[Dfey-nw-discuss] Fwd: Girl Geek Afternoon Tea v2.0 - 24/01/2010. Yay!

[Tim Dobson]

Begin forwarded message:
> From: Samantha Bail <address@hidden>
> Date: 8 January 2010 13:14:53 GMT
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Girl Geek Afternoon Tea v2.0 - 24/01/2010. Yay!
>
> Dear all,
>
> first of all, Happy New Year everyone, I hope you've enjoyed the  
> holidays and didn't get stuck in the snow! We've got some lovely  
> little thing coming up this month: The next Girl Geek Afternoon Tea  
> at Madlab! Here are the details:
>
> When:
>
> Sunday, 24/01/2010, 2-4pm
>
> Where:
>
> Madlab, Manchester's Hackspace in the Norther Quarter www.madlab.org.uk 
>  (36 Edge Street)
>
> Who:
>
> Girl Geeks, bring along anyone you like! Your friends, sisters,  
> mums, cousins, daughters, colleagues... who might be interested in  
> doing some techy stuff... Even boys can come if you want to bring  
> them as your date (boys, now is the time to start being extra nice  
> to your favourite girl geek... chocolates might not go down well at  
> this time of year, how about a bunch of brightly coloured LEDs?)
>
> What:
>
> As well as the nattering, knitting and cake munching, we've got an  
> awesome workshop.
>
> Melanie (of cyberspice.org.uk) will bring along some Arduinos 
> [http://www.arduino.cc/ 
> ] and (quote) "loads of LEDs and other sensors to play with" so we  
> can start building and coding up some fun stuff.
>
> Ladies, this is your chance to get your hands dirty with some open  
> source hardware and put together something cool (I'm thinking crazy  
> Wallace & Gromit style tea temperature measuring machines ;) )!  
> Don't worry if you've never heard of Arduinos and/or if you don't  
> have mad coding skills - we'll work in teams so everyone can do /  
> watch / learn as much as they want to.
>
> And, of course - there will be tea & biscuits (we'll try not to get  
> too many crumbs in our laptops...).
>
>
> Bring along...?
>
> - YOUR LAPTOP for the Arduino software.
>
> - Your favourite mug
>
> - Your favourite biscuits, tea, coffee (we'll have the basics, but  
> in case you fancy something slightly more interesting... :)
>
> - Your friends, sisters, mums, cousins, daughters, colleagues... who  
> might be interested in doing some techy stuff
>
> Many thanks again to Madlab for letting us use their space & giant  
> teapot! Check www.madlab.org.uk for more information & directions.
>
>
>
> This event is supported by the Learning Revolution Transformation  
> Fund.
>
> Sounds great? Sign up (for free, of course!) here: 
> http://girlgeektea.eventbrite.com/
>
> Hope to see you there!
>