Notacon Newsfeed http://blog.notacon.org Creativity. Community. Technology. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:23:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 CFP Update http://blog.notacon.org/?p=216 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=216#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:02:23 +0000 Tyger http://blog.notacon.org/?p=216 The second early acceptance deadline is approaching on December 15th, and we’ve not seen as many submissions as we usually have by now. That said, we’re also working with a few new groups and lining up more invited presenters, which means less general speaker slots will be available.

Our submission guidelines have changed a little bit this year so please make sure to read them before sending in your submission.

Remember, no idea is too “out there” or “weird” for us! Submit today!

]]> http://blog.notacon.org/?feed=rss2&p=216 T-Shirt Design Contest http://blog.notacon.org/?p=218 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=218#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:39:20 +0000 Tyger http://blog.notacon.org/?p=218 This year Notacon is opening the T-Shirt Design Contest much earlier than in past years. This is in response to the comment about pre-ordering a shirt without knowing what it will look like. Designs are now due by February 1, 2010. This way the t-shirt design will be published at the same time that the full speaker list becomes available.

    Also, we’ve upped the ante with new prizes this year. The winner of the contest will receive:

  • A free shirt containing their design in their size
  • $50 in Notacon Merchandise
  • A full badge set from Notacons 1-6
]]> http://blog.notacon.org/?feed=rss2&p=218 Wyndham Credit Card Letter http://blog.notacon.org/?p=214 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=214#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:41:31 +0000 Tyger http://blog.notacon.org/?p=214 Many of you received a letter in the last week from Wyndham Hotels. In fact, we found out about the situation through twitter before receiving our own letter. We have not had the opportunity to speak with a representative of the Wyndham ourselves. When we get the opportunity we will express our concerns regarding the content and wording of the notice letter. Rest assured that credit cards used at the Notacon registration desk were not compromised. Per the notice, only Wyndham transactions were affected and it was not just the Cleveland location that was compromised.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

]]> http://blog.notacon.org/?feed=rss2&p=214 Defcon http://blog.notacon.org/?p=210 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=210#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:54:21 +0000 Tyger http://blog.notacon.org/?p=210 Froggy and I will be making an appearance at Defcon again this year. We hope to see lots of Notacon people there, including these speakers who presented at Notacon:

  • James “Myrcurial” Arlen
  • Dead Addict
  • Nick Farr
  • Chris Gates
  • Travis Goodspeed
  • Leigh Honeywell
  • Ne0nRa1n
  • Bruce Potter
  • Jason Scott
  • Richard Thieme
  • Tottenkoph

Hope to see some of you there!

]]> http://blog.notacon.org/?feed=rss2&p=210 Notacon Truck Stop Tour 2009! http://blog.notacon.org/?p=202 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=202#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:51:03 +0000 Tyger http://blog.notacon.org/?p=202 Batum, WA 6/30/2009 Location Mileage 11:30a leave lakewood 0 11:50a-12:10p Pilot [...]]]> The following is my travel log for our trip to ToorCamp 2009. In case anyone wants to be as crazy and recreate the trip. I recommend testing all your tires before you leave. :)

Note ** All times are in Eastern, I didn’t bother to reset my watch.
Cleveland, OH -> Batum, WA

6/30/2009 Location Mileage
11:30a leave lakewood 0
11:50a-12:10p Pilot - Avon, OH 12
2:30p-2:45p pick up Nuxi in Ann Arbor 162
3:30p-4:24p Fazoli’s - Jackson, MI 204
6:15p-6:40p TA - Tower Hills, MI 335
8:57p-9:20p Pilot on 90W in IL W of Chicago (Hampshire?) 477
10:54p-11:15p TA off 34/90/94 Token Creek, WI 578
7/1/2009 Location Mileage
12:56a-1:14a Flying J - Black Falls, WI 700
4:50a-5:10a Holiday - Sawk Centre, MN 954
7:00a-8:00a Gas and McD’s - Fargo, ND 1090
9:35a-9:45a Medina, ND 1213
10:35a-10:50a Bismarck, ND 1285
12:20p-12:30p Dickinson, ND 1385
2:05p W. Glendive, MT 1495
3:10p-4:23p Miles City, MT 1571
5:40p Rest Stop, MT 1647
6:36p-6:55p Billings, MT 1714
8:40p-9:05p Livingston, MT 1840
10:45p-12:00a Denny’s - Butte, MT 1952
7/2/2009 Location Mileage
3:00a St. Regis, MT 2147
5:05a “Au de Arlene or something, ID” 2255
5:25a Van tire failure outisde Cour de Alene, ID in WA 2259
11:10a moving again with tire \o/ 2302
11:15a-11:35a McDonald’s
1:30p Toorcamp! 2411

