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Set Clocks Ahead One Hour

Spring forward. Daylight saving time begins early Sunday morning at 2am. Sunset time on Sunday will be 6:46pm. Yay. The U. S. Naval Observatory Master Clock is the most accurate timepiece in the world. (This is not that clock.) In the case of GPS, the Master Clock helps carefully measure the travel time of electromagnetic …

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Family Fun At PVD Geeks — AS220

(1.16) Hands-on coding at the Geeks Dinner Wednesday. (Facebook event page.) We’re going to do something a little different at this month’s Providence Geeks. Instead of a presenter, we’ll be holding a drop-in, hands-on night of coding fun. The plans are evolving, but at the moment, we’ve got three activities planned that you can sample: …

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Geeks Dinner With Dell

(12.19) The featured guest this month at the Providence Geeks Dinner is Dell Technologies and they make no bones about it: they are hiring. Just make sure you know what that “cloud-native world” might look like before filling out an application. (Facebook event.) At the December Providence Geeks, members of Dell Technologies’ Systems Engineering Team …

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Providence Geeks Dinner At AS220

(9.19) The September Geeks Dinner will feature Scott Cornell, lead architect for Trilix, an application development and systems integrator — gain transparency into critical business information through dashboards and reports! Yeah, I don’t know what that means, but if you do know what that means then head down to AS220 this Wednesday. (Facebook event.) Scott …

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Providence Geeks Family Night At AS220

(7.18) With summer here, it’s time for a family-friendly version of Providence Geeks, featuring hands-on demos with electronics and 3D design. 3D printers and other machines will be on-hand for making cool stuff. Providence Geeks aims to help Rhode Island’s digital innovators connect, collaborate, and ultimately make the City-State and its geeks info-technology leaders. Once a …

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PVD Geeks Dinner At AS220

(4.18) Head down to AS220 this Wednesday when Rhode Island Virtual Reality (RIVR), in partnership with Providence Geeks, presents Fasility. RISD alum and Fasility co-founder Chris Lowery will discuss the possibilities of WebXR and how to get started. Fasility’s Chris Lowery (BFA RISD 1994) is a user experience designer and programmer. Over the past two years, …

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Set Clocks Ahead One Hour — Spring Forward

“Time makes us all a prisoner of the present, forever transitioning from our own past into an unknown future.” That not-at-all comforting sentiment comes to us from astrophysicist — and towering voice of reason in these irrational times — Neil deGrasse Tyson. Many of us feel like “prisoners of the present” these days. But life …

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Geek Dinner At AS220

(2.21) This month’s Geek Dinner features Kenzan, a software engineering and professional services company. (Facebook event page.) Kenzan is a software engineering and full service digital consulting firm that provides customized, end-to-end solutions that align technical strategy with business goals. Combining leadership with technical expertise, Kenzan works with partners and clients to craft solutions that …

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Providence Geeks Dinner At AS220

(11.15) This month’s Geeks Dinner features Don Stanford of IGT (formerly GTECH). Don Stanford is a seasoned executive who has spent 30+ years in Senior Management of Rhode Island’s IGT (formerly GTECH). In addition to being their chief technical strategist, he guided the growth of their technology organization from a software staff of four in …

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March For Science At State House

(4.22) Head over to the state house today for the Rhode Island March for Science. On Earth Day, April 22, 2017, scientists and science enthusiasts around the globe, including 394 satellite marches in every major US city and 37 other countries, will gather and march in the name of science. We stand together to champion …

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