Looking ahead at the weather for the next week or so, it's not going to be as warm as it has been over recent weeks (highest of 22 on Friday), or in fact as bad as last July's heatwave, but it's still going to get a bit toasty at times at epic.FIFTEEN with so many bodies and computers around. So here are the hot weather plans for the event:

The event does have air conditioning in all rooms that we're using, however, those of you that have worked in server rooms/data centres will know that you need some serious aircon to cool a few hundred PCs, and that's not what the venue is designed for,  it would cost thousands of pounds to hire in industrial aircon that could cope (which of course would all go on to ticket costs). The weakest air conditioning is in the Pendeen room, and we are only using that for sleeping this event, so should cope fine without the computers. 

• The aircon controlled for room as a whole, so some of you may be located closer to the fans than others and you may get a bit chilly. Please bear in mind that we'll have to make some decisions for the room as a whole to stop people and machines overheating even if a few people get a bit colder under those fans. Unless you're in a private room, please do not adjust the air conditioning yourselves. 
• Sometimes you'll see us closing doors to cool rooms down, that may not make sense at the time, but the air conditioning is designed to cool that particular room, if the doors are open, then it will be working overtime to cool the adjacent rooms and corridors too.
• Be sensible with what you're wearing! If you're sitting in jeans and a jumper all weekend, then you're going to get toasty, time to get the shorts out!
• Drink plenty of water! Even though the bar is open, make sure you have plenty of non-alcoholic and non-energy drinks to keep you hydrated.
• Showers...(not saying anything more!)
• Desk Fans - As we have not hit the event capacity, we will permit small desk fans on a one per table basis (not per person), but if we do suffer from any power issues, we may have to reverse this position. There is no limit on USB fans.
• Turn your machines off when not in use - It would help to bring down the residual temperature if you shut your machines down if they're not going to be in use for a long period of time, e.g. overnight when you go to bed.

If everyone plays their part, we should be able to keep things bearable for you all!