Batum, WA -> Cleveland, OH

7/5/2009 Location Mileage
12:00a Pack out of camp
1:00a Perkins - Ritzville, WA 2642
3:00a Quality Suites - East Spokane, WA 2642
2:30p-3:30p Perkins - East Spokane, WA
5:30p-6:00p St. Regis, MT 2765
8:30p-9:15p Butte, MT 2954
11:42p Random Rest Stop, MT 3119
7/6/2009 Location Mileage
12:44a-1:56a Denny’s and Van Repair - Billings, MT 3186
3:20a Van Repair Attempt - Harden, MT
8:00a Douglas, WY 3431
11:00a 20 miles W of Wall, SD Tire Blow #2
4:00p Leave Wall with 2 new tires (3 total) and food in belly 3678
7:23p Oakoma/Chamberlain, SD 3838
10:28p Cloud 9 Motor Lodge - Sioux Falls, SD 3976
7/7/2009 Location Mileage
11:50a Leave Cloud 9
12:44p-1:55p Touch of Dutch - ?? SD 4016
3:59p rest stop
6:04p gas stop 4233
9:32p-10:48p IOWA 80 Truck Stop 4430
7/8/2009 Location Mileage
12:49a LaSalle, IL 4533
4:47a Fuel near Kalamazoo, MI 4750
6:30a Drop off NUXI in Ann Arbor, MI
7:30ish Fuel near Toledo, OH
9:30a Home 5027
]]> http://blog.notacon.org/?feed=rss2&p=202 Notacon 7 CFP Now Open! http://blog.notacon.org/?p=199 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=199#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:16:25 +0000 Tyger http://blog.notacon.org/?p=199 As of July 1, 2009, we are accepting proposals for Notacon 7! This next iteration of Notacon will occur April 15-18, 2010 at the Wyndham Hotel in Playhouse Square, downtown Cleveland, OH. Check out our CFP for details on the submission process. Our guidelines for next year have changed a little bit from the past, so please read them over carefully before submitting your proposal.

This post was made from WI while driving down I-94 on the way to Toorcamp.

]]> http://blog.notacon.org/?feed=rss2&p=199 Notacon 7 registration is open! http://blog.notacon.org/?p=197 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=197#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:36:01 +0000 froggy http://blog.notacon.org/?p=197 Notacon 7, which will take place April 15th through 18th, 2010, will again be at the Wyndham in Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland. Registration for the event is now open!

The first 25 people who purchase a premier registration will receive a $10 coupon to use on their next purchase in the Notacon store.

We’d also like to remind you that Notacon on Toor will be hitting Toorcamp, July 2nd through the 5th, in Moses Lake, Washington. Almost a dozen of us will show the West Coast what we’re about at Notacon and will share our talents, art and skills through visual media, music, radio and hardware hacking. If you’re still interested in camping with us, please check out the Notacon on Toor site and buy your tickets now!

]]> http://blog.notacon.org/?feed=rss2&p=197 Notacon On Toor: Progress Report http://blog.notacon.org/?p=193 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=193#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:05:13 +0000 Tyger http://blog.notacon.org/?p=193 The dome trial at RR Primer was a great success! Some details are available on the Dome Page. We are currently working out the details of transporting the 6 of us from Toronto, Buffalo, and Cleveland the 2,227 miles to Moses Lake, and back. There we will meet with 3 other camp members who are traveling on their own.

If anyone has suggestions on rental car companies with unlimited miles and no state to state restrictions, please email tyger@notacon.org.

