Collexion Newsletter - 2009.06.01

[Nikolai Warner]

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the official e-newsletter of the collexion hackerspace
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Hi hackers, welcome to the first collexion newsletter. The plan is to round
up all of the upcoming happenings and spit them out in a weekly blast.
If you have yet to make it down to our space, come check it out. You won't

regret it! (941 Manchester St, Lexington, KY... Look for the giant yellow 
building. That's us!) Thanks for reading! Now, get to hacking something!

-Nikolai Warner

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:: THIS WEEK ::

Wednesday June 3 - 6pm - Wedunio (Arduino + Wednesday)Arduinos + Wednesday = Weduino! Come out to our weekly arduino hack session.

Arduino's a great way for anyone to get started with electronics and
programmable microcontrollers. 

This week: We're putting together a bulk order of arduinos. If you'd like to
get in on the discount, let us know what type and how many you want!




Thursday June 4 - 7pm - OpenHack

OpenHack is Collexion's famous bi-weekly mashup meetup. We hack at a new topic 
every week. Come and learn something new! Or teach us something new!


This week: Intro to Jquery. Hacking jquery. Making javascript superfun.


Friday June 5 - 8pm - Game Night

We play board games - hardcore. And sometimes we play video games.

Come join the action! All are welcome! 

This week: Rad board games, some magic and video games maybe.


Saturday June 6 - 9am to 9pm - Startup Saturday


Collexion hosts Startup Saturday, an all day event where we start up 
new companies in one day. It's like a mini-Startup Weekend. 
This event is free! Expect a nice after party at the local pubs to
celebrate the launch of the new startups. For more information

contact Brian at bra...@apaxsoftware.com.



Sunday June 7 - 8:30 am - Collexion Run


Join the Collexion team at our weekly run at the UK Arbouretum! Get in 
shape for summer and hack your body! Warm up begins at 8:30 am at the 
Arbouretum and any skill level is invited!


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Saturday June 6 - 9am to 9pm - Startup Saturday

Collexion hosts Startup Saturday, an all day event where we start up 

new companies in one day. It's like a mini-Startup Weekend. 
This event is free! Expect a nice after party at the local pubs to
celebrate the launch of the new startups. For more information
contact Brian at bra...@apaxsoftware.com.


Thursday June 11 - 7pm - Geek's Night Out @ Collexion


We're hosting this round of Lexington's most important social event, Geek's
Night Out. Come out and party with your best friends. Ladies drink for free.

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:: FUTURE HACKINGS ::
June 10 - Weduino - 6pm
June 10 - Ruby Users Group - 7:30pm

June 11 - Geek's Night Out @ Collexion - 7pm
June 12 - Game Night - 8pm
June 13 - Collexion Run - 8:30am
June 17 - Weduino - 6pm
June 18 - OpenHack - 7pm
June 19 - Game Night - 8pm
June 20 - Collexion Run 8:30am

June 22 - Lexington Flash Coders Meetings - 7pm
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The Collexion Website: http://collexion.net

Kentucky Ruby Users Group: http://kyrug.org/
Lexington Flash Coders Group: http://lexingtonflashcoders.com/
The Bluegrass Amateur Radio Society: http://www.bluegrassars.org/


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:: HACK OF THE WEEK ::In this section we'll be featuring something great (a member, website,
cool project, etc). This week we honor member and coworker Sam Wilson's

new personal portfolio website: http://www.storypixel.com/ 
Coolness to the max.
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:: QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/SUBMISSIONS ::
All events are free for members unless otherwise noted.
Not a member? You should be. It's cheap! http://collexion.net/join

Have an event, idea, hack or ascii art to submit for the next newsletter? 
Email ni...@nwarner.com
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[Sam Wilson]

This looks great by the way, thanks Nick!