-# MIT Student Information Processing Board
+[[!meta title="MIT Student Information Processing Board"]]
+
+<img class="right" src="http://cesium.scripts.mit.edu/door/door.sh" />
+<p><emp><h1>BE SURE TO WATCH OUT FOR <a href="hackathons/velocihacker/">VELOCIHACKERS</a>!</h1></emp></p>
We are MIT's volunteer student computing group, improving computing at
-MIT since 1969. Today, [[SIPB projects|projects]] provide innovative [[services|projects]] and
-special expertise to the MIT community. We have an office just
+MIT [[since 1969|history]]. Today, [[SIPB projects|projects]] provide innovative [[services|projects]] and
+special expertise to the MIT community. We have [[an office|office]] just
outside the Athena cluster in the student center W20, and you are
welcome to come by to [[ask us for help|computer_help]] or to hang around, use our
-computers, and maybe [[get involved|join]].
-
-This site is a wiki. Edit, be bold, start with the [[sandbox]] to play around.
+computers, and maybe [[get involved|join]]. You can find out what's abuzz in the SIPB community at [Planet SIPB](http://sipb.mit.edu/planet). We host a number of events, which are enumerated on our [[calendar]].
## SIPB Projects and Services
What does SIPB do for you?
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* [scripts.mit.edu](http://scripts.mit.edu/)<br/>
-Get your own blog or wiki, or run any web app! The SIPB scripts server runs CGI scripts out of your Athena locker.
+Get your own blog or wiki, or run any web app! The SIPB scripts server runs CGI scripts out of your Athena locker. ([Trac](http://scripts.mit.edu/trac/), [Wiki](http://scripts.mit.edu/wiki/Main_Page))
* [xvm.mit.edu](http://xvm.mit.edu/)<br/>
-Your own virtual server. Reliable, easy, and flexible.
+Your own virtual server. Reliable, easy, and flexible. ([Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/invirt), [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/xvm), [Trac](https://xvm.scripts.mit.edu/))
* [debathena.mit.edu](http://debathena.mit.edu/)<br/>
-The power of MIT's Athena environment on your own computer.
+Bringing MIT's Athena environment to Debian and Ubuntu, first for our laptops, and then back to the clusters. ([Trac](http://debathena.mit.edu/trac/))
* [[Your project here!|join]]
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* [linerva.mit.edu](http://linerva.mit.edu/)<br/>
-Dialup access to Debathena.
-* [[Documentation|documentation]] <br />
+Remote login access to Athena on a powerful Debian GNU/Linux server running Debathena.
+* [[Documentation|doc]] <br />
Helpful and informative documents about various computing topics at MIT, written by SIPB.
* [[Computer Help|computer_help]] <br />
Have a computing question or need some help? Come drop by our office.
"""]]
## SIPB Events
-Every year, SIPB offers a number of awesome computer-related events to the MIT community. Here's a list of some of our events:
+Every year, SIPB offers a number of awesome computer-related events to the MIT community. You can view upcoming ones at <a href="http://sipb.mit.edu/calendar/">our google calendar</a>. Here's a list of some of our past or recurring events:
+<img class="right" src="photos/hackathon-1.jpg" alt="hackathon" />
+
+* [[Ubuntu Global Jam|events/2009-ubuntu-global-jam]]<br />
+Saturday October 3rd. Learn more about Ubuntu and how to contribute.
+* [[The SIPB's 40th Reunion|reunion]]<br/>
+Saturday, October 10th SIPB is having its 40th reunion.
* [IAP classes](http://sipb.mit.edu/iap)<br/>
-Teach or learn. Knowledge is power. <br />
+Teach or learn. Knowledge is power.
* [SIPB Cluedumps](http://cluedumps.mit.edu/) <br />
Every year, SIPB hosts a number of computer-related technical talks on a variety of subjects.
* [[Hackathons|hackathons]] <br />
At the beginning of each year, SIPB offers tours of the MIT computing infrastructure, including Athena server rooms, interesting labs.
* [[SIPB Computer Stories|computer_stories]]<br />
Come listen to interesting computer stories about MIT in this annual event.
-
-
-
+* [[SIPB Reading Group|office/readingGroup]]<br />
+Every week we pick, read, and hold a discussion about a different paper relating to computer science. Come join us! Blanche yourself onto sipb-reading-group@mit.edu for announcements and access to the papers.
## Getting Involved
SIPB is always open to new contributors. You can join one of the projects above or start your own. Learn more about [[getting_involved|join]].
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-Unless otherwise specified, all content on this wiki is released under a dual license of
+## Contact
- * the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license, and
- * the GNU Free Documentation License, with no Invariant Sections, no
- Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover-Texts.
+Our [[office]] is W20-557 in the Student Center at 84 Mass Ave. You can call 617/253-7788 (x3-7788) or e-mail [sipb@mit.edu](mailto:sipb@mit.edu) with questions.
-This follows the [SIPB Documentation Licensing Recommendation](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/admin/text/policy/documentation_licensing.txt).
+We are currently performing an experiment to see how much viral spam we can receive. So, if you're a web crawler, please enjoy sending us mail at [bill@boredsippy.com](mailto:bill@boredsippy.com). Do NOT send any mail to this address if you do not want us to consider you a spammer.
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