]]> http://blog.notacon.org/?feed=rss2&p=193 Recycled Rainbow presents: Primer (may 23rd, 24th, 25th) http://blog.notacon.org/?p=189 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=189#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 02:40:21 +0000 froggy http://blog.notacon.org/?p=189 Hey gang! A bunch of us local to Cleveland will be attending Recycled Rainbow’s Primer event this weekend. Our goal is to test a lot of our structures and ideas not only for Recycled Rainbow, later in the year, but also for Notacon on Toor, our pilgrimage to Toorcamp over July 4th weekend.

Please read the message below from everyman, one of Recycled Rainbow’s primary organizers.

Hope to see you there!

Many of you have seen fliers for an event called Recycled Rainbow. To clarify, Recycled Rainbow has nothing to do with rainbow festivals or recycling.

Froggy best described it as “a blank canvas upon which you can make your own statement and define your own experience in the context of everyone else’s experiences within the same space and time.”

Very true! We are in fact inspired by the Burning Man festival. Everything is organized, built and paid for by volunteers with their own resources. There are no trash cans, so you’ll have to pack your trash out with you. There are no vendors, so you have to bring enough food, drink and whatever else you need for four days. There are no schedules or rules, so you’ll have to make things happen yourself and respect your neighbor.

THIS message isn’t about RR, however, it is about the upcoming Primer.

Primer is a pre-event providing people who have never been to RR a chance to meet the people involved in their natural habitat as well as get a flavor of the RR event. It’s also an opportunity for people building projects to prototype them in an environment more primitive than they will experience at RR.

This year’s RR PRIMER will last for three days and two nights giving people with projects more time to prototype and test and visitors more time and more opportunities to visit and experience a taste of this intensely participatory experiment in preparation, decentralization, respect, responsibility and uncertainty!

PRIMER is being held at the same location is was last year:

Crystal Springs Campground
31478 Bagley Rd
North Ridgeville, OH 44039
May 23, 24 and 25, 2009
(Memorial Day weekend)

Our entrance is to the right of the brown building immediately ahead of you as you leave Bagley road.

http://www.recycledrainbow.org/primer

A sign will be visible during the day.

DO NOT DRIVE OVER 5MPH ONCE YOU LEAVE BAGLEY ROAD

There are children at play all over the campground!

Admission is $10, payable at the gate (found to the immediate right of the building that stands in front of you as you leave Bagley road and enter Crystal Springs.).

It’s no coincidence that PRIMER is being held Memorial Day weekend, the same weekend that RR used to be held in the house. Come join us even if you aren’t planning on camping with us. We’d love to see you and think you’ll enjoy participating!

There is no electricity or water in the area where PRIMER is held, making it even more interesting and fun. You will have to bring your own supplies. We strongly encourage you to buy your supplies, lumber, electrical doo-dads, refreshments, food and any last-minute items from local North Ridgeville merchants. SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY!

Prototypers!

Participants building projects at PRIMER may have their materials delivered on Friday May 22. You must be present when materials are delivered and you may store your materials in the “pavilion”. If you are storing materials, you must keep your materials together and label them clearly as belonging to you.

Participants wishing to camp and work Friday night are more than welcome to. If you arrive before our greeters, you will be approached for your $10 admission Friday night or Saturday morning.

You must supply your own electricity. There is no electricity available at the campground.

We look forward to seeing you this year!

For more information on Primer: http://www.recycledrainbow.org/primer

For more information on Recycled Rainbow itself: http://www.recycledrainbow.org/

]]> http://blog.notacon.org/?feed=rss2&p=189 Last call for Notacon 2009 t-shirts! http://blog.notacon.org/?p=187 http://blog.notacon.org/?p=187#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 19:20:05 +0000 froggy http://blog.notacon.org/?p=187 This is your last call to order a Notacon 2009 t-shirt. I am extending the deadline by one day. Hence, the shirts will no longer be available by the end of the day tomorrow, May 5th.

We still do not have the 25 orders required to make it a viable order, so please buy yours now or we may be forced to scrap the idea all together.

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