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GnomeDex 3.0

Posted by michael on from the come-all-ye-faithful dept.

HackerStickers writes "The Fellowship of the Geeks - Aka Gnomedex 3.0 is the geeks conference of the year. This weekend-long geek-a-thon has had upwards and over 500 attendees all having the common love of technology. Des Moines, Iowa is where the Geeks will tromp July 25th & 26th both in business and pleasure. The lockergnome crew will be there and the list of speakers keeps growing with great topics by Jim Louderback, your very own slashdot man - Rob Malda, Tim O'Reilly, and not-so-decided topics by both MS and Google."

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  1. Resolved: NOTGNOME by jdub! · · Score: 4, Informative

    Can someone please take this out of the GNOME section? It has utterly zip all to do with the far cooler, arse-kicking, totally Free Software GNOME Project.

    Thanks. :-)

  2. Not GNOME-related by jejones · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's run by a guy named Chris Pirillo (who's from Des Moines, but since moved to California), who has a web site called lockergnome.com because someone tagged him with the nickname "Locker Gnome" in high school. It's nothing to do with GNOME, and when I was at GNOMEDEX last year about all there was to do with Linux period was a good talk by Doc Searls; aside from that it was M$ all the way. I can't vouch for this year, though.

  3. Des Moines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    I drove past it once or twice, let me see what I can remember about it...
    • At night, watch out for raccoons on the road. I hit one at about 10 pm, caused about $100 worth of damage.
    • Be sure to visit the Iowa-80 Truck Stop in the Quad Cities!
    • Go Hawkeyes!!!!!!11
    • Iowa has a chain of convenience stores named "Kum and Go".
  4. Re:Des Moines? by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 2, Informative

    Des Moines is cheap!

    The $99 conference fee, Des Moines hotel fees and cost of meals for the whole weekend is going to cost less then on night in a hotel room in NYC or San Francisco.

    --
    "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
  5. Re:Des Moines strip bars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Also check out the Minx down the road from the Lumber Yard. Plus: Beach Girls, Big Earl's and the Outter Limits. All Strip Clubs, ranging from meth whores who should keep the clothes on to actually attractive dancers who take it all off. Something for everyone. Skip the computer crap, go to the strippers.