Announcing: the 57North Hacklab Summer BBQ 2025!
Better information with plans, timings, signups etc is available on the wiki at: https://wiki.57north.org.uk/events/2025/SummerBBQ
Who: Hackers, crackers, coders, radioists, friends, Romans and solderers. We will be live on Planet Earth and invite all good galactic beings who can abide by the Consulate’s CoC [1].
When: Saturday 16th August, 2025, with extra days on Friday 15th and Sunday 17th.
Why: It’s Debian Day[2] on the 16th of August, that seems like a great excuse for a party.
What: A BBQ and chill day on Saturday 16th. Friday and Sunday are additional Hacking days, and there shall be a mandatory tidy up on Sunday.
Friday: 9-5, hacking, 5-late, dinner and drinks somewhere.
Saturday: Hacking, socialising, lightning talks on Saturday afternoon. Depending on how Debian we’re feeling, I might operate a key signing party. Get your GPG/PGP key ready.
Saturday Afternoon (4ish?): We close computers and light the BBQ to begin the food ceremonies. Bring some good stuff to cook, be prepared to help.
Sunday: Cleanup, fix some bugs, head home and leave the place better than we found it.
For the lightning talks: you are limited to 5 minutes, Q&A is allowed and all topics are welcome, ranging from “My favourite compiler flag” to “Why bicycle bottom brackets are brilliant”.
To commemorate Debian Day, we have been allocated the callsign GB0DEB, and will be operating radios all weekend under that callsign! Feel free to have a try. There will be data and voice stations running over the course of the weekend and tuition/advice/guidance available.
[1]: https://scottishconsulate.org/code_conduct
[2]: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay
[3]: https://wiki.57north.org.uk/events/2025/SummerBBQ
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Hibby
Debian Developer
Packet Radioist
MM0RFN
Fit like! It's a gray day here in westhill so far but a bit of blue peeking through.
Hope all's well and you're having a good Tuesday. It's open evening
at the space again, come along for some normal Tuesday things,
hacking, making, drinking tea and blethering.
As ever, we're at...
Suite H Kettock Lodge
Innovation Park
Campus Two
Bridge of Don
Aberdeen
AB22 8GU
...there is sort of useful info on...
https://www.57north.org.uk/open-evenings
...and...
https://www.57north.org.uk/contact.
Press buzzer H and someone will come and let you in after a wee wait.
Reply if you have any questions, if you want to share your plans, or
if you'd like a lift.
I'll be along around 6.30-7.
It'll be an early-ish finish for me, i will be away by 845.
See you there
Hibby
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Dave Hibberd <hibby(a)debian.org>
Debian Developer
Packet Radioist
MM0RFN
Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit likey :)
Hope all's well and you're having a good Tuesday. It's open evening
at the space again, come along for some normal Tuesday things,
hacking, making, drinking tea and blethering.
Did you go and see the boats? I went to see the boats they were
affa tall!
As ever, we're at...
Suite H Kettock Lodge
Innovation Park
Campus Two
Bridge of Don
Aberdeen
AB22 8GU
...there is sort of useful info on...
https://www.57north.org.uk/open-evenings
...and...
https://www.57north.org.uk/contact.
Press buzzer H and someone will come and let you in after a wee wait.
Reply if you have any questions, if you want to share your plans, or
if you'd like a lift.
I'll be along around 8, maybe cycling the long way depending on the weather.
I'll be playing with my new Framework 12 and thinking about the next
Debian release:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/07/msg00003.html
See you there
Hibbles
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Dave Hibberd <hibby(a)debian.org>
Debian Developer
Packet Radioist
MM0RFN
