Archive May 2010

EPLFC Screening: Aranyer Din Ratri, 30th May at 10 AM 1

May29

Aranyer Din Ratri Poster

EPLFC aka Ernakulam Public Library Film Club will be showing Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri on 30th May, 2010(Sunday) at 10 AM.

Plot

A group of four middle class workers in India take the week off to have a holiday. When they get to the forest, they meet up with another group and spend their time flirting with women.

Details for Aranyer Din Ratri

  • Title: Aranyer Din Ratri
  • Director: Satyajit Ray
  • Rating: 8.0
  • Year: 1970
  • Tagline:
  • Genre: Drama
  • Color: Black and White

EPLFC Announcement

FOSS Developer Meet on 29th May, 10 AM 0

May28

FOSS Developer Meet is being held at Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building, Broadway on 29 May 2010, 10:00 AM. This is a 2 hours event – so it ends at 29 May 2010, 12:30 PM.

There has been a lot of events conducted by ILUG-Cochin to promote Free Software by giving awareness to people. But its been a long time since we have made any attempt to contribute to existing projects.

There are a lot of guys within us who are keen on development(development enthusiasts).

ILUG-Cochin is trying to get more into contribution and as a first step towards it, a meeting is being conducted on 29th Saturday,

  • To find people with interest in development
  • To make them know how to contribute to existing projects (not only coding)
  • To make a group of those guys who can do their part of contribution (to continue the process)

The following things are planned for the meeting.

  • Discussion about some Free and Open Source Software
  • Bug reporting
  • Finding missing features
  • How to improve the application? Fixing bugs & adding new features
  • the_action();

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FOSS Developer Meet at Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building, Broadway
(29 May 2010, 10:00 AM to 29 May 2010, 12:30 PM)

qKochi Quiz on 29th May, 4 PM 0

May27

qKochi Quiz is being held at IMS Ravipuram on 29 May 2010, 04:30 PM. This is a 1 hours event. The quiz masters this time are Ramesh and Eldho.

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qKochi Quiz at IMS Ravipuram
(29 May 2010, 04:30 PM to 29 May 2010, 06:00 PM)

EPLFC Screening: Ju Dou, 27th May at 6 PM 2

May26

Ju Dou Poster

EPLFC aka Ernakulam Public Library Film Club will be screening Fengliang Yang,Yimou Zhang’s Ju Dou on 27th May, 2010(Thursday) at 6 PM.

Plot

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband’s nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband’s heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.

Ju Dou Trailer

Details for Ju Dou

  • Title: Ju Dou
  • Director: Fengliang Yang,Yimou Zhang
  • Rating: 7.7
  • Year: 1990
  • Tagline:
  • Genre: Drama
  • Color: Color (Eastmancolor)

EPLFC Announcement

Cochin Tweetup at Coffee Cube(30 May, 4 PM) 0

May25

We are planning the next Cochin Meetup. It will be at Coffee Cube, Convent Jn on 30th May, 2010(Sunday) at 4 PM. Join us if you are interested.

For the uninitiated, a tweetup is An organized or impromptu gathering of people that use Twitter. A meet up of people that ‘tweet’ using Twitter. (source)

Meetup Announcement

SMC Camp on 24th May, 10 AM 0

May24

SMC Camp is being held at Free Learning Institute, Pallarivattom on 24 May 2010, 10:00 AM. This is a 2 day event.

SMC(Swathantra Malayalam Computing) is holding a 2 day camp at Cochin. The main objectives of the camp are…

  • Get more volunteers in SMC project as contributor
  • Create an awareness on SMC project and its significance
  • Help people to use Malayalam in computer.

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SMC Camp at Free Learning Institute, Pallarivattom
(24 May 2010, 10:00 AM to 25 May 2010, 05:00 PM)

ILUG Meet on 23rd May, 2 PM 0

May22

Kerala Tux

ILUG Cochin will be conducting a meet this sunday(23rd May, 2010). The meeting is from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM. The agenda for the meeting is Community based Learning Centers and the technical pesentation will be Basics of Shell Scripting.

Details

Introduction to Free Software and GNU Movement. Discussion on Free Software Licenses, Open Source Software.

We start of with our regular discussion on Free Software and related topics.

Agenda: Community based Learning Centers

  • Are “Free Software Community” based learning centers need of the hour ?
  • What is the self sustaining model ?
  • How the Free Software Community should support ?

Technical Presentation: Basics of Shell (Bash) Scripting

Shell Scripting is the true Swiss Knife to tackle day to day problems, as well to develop custom solutions for complex tasks.

A brief overview of developing shell scripts to find solutions to our basic needs will be covered.

As time permits we will have our usual Q&A Session.

Venue

Jay’s Internet Club,
IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building,
Broadway Enclave
Broadway,
Kochi-682031
i.e. Behind Penta Menaka, On top of SBT Treasury wing,

Open Coffee Kochi on 20th May, 6 PM 0

May18

Open Coffee Kochi is being held at CBM, Tejomaya, Infopark on 20 May 2010, 06:00 PM and ends at 9 PM.

The idea of the event is an informal networking between people who are working in the IT and Outsourcing industry. There is no agenda or program, it’s just a get-together to meet and get to know other people.

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EPLFC Screening: Rosemary’s Baby, 16th May at 10 AM 1

May15

Rosemary

EPLFC(Ernakulam Public Library Film Club) will be screening Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby on 16th May, 2010(Sunday) at 10 AM.

Plot

After moving into a creepy old apartment in Manhattan with her husband Guy, Rosemary Woodhouse begins to experience odd, unpleasant things happening to her. Guy becomes enchanted with their nosy neighbors, Minnie and Roman Castevet, after the older couple’s ward commits suicide. Then Rosemary gets pregnant after a bad dream in which a horrible creature makes love to her. A caring Minnie keeps giving her some weird concoction for the pregnancy and Rosemary doesn’t feel at all well. The only solution is, as the tag-line says, to “pray for Rosemary’s baby.”

Details for Rosemary’s Baby

  • Title: Rosemary’s Baby
  • Director: Roman Polanski
  • Rating: 8.1
  • Year: 1968
  • Tagline: Pray for Rosemary’s Baby
  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • Color: Color (Technicolor)

May Fest on 17th May, 9 AM 0

May14

May Fest is being held at Town Hall, North on 17 May 2010, 09:30 AM. This is a 4 days event – so it ends at 21 May 2010, 05:30 PM.

Traya is a non profit organisation aspiring to promote and celebrate the diversity of our culture through art and literature. A confluence of dance, music, theatre and film enthusiasts across India, Traya intend to share its podium at an arena where people of various walks are equally cherished in their thoughts, concepts and experiments. We foresee the togetherness, of music and movement, of the spoken and written, of the conceived and performed and above all we seek the oneness of the makers and seers.

Source

During the five days of this festival we will be screening ten selected films of one of the greatest actors of Malayalam cinema – Sri. Bharath Gopy. Moreover in these five days, venues will be spaced for the exhibition of theatre, music, photography, installation art, seminars and debates.

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