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Cape Town GeekDinner: July 2007 - Carnivorous Cantaloupe

Contents

When

The third Cape Town GeekDinner was held on Thursday 26 July, 2007 at 19:00.

Coverage

You can always find coverage of the GeekDinners at the GeekDinner planet. Here are a few selected reportbacks about the event:

Wine Sponsors

Once again, GetWine sponsored the wine for this dinner. The wine was great, and their talk was fantastic.

Where

Krugmann's Grill in the V&A Waterfront just below the Cinemas. This superb restaurant has something for everyone. We had our own private room in the back.

Menu

There was a set menu for those who were that way inclined, and everyone else just ordered off the menu. They have a really good selection of everything from Sushi to Steak, with some huge, well priced burgers for those with holes in their pockets. The Sushi comes from the Cape Town Fish Market. (They are both owned by the same guy)

The set menu (R130) option was as follows:

Starter Options

  • CALAMARI: Grilled with Lemon Butter and soya, served with Basmati rice.
  • GREEK SALAD: A Classic Greek salad with Feta and olives
  • CHICKEN LIVERS: Pan Fried with olive oil rosemary and garlic on a Potato Rosti

Main Course Options

  • 250g SIRLOIN STEAK: Well – Marbled and full of flavour. Basted in BBQ sauce.Served with Potato Chips and Vegetables.
  • 250g LINE FISH: Prepared in Lemon Butter and Served with Potato Chips and Vegetables.
  • CHICKEN POTJIE: A traditional South African Stew served with Basmati Rice.
  • PESTO PENNE: Penne tossed in creamy pesto with Parmesan cheese.

Dessert

  • ICE CREAM AND CHOCOLATE SAUCE: Creamy Ice Cream served with decadent chocolate Sauce.


Agenda

  1. Welcome
  2. Place orders
  3. Starters
  4. Point Four
  5. 1st talk session
  6. Mains
  7. 2nd talk session
  8. Dessert and winding down

Attendees

This is the list of people who did not remove themselves before the event.

  1. Jonathan Hitchcock: http://vhata.net/
  2. Bryn Divey: http://bryndivey.co.za (Hi Mom!)
  3. Michael Brewer: http://9knots.co.uk (If not away in France :))
  4. Ian Gilfillan: http://greenman.co.za
  5. Adrian Moisey in ur hous eatin ur diner (Bb)
  6. David Peall
  7. Guilio Karadanais http://yawningman.blogspot.com/
  8. Tania: http://www.tania.co.za/collective/blog.nsf/
  9. Antoine van Gelder: http://www.g7.org.za
  10. Jeremy Thurgood http://www.jerith.za.net/
  11. David Carman : getwine ++
  12. Jonathan Endersby is Bryn's Daddy
  13. David Mackie
  14. Nick Coyne http://www.nickcoyne.com/
  15. Ernst Kuschke http://dotnet.org.za/ernst
  16. Marius Bock http://www.henriska.com/blog/
  17. Alan Levin http://mralan.blogspot.com
  18. Anne Botha
  19. Aslam Khan http://aslamkhan.net
  20. Trevor Hughes http://thewildfig.co.za
  21. Mignon Lotz-Keyser http://www.peerpower.co.za
  22. Arno Breedt
  23. Peter Retief
  24. John Murray http://bloute.co.za (Confirmed, after being threatened with ice water.)
  25. Peter Fosseus
  26. De Waal Steyn dieburger.com
  27. Kevin Fourie: http://blog.4e.co.za
  28. Johan Wegner http://www.getwine.co.za/
  29. Sam Paddock http://www.getwine.co.za/
  30. Lourens Steyn
  31. Deon Erasmus
  32. Tink Duncan
  33. Jacques du Toit http://www.breakpoint.co.za
  34. Rian Wall
  35. Gareth de Vaux http://lordcow.org/ (there like a cow)
  36. Wessel Venter http://www.august-inspiration.co.za/ (A newbie, please be gentle ;-) ) Relax, you're a REAL geek, so you have nothing to fear. - Tania
  37. Russell Cloran http://rusell.rucus.net/
  38. Angie G (newbie :-) )
  39. Andre Sachs
  40. Ryan Tracey
  41. Susi du Preez
  42. Riaan du Preez
  43. Neil Muller http://dip.sun.ac.za/~neil/ (A 5 minute intro to image processing? Are you crazy? Is that your problem?)
  44. Marc Welz.org.za
  45. Adeleida Bingham
  46. Thomas Andrews
  47. Jonathan Carter
  48. David Kaye http://www.propel.com
  49. Andy Rabagliati http://blog.wizzy.com
  50. Jason Suter
  51. Joey da Silva (joey at formfunction dot co dot za) http://www.shout.co.za
  52. Ryan Lemmer (there like a biped)
  53. Sakhi Louw
  54. Derek Palframan http://www.barefootbreaks.co.za
  55. Bob Meredith
  56. Terri Dunbar-Curran
  57. Dennis B !!!didn't get there, down, too many people, stage fright - really sorry didn't let ya know! !!!
  58. Hermann Lang (errm, don't push in)
  59. Christine da Silva (christine at altersage dot com) http://www.altersage.com (You too)
  60. Illana Foye
  61. Shaun O'Connell (Bryn, your Mom says Hi  :P)
  62. James Greenfield (http://ec2.amazonaws.com)
  63. Eric Edelstein
  64. Jonathan Nish (http://jonstwist.wordpress.com) (http://www.breezerweb.com)
  65. Richard Spiers
  66. Anthony Faull http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=775295625
  67. Michael Champanis

Apologies

The following people could not make it:

  1. Joe: http://www.swimgeek.com/ I'll be in Stockholm
  2. Aubrey Kilian - *sigh*
  3. A.J. Venter - Sorry, I will be in PTA after all.
  4. David Maclay - I'd love to come but our roof just sprang multiple leaks ...
  5. Sheldon Hearn: http://starjuice.net/ Wife away on short notice, no babysitter
  6. Henk Kleynhans: http://www.yeahfi.com/ Dang RFPs...Wish I were in Stockholm!
  7. Nico de Wet http://www.redbutton.co.za Sry, last minute cancellation, literally
  8. Neil Blakey-Milner

Talks

We had five talks, three before the main course, and two after:

  • David Carman : Community-based WiFi meshes
  • Ian Gilfillan: Experiences writing a technical book
  • Alan Levin : A cynics view of CT peering (in response to the requests)
  • Johann Wegner and Sam Paddock: Getwine - selling wine over the internet in South Africa's technology climate
  • Aslam Khan: Testable Requirements, the BDD way

Thanks

Thanks to all those who helped make it a great night.

On behalf of Getwine, we would like to thank the organisers for giving us the opportunity to talk to you about our online business. We really had a great time! - Johan Wegner & Sam Paddock

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