[Hampshire] CoderDojo Southampton?
Hi All, I've recently become aware of this CoderDojo thing from an article in the Guardian [0] It got me thinking on how great it would be if Southampton had one of these. I have been reading the website and Getting started guide [1] and it all looks doable. For me, I'm thinking I have too many family and personal commitments to give this a go as a mentor... but I thought I'd put it out there just in case anyone is interested? It's something I am still thinking about so who knows. One challenge is lack of weekly venue perhaps, something the Southampton Hackspace people seem to be having too [2]. Anyhow, just a thought! [0] http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/dec/05/coderdojo-programming-kids [1] http://coderdojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/StartingaDojoCoderDojo1.pdf [2] http://southackton.org.uk/ -- GPG Key fingerprint = B323 477E F6AB 4181 9C65 F637 BC5F 7FCC 9CC9 CC7F http://about.me/imranchaudhry -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] CoderDojo Southampton?
Southackton has discussed many similar ideas, not necessarily a dojo. Any event like this would be good to make sure both are aware of. Anton -- Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please excuse any typos) http://www.strangeparty.com No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 9 Dec 2012 15:44, Imran Chaudhry ichaud...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I've recently become aware of this CoderDojo thing from an article in the Guardian [0] It got me thinking on how great it would be if Southampton had one of these. I have been reading the website and Getting started guide [1] and it all looks doable. For me, I'm thinking I have too many family and personal commitments to give this a go as a mentor... but I thought I'd put it out there just in case anyone is interested? It's something I am still thinking about so who knows. One challenge is lack of weekly venue perhaps, something the Southampton Hackspace people seem to be having too [2]. Anyhow, just a thought! [0] http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/dec/05/coderdojo-programming-kids [1] http://coderdojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/StartingaDojoCoderDojo1.pdf [2] http://southackton.org.uk/ -- GPG Key fingerprint = B323 477E F6AB 4181 9C65 F637 BC5F 7FCC 9CC9 CC7F http://about.me/imranchaudhry -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] CoderDojo Southampton?
On Sunday 09 Dec 2012 15:43:43 Imran Chaudhry wrote: I've recently become aware of this CoderDojo thing from an article in the Guardian [0] It got me thinking on how great it would be if Southampton had one of these. I have been reading the website and Getting started guide [1] and it all looks doable. I have spoken to STEMNET about supporting local schools who are interested in software and tech, and they seemed to be interested. Quite a few schools are already doing after-school programming-type activities, so I think it's best to offer support for this within the current HantsLUG structure. I need to chase it up again, but it is really down to the teachers and students to make use of it. For me, I'm thinking I have too many family and personal commitments to give this a go as a mentor... but I thought I'd put it out there just in case anyone is interested? It's something I am still thinking about so who knows. Yep, me too, weekly mentoring isn't likely to happen in person, but as a LUG we do have a mailing list. I am happy to visit schools and give talks about how I use technology and software in a maritime setting, about what the LUG can offer, and what STEM means for the next generation. One challenge is lack of weekly venue perhaps, something the Southampton Hackspace people seem to be having too [2]. Ah, that's a problem, especially when you start specifying requirements. We are very lucky to have simple requirements and have a useful man on the insidetm If anyone wants to get into helping out schools, talk to STEMNET http://www.stemnet.org.uk/ and consider becoming an ambassador. Cheers, Tim B. -- Hampshire Linux User Group Chairman -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Christmas Lecture
The first ever HantsLUG Christmas Lecture was held on Saturday 1 December in the Zepler Building at Southampton University. The speaker was Mike Bond (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mkb23/), of the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University, where he has been researching security in the banking system for 10 or more years. He gave us a talk on Hacking bank cards: 10 years of tools. – a subject that sounded distinctly illegal to me. In fact the work on computer security done at Cambridge has been an important tool for improving the complex security measures that banks need to use. Although publicly criticising any attempts to break their systems, the banks do in fact cooperate with this type of research because it helps them to develop better ones. Mike went into a lot of technical detail about how PIN numbers and ATMs work – and how it's possible in some circumstances to bypass the security entirely. Although only about ten members were present, the talk was well received and provoked some interesting questions and discussion. The lecture was followed by dinner at the Mercure Dolphin Hotel in Southampton, where a select group indulged in food and wine and some quality conversation. Hopefully this was just the first of a new tradition of Christmas Lectures at HantsLUG. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Christmas Lecture
On Sunday 09 Dec 2012, Chris Dennis wrote: The first ever HantsLUG Christmas Lecture was held on Saturday 1 December in the Zepler Building at Southampton University. The speaker was Mike Bond (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mkb23/), of the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University, where he has been researching security in the banking system for 10 or more years. He gave us a talk on Hacking bank cards: 10 years of tools. – a subject that sounded distinctly illegal to me. In fact the work on computer security done at Cambridge has been an important tool for improving the complex security measures that banks need to use. Although publicly criticising any attempts to break their systems, the banks do in fact cooperate with this type of research because it helps them to develop better ones. Congratulations on getting a good speaker on an interesting topic, I'm only sorry I was not able to attend. I look forward to the next year! -- Adam Trickett Overton, HANTS, UK I don't think it would be useful for customers to put a section on our website to explain how the fare system works. -- Richard Gibson, Head of Communications, CrossCountry Trains -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
