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May 2012 » M T W T F S S 1 2 Events on May 2, 2012Liverpool LUG meeting with Bob Ham on GNU Emacs -
Location: Liverpool Social Centre - 96 Bold street
Description: On Wednesday, 7th September 2011, the Liverpool Linux User Group will
be meeting. Bob Ham will be presenting an introductory talk on, and
demonstration of the GNU Emacs¹ text editor and IDE.
We will meet at the Liverpool Social Centre² at 7.30pm. After the
talk, we will venture to LEAF³ for beverages and further discussion.
Liverpool Social Centre is next door to the News from Nowhere bookshop
on Bold Street⁴. To access the centre, press the bell for the
basement on the left of the door and someone will come up and let you in.
A reminder will be sent closer to the date. See you there :-)
3 Events on May 3, 2012JellyLiverpool
Location: Leaf Tea Shop Bold St
Description: If you usually work at home or hot desk, or perhaps you’re starting out on your own, well why not work with other freelancers & independent workers
in Liverpool for the day?
You’ll meet new people who are willing to talk & share
their experiences, & give advice & tips.JellyLiverpool
Location: Leaf Tea Shop Bold St, Liverpool
Description: JellyLiverpool is a Free work-together aimed at those who work alone, at home or hot desk elsewhere and you crave company and want to connect with other creative individuals, come along ! Bring your own laptop and a friendly disposition. No need to register, just pop in for an hour or 2 or come work for the day.
Jellyliverpool
Location: Leaf Tea Shop
Description: Bringing free co-working gatherings to Liverpool for homeworkers & freelancers. Change the way you work forever!
Copyright & Piracy in the Digital Age
Location: the Attic, Parr Street
Description: Join Joscelyn Upendran from Creative Commons UK, Ian Prowse (Amsterdam), and Maria Farrell from The Open Rights group and industry representatives to discuss the rights and wrongs of copyright theft and downloading.
The United States' Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the UK's Digital Economy Bill have have brought into focus the debate on copyright and control of online materials. Some argue for an end to all copyright, some argue for more open sharing, but with control (Copyleft), while others argue for the complete abolition of all copyright. Downloading is rife but under pressure - witness the closing down of Mega Upload and the extradition to America of hacktivists and those accidentally caught on the wrong side of the United States law. There's no doubt these are all new problems of the digital age, but the fight for and against copyright is nothing new. For musicians it is a double-edged sword; one minute it is allowing bands including The Arctic Monkeys to build a following which propels them to worldwide fame, and the next they face losing millions as the internet allows free access to all their hard-earned creativity -and maybe they can afford it, but what about others, musicians and writers, etc. who can't afford to let it all go for free. We may not find all the answers, but you will want to be a part of this debate featuring activists and local musicians and artists, all trying to make ends meet and make sense of the digital age.
Venue: The Attic
Tickets are available from
The Unity Theatre box office,
1 Hope Place,
L1 9BG
Tel: 0844 873 2888
4 5 6 7 8 9 Events on May 9, 2012Maker Night
Location: DoES Liverpool
10 11 Events on May 11, 2012Rathole Radio Roadshow 2012
Location: Leaf Cafe, Bold Street
Description: Friday May 11th sees the return of the Rathole Roadshow for a 3rd successive year. The roadshow is a music event with a slight difference, a geeky interactive element. We’ll be connecting Rathole Radio fans around the world directly with artists and guests via message walls, chat rooms and even our fabulous audience-bot robot, built by Liverpool’s favourite boffin Mr Adrian McEwen. When triggered by fans online the bot will let off a burst of applause into the room and let them get involved, wherever they are.
In keeping with Rathole Radio itself the line up is eclectic but carefully selected, with an emphasis on local talent this time.
We have:
The Corinthians – A Liverpool rap group who’ve christened their unique style “Scouse dub hop”. Blending elements of dub and reggae with the skills of some great MCs. They’ve supported Sugar Hill Gang, Ugly Duckling and the Jungle Brothers to name just a few, they know how to put on a show.
More:
http://www.how-why-diy.defnetmedia.com/2012/04/26/rathole-radio-roadshow-2012/
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Events on May 28, 2012Maker night
Location: DoES Liverpool
29 Events on May 29, 2012Liverpool Geekup
Location: DoES Liverpool
Description: GeekUp is a community of web designers, web developers, and other tech-minded folk. It's a grassroots knowledge sharing and networking social for folks involved or interested in the web and technology industry.
30 31 Events on May 31, 2012Liverpool WordPress Interest Group (SWIG)
Location: Interconnect IT Office - Liverpool Science Park IC2
Description: SWIG is the Liverpool WordPress Interest Group, meeting on the last Thursday of each month at the interconnect/it offices.
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2077741581
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Speculative Fiction Liverpool
Public Group active 2 months, 3 weeks agoSpecFicLiv is a new writing group started in December 2010. What we do will be shaped by what people who turn up would like to do, but so far we’ve done things like:
* reading each others work (post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk romance, urban fantasy, etc.) and offering (constructive!) critiques.
* reading aloud (sometimes by the story’s author, sometimes by someone else)
* discussing what interesting work we’ve been reading recently in the SciFi and Fantasy field
* gone to the pub, to discuss writing and other things over a convivial drink
Details
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* Any questions/etc. please email SpecFicLiv@gmail.com
* Please join our Mailing List SpecFicLiv at groups.google.com
* Follow #SpecFicLiv on Twitter!
Meetings
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We’ll meet up once a month: check the messages below, or twitter #SpecFicLiv for details of the next meeting!
* If you can, please submit a copy of a story (500-2000 words) at least a week before, either to Mailing List or email SpecFicLiv@gmail.com
* If you want to bring a longer piece, but haven’t distributed it before, please print out “enough” copies for the group
* Alternatively, please bring a short piece, 100-500 words if you can, to have read aloud at the group. (You may prefer to do that yourself, or someone else can read for you)
* If you haven’t written anything, please feel free to turn up anyway, and we’ll do our best to encourage you to get writing!
How it works
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We’ll all give feedback and comments to one author/story in turn, using the “Milford System” described in the Turkey City Lexicon.
* we’ll go round the group, one story at a time
* everyone has their opportunity to give feedback
* the author is forbidden from responding till the end! 
* (written feedback is also welcome, but not required)
(these suggestions are stolenborrowed from the existing SpecFic Manchester group!)
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Steampunk Theatre – Dismembered Empire
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”Homework” from Ignite Liverpool, 23rd Nov 2010
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