From david at davidnunez.com Fri Feb 8 01:05:45 2008 From: david at davidnunez.com (David Nunez) Date: Fri Feb 8 01:06:33 2008 Subject: [dorkbotaustin-blabber] Dorkbot GeekAustin Happy Hour Feb 12 and Dorkbot-sxsw Mar 8 References: <00365FB6-2C12-428E-820B-5C01564CCC1C@davidnunez.com> Message-ID: <4CEBE87B-CFB8-441E-AAC4-932C671C91A3@davidnunez.com> Hi everyone - A few events coming up to announce First - dorkbot-austin is proud to be co-hosting the February Geek Austin Happy Hour, this is also the launch party for the upcoming update of the dorkbotaustin.org website! Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM J Black's Feel Good Lounge 710 W 6th St Ste B ambient, interactive art and lots of like-minded geeks and dorks RSVP and more info @ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418904 Be sure to visit our friends at geekaustin.org as a central source for all things nerdy in Austin Second - We're really excited about the next dorkbot, which will be held on March 8th, 6-8pm. We will once again be partnering with SxSW to produce a SxSW-interactive opening night event. Mark your calendar because it should be an amazing event. We'll once again be located in Brush Square park, across the street from the convention center at 5th and Neches. If you were one of the thousands of people there last year, you'll know it's an event not to be missed. dorkbot13 @ SXSW - March 8, 6:00 pm, Brush Square Park, across from Austin Convention Center Co-sponsored by Make Magazine, SXSW Interactive and the International Game Developers Association of Austin FREE - RSVP REQUIRED - http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/425144 Along with this announcement however, is a call to arms! To Austin's dorks, geeks, nerds, artists, engineers, makers, crafters, hackers, and everyone in between: We're still in need of presenters! If you have: * A project you want to show off (Even if it's not finished - we know yours aren't, none of ours are!) * A group or organization you want to promote (If it's loosely related to dorkbot - a ballroom dancing club might be a stretch.... Unless you build your own disco floors) * A skill or knowledge you want to show off (Are you passionate about solar energy? are you really good at welding or tying knots in rope? Come show us how!) drop us a line! Either through the blabber list or at dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org We're also still looking for sponsors. If you are connected to a company that might like to get their name attached to one of the most visible SxSW-interactive events, let us know. We had a ton of glowing press last year and are hoping to repeat. It should be an exciting event, we look forward to seeing you all in the coming weeks! From david at davidnunez.com Fri Feb 8 07:54:35 2008 From: david at davidnunez.com (David Nunez) Date: Fri Feb 8 07:55:03 2008 Subject: [dorkbotaustin-blabber] Change in dorkbot blabber list Message-ID: <17AFE98B-252E-4D29-82FF-2E24D3A34553@davidnunez.com> Hi all, There's a change in the dorkbot-austin blabber list that's affected all dorkbot chapters. (Many thanks to douglas repetto for his tireless leadership and support!) To post to the blabber list, make sure you use: dorkbotaustin-blabber@dorkbot.org (this is a change... it used to be @music.columbia.edu or something like that). have a great weekend! david From dondavis at reglue.org Sat Feb 9 02:45:20 2008 From: dondavis at reglue.org (Don Davis) Date: Sat Feb 9 02:45:40 2008 Subject: [dorkbotaustin-blabber] student group at dorkbot13 @ SXSW Message-ID: <47AD5A10.30407@reglue.org> > Along with this announcement however, is a call to arms! To Austin's dorks, geeks, nerds, artists, engineers, makers, crafters, hackers, and everyone in between: We're still in need of presenters! > If you have: > * A group or organization you want to promote (If it's loosely related to dorkbot - a ballroom dancing club might be a stretch.... Unless you build your own disco floors) I have a student group that is setting up a student run wireless mesh in a trailer park community using WRT54gl's flashed with openwrt. I would Like to have the students display/explain/describe the steps they have taken. -installing Linux -making Cat6 -making Cantennas -setting up the WRT54gls with open wrt Is this of interest? pertinent? If not, would it be more pertinent if they produced OpenWRT remote controlled cars steered by a Python interface I wrote? Cheers, D Davis