The talk will deal with the following:
What DNA is and how we use it. Industrial applications, diagnostic applications and a high level look at DNA forensics.
No experience needed.
Open Source : A philosophy for Life talk & Open Social Night
On Saturday 6th of November, we are delighted to have John Looney from Google give a passionate talk about Open Source : A philosophy for Life. This talk also coincides with our normal lively Open Social nights. These nights are a great chance to come and meet the members of TOG and have a bit of fun. BYOB. The night kicks off at 7pm. All welcome.
John Looney
After many years working in Google, John Looney realised that there were strong correlations between the way Google works internally, and the way the Open Source community works. It’s allow Google to stay reasonably flexible, despite growing it’s engineering teams past 10,000. In this talk, John examines various aspects of Open Source culture and how they can be mapped to a large organisation. This talk would be interesting to anyone who is curious how open source has managed to deliver such a stunning array of impactful projects and how large organisations can function efficiently. There will also be some discussion on how such culture that is certainly not unique to Google Engineering.
MiLK: Made in Limerick, get new website
Movember
Following on from the recent Blogger-Twitter-Whatever event, I’m going to take part in Movember to help raise money for Action Prostate Cancer a programme of The Irish Cancer Society.
You can follow my progress and donate through Robert Fitzsimons’s mospace page. Or find out more about my team beard.ie.
Pumpkin fun
While looking for something totally unrelated on the Internet a few days ago I came across a Larson Pumpkin. As it was coming up to Halloween I decided to have a go myself and see what I could do using an Arduino.
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Science and Innovation, coming to a TOG near you!
Ladies and Gentlemen, girls and boys, hackers of all genders, ages, and maturity levels. It’s nearly time for Science and Innovation!
Science Week runs from the 7th to the 14th of November.
Innovation Dublin ‘Week’ runs from the 10th to the 21st of November.
To celebrate, and participate in some of the fun, TOG will be running over ten events ranging from electronic crafts to making your own biofuel. We kick things off on Saturday, 6th Novemeber, with a Social Night, and keep going until Sunday, 21st November. But… we’re not going to tell you everything just yet. More details will follow, so stay tuned!
*EDIT* We give you, faithful blog reader, some more details: http://www.tog.ie/events/
A post with full complete listing to follow. The whole event kicks off with: Open Source Talk & Open Social Night.
All the events on one page!
Saturday 6th November
- 7pm to late – Open Social Night
- 8pm to 9pm – Open Source : A philosophy for Life talk & Open Social Night – Talk
Sunday 7th November
- 11am to 5pm – Building it! – Workshop
Tuesday 9th November
- 7pm to 10pm – Linux for everybody! – Demonstration
Wednesday 10th November
- 7:15pm to 8:15pm – Some appliations of DNA technology – Talk
- 8:30pm to 9:30pm – LDAP – Its Mysteries and Example Use – Talk
Thursday 11th November
- 7:15pm to 8:15pm – An Introduction to Biodiesel – Talk
Friday 12th November
- 7:15pm to 8:15pm – The Joys of 3D Printing – Talk
- 8:30pm to 9:30pm – Inside of a PC – Demonstration
Saturday 13th November
- 11am to 5pm – Building it! – Workshop
Sunday 14th November
- 3pm to 8pm – Pretty and Bright – DIY Christmas Ornaments – Workshop
Tuesday 16th November
- 7pm to 10pm – Craft Night
Wednesday 17th November
- 7:15pm to 8:15pm – Secure yourself online – Talk
- 8:30pm to 9:30pm – Firewall – Talk
Thursday 18th November
- 7pm to late – Open Social Night
- 7pm to 10pm – Linux for everybody! – Demonstration
Friday 19th November
- 7:15pm to 8:15pm – The Joys of 3D Printing – Talk
Saturday 20th November
- 3pm to 8pm – Pretty and Bright – DIY Christmas Ornaments – Workshop
Sunday 21th November
- 11am to 5pm – Building it! – Workshop