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When and Where
The fourteenth Cape Town GeekDinner, Naughty Naartjie, will be held on Tuesday the 26th of May, 2009 at Neighbourhood. Be there at 18:30 for 19:00.
Address: 169 Long Street (cnr Dorp Street), Cape Town
OpenStreetMap: link
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
Agenda
- Welcome
- 1st talk session
- Starters
- 2nd talk session
- Mains
- 3rd talk session
- Dessert
- Slideshow Karaoke
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
- MJ Watson - Apacer: I have a wireless presenting product that I need to test so I can use up a slot testing it and you can all watch me do so... how mortifying.
- Wessel Venter - A Brief Introduction to Asperger's Syndrome
- Vinny Lingham - Life in Silicon Valley
Talks wanted
If you'd like to hear about something, let us know.
- I'd like to hear Adrianna talk about developing for the Karoo Array Telescope - MJW [Can't make this one, but maybe I'll prepare something in the future. :) - AP]
- 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
Neighbourhood have designed a set menu for us, which will cost R110 per person (including service charge):
Starters
This will be a buffet of tapas:
- Jalapeño Popper Platter - Battered, Crumbed and Phyllo poppers served with sweet chili dressing.
- Mezze Platter - Humus, Tahina, olives, artichoke hearts and Falafel Balls served with pita bread wedges.
- Trio of Chicken Wings - BBQ, Teriyaki and Hot Wings served with ranch dressing and celery
- Veg Nachos Platters - Nachos topped with melted cheese, sour cream, tomato salsa and guacamole.
Mains
- Earl Avery Cheese Burger - A true diner style cheese burger, served with Curly Fries
- Falafel Burger - A falafel patty served on a burger bun and topped with hummus and tzatziki, served with Curly Fries.
- Foghorn Leghorn Burger - Grilled Cajun Chicken Fillet topped with basil mayo, Pepperdews and Avo, served with Curly Fries.
- Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli - Spinach and Ricotta ravioli served in a creamy white wine and chive sauce
- Butternut Ravioli - Butternut ravioli served in a Napoletana Sauce.
- Louisiana Chicken Salad - Grilled Cajun chicken, avocado, mixed leaves, shaved carrot, cucumber, red onion & fresh herbs
- Chunky Greek Salad - Tomato, cucumber, red onion, olives, feta & mixed leaves
Dessert
- Ice Cream with Bar One Sauce - Vanilla ice cream served with our homemade Bar One sauce
- There will be a non-dairy option, possibly a sorbet
Wine
Our wine is very generously sponsored by Delheim Wines. - many thanks to them for supporting the Geek Dinners.
AV
The managers of Neighbourhood have offered to provide a projector, microphone and soundboard for the evening.
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 60 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 would like to eat a meat meal by writing MOO next to your name when you sign up - it helps us give the venue some advance warning.
- Ian Gilfillan
- Stefano Rivera MOO
- Michael Gorven MOO
- Jonathan Hitchcock MOO
- MJ Watson
- Dave Mackie MOO
- Marius Cloete MOO
- Tania MOO
- Ayton Meintjes
- Jeremy Thurgood MOO
- Conrad Hofmeyr MOO
- Christine da Silva No MOO, but cluck-cluck or bubble-bubble acceptable.
- Joey da Silva MOO
- Vanessa Clark
- Thomas Shone
- Theo van Niekerk (V)
- Wessel Venter MOO (or BAA or CLUCK, but please no OINK, or else [V])
- Christel Breedt MOO
- Arno Breedt MOO
- Kevin Fourie
- Danette Möller MOO
- Shaun O'Connell MOO
- Ashley Shaw MOO
- Jonathan Andrews
- Carla Fourie
- Andy Rabagliati Cows - mmmm
- Marike Red MOO
- Kylie Hagan MOO
- Mariska du Preez
- Bryn "The Great Eater Of Meat And Assorted Organs" Divey
- Sarah Blake Moo
- Trevor "MOO" Hughes
- Russell Cloran nom nom cows nom nom nom (MOO)
- Lesley Andrews MOO
- Alex Whyatt (Moo)
- Jonathan Endersby (Moospergers)
- Sam Finnemore (MEW)
- Sheraan Amod MOO
- Brad Whittington (V) (where I am from V stands for Verloeder)
- Richard Spiers MOO
- Neill Adamson (Moo)
- Joe Botha
- Llew Claasen
- Nico Bosman Oliver MOO
- Anneke Bosman Oliver MOO
- Kerry-Anne Gilowey MOO
- Paul Gilowey MOO
- Mark Slingsby - RSAWEB MOO
- Andrew Thomas-Woolf MOO Moo ooM ooM noM noM NOM...
- Vinny Lingham MOO
- Charlene Lingham MOO
- Richard Craib (V)
- Graham Poulter Moo
- Michael Champanis Meow.. er, wait, what?
- Niki McQueen MOOOOOOO
- Christo Crampton MOO
- Bearnard Hibbins MOO
- Nicci Baikie MOO
- Morgan Behr morganbehr@gmail.com
- Arthur van Zyl
Waiting List
If you'd like to come, but didn't make it into the first 60, 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.
- Tim Shier (MOO + horns) - foot and mouth
- Kat Scholtz MOO
- marc
- Jakob Pedersen
- Lee Stuttaford MOO
- Leigh Josephs
- Gab Rosario MOO
- Chris Muller MOO
- Judith van der Horst
- Brandon Golding Will make a turn and get some pics. No stress if theres no space for food. MOOOooo
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.
- Louise Liebenberg - law exam, June 3
- Daniel Cimring - unexpected business trip
- Ewe Ruszczynski - unexpected business trip
- Rob Gilmour - RSAWEB - Unexpected double booking!
- Gareth van der Westhuizen - Family Obligations
- Carol Day [sick as a dog]
- Candice Holgate - with Carol [above] and she is sick - driving from Franshhoek on my own is so not cool! What the hell is MOO??
- John Murray MOO - Champions League final :-(
- Catherine Lückhoff - last minute trip to Joburg
- Bev Merriman - on the way back from Mossel Bay, will be late, but will come
- Sakhi Louw - unexpected work eish.
- Nicola Jandrell - dreaded lurgee
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