<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><p>BTW, if you want to get a discount on the Loscon one-day pass, there is a LivingSocial deal for $17.</p>
<p>https://m.livingsocial.com/cities/192/deals/502454-loscon-39-1-day-pass</p>
<p>Lan</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">The arduino talk and loscon look awesome but sadly I'll be out of town :( thanks for posting about it though, looks like something I'll look forward to next year<BR><BR>Lan Dang <<a ymailto="mailto:l.dang@ymail.com" href="javascript:return">l.dang@ymail.com</a>> wrote:<BR><BR>>Hi all,<BR>>This is for those of you who have some free time Thanksgiving weekend.<BR>><BR>><BR>>ARDUINO WORKSHOP<BR>>===================<BR>><BR>>There is going to be an Arduino workshop at Loscon next Saturday. I think there will be a talk at 10am and the workshop will be held at 2pm.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/LosconArduinoWorkshop/info" target=_blank >https://www.facebook.com/LosconArduinoWorkshop/info</a><BR>><BR>><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LosconArduinoWorkshop?ref=stream" target=_blank
>https://www.facebook.com/LosconArduinoWorkshop?ref=stream</a><BR>><BR>>You probably have to RSVP to participate in the workshop. You also need a membership with Loscon. Preregistration is over. It is now $60 for whole weekend or $35 for a single day.<BR>><BR>><a href="http://loscon.org/391/?page_id=71" target=_blank >http://loscon.org/391/?page_id=71</a><BR>><BR>><BR>>DEVELOPER INTEREST GROUP<BR>>==========================<BR>>One of the things I enjoeyd about Loscon last year was the "Make Room! Make Room!" exhibits, where makers come to show off there stuff.<a href="http://developerinterest.org/make-room-make-room-at-loscon-39/" target=_blank >http://developerinterest.org/make-room-make-room-at-loscon-39/</a><BR>><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MakeRoomMakeRoom" target=_blank >https://www.facebook.com/MakeRoomMakeRoom</a><BR>><BR>><BR>>This appears to be organized through the Developer Interest Group
which was meeting in Van Nuys, but now they are looking into meeting in Pasadena. I'll see if I can find out more about them, as we have overlapping interests.<BR>><a href="http://developerinterest.org/about-dig/" target=_blank >http://developerinterest.org/about-dig/</a><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>LOSCON<BR>>=======<BR>><BR>>So what is Loscon? Loscon is a really cool science fiction/fantasy convention held during Thanksgiving weekend at the LAX Marriott hotel. I think it's in its 39th year. There are costumes, talks, parties, nitrogen ice cream, screening rooms, gaming rooms. There is a room where people get together and sing silly songs, or haunting songs inspired by fandom or even events like the Challenger disaster.<BR>><BR>>Aside from science fiction talks, they also have science talks. Last year, they invited rocket scientists to talk about rockets and commercial space flight. This year, there are a track of
JPL talks covering missions like Cassini, MRO, DAWN, Curiosity, and there is a talk about spacecraft operations.<BR>><BR>><BR>>Main site: <a href="http://loscon.org/391/" target=_blank >http://loscon.org/391/</a><BR>><BR>>Schedule: <a href="http://loscon.org/391/?page_id=97" target=_blank >http://loscon.org/391/?page_id=97</a><BR>><BR>><BR>>Lan<BR>>(who had a lot of fun last year)<BR>><BR>><BR></td>
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