Jason Scott

DEFCON is the world's longest running and largest underground hacking conference.

When everyone is gone and god's not looking, we need to pick up some sweet stereo equipment and maybe some new furniture for the mansion we're going to squat in.

http://www.securitybsides.org/BSidesLasVegas (http://bit.ly/BSidesLV)

HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. There have been seven conferences to date: HOPE, Beyond HOPE, H2K, H2K2, The Fifth HOPE, HOPE Number Six, and The Last HOPE.

Register now at: http://store.2600.com/nexthope.html

For more info: http://thenexthope.org...

@party is a demoparty planned to occur June 18-20, 2010, at Friendly Crossways Hostel and Retreat Center in Harvard, Massachusetts, about 45 minutes west of Boston by car.

There is room for 40-80 visitors. Inside, there are amenities such as beds, showers, and a kitchen. We'll have tables for equipment, electricity for all, and a lounge...

Laughing Squid and the ROFLCon crew are hosting a Pre-ROFLCon Drinkup at The Asgard in Cambridge (http://www.classicirish.com/asgard-home.php).

Join us for food and drinks the night before the event kicks-off.

== monochrom #26-34: Ye Olde Self-Referentiality ==
== Release reading/party at Nuyorican Poets Cafe ==
== Special Guest Stars: Kio Stark, Heather Kelley, Mae Saslaw, Nick Farr ==
== April 27, 2010, 9 PM ==

The phatzine monochrom #26-34 (Goat of 1k Young) is an impossibility in an impossible universe ­ an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic...

Welcome to Blockparty 2010, the largest and longest running demoparty in the United States.

From the productions and music all the way to the venue and attendees, a demoparty has its own wonderful beauty, and in 2010 Blockparty is touching down to welcome you with its dazzling smile.

Register at the Notacon site - one ticket gets you access to...

ACAM has been invited to display vintage coin-operated games at PAX-East http://www.paxsite.com/paxeast/ Friday March 26 through Sunday March 28, 2010. This event has sold out all 60,000 tickets! If you have purchased tickets, be sure to stop by our display and say Hi.

GET LAMP will be having its world premiere at PAX East; the final time is not yet determined, but it will be at an auditorium set up for both concerts and a showing.

Join PBS, NPR, FRONTLINE, ITVS, FUTURESTATES and ReadWriteWeb @KLRU's Legendary Austin City Limits Studio. Live music, Tex-Mex, Margaritas. (Free shuttles at the Hilton). Free to SXSW Interactive and Film badge holders.

**With performances by:**
Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea (http://nicoleatkins.com/)
Band of Skulls...

Please join Gawker Media and io9 for free drinks, a performance by MC Frontalot, and stormtroopers.

Come join Digg & Revision3 for an evening of revelry, music & mayhem at world famous Stubbs BBQ. We're featuring a live Diggnation, great music from The Walkmen, and we've got a few more tricks up our sleeve - including some by Scam School host Brian Brushwood and more - but you'll have to show up to see. As always, this is a...

Join us for happy hour drinks and appetizers at Cedar Door and learn what we are working on at Mozilla. Party is limited to the first 250 guests who arrive - please RSVP here!

Ustream and SXSW invite you to stream your way to an exclusive one night only sensory experience featuring a live performance by one of the world's most renowned recording artists and additional special guests. Party is limited to the first 500 badgeholders to arrive. RSVP here and be sure to tell your friends!

It was great last year, so let's do it again!

After registration, let's have some drinks at Ginger Man and enjoy the quiet time before all hell breaks loose. http://aus.gingermanpub.com/

As tradition dictates, following the Drinkup, we will try to find the La Casa Del Fuego truck if it is nearby: http://bit.ly/DelFuegoTacos