All Entries in the "Entertainment" Category
Conference Hound-Up May 7, 2012: Light Speed Is A Pansy
Congratulations for surviving Cinco de Mayo. It’s now Seis de Mayo, which isn’t anything special… except for all the awesome events kicking off today! Cytrix Synergy San Francisco runs through the whole week to provide everything you ever needed to know about cloud computing, virtualization and networking. This is an in-depth, multimedia event covering everything [...]
Conference Hound-Up May 4-6, 2012: I Will Avenge Your Weekend
I’ve got plenty for you to do this weekend, if you aren’t too busy watching The Avengers over and over. It’s fine if you are, just remember: this is time you will never get back. If watching this film happens to produce the same chill one experiences when a ghost passes through them, you can [...]
Conference Hound-Up April 30, 2012: Don’t Torch Me, Bro
As it’s the last day of April, I want all of us to pause and thank this wonderful month for all its efforts. Good job, April. Now, some events: MicroConf is the conference for self-funded startups, and it’s underway this week in Vegas. This is an event designed to encourage, inspire and aid the bootstrappers [...]
Conference Hound-Up April 27, 2012: Don’t Be Such A Square
Happy Friday, Hounds. The event world is ripe with opportunities to embrace your inner nerd this weekend, or if you prefer, drink a bunch of beer and run a marathon. Don’t worry, Beerfest is finally here. The Edmonton International Beerfest, that is. This Canadian beer celebration boasts more than 200 brews and 40,000 square feet [...]
Conference Hound-Up April 23, 2012: That Sexy Robot is Checking Me Out
See below for a thrilling peek into the event industry and a terrifying glimpse into the future. But most of all, have fun! Miami is hosting the annual Billboard Latin Music Conference & Awards Show, which will dominate the Marriot Marquis for most of the week. Considering that “The Macarena” pops into my head while [...]
Conference Hound-Up April 13, 2012: Music, Mayhem and Mystery
Another Friday the 13th rolls around, and if you’re not too superstitious to leave the house, perhaps you can shoot over to one of these badass events. For those of you who are superstitious, I’ve followed that up with some survival tips. Yeah that’s right, I got ya covered. The uber-buzzed super-event Coachella is finally [...]
Conference Hound-Up April 6, 2012: Gearing Up For WeekendCon
As promised, this weekend in events brings you a fairly good spread of geek fodder. Plus some other things. But mostly not. Anime Boston hits its 10th year with lots of special guests, contests and fun, neat stuff for fans of Japanese Animation. Also in Boston, PAX East will unite tabletop, videogame and PC gamers [...]
Conference Hound-Up March 30, 2012: The Other Way to Make Millions
Wanna be a millionaire? Mix Conference Hound with promising career to find professional advancement. Add ambition, investment and skill. Bam. Millionaire. Buying lottery tickets can’t hurt, though. The Abilities Expo is an exposition of all things that support, educate and inspire persons with disabilities and their families, friends, caregivers, healthcare professionals, etc. It’s a day [...]
Conference Hound-Up March 22, 2012: Stay Healthy, Social and Scared
We’re gonna start with the fantastic and move into the orgasmic in today’s Hound-Up, followed by a trip into space, but don’t get too excited… this is only a dream. The Fantastic Planet Film Festival is dedicated to seeking out and encourage bold new visions that explore speculative worlds in the science fiction and fantasy [...]
Conference Hound-Up March 16, 2012: Here’s One For The Irish
We’ll all be breaking out our greenest shirts and drinking caps for tomorrow’s celebration of St. Patrick, who supposedly banished all of the snakes from Ireland many years ago. But let’s not forget about all of these other exciting events fighting for our attention this weekend as well! Not one but two events kick off [...]
