Reminder: PechaKucha Raleigh #2 Tonight!

When: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 8:20pm, doors open at 7:30pm for drinks and chit chat
Where: The Brick House
Cost: Event is free to attend but you gotta register. Register here.
Co-hosted by: The Brick House and Lonerider Beer
Site: www.pknraleigh.com

The Pecha Kucha chapter in Raleigh (Including Durham, Chapel Hill and surrounding areas) is meant to increase the awareness of everything interesting our community has to offer. A lot of passion and knowledge exists in triangle in a variety of diverse topics. We would like to showcase that passion with imaginative storytelling in the 20 x 20 Pecha Kucha format.

It should be a good time. Their list of presenters is pretty interesting!

Call For Exhibitors Ends 4/1

The response to our call for Exhibitors, Makers, & Crafters has been overwhelming.  I am amazed and excited about the people coming to share their lore next month.  Because of this response we're going to have to close applications starting next week on Thursday 4/1/2010.  This must be done to make sure that the Faire goes as smoothly as possible.  Thanks for understanding and go ahead and submit your application while there's still time.

Reminder: CarolinaCon 6 Starts Today in Raleigh

Raleigh's own original hacker conference, CarolinaCon, is back for its 6th year.  Registration starts at 6:00 tonight for this three-day conference.

When: CarolinaCon will be March 19th (7pm-10pm), 20th (10am-10pm), and 21st (10am-4pm)

Where: Holiday Inn at 4100 Glenwood Avenue; Raleigh, NC 27612

Cost: $20.00 for admission, the $20.00 covers all three days

www.carolinacon.org

CarolinaCon Hacker Conference Starts Friday 3/19

The very excellent CarolinaCon starts Friday night in Raleigh. Each year the conference gathers hackers and other technology enthusiasts in one space to hear presentations on everything from copyright law to lock picking. CarolinaCon is one of the last great tech bargains out there. Low travel costs, low entry fee, fascinating speakers, entertaining attendees, and cheap booze; how can you go wrong?

This year's call for presenters was so popular the organizers added another day of talks for no extra cost! Just check out this schedule of presenters and try to tell me this isn't worth $20.

We Don't Need No Stinking Badges - Shawn Merdinger	Smart People, Stupid Emails - Margaret McDonald
Locks: Past, Picking, and Future - squ33k	Mitigating Attacks with Existing Network Infrastructure - Omar Santos
Cybercrime and the Law Enforcement Response - Thomas Holt, Professor Farnsworth	OMG, The World Has Come To An End!!! - FeloniousFish
You Spent All That Money and You Still Got Owned - Joe McCray	Physical Manifestation of Software: Microcontrollers 101 - Nick Fury
Something Smells Phishy: The Evolution of Social Engineering - Chris Silvers and Dawn Perry	Protecting Systems through Log Management and System Integrity - David Burt
It's Not A Vulnerability, It's A Feature - Deral Heiland	Why Linux is Bad for Business - wxs
The Search for the Ultimate Handcuff Key - TOOOL	Hacking with the iPhone - snide
The Art of Software Destruction - Joshua Morin and Terron Williams	Metasploit - Ryan Linn
How the Droid Was Rooted - Michael Goffin

Nanomaterials in Ecosystems: Should we worry?

Today is the second Tuesday of March which can mean only one thing: Periodic Tables!  Periodic Tables is a monthly event that brings interesting speakers "where curious adults can meet in a casual setting to discuss the latest science in plain English."  Periodic Tables is organized by our friends at the Museum of Life and Science.

When: March 9, 2010 | 7:00 P.M.

Where: Broad Street Café in Durham, NC

Who: Dr. Emily Bernhardt, Assistant Professor of Biology at Duke University and Program Leader at the Center for Environmental Implication of NanoTechnology

Nanotechnology has the enormous potential to change our society. New advances in medicine, energy production, environmental cleanup and better access to clean water are just a few of the many possibilities. According to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, the number of products that use nanomaterials has increased almost 380% since 2006. But, is it the same special properties that make nanoscale materials so useful that also pose potential risks to humans and the environment?

Join Dr. Emily Bernhardt from the Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology to discuss the fate of nanomaterials in our environment and why you should care.