Past meetings
This page lists the club meetings in reverse chronological order.
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2019 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
October | Dr Chris Woodcock | Family History Research | Handout |
September | - | Q&A | |
August | Ian Dickinson & James Fowkes | Arduino / Nottingham Hackspace | Nottingham Hackspace |
July | Matt Cook | Keeping Your Electronic Information Safe | |
June | Bimal Jangra | Guitar Technology | |
May | - | Q&A (also AGM part 2) | |
April | - | Q&A (also AGM part 1) | |
March | Paul McKay | Submarines: Below and Above the Waves | |
February | Bimal Jangra | Diabetes Management Technology | Presentation (6Mb PPTX) |
2018 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Bimal Jangra | Quiz | |
November | Peter Whitehouse | Data All Around | Presentation (3.5Mb PDF) |
October | Matt Cook | Security Roundup 2018 | |
September | Paul Mellor | Consumer Drones - We Can All Do This | |
August | Dr Robert Oates | Remotely Operated Ships | |
July | Ejaz Qureshi | Reinventing the Future | |
June | Robert Pugh | Cybersecurity | |
May | Bimal Jangra | Xara Designer Pro X365 | |
April | - | Q&A (also AGM) | |
March | Mark Slater | All You Need is an Apple | |
February | Cornelia De Moor PhD | That Gut Feeling | |
2017 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Bimal Jangra | Quiz | |
November | Jon Wright | Forensic Science - Real Life CSI | |
October | Paul Mellor, Bimal Jangra | Q&A | |
September | John Whitmarsh | Linux for the Masses | John's Presentation (3Mb ODP and PPTX) |
July | Matt Cook | New Hardware for Old Computers | |
June | Peter Whitehouse | Maps for the Masses | |
May | Ejaz Qureshi | A History of the Future | |
April | Paul Mellor | Demonstration of the club's slide scanner (also AGM) | |
March | Bimal Jangra | Saving Your History (Part 3, audio) | |
February | Ed Green, Bimal Jangra | Saving Your History (Part 2, video) | Bimal's Presentation (3Mb PPTX) |
January | Paul Mellor, Ed Green | Saving Your History (Part 1, slides) | |
2016 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Ian Dunn | Quiz | |
November | Ian Dunn, Paul Mellor | ProShow Gold | |
October | Kris Adcock, Ed Green, Paul Mellor, Tony Parnham, Julian Pickering | Raspberry Pi Evening | |
September | Tom Hartman | Microscopy | |
July | Paul Mellor | Q&A | |
June | Matt Cook | Cyber Security | |
May | Tony Padilla | Black Holes and Extra Dimensions | |
April | Ed Green, Ian Dunn | DARC 20th Anniversary (also AGM) | |
March | Peter Whitehouse | Open Data | Presentation |
February | Cornelia De Moor PhD | Surviving the flood: biological research and the genomics revolution | |
January | Paul Mellor | Photographic Equipment | |
2015 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Ed Green, Ian Dunn | MOOCs (Ed) & Quiz (Ian) | Presentation |
November | Kris Adcock | Drones | |
October | Tony Razzell | 3D Printing | |
September | Paul Mellor | TED Talks | TED |
July | Paul Mellor | Windows 10 | |
June | Bimal Jangra | The History of Home Audio Recording | |
May | Matt Cook | Lazy IT | |
April | Bimal Jangra | Xara (also AGM) | Xara |
March | Peter Whitehouse | Geographical Information Systems | Presentation |
February | Harry Sheppard | Time | |
January | Dr. Alice Clifford | Sounding Off | Presentation |
2014 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Ian Dunn | Quiz | |
November | Martin Raynsford | Laser Cutting | Items for sale |
October | Kris Adcock | CNC Project (Last minute substitution) | Kris Adcock's Geek Blog |
September | Kris Adcock | Introduction to Blogging | Kris Adcock's Blog |
July | Matt Cook | Cloud Storage and Security | Presentation Video: SpiderOak Video: Google Data Centre |
June | Peter Whitehouse | Geographical Information Systems | Presentation |
May | Ed Green | Polyplatform Linux | |
April | John Leigh | Warship Technology Since the 13th Century (also AGM) | |
March | Keith Reedman, Paul Mellor | Digital Concertina, Adobe Lightroom, plus general Q&A | |
February | Leigh Lapworth | Computational Fluid Dynamics | |
January | Martin Hamilton | High Performance Computing | HPC Midlands |
2013 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Ian Dunn | Quiz | |
November | Barry Thompson | The Camera Never Lies Does It? | |
October | John Cox | A Land of Lost Content | |
September | Paul Mellor & Chris Dawson | Facebook - Friend or Foe? | |
