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Even More Steaming Geeks

Alistair once again had his arm twisted (not very hard) to arrange another Geek Steam BBQ at the North London Society of Model Engineers‘ track near London Colney on Saturday. The club happened to have another two clubs visiting for the day, … Continue reading

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More Popular Than Winehouse!

The morning after posting up my High Speed Flash Photography slides from BarCamp Nottingham, I awoke to find this tweet from Slideshare: Now being a relative newbie to Slideshare (I don’t publish very much), I hadn’t had this happen before, … Continue reading

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BarCamp Nottingham

Nottingham’s first BarCamp was held over the weekend in the awesome NottsHack space. Like many smaller regional BarCamps, I enjoyed it for its friendly atmosphere and relaxed feeling. The sessions were quite varied, with quite a few non-technical ones on the … Continue reading

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Steaming Geeks Again

After the success of last year’s event, Alistair didn’t need much persuading to organise another Geek Steam BBQ at the North London Society of Model Engineers‘ track near London Colney. Much steam, many geeks, and of course, lots of trains. … Continue reading

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Big, Steaming Geeks

The Saturday of the August Bank Holiday weekend saw a number of geeks descend on the North London Society of Model Engineers’ track at London Colney for the first @GeekSteamBBQ. This was one of @alistair’s mad-cap ideas, and we had … Continue reading

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