The S.C. Aquarium is turning 10 this weekend and celebrating with a flurry of aquatic activities.

Programs will begin at 10 after the hour, such as the Cake in the Tank at 11:10 a.m., when guests will participate in an interactive dive show and see what happens when you put cake in the tank. At 12:10 p.m., watch the exclusive gator feeding. There will be penguin art at 1:10 p.m. and a birthday mascot parade at 2:10 p.m.

Families will also be able to receive $10 off family membership this weekend.

The fourth annual First Flush Festival will have all the iced American Classic tea you can drink, plus factory tours and trolley rides through the tea fields.

There will be a full lineup of music, kids activities, craft beers and wine and food vendors. No coolers this year, but bring tents, umbrellas and chairs.
The festival is from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wadmalaw Island. Tickets are $20 in advance, and $25 at the door.
Purchase online.

Mark your calendar for January 21, 2010

Come join us at 6:30pm at the Trident Tech Continuing Education building (Building 910), Room 123. There is no charge, and the meeting will be informal.

Agenda ideas include:

• Getting to know one another
• Ruby and Ruby-related technologies and methods
• Open source contribution
• Promotion of Ruby locally
• Goals of the group
• Development of www.charlestonruby.org

Feel free contact David Cole for more information.

Join Ted’s Butcherblock on East Bay Street, Charleston, SC as they travel back to the Middle Ages with an ode to the Renaissance festival at this month’s craft beer dinner. Think hearty, English-style ales and a peasant-style menu to match. Full menu details will be posted on their events page soon, so check it out and make your reservation early!

When: Thursday, January 28 | 7:15-9 pm
Cost: $38/per person
How: Reservations are required by calling them at 577-0094.

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Next Tuesday, January 19th, marks the first working day for CHSCoWork, with a meeting towards the end of the session at 4pm

Check out the website too at http://chscowork.org

If you wish, you can meet at the meeting place next door from 4pm onwards, before EVO

It’s the second annual event. This is the last day in a week long festival of Peace and Justice activities.

Check out the web site for more information

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Get along to 
Boone Hall Plantation’s BBQ Championship and Bluegrass Festival,
Sunday September 6th

There’s gonna be some great BBQ, fireworks, and a bull riding competition.

You also get the chance to see some great bluegrass, such as Ricky Scaggs, and The Carolina Chocholate Drops

Tickets are  $20 in advance or $25 at the gates for adults.

Here is a Facebook Link

Applications for the 8-bit microcontroller (uC) include use in portable electronics (e.g. cellular phone, iPod, GPS), robotics, home automation, remote sensing, and many others. This introduction aims to provide a starting point for technical minded individuals with no previous experience with microcontrollers.

However, some experience with basic electronics and the C programming language would be useful. The presentation will begin with a discussion of microcontroller hardware, including the power circuit, microcontroller chip, and serial communications.

The discussion will then turn to microcontroller firmware, how it is developed in Linux using free (GNU) tools, and how it is transferred to the hardware.

Finally, a demonstration program will be used to blink an LED in a working prototype (the "Hello World!" of microcontroller programming), and another to collect temperature measurements using a digital temperature sensor.

Presented by Matt Shotwell