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Linux + Sci-fi + Detroit = Penguicon3.0

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the places-to-go dept.

AciDive writes "Everyone's favorite Michigan based Linux and Scifi convention is back for another year. Penguicon is pleased to announce that this years guests will include: Cory Doctorow, Kevin Siembieda, Nat Torkington, Joan D. Vinge, Dr. Peter Salus, Eugene "ROD" Roddenberry Jr, Kathe Koja, Joey deVilla, Cathy Raymond, Alice Taylor, Eric Raymond, Jeff "Hemos" Bates, Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, Howard Tayler and Luke Ski. Pre-Registration for Penguicon will be open until Friday April 8, 2005, and yes if you miss the pre-reg date you can register at the door. Penguicon has a full schedule of Linux and Sci-fi related panels slated for this year so don't miss it (we have panels for everyone from the beginner to the l33t h4x0r). Penguicon will be held on April 22-24, 2005 @ the Novi Sheraton in Novi Michigan." I don't usually plug local stuff, but this show is a truly unique blend of Linux & Scifi and one of my favorites. This will be my third year speaking, and I'm really looking forward to it. I'll post more in my journal as I figure out scheduling. At the very least, we should pack the hotel bar with Slashdot readers for some quality beer time after my session.

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  1. NOVI????? by manganese4 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well at least it wasn't South Lyon, but surely there must have been a more exciting location in southeast michigan for a conference to attract people from across the nation than Novi. On the extended drive from the airport, visitors will get a good view of the concrete/asphalt jungle that is the suburban sprawl of Detroit and Oakland County

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    1. Re:NOVI????? by BlastedBill · · Score: 2, Informative

      Novi is where the second biggest hotel in Michigan is. The next hotel up is REALY huge.

      -Bill Putt
      Conchair Penguicon 3.0
      penguicon.org

  2. Linux + Sci-fi + Detroit = being lost by Anita+Coney · · Score: 2, Informative

    As Detroit is about 40 miles away from Novi.

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  3. Similar Convention: Linucon in Austin by Cr0w+T.+Trollbot · · Score: 2, Informative
    A similar convention is Linucon in Austin. Last year's guests included Steve Jackson, Eric Raymond, John Ringo and Tamara Gorski. This year's convention is scheduled for October 14-16.

    Crow T. Trollbot

  4. Re:Is it just me? by Wandering+Idiot · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't recognize some of them, but Howard Tayler is the author of Schlock Mercenary, a webcomic that's far better than it has any right to be based on the artwork alone...

  5. Re:And a guy in a funny costume. by Jay+Maynard · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's me.

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  6. Re:*shudder* by BlastedBill · · Score: 2, Informative

    We bought a PALLET of Dew last year. Loaded it on the truck with a fork lift



    -Bill Putt
    Conchair Penguicon 3.0
    penguicon.org

  7. Re:Detroit by milesObrien · · Score: 3, Informative

    As a life long Detroiter, I am motivated to respond to the spate of anti_detroit sentiment in this thread. First off- SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN IS NOT DETROIT! Detroit ends at Detroit's borders. Novi is not Detroit. Dearborn is not Detroit. Ann Arbor is not Detroit. Get it? Driving from DTW to Novi has NOTHING to do with Detroit (except for the name and county of the airport)! A lot of Linux/ IT/ open source types tend to be drawn to artsy-fartsy/academic cities like Ann Arbor/ Royal Oak (Michigan) or places like San Fransico or Seattle. But some of us live comfortable lives in nice homes on large lots in all the cities surrounding Detroit, even cities directly bordering Detroit. We have real, regular jobs paying well in either IT or automotive related companies. Someone has to do the work, rather than sit around making petty judgments on city reputations. If you were born in a northern climate, you actually LIKE short periods of snow and cold, taking advantage of long dark days to do indoor projects, or snowmobile or ice fish, etc. Someone else in this thread mentions the ludicrous prices paid for paltry living spaces on the West Coast. Well, anyone is free to pay social/cultural status premiums all they like, however unreasonable. Funny thing is, "Detroit" (i.e. Southeast Michigan) has some of the wealthiest neighborhoods and homes in the nation, closer to "Detroit" proper than Novi, in the Bloomfields or Grosse Pointes. While I won't disagree that Detroit decayed from its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, the developments of the past 10-15 years in the downtown area proper have made significant strides. The Fox, Comerica Park, Ford Field, new Science Center, African American Museum (excellent), the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts), the casinos (though I don't gamble), and more developments have improved the downtown a LOT. There is a LOT more to do, but things are better than they've ever been in my lifetime (30 something). And singling out Detoits worst grafitti and decay ridden areas as an example of SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN is like taking the WORST areas of New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago to characterize those cities. Yes, the proportion of bad areas to good is higher in Detroit, but that's not the only point. ...And when all of you are dying of thirst and withering away, YOU CAN'T HAVE OUR FRESH WATER (no comments on GRrat Lakes pollution, please...)