All the weekday events and hackathon are free, the workshops have a cost and the challenge might have a small materials cost/donation. All the events are targeted at adults and mature older teens.

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TOG is two!

Today is the two year anniversary of the announcement of TOG on the Irish Linux User Group mailing list. So to celebrate our birthday we are going to have a party on the anniversary of the first meeting.

The party will be in our space on Saturday January 29th starting 7:30 pm, this is a free event and BYOB.

So we can keep an eye on the numbers please post a comment below if you going to attend.