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When and Where
The thirteenth Cape Town GeekDinner, Majestic Mandarin, will be held on Tuesday the 31st of March, at Tao Yuan, Sea Point. Be there at 18:30 for 19:00.
Address: 275a Mimosa Court, Beach Road
OpenStreetMap: link
GPS: -33.9179,18.38619
Still Needed
GeekDinners are community-organised events. We'd love for you to help out with the organising - sign up to the planning mailing list and chip in if you can.
For this dinner, we still need:
- Sponsorship - the dinners are organised on a volunteer basis, but if you or your company would like to help out in any way, we would be very grateful for the support
- Speakers - we're always on the lookout for volunteers to tell us about their ideas or thoughts
Agenda
- Welcome
- 1st talk session
- Starters
- 2nd talk session
- Mains
- 3rd talk session
- Dessert
- Slideshow Karaoke
- Open mic
Talks
We want short, interactive talks - a quick overview of a cool idea, or an interesting way of looking at things. We prefer to stay away from the how, and the technical nitty-gritty, and get an idea of the what or maybe the why.
We like to keep the talks short - about five minutes, plus questions. Bring your slides on a USB stick if you have any, we will provide a laptop and a projector.
Talks offered
If you have something you'd like to share, please offer it.
- Martin Lompa - Insight into Zeitgeist.
- Henk Kleynhans - A brief history of modern banking.
- Jonathan Endersby - 5 things I didn't know before buying property.
Talks wanted
If you'd like to hear about something, let us know.
- Something about the economy, central banking and alternative banking systems, Henk? - Joe
- I'd like to hear Adrianna talk about developing for the Karoo Array Telescope - MJW
- I'd also like to know why I still can't accept payments in PayPal (what law is causing the problem?) and if there are alternatives that won't cost me a fortune for accepting international payments - MJW
- I second the request for a foreign payments talk. Maybe next time Ian? - APM
- A talk that provides tips and tricks and good advice to technology startup companies.
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.
Talk Videos
Available on Archive.org
Menu
We're eating Chinese style with an assortment of dishes for each table. The cost of the meal will be R100 per person.
Each table will get ALL of the following:
- Assorted Sushi Platter
- Sweetcorn Chicken Soup
- Sizzling Beef
- Salt & Pepper Calamari
- Sweet and Sour Kingklip
- Crispy Chicken
- Vegetable Chow Mein
- Garlic Pork Spare Ribs
- Fried Rice
- Traditional Dessert
Vegetarian Menu
- Salt & Pepper Bean Curd
- Sweetcorn Soup
- Vegetarian Spring Rolls
- Mushroom with Vegetables
- Diced Vegetables with Cashew Nuts
- Stir Fried Vegetables
- Vegetable Fried Rice
- Traditional Desert
If you aren't a vegetarian but would prefer the vegetarian menu please update your name on the guest list with a (V)
Wine
Our wine is very generously sponsored by Perdeberg Winery (the one with the Zebra) - many thanks to them for supporting the Geek Dinners.
AV
Martin Lompahas offered to bring his speakers, amplifier and microphone. Synthasite will once again lend us their projector and Tania will bring a screen. Thanks!
Remember
- 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!
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The GeekDiners
Anyone can attend a GeekDinner, and attendance itself is free. You only pay for your own food and drinks. Just sign up here (and think about offering a talk).
There are 64 places available - book early. Bring your geek friends and loved ones.
Please remove yourself if you can't make it.
If you want to be reminded a week before about the dinner, sign up to the announcement mailing list.
Please indicate if you are vegetarian next to your name when you sign up - it helps us give the venue some advance warning.
- Stefano Rivera
- Jonathan Hitchcock
- Dave Mackie
- Michael Gorven
- Christo Crampton
- Adam King
- Bearnard Hibbins
- MJ Watson (V)
- Jennifer Dianez
- Andy Rabagliati
- Brendan Hide
- Bryn Divey
- Ayton Meintjes
- Beverley Merriman
- Jeremy Thurgood
- Sam Finnemore
- Kerry-Anne Gilowey
- Paul Gilowey
- Christine da Silva
- Jonathan Andrews
- Carla Fourie
- Bolelang Rakeepile
- Nicola Savage
- John Murray
- Martin Bongers
- Chris Holdsworth
- Candyce Hall
- Kevin Laithwaite
- Wessel Venter
- Martin Lompa
- Joe Botha
- Marike Janse Van Rensburg
- Conrad Minnaar (V)
- Marike Redelinghuys
- Shaun O'Connell
- Bradley Whittington (V)
- Louise Liebenberg
- Matt
- Anneke Bosman Oliver
- Nico Oliver
- Peter Fosseus
- Ian Gilfillan (V)
- Adrianna Pińska
- Simon Cross
- Conrad Hofmeyr
- Neil Muller (odds better than even)
- Graham Poulter (even odds)
- Russell Cloran
- Lesley Andrews
- jakob pedersen
- J4
- Aubrey Kilian
- Alex Whyatt
- Lisa Chait - lisachait@gmail.com
- Gareth van der Westhuizen
- Anthony Faull
- Vanessa Clark
- Sheraan Amod
- Llew Claasen
- Francis Richter
- Michael Butler (VVV)
- Gerjo
- John Oxley
Waiting List
If you'd like to come, but didn't make it into the first 64, put your name here, and we'll bump you if other people can't make it. If you want to be reminded early about the next dinner, sign up to the announcement mailing list.
- Wendy Robb (V)
- Allan Kent Carnivore
- Lyndon King
- Nick Gorven
- Patrick Lawson
- Christél Breedt
- Arno Breedt
- Lynnae JVR
- Sarah Blake
- Morgan Behr (morganbehr@gmail.com)
- Matevis Boekland
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.
- Trevor Hughes (Damn Committee Meeting! At least J4 now gets to 64 - it was his venu suggestion after all)
- Hendrik Schoeman
- Mariska du Preez (family first this time, sorry!)
- Tink Duncan (it's my birthday, and YOU'RE NOT INVITED!)
- Deon Erasmus (I'm with her ^^^, and I am invited. Narf! )
- Neill Adamson (double booked - oops!)
- Theo van Niekerk (V)
- Niki McQueen - :((new housemate moving in...cat introductions to do, could get nasty)
- Taliesin Beynon
- Jonathan Carter - Sorry for bailing out at the last minute, I'm not feeling too well tonight
- Joey da Silva - Exactly what J2 said, sorry guys!
- Lizette Preiss - Unforgivable excuse: Just assumed that I wouldn't make it from the waiting list onto the main list, so didn't double check and then missed it. Apologies to those who lost out because of me. It won't happen again.
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