July | Mark Dempsey | Scenes Of Crime Officer | |
June | Alan Braithwaite | Curiouser and Curiouser - Remote Chemical Sensing | |
May | Paul Mellor and Chris Dawson | Smartphones | |
April | AGM, Q&A, Paul Mellor's Olympic Adventure |
March | Roger Bamkin | Wikimedia | |
February | Bimal Jangra | Free Software | Presentation |
January | Harry Sheppard | Microprocessor Systems in Motor Vehicles | |
2012 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Jon Vanags, Paul Mellor | Raspberry Pi & Quiz | |
November | Ed Green, Bimal Jangra, Matt Cook, Chris Dawson | eBay, PayPal, Quidco, Groupon | More information |
October | Paul Mellor | Q&A | |
September | Ed Green | Specifying a PC | More information |
July | David Benford (Blackstage Forensics) | Geo Tagging | More information |
June | Judith Mellor | Bridge Engineering | |
May | Sarah Dawson | 3D Vision | |
April | AGM, and Q&A |
March | Paul Mellor | What Makes a Good Photograph? | Presentation |
February | Jane James | Genealogy Internet Resources. | |
January | Ed Green | Computers in Engineering: Why planes, trains & cars don't break down as often as they used to. | Presentation |
2011 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Kris Adcock, Ed Green, Bimal Jangra, James Mellor | Computer Games Past and Present | |
November | Mike Cook | From Beeb to Arduino - 30 Years of Micro Control | Photos Mike Cook's Site |
October | Simon Sumner (Derby Movie Makers) | Film Making as a Hobby | |
September | Chris Wood Ph.D. | Renewables and Sustainability in the Built Environment | |
July | Dale Cook (Serif Software) | Web Design, MoviePlus X4 | Serif Software |
June | Sanjoy Rakshit B.Ch.D. | Dentistry - The Latest Products and Procedures | Article Allenton Dental |
May | Bimal Jangra | Sounds and Security (Vinyl and Cassette to digital; PC security) | |
April | AGM, and Q&A |
March | Tony Lord | The Tornado Project | |
February | Bimal Jangra | Video Editing and Creating DVDs | |
January | Ian Lainchbury | CCD Astrophotography | |
2010 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Matt Cook | Digital Media Library - Moving your CDs and DVDs to the computer | |
November | Matt Cook, Scott Humphrey, James Mellor, Tony Parnham, Jonathan Robinson, Harry Sheppard, John Vanags | Speed Technology II | |
October | Clive Edwards and Richard Bosworth | The Use of GPS in Arable Farming | |
September | Paul Mellor | Photo Retouching | Presentation |
July | Paul Mellor | Windows 7 (last minute change) | |
June | The Square Group | The iPad and other Apple technology | The Square Group |
May | Bimal Jangra | The Wizard of Waukesha - The Genius of Les Paul | |
April | Ed Green; Bimal Jangra | Twitter; Search Engines and Web Browsers | |
March | Peter Roberts | MRI Scanning | |
February | Dr David Walker | Surveying in the 21st Century | Nottingham Caves Survey |
January | Bimal Jangra and Julian Pickering | Linux Basics | |
2009 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Bob Neill Keith Reedman | Bits 'n' Bobs Piano Player | |
November | DC 'Tex' Avery | Mobile Phones and Other Forensic Nightmares | |
October | Professor Stuart Marsh | Earth Observation Technology Development in the British Geological Survey | BGS |
September | Bimal Jangra & Paul Mellor | Windows 7 | The Digital Doctors |
July | Sarah Dawson | The Eye | |
June | Bimal Jangra | Making Music with Electricity - a potted (sic) history of synthesisers. | The Digital Doctors |
May | Tony Bennett | A History of Sliderules / Photos of Nepal | |
April | Harry Sheppard | High Definition Q&A | |
March | Jonathan Robinson and Tony Parnham | PC to Mac Migration | |
February | Matthew Cook | WiFi Revisited & Encryption for Beginners | |
January | Barry Thompson and Paul Mellor | Monitor Calibration and Printer Profiles | Presentation and test charts |
2008 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Sarah Dawson | Illumination | Slides |
November | Harry Sheppard | Domestic High Definition Video. | Slides (17.2Mb Microsoft Powerpoint) The Digital Doctors |
October | Barry Thompson | Adobe InDesign | |
September | Dale Cook | Serif Software (this was the first meeting at Weston-on-Trent) | |
July | DC 'Tex' Avery | High Tech Crime (this was the last meeting at Duffield) | |
June | Kris Adcock, Chris Dawson, Paul Mellor, Tony Parnham, Julian Pickering, Barry Thompson, John Vanags | Speed Technology. | |
