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PowerPoint Karaoke: June 5th at the BLB!

May 30, 2012 13:00 ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅
Four people give a PowerPoint presentation to the audience. The only problem is the presenters have never seen the slides before, and they’re complete nonsense!This month’s guests: Joe Bozic, Mike FotisKelvin Hatle, Allegra Lingo, and Levi Weinhagen!This month’s judges: Leah Cooper and John Middleton!

 
Slides by Bill Stiteler and Melissa Kaercher (aka me)!Doors at 6! Show at 7!There’s beer in the theater! Food, too! Good food! People bring it to you and everything!

Pay what you want from $6-$12!

All this and more at the Bryant-Lake Bowl!

810 W. Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408
 
If you do the Facebook thing, you can add the event to your calendar!
 
PowerPoint Karaoke happens on the first Tuesday of every month… EXCEPT in July and August. In July, you will see us at CONvergence! In August, we’re going to be too busy with Fringe! Thus, this will be the last BLB PowerPoint Karaoke until September! SEPTEMBER! Can you really wait that long? No, you can’t! You know this to be true! JOIN US!
 
Want to see what PPK is all about? We’ve uploaded the entirety of April’s show to YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT5lGpHQqac
Posted in: PowerPoint Karaoke

Your Daily Dose of Green (and Purple)

May 25, 2012 16:00 ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Iris

Posted in: Photography

New Geek Life: Who Needs Show Notes?

May 24, 2012 14:00 ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

A new episode of The Geek Life is live! I see that Mike has titled it, rather accurately, “Who Needs Show Notes? Melissa Has Scotch!”

Enjoy!

Posted in: The Geek Life

MCBA Springcon: Nifty Costumes and LEGO Bricks

May 22, 2012 15:00 ⋅ 1 Comment ⋅

On Sunday, I attended at the MCBA Springcon comic book convention. Usually, I either have a table there, or I wander around taking photos. This time, I mostly just chatted with people I knew.

I do miss being more involved with the MCBA shows, which happen twice per year in St. Paul, MN. The MCBA are fantastic to work with. Even if you’re just a first-year peon in the comics industry, they’ll give you a table for free, they’ll give you a free steak dinner on Saturday night, and they’ll treat you like a pro. Great folks.

Despite my limited engagement this year, I did manage to snap a couple photos.

First, I happened upon Damon and Yancey. I love happening upon these gents, because they are always so well dressed…

TARDIS and Dalek #1 TARDIS and Dalek #1

 

…and so photogenic!

I also snapped a few images of the TwinLUG LEGO display, which involved a carnival, knife throwers, aliens, and cow abductions. Full gallery below. Enjoy! LEGO Robots Walking a Dog

Posted in: Nifty Stuff, Photography

The New Intervalometer Is Here! The New Intervalometer Is Here!

May 21, 2012 12:00 ⋅ 1 Comment ⋅

“What the barking frogs is an intervalometer?!” I hear you say.

It’s a widget that you connect to a camera, which causes the camera to shoot images at controlled intervals. In other words, it will make my Sony a580 shoot time-lapse movies.

Now that I’m done jumping up and down with joy over my new gadget, I’ve come to a dilemma. So far, these are the uses I’ve dreamed up for time-lapse videos:

1. Road trips
2. Conventions
3. Uh…

So my question to you, hivemind, is this: what would be some crazy, nifty stuff I could capture via an HD time-lapse video?

Posted in: Video