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Week 1: Freshers' Meet
by Andrew Godwin 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Hello everyone, Thanks for signing up to CompSoc's freshers' fair mailing list - it's great to have your interest, and we hope you'll enjoy our events this term. The first event, as those of you who took some paper from us will know, is the Freshers' Meet: Freshers' Meet -------------- Thursday 16th October (Thursday 1st Week), 19:00 Prestwich Room, St John's College The Freshers' Meet is your chance to come along and meet the current committee and current members, and find out more about what we do, as well as enjoy some of the free food and drink we'll be putting on. It starts at 7pm but we'll be there all evening, so feel free to pop in and say hello if you're around later. The room will be signposted from the St John's Porters' Lodge, and one of us will be there at the start to say hello as well. I hope to see you there; if you want to sign up to CompSoc, we'll have membership forms on hand, and if you took one at the Fair you can hand it in there and then (preferably with the money, but you can always pidge that to us). Remember, all of the events from now until 4th week are free for non-members, so come along and enjoy them! Next week we'll have the OUCS tour and a pubmeet; I'll send along more details nearer the time. You can always find the current termcard at http://ox.compsoc.net/ - as we confirm venues and get more speaker details, they'll appear there. See you Thursday! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email/MSN: andrew(a)aeracode.org Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Bugzilla talk TONIGHT
by Andrew Godwin 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Sorry to use the stereotypical capital letters, but just a quick reminder that we have Gervase Markham speaking tonight about Bugzilla, described by the man himself as "an amusing wander through its development and some musings about the bug tracking process". It's at Keble at 8 - show up at the Porter's Lodge, and a Friendly Compsoc Member (tm) will show you to the room. Hope to see you there! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email: andrew(a)aeracode.org MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Events, and more...
by Andrew Godwin 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

Hello, ex-freshers, and other people who found us at the Fair last term! I'm spamming you one last time to just let you know about the last two CompSoc events this term; you can find details online at http://ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2008/hilary/ about the two talks, one by Gervase Markham, who is a very entertaining speaker and who will be giving us an "amusing wander through the development of Bugzilla". The other is by Rebellion, a local games development company. They'll be giving a talk about what they do, who they deal with, and where they think games are headed. We're also holding our elections in Week 8 - if you've come along to some of our previous events, or suddenly feel like you want to join the low-workload committee, then send me an email - you can read more about the positions at http://ox.compsoc.net/constitution/ Hope you're all having a good term, and hope to see some of you at events soon! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email: andrew(a)aeracode.org MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Week 8: TGM/'Christmas Party'
by Andrew Godwin 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Well, we enter the final week of term, and as things wind down we have one event left! TGM and Christmas Party ======================= Monday 26th November, 20:00 Oscar Wilde Room, Magdalen The Termly General Meeting, the pinnacle of democracy. We'll go over the term, make sure everything is in order, check our Treasurer hasn't fled to a foreign country with CompSoc's fortune, and hopefully get it over with in a reasonably short amount of time (I believe the record is around 4 minutes). After that's over, we'll be having a small Christmas party, with some free food and whatever else we can think of - suggestions, games, or whatever are more than welcome! There will be someone at the Magdalen porter's lodge to guide you over to the room. However, the glorious Compsoc is not the only organisation who gather people into rooms in Oxford. Oxford Geek Night 4 is this week! Oxford Geek Night 4 =================== Wednesday 28 November, 19:30 Upstairs, Jericho Tavern Oxford Geek Nights offer a chance for web developers and designers in the local area to get together, share their skills and talk about new ideas, techniques and technologies. This fourth OGN will consist of two keynote talks of 15 minutes each, followed after a healthy period of socialising including two sets of 5-minute long microslot sessions. You can see details of the talks at http://oxford.geeknights.net/2007/nov-28th/ I highly recommend it, being a web-type myself, but it's really interesting even if you haven't been consumed by CSS, AJAX and Web 2.0. That's the lot for now. Hopefully we'll see you at the TGM; if not, you can wait anxiously for our stellar line up of events next term! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email: andrew(a)aeracode.org MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Lightning Talks: Tonight
by Andrew Godwin 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Just a quick reminder that the Lightning Talks are tonight, at Worcester, at 8 (there will, of course, be someone at the lodge). If you're going to speak at the event, or just want to come along to the "speaker's dinner" (warning: you may be coerced into talking during it), then we'll be meeting at the Gourmet Burger Kitchen [1] at 6.15. See you tonight! The talk lineup is looking pretty good, if I can say so myself... Andrew [1] http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Gourmet_Burger_Kitchen -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk/SIP/Email: andrew(a)aeracode.org MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Week 7: Lightning! Talks!
by Andrew Godwin 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

