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From Brisbane to Beunos Aires... From the UK to France to Romania...
from New York to San Francisco and everywhere in between, we had
well over 100s of parties and over 2,300 registered attendees
scattered around the world. Many of them got boxes of t-shirts and
ThinkGeek gift certificates (and some of them even got them on time). We've seen cakes with legos and logos, we seen nerf gun fights, and even a lawn sporking.
I've put a tiny sampling of my favorite pictures online. The grand prize winner is of
the $1k store credit at ThinkGeek is Lindsi from Minneapolis. Their party featured a lolcats cake, a taco bar and a dude in a helmet smashing computers with a sledge hammer in a raining parking lot. They earned it. We had a great time in both Palo Alto and Ann Arbor- I hope you guys had fun wherever you gathered. See you again in 2017!
Wondering what you would pick from ThinkGeek, do certain things come to mind right away, or you had to do several browse sessions?
/. winner would pick. Awright, you got me: I just want to live vicariously through you!
In short, what's on your THinkGeek wishlist (or shopping cart, if you hadn't made a wish list). Just curious what a
WARNING: Smartphones have side effects--most of them undocumented.
If you read any photography related web forums, something I strongly advise against, you'll see that lolcats photos are pretty popular.
Some guy buys a $3000 lens for his $3000 DSLR, shoots a photo of his cat, then posts a modified JPG version so everyone can validate his pointless consumerism. "Here I am shooting cat photos in my living room with $10,000 in camera gear. Please tell me how excellent my purchasing acumen is."
"Sacrifice for the good of The State" - The State
...because he never showed up at the party he hosted and apparently ran off with all the free swag. I'll pay $5 to anyone who helps me track down this lousy thief.
There were parties in Paris and Lyon, with reasonably good turnout. The party in Lyon profited from having some good organizers who knew each other. They had a Duke Nukem release party :-)
Lyon party photos from Zopeuse and more from the pterjan, and the Logiciel Libre crowd.
In Paris we attempted all the typical "geek" or "nerd" activities; drank Guinness, played wii games, ate a good meal, compared our DSLR cameras, had a DSW over who had been using computers the longest, and finally took some photos. Those are just mine, either I'll grab the other people's photos and add them, or let them post a link in a followup posting.
the AC
Hemos is like...sci-fi fans;he thinks technology is cool, but he hasn't bothered to understand the science it's based on
Chicks? But of course. There are lots more women working in technology than basement dwelling /.ers would admit to. The Lyon, France party was mostly organized by the French Women in Free Computing group.
Since I just screwed up the links to their site, I'll post to the Linux Chix in France site here, since replying to correct my own post would be bad netiquette.
the AC
Hemos is like...sci-fi fans;he thinks technology is cool, but he hasn't bothered to understand the science it's based on
I wish I went to the Montreal party. At first, I believe it was to be held at a bar. I'm not 18 years old and unlike many of my fellow peers, I don't have a fake ID nor plan to get one. Good to know that you all had a great time.
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