http://www.geekdinner.org.za Food for Thought Mon, 26 May 2008 14:45:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ This is to announce the fifth Cape Town GeekDinner, which will be held on Wednesday, November the 28th, upstairs at Ferrymans in the Waterfront, at 19:00 for 19:30. Details of the menu and talks can be found on the wiki page. Sign up to the wiki if you want to come along, ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2007/11/14/november-2007-cape-town-geekdinner-eccentric-eggplant/ A big thank you to everybody who helped organise, spoke at, or attended the September GeekDinner last night. Special mention to Summerville for hosting us, and, of course, to GetWine for supplying the wine. GetWine have also very generously offered a special to the attendees of the dinner last night: ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2007/09/28/september-2007-dinner-thanks/ Jimmy Wales (the founder of Wikipedia) and Heather Ford (from the iCommons) have hatched a scheme to hold 50 parties in 50 cities around the world, with an Open Content/Creative Commons/Free Software sort of theme. One of these parties is happening in Cape Town, next Saturday, at Deer Park Cafe in ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2007/09/10/open-content-party-with-jimmy-and-heather/ The fourth in the new series of Cape Town GeekDinners will be held on Thursday, September the 27th, at Summerville in Camps Bay, at 19:00 for 19:30. Details can be found on the wiki page. Sign up to the wiki if you want to come along, and tell your friends! We also need ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2007/09/10/september-2007-geekdinner/ After what seems to have been a very successful GeekDinner last night, we would like to give our thanks to the following people: Vaughan and the staff of Krugmann's Grill for allowing us to have our dinner in your restaurant. The food was good, the service was efficient, and ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2007/07/27/july-2007-geekdinner-thanks/ We would like to thank the following people, without whom the May 2007 GeekDinner would not have been possible: Janet, Quinton and Trevor from the Wild Fig: the venue was wonderful, efficiently run and well set up; the food was good; everything ran smoothly. We really appreciate your having us, ... http://www.geekdinner.org.za/2007/05/30/may-2007-geekdinner-thanks/