[efh] Dorkbot Austin 2007!

[Allucquére Rosanne Stone]

From David Nunez, who'll be visiting us in class to talk about Dorkbot:
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dorkbot-austin smashes into 2007 with an 
incredible carnival of strange and disturbing 
nerds, geeks, and, of course DORKS.

Go to <http://dorkbotaustin.org> for full 
technicolor version of this announcement and to 
see Noel Waggener's poster design.

Sat. March 10, 6-8PM at Brush Square Park at 5th 
and Neches (map: http://tinyurl.com/ywuskp) - 
(best bet for free parking is at City Hall - 301 
W. Second Street - it's a short walk to the park)

An open mic and science fair mashup, Dorkbot 
gathers artists and hackers to do strange things 
with electricity.

This is a FREE SxSW Interactive event open to the 
public but RSVPs are required as space will be 
limited. Confirm your attendance at 
http://upcoming.org/event/154446/ or send RSVP to 
rsvp at dorkbotaustin.org before Saturday, March 10, 
noon. If you forgetŠ the password is dorkbot6

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Dorkbot-Austin is sponsored by MAKE Magazine, the 
International Game Developers Association-Austin 
and SXSW Interactive.
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* Phillip Torrone (Senior Editor - MAKE) and 
Limor Fried (former fellow at EYEBEAM R&D and mad 
genius behind adafruit industries) will talk 
about subversive technology.

* Paul Baker will mesmerize you with his video feedback projections

* John-Mike Reed (Bleep Labs) brings his trained thingamagoops

* The Geek Group has singing tesla coils. Enough said.

* John Funk reanimates old, discarded toys into wildly futuristic movie props.

* Music by Tree Wave and DJ Greg Most.

* Limited edition dorkbot6 posters designed by 
artist Noel Waggener from Subculture Press

* Dorks from dorkbots past return for their one 
and only reunion geek-out: The Robot Group's 
diabolical menagerie, Craig Newswanger's 
homebuilt telescope, Jerry Chamkis and the 
terrifying kosmophone, The Electric Pickle, 
Marvin Niebuhr and his new percussionator, and 
Alan Watts with his dancing mikons.

* Open Dork! Come with your own project and get 
30 seconds on the mike to tell the crowd about 
your demented electronic pursuits before being 
unceremoniously buzzed off the stage by 20,000 
volts of raw power! Enormously raw POWER!

* After dorkbot, check out the dorkbot/barcamp 
mashup at 8:00 and the dorkbot/barcamp 
after-party featuring soulhat at 10:00 at Bourbon 
Rocks (6th & Neches).

Robots, geeks, music, high voltage and beer. Will it blend?

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Dorkbot-Austin is sponsored by MAKE Magazine, the 
International Game Developers Association-Austin 
and SXSW Interactive.
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Other upcoming events of dorkbot interest:

* Barcamp - March 9-10 @ Bourbon Rocks on 6th 
Street (http://www.barcamp.org/barcampaustin)

* Futures of the Past: Steampunk Showcase March 12 7:00 pm - 12:00 am
Scholz Garden (1607 San Jacinto) -- Experience 
the future as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells imagined 
it! We'll have vaudeville acts, live music by 
White Ghost Shivers, costumed characters, and our 
"Modern Marvels" showcase of Steampunk 
interactive artwork. Creative dress encouraged, 
but not required. Presented by EFF, EFF-Austin 
and Fish & Richardson.

* I Am Not Tartouffe (Yellow Tape Company 
production) - Opens March 15th.  Bring a laptop 
to interact with the show 
(http://www.yellowtape.org)

* Austin scriptworks Out of Ink Festival - Opens 
March 22. (http://scriptworks.org)

* TRANSPARENT MIKE an evening of Seriously 
Strange Sounds (April 3, 8PM -  Brentwood Tavern, 
6701 Burnet Road, Austin) - Unique Audio 
Innovations and homebrew noisemakers in an open 
mike setting

* dorkbot7 - April 12 @ 7:00 Cafe Mundi

* Maker Faire - San Mateo - May 19/20 (http://www.makerfaire.com)