Category Archives: /shmoocon

Shmoocon Labs 2008

By Ken | Published: December 13, 2007
Recently I have been getting all the stuff for Shmoocon Labs off the ground. In case you don’t know Shmoocon Labs is an event held one day prior to Shmoocon. The basic idea is as follows. Get 30 or so geeks, a handful of vendors with cool gear and spend a day hammering out the [...]
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How to give a technical preso…Do as I say, not as I do

By Ken | Published: July 31, 2007
Adam mentioned a mailing list discussion we participated in where I spouted off some suggestions for giving presentations. This is has a slight bent to hacker cons. Funny thing is I am sure I am guilty of quite a few things on that list when it comes to presentation throw down. But eh, I still [...]
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Shmoocon: Tickets now on sale & Shmoocon Labs

By Ken | Published: December 5, 2006
Shmoocon tickets have been on sale now for a couple of days and early bird tickets for the first round have sold out! You can still get “Open Reg” and “I love shmoocon” tickets at the registration page. Myself and Cowboym have been organizing the NOC for the past two Shmoocons, this year in addition to [...]
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Skill Crane from Shmoocon Lives!

By Ken | Published: November 3, 2006
Last ShmooCon we started the Hacker Arcade. This dude Ethan brought down a skill crane that was hooked up to a pc and available to control over the local wireless network and the Internet. Someone ended up winning most of the skill crane prizes by writting an automated script to hit every spot, it kicked [...]
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