It's week 7, and time for an event! Shocking... read on for more. Lightning Talks =============== Thursday 22nd November, 20:00 Morley Fletcher Room, Worcester One room, one projector, and many speakers. Everyone is invited to give a short talk on something they're involved in or interested in; don't worry if you don't like public speaking, you're more than welcome to watch the rest of us screw it up (although, of course, this would be a great place to give a talk if you've never done so before). Talks don't have to be computer-related, or even technical; if it's interesting, entertaining or pretty, then give it a go! If you don't feel like giving a talk, don't worry; come along anyway, there's looking to be a wonderfully varied range of talks. We'll have a projector and a laptop there to show presentations on, but if you're using a particularly obscure file format or prefer your own computer, bring it along. There will be someone at the Worcester porter's lodge to take you along to the room! If you're planning to speak, we'll be having a rather odder-than-usual "speaker's dinner" beforehand; email me if you want to come. ~~~~~ Also, we have some on-topic announcements. Firstly, Oxford Geek Night 4 is on Thursday next week; it's a great event, come along to it if you can! See http://oxford.geeknights.net/2007/nov-28th/ for more details. Secondly, the Oxford University Latin American Society are looking for a "javascript programmer" for their website (they stress programmer, not designer) - if you're interested, email me and I'll pass on your details. Hopefully we'll see you at the lightning talks! Next week, we'll be having the GM/Christmas Party... more about that then. Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk: andrewgodwin(a)gmail.com MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Week 6: The Carbon Account (Web Development with Django)
by Andrew Godwin 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Hello, everyone. This week we have the Django talk; read on for more infos. The Carbon Account ================== Speaker: Tom Dyson Wednesday 14th November, 20:00 Roy Griffiths Room, Keble Tom Dyson, of Torchbox, will be coming to talk about their in-house Django project, aimed at helping people cut down on carbon emissions. He'll delve into the technical aspects of implementing such a computationally-heavy web application, as well as giving a few general tips and pointers on this sort of web development. Meet outside/just inside the Keble Porter's Lodge at 8, and a Very Nice Compsoc Person will walk you down to the right place. There's a few bits of other business; the TGM/Party/Possible Movie Showing has been moved to Monday of 8th, but on the plus side we have a nice large, posh room now, so I expect you all to come so we can fill it up! More details on that one closer to the time. Lightning talks are next week; we're still finalising the venue, but keep that Thursday free, and if you feel up for the challenge prepare a small presentation (only 5-10 minutes, or longer if you like!), otherwise, you can just come and laugh at the rest of us, and our professional talking skills. It'd be nice if you could email me (president(a)ox.compsoc.net) if you're planning to give a talk; current proposals include one about "Windows vs Linux (from a more normal perspective)", and one on pretty graphing of musical history, and a few other people who have yet to properly decide! If you do give a lighting talk, like all our speakers you'll be invited to a pre-talk dinner. We're not going to pay for everything, but we might be able to stretch to something... so, even more reason to sit down and think for a while! Hopefully I'll see you all on Wednesday! Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk: andrewgodwin(a)gmail.com MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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Bletchley Park
by Andrew Godwin 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