May | Bimal Jangra, Paul Mellor, Tony Parnham, Jonathan Robinson, Barry Thompson, John Vanags | Xara | Tutorials |
April | AGM, and Q&A session. |
March | Matthew Cook and Tony Parnham | VMware | |
February | Gordon Harwood Computers | Apple Computers | |
January | Harry Sheppard | High Definition Video: Acquisition to Broadcast. | Slides (7.6Mb Microsoft Powerpoint) |
2007 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Ian Dunn and Margaret Thurgood | Bats and Technology. | |
November | Barry Thompson | Buying a new computer. | |
October | Dom Kingsmill-Stocker | Mac Applications. | |
September | Paul Mellor | Adobe Lightroom. | |
July | Ian Shuttleworth (Derbyshire County Council) | Emergency Planning. | |
June | Matthew Cook | Microsoft Vista. | |
May | John Wain | Impatica Presentation Software. | |
April | Barry Thompson | ProShow Gold. | |
March | Keith Reedman and Karl Stapleton | Music and Computing. | |
February | Bertil Schou | Wireless networking for your village. | |
January | Barry Thompson | Open Source and Free Software. | |
2006 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Christmas Gadgets | From electric guitars to aircraft tracking. | |
November | Gladiator Computers | New Technology in Relationship to Microsoft Vista. | |
October | Paul Mellor | Choosing a Digital Camera and Photo Printing System. | |
September | Barry Thompson | Creating Presentations with Ovation from Serious Magic. | |
July | Barry Thompson | Panoramic Photography. | |
June | Chris Dawson, Paul Mellor, Matthew Cook | Remote Backups Using Linux. | |
May | Matthew Cook, Barry Thompson | "Hands on Hard Drives" - Upgrading and secure deletion. | More information |
April | AGM, and Q&A session. |
March | Don Whysall and Tony Parnham | PIC Programming (Don) and Xara Xtreme (Tony). | |
February | John Jameson | North Midlands Helicopter Support Unit. | |
January | Matthew Cook | eBay. | Flyer (37k PDF) |
2005 | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources / Links |
December | Bimal Jangra | The Future of IT in Education | |
November | Gladiator Computers | Building a Future-Proof PC | |
October | John Cartmell | The A9 | |
September | Paul Beverley | Technology That Works | |
July | Kris Adcock | GPS and Satellite Navigation | Slides |
June | Matthew Cook, Kris Adcock | Q&A (RISC OS, Windows, Mac, Linux) | More information |
May | Matthew Cook | Introduction to IT Security | |
April | Jonathan Robinson | News Aggregators | Slides |
March | Dom Kingsmill-Stocker | Apple Macintosh Computers | |
February | Jane James (Derby City Library Service) | Genealogy | |
January | Barry Thompson | PC Desktop Customisation | |
2004 | Presenter(s) | Topic |
December | DARC Members | Gadgets Galore |
November | Gladiator Computers | Hardware Roadmap |
October | Barry Thompson | Backups |
September | Paul Beverley | Living With Technology |
July | Tony Parhnam, Paul Mellor | Xara X. (Tony), Personalising your music collection (Paul) |
June | John Vanags | Ovation Pro on Windows |
May | Barry Thompson | Scanning, OCR |
April | Matthew Cook | Wireless Networking |
March | Kris Adcock | Nostalgia & Mail Servers |
February | Matthew Cook | Broadband |
January | Jonathan Robinson | Adobe Album |
2003 | Presenter(s) | Topic |
December | Barry Thompson | Digital Photography & Photo Editing |
November | David Ruck | Disk Knight |
October | Paul Mellor & Chris Dawson | PDAs. |
September | Q&A | |
July | Barry Thompson | Xara X |
June | Dave Atkins (MicroDigital) | Alpha and Omega. |
May | John Cartmell | Acorn Publisher and 'graphicacy'. The first meeting using our new projector. |
April | Colin Kingsbury | How I have used Acorn computers from the Atom to RISC OS |
March | Matthew Cook | Virtual Acorn/Red Squirrel |
February | Castle | Iyonix |
January | Q & A | Including Samba |
2002 | Presenter(s) | Topic |
December | Paul Williamson | ProCAD |
November | Barry Thompson | Making a calendar. Also Pete Margetts' last meeting. |
October | Matthew Cook | Introduction to Linux |
September | Jonathan Robinson | Ovation Pro Part 3 |
July | Barry Thompson | Digital photograph editing with Photoshop Elements |
June | Paul Middleton | RISC OS Ltd |
May | Q&A | Chris Dawson, Pete Margetts, Paul Mellor |
April | Chris Dawson and Paul Mellor | Networking, also AGM |
March | Clares | Schema 2 and Night Sky |
