Cape Town March 2008

Iridescent Iceplant
Thursday, 31 July 2008
De Capo, Greenmarket Square
CBD, Cape Town

July 2008

21 June 2008
Yusuf's house

28 May 2008
Mel's Kitchen
Rondebosch, Cape Town

March 2008
Green's
Plattekloof, Cape Town

January 2008
Sloppy Sams
Green Point, Cape Town

8-9 December 2007
AIMS, Muizenberg
Cape Town

28 November 2007
Ferryman's
Cape Town

27 September 2007
Summerville
Camps Bay, Cape Town

26 July 2007
Krugmanns
Waterfront, Cape Town

23 June 2007
Dutton's Cove
Garden Route

28 May 2007
The Wild Fig
Mowbray, Cape Town

28 March 2007
Barbarellas
Constantia, Cape Town

Frogfoot Xen Servers

When and Where

The seventh GeekDinner, aka Garrulous Grape, will be held on 31 March 2008 at Greens in Plattekloof (map, Directions), starting at 19:00 for 19:30.

Still needed

• Sound equipment
• Screen and projector

Talks

• The hippie green thing suggested by Jonathan, or the environment and technology to give it a slightly more appealing (I think?) title - Ian
• PCI (Payment Card Industry) certification, what is it and why does it matter - Bob Meredith
• Can I talk about Action Learning, please? - Tania

Talk Videos

Available on archive.org.

Slideshow Karaoke

A new addition to the GeekDinner agenda is our Slideshow Karaoke. This is where somebody presents a talk based on slides that they have never seen before, on a topic chosen by somebody else. If you'd like to give it a try, or if you'd like to create the slides for whoever volunteers, sign up.

• This month Tania (who presented Jerith's slideshow on Lesser-Known Norse Deities last time) is looking for volunteers to present a slideshow which she will create.
• This month bradwhittington will hit the karaoke

Menu

Greens has organised a 3 course menu for us. Cost is R125pp.

Starters

1C2

• Soup of the moment
• Greek Salad served with wood fired garlic pita

Mains

1C3

• Red peppers stuffed with wild mushroom risotto
• Sirloin rubbed with whole grain mustard seeds, served with a chasseur sauce
• Deboned lemon and thyme roast chicken served on zucchini

Desserts

1C2

• Vanilla pod ice cream served with dark chocolate sauce
• Honey and date pudding

Wine

The wine for this dinner is very kindly being sponsored by Perdeberg and Wired Communications. We are very grateful to them for this - please support their online campaign!

Remember

• Make yourself a name tag, be creative
• Bring business cards
• Make sure you tag your blog posts, flickr photos, etc, with "GeekDinner" and make sure your feed is part of Planet GeekDinner before the event. If you add your blog under the "Include Me" section, a planet admin should notice it and add you.
• Please blog about the event, linking to the venue and the wine sponsor - we like to give them positive props and link-love as one way of saying thanks.
• Please order some wine from the wine sponsor!

The GeekDiners

Anyone can attend a GeekDinner, and attendance itself is free. Just sign up here (and think about offering a talk).

There will be 80 places available - book early. Bring your geek friends and loved ones, if you have any.

Please remove yourself if you can't make it.

And people. This is not the queue to get onto the N1. Don't push in.

1. Jeremy Thurgood
2. Stefano Rivera
3. Richard Spiers
4. Jonathan Hitchcock
5. Ian Gilfillan
6. Dave Mackie
7. Adrian Moisey
8. Graham Poulter
9. Christopher Mills
10. Tania
11. Nick Coyne
12. Kerry-Anne Gilowey
13. Paul Gilowey
14. Anthony Faull
15. Jacques Marneweck
16. Nico de Wet
17. Deon Erasmus
18. Tink Duncan
19. Bob Meredith
20. Henk Kleynhans
21. Callum Macdonald
22. Wessel Venter
23. Bradley Whittington
24. Shaun O'Connell
25. Grant Kaufmann
26. Russell Cloran
27. Trevor Hughes
28. Phil Barrett
29. Beverley Merriman
30. Brandon Golding
31. Simone Puterman
32. Irvine Short
33. Bryn Divey
34. Chris Swart
35. Amanda Gillespie
36. James Dominy
37. Neil Muller (if the stars align correctly)
38. Daniel Schroder (this time !)
39. Peter Fosseus
40. Paul Urban
41. Brad Whittington
42. Marius Bock
43. Adrianna Pińska
44. Simon Cross
45. Conrad Vermeulen
46. Christopher J Combrink
47. Karel Coetzee
48. Jonieta Coetzee
49. Tanya Nockler Golding
50. George Macpherson
51. David Carman
52. Adam King
53. Lesley Andrews

Apologies

If you wanted to be there, planned to be there, but couldn't make it, move yourself down here with your excuse. Or your perfectly valid reason for abandoning us. As long as you're not a Jonathan.

1. Aubrey Kilian (Sorry, will be recovering from a minor surgical procedure)
2. Charl van Niekerk (Got to be back in Gaborone before the 31st.)
3. MJ Watson (Monday evenings are the only evenings for which I am permanently booked, in a horrendous commitment I made to myself six months ago, aka a torturous activity known as 'sport', but we do all want me to have a toned physique (...eventually...) - right? Well, even if you didn't, know that you do. Trust me. And the vegetarian option sounded so good, too....)
4. Peter Parker If MJ ain't coming, I ain't coming
5. Andy Rabagliati - Sorry - Jazz override
6. Anique vd/ Vlugt - can't make Mondays, other commitments!
7. Kevin Fourie - flu
8. Joey da Silva - family commitments!
9. Christine da Silva - family commitments!
10. Igshaan Mesias (there's always a next time.)

Philanthropy

Wessel Venter: Yesterday I was approached by a Linux newbie whose faith is wanting. If anyone has a ASUS Eee PC, could you perhaps bring it along or at the very least come speak to me tonight? Or even if you only have experience using Xandros I would appreciate it if you could come see me. Thank you!