Hello everyone. Tomorrow is the Bletchley Park trip, and so I have some final information about it! We'll be meeting at Gloucester Green bus station (at the X5 stop, bay 11) at 9:55 on Saturday morning. You'll need around £22 for travel and admission (possibly less), and if you want to buy lunch there there's a reasonably-priced cafe. More details can be found on the website at [1]. Hopefully we'll see plenty of you bright and early (well, for the weekend) tomorrow! Andrew [1]: http://www.ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2007/michaelmas/Week_4/Bletchley_Park_T… -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk: andrewgodwin(a)gmail.com MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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CompSoc, Week 4
by Andrew Godwin 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

Hello, everyone. Firstly, apologies about the website being unavailable earlier in the week. We've been having some server issues, although everything should be working reasonably well now. This week we have two events! See below for details. Telepathy ========= Thursday 1st November, 20:00 Stafford Crane Room, Keble College Robert McQueen of Collabora will extol the virtues of Telepathy, the instant messaging framework used on the Nokia N800, the One Laptop Per Child project, and on a Unix desktop near you. He'll introduce D-Bus (the IPC system underlying Telepathy), discuss novel uses of IM (such as collaborative editing and podcast recording) that Telepathy makes feasible, and will demonstrate how to do useful IM-related things with surprisingly few lines of Python. There will be someone at the Keble Porters' Lodge to show you to the talk; this may involve a short wait outside if the porters don't let us keep the door open, but we'll keep sticking our heads out (quite literally). Bletchley Park Trip =================== Saturday 3rd November, 10:00ish Bletchley Park (meet at Gloucester Green Bus Station) We plan to go and visit Bletchley Park, one of the homes of modern cryptography, and home of the World War I codebreaking effort. We'll be travelling to Bletchley using the bus and train; an exact timetable will be available shortly, but we'll be catching the X5 from Gloucester Green bus station to Milton Keynes, and then taking the train from there to Bletchley. Travel costs should be less than £14, and once we've figured out the best way to price things up we'll have a more exact figure. Admission to Bletchley itself is £8, and if you plan to eat at the cafe there you'll need more money (expect standard visitor-attraction-cafe prices). We will probably be leaving around 10ish in the morning (quite likely the 10:05 bus from gloucester green), and getting to Bletchley around 11:30, and returning sometime in the afternoon. If you're planning to go on the Bletchley trip, then email me so I can get some idea of numbers. Hopefully we'll see you at one or more events this week, they're both looking to be pretty good ones! Bear in mind that this is the last week for free admission to events; from next week, non-members will get charged £2 at the door. Andrew -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk: andrewgodwin(a)gmail.com MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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CompSoc, Week 3/4
by Andrew Godwin 24 Oct '07

24 Oct '07

Hello everyone. Firstly, a talk move. In case you haven't heard, the talk we had scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday 25th) has been moved to Thursday next week; you can see the new details about it on the website at [1]. I'll be emailing around again next week with the summary and location instructions, as usual. Secondly, we're going ahead with the Bletchley Park trip, as the response has been overwhelmingly positive. You can read some initial information about it at [2]; we'll be getting more accurate info as time passes. I'll also be elaborating more on this in my next email. We'll be asking for some idea of numbers for the Bletchley trip; if you know already you can make it, then please reply to me (president(a)ox.compsoc.net) saying so. On a side note, we still have three CompSoc tshirts lying around (one medium, two large) from our print run over the summer; if you'd like one, email me. Finally, someone has written into me asking for information about web filtering at colleges, so if you have filtering at your college, then please email me (president(a)ox.compsoc.net) with a few details about it, and I'll forward it on. That's it for this week; we're not placing any real demands on you, so take this opportunity to relax, or do work, or whatever you like. See you next week! Andrew [1]: http://www.ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2007/michaelmas/Week_4/Telepathy/ [2]: http://www.ox.compsoc.net/termcards/2007/michaelmas/Week_4/Bletchley_Park_T… -- Andrew Godwin, President, Oxford Computer Society Jabber/GTalk: andrewgodwin(a)gmail.com MSN: andrew_godwin(a)hotmail.com Mobile: 0789 0725 396 Web: http://www.ox.compsoc.net

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