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Third Symposium on Consular Curtain Trade Regulations
We're having an intergalactic hacker party and maybe a hackathon where we shall attempt to hack the planet. We need to focus up and make things to keep the consulate fresh and get in some solid partying practice.
We need to keep this looking official to our Government to secure the required permissions to have guests. Please refer to the event as the “Third Symposium on Consular Curtain Trade Regulations” to ensure that the SNP do not learn the reality of what we're doing.
Physical Locality
December 7-9 2018 at 57North Hacklab
Initializing Location Matrix Coordinates
High Altitude
Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) is well connected both domestically and to hubs in Europe. There are several flights a day between Aberdeen and London Heathrow (LHR), Paris CDG and AMS.
Taxis from Aberdeen airport into the city cost around £20 and take about 30 minutes. There is an airport shuttle bus that operates from early in the morning to late at night which is much cheaper. The airport bus takes you directly to the city center.
Ground Level
Aberdeen is connected by rail to the rest of the UK, but the rail network is expensive to use and journeys can take a long time. There is a sleeper train connecting London Kings Cross to Aberdeen.
Space/Time Coordination Matrix
Who | Arriving | Leaving | Staying |
---|---|---|---|
tj | local | local | the guests took all the rooms! |
hibby | will spend Friday @ 57N | local | local |
nordin | local | local | local |
nicko | not sure yet | Sunday afternoon | Hibby |
bagpuss | not sure yet | Sunday afternoon | Hibby |
automatical | not sure yet | Sunday afternoon | Hibby |
Midder | local | local | Local |
Jim | Friday PM? | Sunday | Nordin's |
gorzilla | Friday | Sunday | With family |
Kinga | Friday | Sunday | With family |
hela | Friday | Sunday | ? |
Dan | Friday | Sunday | ? |
jules | TBD | TBD | [tj]'s |
mcfly | TBD | TBD | Nordin's |
a / allie / alfie | TBD | TBD | fuck if i know |
oholiab/grimmware | Friday | Sunday | [tj]'s |
Martin | Friday? | Sunday | ? |
Andy | local | local | local |
Jonnyw2k | Friday PM | Sunday Evening | Hilton |
Regulation™ Enforced Fun Timetable
Day | Start Time | End Time | Whatish | Useful Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
Friday | 1200 | 1930 | Arriving + hacking until the thunder machine starts | — |
Friday | 1930 | 0100 | Drinking (in a pub maybe) | TBA |
Saturday | 1030 | 1100 | Kickoff and planning | 57North Social Room |
Saturday | 1100 | 1230 | Hacking | 57North All Rooms |
Saturday | 1230 | 1400 | Lunch | TBA |
Saturday | 1400 | 1800 | Hacking | 57North Workshop & Upstairs Room |
Saturday | 1400 | 1800 | Talks & Sessions | 57North Social Room |
Saturday | 1800 | 2000 | Dinner & Drinks | TBA |
Saturday | 2000 | 0100 | Party, hacking, partyhacking! | 57North All Rooms |
Sunday | 1100 | 1400 | Hacker Breakfast and Hacking | 57North All Rooms |
Sunday | 1400 | 1600 | Project Presentations, wrap up | 57North Social Room |
Sunday | 1400 | 1900 | Hacking | 57North Workshop & Upstairs Room |
Sunday | 1900 | — | Go Away | I dunno like the aeroplane port? |
Ideas Scratch Pad
- Coffee Pot AND Camera AND ridiculous notification method
- Big Red Donk Making Machine
- DMX the consular lights
- IRC control of the consular lights
- Consular Unicorn colouring book
- Unicorn beacon hunt - find the unicorn with a yagi antenna. Like a foxhunt but more pointy.
- Dedicated music machine
- SBColo
Paid-for Sleeping Options
These are some hotels known to be OK in the centre of town - feel free to add more.
They are listed in subjective, vague Near→Far order
Mercure Aberdeen Caledonian Hotel About 5 minute walk from the hacklab. The closest option. Rooms from ~£59.
Travelodge Union St About 5 minute walk from the hacklab. Rooms from ~£39.
Skene House, Rosemount nice serviced apartments, can work out cheaper for a few people together, for example a 6 person apartment from ~£185 or a 4 person apartment from ~£125.
Travelodge Justice Mill Lane About 9 minute walk from the hacklab. Rooms from ~£39.
IBIS Shiprow About 10 minutes walk from the hacklab. Rooms from ~£40.
Premier Inn Aberdeen City Centre About 12 minute walk from the hacklab. Rooms from ~£28.
Hilton Doubletree @ Aberdeen Beach About 20 minutes walk. Rooms from ~£44.
This is as far as the planning has got.