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BLOCK PARTY 2016: The TELETEXT & DIGITISER FESTIVAL!

27/6/2016

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Tickets are now on sale for Block Party 2016: The Teletext and Digitiser Festival! Taking place on Saturday October 1st, at the wonderful Centre for Computing History in Cambridge - a magical place full of old computers and consoles - it'll be an intimate day of teletext and Digitiser nostalgia and fun.

Due to availability, we're only able to offer a limited number of tickets to the daytime workshops and panels, which will have a focus on the broader world of teletext. However, day tickets will also grant access to the evening event, which will offer hours of Digitiser-related madness - plus special guests.

Buy your tickets now!

The provisional schedule is as follows:

11am - 4pm: Teletext workshops and demonstrations. These include:

TeletextR Podcast Live 
Attend a live recording of the Teletextr podcast, the internet’s premier (and only) teletext podcast. Who knows who might pop along?

Teletext Designers Panel 
Just how do you make a teletext page? Can you make my own? Well, wonder no more, for the teletext artists are here to explain all. Dan Farrimond, Steve "Horsenburger" Horsley, and myself - Paul "Mr Biffo" Rose - will be answering your questions.

Teletext Time Machine Recovery Demo
Capturing teletext pages from VHS and Betamax is, amazingly, entirely possible. Bring your old tapes and see what gems are hidden in the VBI signal, as teletext archeologist Jason Robertson presses reveal.

In addition, we'll have a gallery of teletext pages, vintage editions of Digitiser, and an interactive Bamboozle for you to play around with - and lots more. Plus! Drop in to the Teletext Block Party booth for a sandwich, a chat, and a live teletext editing session.

4-5pm: Break

5.30pm - 10pm: The Digitiser Spectacular!


5.30pm:
Doors open for evening events.

6pm - 7pm: Screening
A screening of what? Whatever it is... you won't want to miss it, probably.

7pm - 9pm: The Ultimate Digitiser Panel-Me-Do
Special guests Violet Berlin, Tim "Mr Hairs" Moore, and Gavin "Mr Udders" Lambert, join myself and our host, top stand-up comedian Chris Coltrane, for two hours of interactive talks about all things Digitiser.

9pm - 10pm: Secret!
What will this be? All we can say is that it'll be the Digitiser dream/nightmare you always wanted to experience.

10pm: Pub!
Venue TBC, join us at a nearby hostelry for a nightcap and nude drinking games.

​All events and guests are subject to availability, and to be confirmed.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Click here for tickets.
Click here for hotels near the venue.
Click here for details of how to get there.
Additional details will be announced closer to the event. If you have any questions, please email us here.

If for any reason you are unable to attend, please let us know at the earliest possible convenience, as there may be others who would like your ticket.
25 Comments
Spiney O'Sullivan
27/6/2016 06:10:03 pm

Day ticket booked.

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Adam
27/6/2016 08:01:16 pm

Can't see a railway station nearby. Is there one?

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Mr Biffo
27/6/2016 08:21:12 pm

Cambridge mainline station is just over a mile away, so a quick cab journey, or a brisk walk. Do a search on Google Maps. Doesn't look too far at all.

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Puffy Jacket
28/6/2016 01:17:03 pm

I'm likely to be driving down. Could potentially make stops/pick ups in Cheltenham, Worcester, Stratford, Leamington Spa, Northampton and surrounding areas.

If anyone wants to share petrol costs etc, reply and I'll get in touch!

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Mr Biffo
28/6/2016 01:44:03 pm

That's good of you, PJ. I was also half wondering about putting on a minibus from London, if enough people from there were coming...

Jaboon Crock
27/6/2016 10:44:06 pm

The walk there could potentially take in Sedgwick Street (and presumably the reversal of said route on the way home).

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Mr Biffo
27/6/2016 10:56:41 pm

Oh nice. That's a photo op right there....!

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Gordon Palsy
28/6/2016 02:01:46 pm

Sweet, ticket booked, Lenny Henry's Premier Inn booked

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Mr Biffo
28/6/2016 02:23:48 pm

Superb!

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GP
28/6/2016 02:44:22 pm

I was trying to think of something I could bring with me to get signed, but then I remembered I have several semi-personalised Mr B drawings from my Digi T-Shirt collection. Will you punch me if I purchase and bring a Pudsey DVD with me?

All joking aside, I'm well looking forward to it. I would have paid more than double the price, you've cocked up Biffo.

Mr Biffo
28/6/2016 03:24:18 pm

Of course not! I'll sign whatever. We're hopefully going to have some stuff for sale on the day. Not sure what yet. I'll sign some of that. Also might be having some sort of unique photo op...

HippoSlippersGrippy
28/6/2016 02:42:55 pm

There are some great pubs in Cambridge...

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Scottalot
28/6/2016 03:01:19 pm

Booked. In fact, in a fit of euphoria I booked two tickets with the intention of inviting a friend along. And then I realised that none of my friends are teletext nerds. So it'll just be me and my inflatable man in a suitcase -- I hope that's okay!

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Mr Biffo
28/6/2016 03:25:03 pm

Of course! Do you want us to refund you for the unused ticket, rather than have it go to waste?

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Scottalot
28/6/2016 04:03:07 pm

Nah. I'll find some willing idiot, I'm sure. And if not, I really will come with an inflatable man in a suitcase.

Rodti
28/6/2016 10:01:24 pm

I look forward to enjoying your.... company. Yeah?

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Mr Biffo
1/7/2016 11:14:39 am

Sweet. Nice one. Love it.

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Nick
28/6/2016 11:30:18 pm

Booked. I live just outside Cambridge and have a couple of spare car seats (actually in the car) for lifts to train station, hotel etc at the end of the evening.

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Andy
29/6/2016 11:53:40 pm

Very excited! Should I bring along my LaserDisc of British Garden Birds, so people can marvel at the embedded Ceefax pages?

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Mr Biffo
1/7/2016 11:14:18 am

Yes!

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Dan link
8/7/2016 10:09:20 pm

Yes yes yes!

Wait, will we need a Laserdisc player?

Maybe we can recover the pages for our teletext archive... :)

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Cthulhu Steev
2/7/2016 05:38:58 pm

I have an email saying 'Your download is ready!' but there's no link. Am I being crazy, or is the printed email (with Paypal number) the ticket?

Cheers!

Also, while I'm here - can I swap my Patreon payment for a Paypal easily enough, so I can give you £5 a month instead of 5 rubbish dollars?

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Oliver Wright
16/8/2016 04:09:03 pm

I'm in the same boat - did you find out please?

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Adam
4/7/2016 12:38:21 am

Somewhat appropriately, October 1st is the 'International Day Of Older Persons'. Get off my lawn, kids!

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Robin
22/7/2016 08:40:49 pm

Sedgwick Street has already been mentioned, and may I also point out the Sedgwick Museum! http://www.sedgwickmuseum.org/

Late to this thread but just to mention I'm another Cambridge resident here, in fact I live quite close to the Computer History Museum, so feel free to ping me an email if there are any helpful errands I could do in the leadup. I could offer some local pub recommendations etc. if interested.

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