http://www.geekdinner.org.za Food for Thought Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:29:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's two weeks to go before the next GeekDinner, Obstreperous Olive. We're having this one at the Pasta Factory on Park Road (just off Kloof, there by Greens and Ricks and Fat Cactus), and it can hold about 70 people. We've already got 28 people on the waiting list, so you'd ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2009/07/16/july-2009-geekdinner-obstreperous-olive/ Late notice, but the next GeekDinner, Naughty Naartjie is coming up on Tuesday 26th May at Neighborhood in Long Street. Be there 6:30 for 7pm. Please sign up on the wiki if you want to come, and remove your name if you can't. This is a small venue and can only ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2009/05/18/may-2009-geekdinner-naughty-naartjie/ As we in Cape Town are well aware, we have the only city in South Africa really worth living in. However, there are some towns in close proximity to us that, whether because they're so close to us, or because of their natural assets, are also pretty awesome. ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2009/02/04/stellenbosch-geekdinner-february-2009/ Welcome to 2009! Only 347 sleeps until Christmas! I hope that everybody has made lots of New Years Resolutions that they will utterly fail to stick to, leading to an inevitable spiral of self-recrimination and depression, culminating in total loss of faith in oneself and expensive therapy for ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2009/01/12/january-2009-geekdinner-lucky-litchi/ Today is November 21, which, in 1996, was declared "World Television Day" by the United Nations. Apparently there were no wars or famines or anything in 1996, because the UN General Assembly found plenty of time to argue about whether or not this should be done - Germany complained that ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2008/11/21/reminder-november-2008-geekdinner-karmic-kava/ Announcing the tenth Cape Town GeekDinner. Funnily enough, even though September is the ninth month, the name is Latin for "seventh month" - the Romans named the actual seventh month after Julius Caesar. On the subject of names, we've decided to call this one "Jubilant Jujube", which can ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2008/09/10/september-2008-jubilant-jujube/ Wednesday 28 May 2008 at Mel's Kitchen in Rondebosch, 18:30. See the wiki for details. http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2008/05/26/may-2008-geekdinner/ Another GeekDinner has come and gone, and we want to thank everybody who came and made it the success that it was. We had a huge turnout, and we're getting loads of new people coming - this is great, and it's thanks to the community that makes these things ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2008/02/04/frugal-fennel-thanks/ Many of the folks behind GeekDinner are also taking part in organising StarCamp, which happens this weekend (8th and 9th December). It's kinda like GeekDinner over two days, without the restaurant, although hopefully with some food. Hopefully free food, if we can organise it. The StarCamp organisers ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2007/12/03/starcamp-the-quirkstars-and-the-t-shirts/ We're up to 78 Geek Diners for Eccentric Eggplant, the fifth Cape Town GeekDinner, to be held at Ferryman's Tavern at the V&A Waterfront on Wednesday (ie, the 28th November 2007). According to the sign-up page, only 2 more people are allowed, but there are always a couple of last-minute cancellations ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2007/11/26/geekdinner-eccentric-eggplant-last-notice/