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* [http://www.meetup.com/geekpub/ geekpub] Geeks in a pub | * [http://www.meetup.com/geekpub/ geekpub] Geeks in a pub | ||
* [http://dorkbotlondon.org/ Dorkbot London]: "people doing strange things with electricity" | * [http://dorkbotlondon.org/ Dorkbot London]: "people doing strange things with electricity" | ||
| − | * [http://pubsci.co.uk Science in the pub] Roughly monthly, a talk on | + | * [http://pubsci.co.uk Science in the pub] Roughly monthly, a talk on something sciency followed by drinking. |
* [http://hackney.skepticsinthepub.org/ Skeptics in the pub] three different groups of them in London apparently, [http://hackney.skepticsinthepub.org/ Hackney], [http://westminster.skepticsinthepub.org/ Westminster] and [http://london.skepticsinthepub.org/ Camden]. | * [http://hackney.skepticsinthepub.org/ Skeptics in the pub] three different groups of them in London apparently, [http://hackney.skepticsinthepub.org/ Hackney], [http://westminster.skepticsinthepub.org/ Westminster] and [http://london.skepticsinthepub.org/ Camden]. | ||
* [http://mathsjam.com/ MathsJam] is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. [http://mathsjam.com/index.php?content=london Mathjam London] | * [http://mathsjam.com/ MathsJam] is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. [http://mathsjam.com/index.php?content=london Mathjam London] | ||
Revision as of 10:57, 31 December 2012
See the calendar for details of activities at the Hackspace and events primarily aimed at LHS members.
This page is for other events, elsewhere, that may be of interest. Please add more events.
Upcoming
- Next dc4420: Tuesday December 11th.
- Next pubstandards: middle Thursday of the month.
Check ?dc and ?ps on IRC
In London
- Repair Party Wednesday, 23 January, 18–21:00, Brixton.
- Repair Party Saturday, 26 January, 14–17:00, NW1.
- Repair Party Saturday, 2 February, 14-17:00, Finsbury Park.
- Repair Party Sun 10 February 2013, 14- 17:00, SE1 0QL.
- Kinetica artfare February 28th – March 3rd 2013.
See Ian Visits for other London events of a intellectual but somewhat less geeky nature.
And for a round-up of geek-themed events and nights, check out the latest
geeky listings from the Londonist.
In UK
- Next Newcastle makerfair April 27th and 28th, 2013
In Europe
- The Payback Demoparty, Finland, 1-3 Feb 2013.
- Eth0 winter conference 22-24/02/2013 Lievelde, The Netherlands.
- OHM July 31st – August 4th 2013. Geestmerambacht, The Netherlands. The next in a series of camps that have been happening every four years since 1989.
- Fosdem 2013 2&3 February 2013. Five thousand open source developers in Brussels.
- Payback Demoparty 1 - 3rd Febuary 2013 Large demoparty.
Internationally
Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast
Recurring
In London
- CryptoParty
- RestartParty Fixing Stuff.
- Brixton Tinkerspace exists as a small weekly meetup. Discuss plans for a space in the Brixton area or just turn up to socialise.
- geekpub Geeks in a pub
- Dorkbot London: "people doing strange things with electricity"
- Science in the pub Roughly monthly, a talk on something sciency followed by drinking.
- Skeptics in the pub three different groups of them in London apparently, Hackney, Westminster and Camden.
- MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Mathjam London
- http://www.gllug.org.uk Greater London Unix User Group.
- IET london Regular possibly interesting talks.
- Funix: Free Unix Command Line Workshops every week in Shoreditch
- Open Wireless Network Wednesdays.
- http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/User+Group+losug/ London Open Solaris User Group
- http://london2600.org.uk/ Telecomms, security and more...
- http://dc4420.org/ Defcon London Meetup. November 20th, December 11th so far.
- http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/lates
- http://oshug.org/ Open Source Hardware User Group
- http://www.amiganorththames.co.uk/ Amiga North Thames User Group
- http://www.nintendisco.com/ A retro gaming night
- http://www.pubstandards.co.uk/ Where beer and web people collide
- hacks/hackers Hacks & Hackers.
- http://eventhandler.co.uk/ Various geek events.
- Tour of Whitechapel bell foundry (Britain's oldest manufacturing company) - needs about 4-6 months notice and a fixed number of people (20)
In UK
- Maker Faire
- Various things at the Lighthouse in Brighton
- http://www.rsgb.org/events/ Amateur radio rallies around the country. Usually lots of cheap electronic components and interesting junk.
- DDRC Bootsale One of the biggest and best radio rallies in the UK, anually in May.
In Europe
- http://plumbercon.org/ (Vienna)
- http://eth-0.nl/ (The Netherlands)
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/ and CCC Camp (Germany)
- http://www.demoparty.net/
- http://www.fosdem.org/ (Belgium)
Internationally
- http://dorkbot.org/ Various cities globally
- http://www.2600.org/meetings/ Various cities globally (Paris 2600 wanted to do some sort of exchange visit a while back but we were too lazy to do anything).
Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast
- World Amateur Radio Day - 18th April
Visited / Past Events
In London
- Repair Party and Feast in Brixton. Sunday Dec 16.
- Cryptoparty London
- Turing's legacy at the BCS, Southampton Street. 19th of January.
- The Wild Rumpus:feat: The Beast 2nd of Feb.
- The centenary of Britain's first public automatic telephone exchange. 8th February @ The Science Museum.
- plastic electronics including solar cells. 8th February, Imperial College.
- MySociety.Org Pub Meet. 22nd February in the Prince Arthur, near Euston Station from 19:30.
- Dorkbot
- NPL Openhouse 14th March from 14:00. Loose plan here.
- HactionLab - @LARC 4-6th May.
- Mozilla London office launch events: 9-16th May.
- Science London The science of sound, friday 18th of May. 5 quid including a drink on arrival
In UK
- Electro Magnetic Field: A UK Hacker Camp 31st August to the 2nd September.
- Hovershow 2012 April 28-29, Lee-on-the-Solent, outside Portsmouth video
- Mini Maker faire Derby maker fair
In Europe
Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast
- Free online CS courses Free online computer science course from Stanford university starting January