Greetings all!

We are pleased to announce the monthly “5 Minutes of Fame”, scheduled for this Thursday, January 21st, at 8pm at Noisebridge. Bring yourself, your friends, your pet alien, and ping pong balls to throw at the speakers.

All speakers have been notified, and the current schedule is as follows*:

Act 1:
“Down the Rabbit Hole” (aestetix)
“Hacking is Politics” (Christie Dudley)
“Open Source Money” (Ken Restivo)
“Understanding G-Force/iTunes Music Visualization Through A Working Implementation in Max-MSP” (Bill Nye)
“Mission Comics & Art” (Leef Smith)

Act 2:
“NVC: a Human-to-Human Communication Protocol” (Jonathan Foote)
“Corporate Peoplehood — Can a corporation become the embodiment of a people?” (Michael Rogers)
“Hacking Fat Metabolism” (Da Mystik Homeboy)
“Making Music with Gameboyz” (starpause)
“Spurious Causality” (Davidfinedavidfinedavidfine)

We want to extend thanks to all the speakers, but especially all the people who have been showing up and make this event a success. Without all of you, it would not be able to happen.

*schedule is subject to change, although the date/time/location will remain the same.

Note: We’ve received a cease and desist letter from someone who’s already using this name; we have been in contact with the EFF, and are responding accordingly.