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Every '''Sunday evening at 21:30''' (or there abouts), there is a meeting of free software and free culture type people at ''Grendel's Den'' in Harvard Square. Grendel's is located just a block or so away from the Harvard T stop | Every '''Sunday evening at 21:30''' (or there abouts), there is a meeting of free software and free culture type people at ''Grendel's Den'' in Harvard Square. Grendel's is located just a block or so away from the Harvard T stop. | ||
Our meeting time is officially 9:00 but it's not usual for nobody to show up before 9:30. Food is half price | Our meeting time is officially 9:00 but it's not usual for nobody to show up before 9:30. Food is half price. We'll almost always be sitting at one of the big group tables in the corners of the restaurant or hidden back near the bathrooms. | ||
A normal Grendel's evening will usually have between 10-20 people although it has been as big as 40. We meet every Sunday, without exception, although certain Sundays (e.g., Christmas) may be rather unpopulated. | A normal Grendel's evening will usually have between 10-20 people although it has been as big as 40. We meet every Sunday, without exception, although certain Sundays (e.g., Christmas) may be rather unpopulated. | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
Originally, a group of people with free | Originally, a group of people with free software connections and with connections to free software people began meeting at Grendel's because of a wonderful combination of half-price food and a special $1 menu -- both of which were in effect after 21:00 on Sundays. | ||
The $1 menu went away and then came back as a $2 menu. Unfortunately, most of the regulars have had the things on that menu so many times that they're not particularly interested in it anyway. All food continues to be half price. | |||
The group has grown to include a number of people from a few odd corners of the free software, free culture, computer science, and biology world around Cambridge. | The group has grown to include a number of people from a few odd corners of the free software, free culture, computer science, and biology world around Cambridge. |