February | Chris Dawson and Jonathan Robinson | Ovation Pro Part 2 |
January | Q&A | |
2001 | Presenter(s) | Topic |
December | Barry Thompson & John Vanags | Simple Web Page Design |
November | Trevor Yates (Jessops) | Digital Photography |
October | R-Comp | Internet software & network printing |
September | Don Slaven | Photodesk |
July | Barry Thompson | Intranet CD |
June | Derek Haslam | Powerbase |
May | Chris Morison | Organiser |
April | Brian Vardy | Oregano. Also PM and CD with followup to March meeting, and AGM. |
March | Paul Mellor | Internet evening |
February | Chris Dawson and Jonathan Robinson | Ovation Pro First Steps |
January | Chris Dawson, Paul Mellor and Barry Thompson | RISC OS <-> PC file transfer |
2000 | Presenter(s) | Topic |
December | Paul Mellor, Barry Thompson | Club resources, RISC PC maintenance |
November | Paul Mellor | CD Writing |
October | Ray Favre | Dr.Wimp |
September | Chris Morison | Organiser |
July | Clares | Compo, Schema 2, Rhapsody 4 |
June | Pete Margetts | Vector (last minute replacement for Paul Vigay) |
May | Barry Thompson | The DARC Web Portal, and RiScript. |
April | Roy Heslop | RiscStation |
March | Nicholas van der Walle | Cerilica |
February | Andrew Rawnsley | RISC OS 4 |
January | Jonathan Robinson, Paul Mellor | AntUtils, WebTool & SiteSeer (Jonathan); Using search engines (Paul) |
1999 | Presenter(s) | Topic |
December | 'Fuddle' | Thanks to everyone who brought food. |
November | Barry Thompson | Pluto. |
October | Don Whysall | Programming with DrWimp. RISC OS 4 installation & overview. |
September | Benji Levens | Ovation Pro Applets & HTMLPro. |
August | RISC OS 4 Installation | Cancelled due to lack of ROMs. |
July | Brenda Parnham | Paint and Draw. Also RISC OS 4 Q & A (Barry Thompson). |
June | Keith Reedman and Brian Hopper | Satellite Weather Imaging. |
May | Brenda Parnham | Draw and DrawPlus. |
April | Jonathan Robinson | Ovation Pro. |
March | Ian Caswell | Millennium issues. |
February | Barry Thompson | Genealogy on the internet, Pluto hints and tips. |
January | Mike Glover | EasiWriter and TechWriter. |
1998 | Presenter(s) | Topic |
December | Peter Bondar | Recent events at Acorn. |
November | Paul Skirrow | Teletext+, Caller Display & Home Information System (including talking catflaps!). |
October | Neil Spellings | AAUG, Phoenix project. |
September | Paul Beverley | A personal view of Acorn computers. |
July | Barry Thompson and Paul Mellor | Scanning, OCR and !Edit. Also, we used a data projector for the first time! |
June | Tony Parnham | TextEase. |
May | Dave Walker & Russell Scoates | RISC PC II! Also, AGM. |
April | Fabis Computing | EasyClip, EasyFont Pro and an as yet unreleased application. |
March | Steve Turnbull | |
February | R-Comp | Web authoring software, PC Sound Pro, and Acorn Doom! |
January | Paul Mellor | Demonstrating some of the software in our PD library. |
1997 | Presenter(s) | Topic |
December | Jonathan Duddington | Demonstrating !Speak (speech synthesis) and !Pluto (email/newsreader). |
November | Mike Smith | Genealogy and the computer (Ancestry, Ancestry 2). DARC coach to the Acorn World show. |
October | | Looking at monitors. |
September | Chris Cox | The latest news from Acorn. |
July | Paul Mellor and Barry Thompson | Technical Q&A session. |
June | Rotadata Ltd | Demonstrating their industry-leading 'Call Billing Verification' system running on a RISC PC. |
May | | DARC Exhibits at the Acorn Wakefield Show. |
May | Barry Thompson | Hard disc management. |
April | Neil Spellings | PC cards and associated software. |
March | David Matthewman | Computer Concepts hardware and software. |
February | | A demonstration of Impression Publisher. |
January | | A demonstration of printing, and how to achieve best results from the Acorn printer drivers! |
1996 | Presenter(s) | Topic |
December | DARC Members | Members night - individual members demonstrating their own computers and the software they use. |
November | | Databases - what they are, how they work, and what to use them for. |
October | | ANT Internet suite - demonstration of Fresco and the Internet in general. |
September | Expressive Software Projects | Music Software |
July | Barry Thompson | DrawPlus, Artworks |
June | DARC Members | Members' Night |
May | Tony Parnham, SoftEase | DTP: SmartDTP (Tony); Textease (SoftEase) |
April | Chris Cox | Acorn |