Reminder: New Hampshire Porcupine Festival is one of the best technology events of the year in the USA. Tech talks, hackathons, firing guns w/ 3D-printed magazines, homeschooling, mesh networking, all sorts of drones / FPV vehicles, and on and on. And you can buy just about anything with cryptocurrency, from organic vegetables to an AR-15.
If you haven't been, it's really a must-see phenomenon.
Also, the 'official' schedule is only the 4 main tracks (plus music and kids activities, etc). In addition, there are several DIY tracks at the various camps, including the "Alt Expo," which has many of the more advanced tech talks (about a quarter mile from the main pavilion as the quadcopter flies).
There was also a 'pirate tent' which had a PGP-keysigning / local beer exchange party that was absolutely over-the-top.
Dozens of - probably over a hundred - NH beers (many of which were single keg or smaller) for trade only (no money exchanged hands) and a pretty serious PGP web. Quite a freaking sight.
June can't come quickly enough! :-)
I'll actually have a newborn at that time, so I'm not 100% sure of my ability to go this year.
I have thought about going for years. But now that you mention PGP-keysigning, that's clinched it. I had no idea. I guess that's not the sort of thing you put on a normal flyer.
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Reminder: New Hampshire Porcupine Festival is one of the best technology events of the year in the USA. Tech talks, hackathons, firing guns w/ 3D-printed magazines, homeschooling, mesh networking, all sorts of drones / FPV vehicles, and on and on. And you can buy just about anything with cryptocurrency, from organic vegetables to an AR-15.
If you haven't been, it's really a must-see phenomenon.
http://porcfest.com/
... and of course Bitcoin 101 is one of the first talks, right after "Outdoors safety". Oh man, wish I could go, wrong part of the world for me.
Also, the 'official' schedule is only the 4 main tracks (plus music and kids activities, etc). In addition, there are several DIY tracks at the various camps, including the "Alt Expo," which has many of the more advanced tech talks (about a quarter mile from the main pavilion as the quadcopter flies).
There was also a 'pirate tent' which had a PGP-keysigning / local beer exchange party that was absolutely over-the-top.
Dozens of - probably over a hundred - NH beers (many of which were single keg or smaller) for trade only (no money exchanged hands) and a pretty serious PGP web. Quite a freaking sight.
June can't come quickly enough! :-)
I'll actually have a newborn at that time, so I'm not 100% sure of my ability to go this year.
I have thought about going for years. But now that you mention PGP-keysigning, that's clinched it. I had no idea. I guess that's not the sort of thing you put on a normal flyer.