[KwartzLab] Sydbits for October

[Rob Adlers]

For those keen on things PC Museum and Syd's game night coming up....
Fall garage sale this Saturday.
Game night (For those who haven't been... it's a must) - Oct. 22nd.

R.


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Syd Bolton" <sbolton at bfree.on.ca>
> Date: October 12, 2011 9:39:43 AM EDT
> To: "Rob Adlers" <rob.adlers at rogers.com>
> Subject: Sydbits for October
> 
> Welcome to Sydbits, my once-a-month newsletter of what's going on.
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> SATURDAY is going to be busy. The Personal Computer Museum is open and
> we will be taking all of your electronic recyclables. We are also going
> to give you the FIRST CHANCE to play Extra Terrestrials - a long lost
> video game (see below) AND we're having a huge sale of video games,
> computer software and retro computers. We will also be serving free
> coffee (courtesy of the Korfmann's - Tim Hortons at Dundas and West).
> 10am to 4pm at 13 Alma Street. Admission - as always - is FREE! See you
> soon!
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> GAME NIGHT - Saturday, October 22nd is coming up FAST. Come out and
> experience the most unique, most fun and most jam-packed Game Night
> ever. We are unveiling our BRAND NEW project that you won't believe until
> you see it. How about PONG projected at 16 feet wide? Those pixels will
> be bigger than you ever imagined in your wildest dreams. Stromboli's Pizza
> and a BRAND NEW menu are just the beginning of what you will enjoy.
> $5 admission for the best entertainment value in town (and bring a little
> extra for the 50/50 draw). We will have you Kinect'ing with other gamers,
> getting a full dose of Retro and hey - even if you're not a big gamer,
> come out! You will be surprised how much fun you have. Starts at 7:30 pm
> but drop in anytime and stay for as little or as long as you like!
> Visit http://www.gamenight.ca for the poster and the countdown.
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> Thank you to everyone who has donated to the Wil Morin Memorial Computer
> Giveaway for Kids. We will be purchasing some components soon and announcing
> our first giveaway. We still need your help! Please consider giving
> (a tax receipt will be issued) and learn more by going to
> http://www.pcmuseum.ca/wilmorin.asp.
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> We our finalists in this year's Shining Stars Tourism Awards which will be
> given out THURSDAY evening in a Gala event at the Sanderson Centre. The
> museum (along with Parks & Recreation) was nominated for a Marketing and
> Promotions Award (Digital) for the "Guitar Hero Rocks the Square" event
> and I was personally nominated as "Tourism Innovator". Thank you for the
> support and we already feel like winners having made it to the finals.
> Visit http://www.shiningstarsawards.ca for more information.
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> Our "Macs for Kids" giveaway has been a great success. We are giving away
> 5 more Macs this Saturday at the open house. To hear the stories about how
> the kids are enjoying the computers is awesome. Thank you to all of the
> great volunteers at the museum for helping make this happen. If you want
> to learn more about our volunteers, or sign up for yourself to help out,
> please visit http://www.pcmuseum.ca/volunteer.asp
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> Our partnership with the Little Geeks foundation in Toronto continues to
> flourish. Now our Toronto drop off centre, Little Geeks will be receiving
> some equipment from us this week and we will get our first pick up of
> equipment. We are very excited about this. If you have friends or family
> in the GTA that just can't make it out to the museum but have video games,
> computers or related materials - please have them drop it off at the
> foundation. See http://www.littlegeeks.org for more information.
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> When volunteer George Yallop dropped off a cartridge to me a couple of
> Mondays ago, he had no idea what he was carrying. A long lost Atari
> cartridge - hidden for over 28 years. The Atari community has gone a little
> crazy about this and the museum is getting a tremendous amount of exposure==
> 2E
> We've been on EP Daily across Canada and Australia, featured on CTV news
> Kitchener and this week we will be in the Hamilton Spectator. We have also
> had local coverage from our friends at the Brant News and the Expositor.
> This unique game is an important piece of Canadian gaming history (being
> one of - if not the only Atari 2600 video game developed in Canada) but
> it's also just an incredible neat find. Come out on Saturday to the museum
> to be one of the first people in the world to actually play it. For more
> information see http://www.pcmuseum.ca/extraterrestrials.asp
> Our YouTube video has had almost 13,000 hits in the first few days!
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> It's that time of year again! Monday October 17th is National Clean Your
> Virtual Desktop Day! This is something we started last year to have people
> clear the clutter off of their own desktops. I'm the worst offender - I
> checked my work computer yesterday and I have 175 items on my desktop. So
> people please, for the love of your virtual desktop - clear the clutter!
> See http://www.pcmuseum.ca/desktop.asp for more details. The program has
> been recognized North America wide as high school teacher from Arizona
> recently wrote in to ask about the observance!
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> Santa Claus is coming! The 37th annual JCI Brantford Santa Claus Parade
> will take place on Saturday, November 26th. The theme this year is
> "Santa's Workshop". As usual the parade will take place at night (6pm)
> and have a post celebration in Harmony Square following the main
> activities. Head over to http://www.jcibrantford.ca if you want to
> register your group for a float or find out more!
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> He gets it! Ken Shipman of Ken's Computers is a regular reader of Sydbits.
> Ken and I used to talk computers while we walked to playing Racquetball
> twice a week (miss those days!). Now Ken is doing all the talking fixing
> your computers - so if you need a tune up or or a fix up, check him out
> at http://www.kenscomputers.ca. He has my highest recommendation!
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> Have a great week! See you Saturday! BRING US YOUR COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES
> WE NEED THEM! VIDEO GAMES..and you won't believe this...there is going
> to be a new Sydbit. That's right, we're getting a dog and his name is.==
> 2E..
> get ready for it..... COLECO! He arrives at the end of October. Give me
> strength :)
> 
> 
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