Hi all,

Thanks to everyone who gave up a night of the ever-busy first week of term to come to the pub with Compsoc --- the turnout was great, and fun was had. (I hope!)

Right, onwards to second week. There are two events for your attending pleasure this week! The first was not on your termcards, but it's on the wobsite:

Tour of OUCS ============

When? Tuesday 17th October, 18.00. Where? OUCS, Banbury Road.

A tour of the University Computing services, with a chance to see the computers that run the network, some shiny bits of networking kit, and meet the people who keep it all running smoothly.

I particularly like the existence of a machine named "poke-it-with-a-stick". (I hope they haven't got rid of it since last year. That would disappoint me.) It's surprisingly good fun to see what exactly powers Herald and kin. You should come along.

We're meeting at the reception of OUCS for 18.00. If you need directions, http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/about/travel.xml should help.

Computer Games Development ==========================

When? Thursday 19th October, 20:00. Where? Keble College (to be confirmed).

A senior engineer from Electronic Arts will present on what he does on a day to day basis as far as developing on next gen consoles (i.e. Nintendo Wii etc.) and also gaming career opportunities for CS grads. In addition, Harvey Wheaton (Senior Development Director) will show some of what EA are doing with the Harry Potter franchise and give some insight as to what a development director does.

I'm told that they might bring some free stuff to give away. I like free stuff.

I'll let you know the venue for certain soon!

The observant among you may have noticed another extra talk on http://www.ox.compsoc.net/events/termcards/current/ compared to the draft termcards we gave out at the fair. For those of you who didn't, Murray Stokely of Google is coming to speak in week seven. Add it to your diary with the rest of the events!

Right, that's enough from me. I think I'll slide back into the ethereal shadows of the Internet...

wjt