Keyword results: Nerds
The 2009 International Digital Entertainment Festival (IDEF)
What:
The 2009 International Digital Entertainment Festival (IDEF)
Where:
Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton Gardens
When:
Fri Oct 30, 1-7pm; Sat Oct 31, 10am-7pm; Sun Nov 1, 10am-5pm
How much:
Day tickets $13/$18, 3-day passes $30 from here
Win:
We have 5 dbl passes to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject 'Is that a rudimentary gunpowder-based mechanic on your wristblade?'
Description:
If you don't know your Assasin's Creed II from your Forza Motorsport 3 then for sure you're not getting invited to this guy's house - and he's almost home with the beer! He'll only be another few minutes. The IDEF is an unholy union of the Digital Lifestyle Show and the eGames exhibition.
Event: Expo
Stimulus: Family Fun
Cracking the Einstein Code: Relativity and the Birth of Black Hole Physics
What:
Cracking the Einstein Code: Relativity and the Birth of Black Hole Physics
Where:
Melbourne Planetarium, Scienceworks, 2 Booker St, Spotswood
When:
Fri Sept 11, 6.30pm
How much:
$12.50/$15. Bookings essential, phone 9392 4819.
Description:
Thinking about space and black holes is like giving your brain a full pack of fruit tingles. It's crazy, give it a try! Now imagine if you thought about that stuff as your job. And that you and your mate cracked Einstein's theory of general relativity back in '63. Then imagine you're giving a talk at Scienceworks this Friday night, and it's followed by a Planetarium show narrated by Geoffrey Rush.
Event: Talk
Stimulus: Chaos
Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone exhibition launch
What:
Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone exhibition launch
Where:
Gorker Gallery, Cnr Gore St and Kerr St, Fitzroy
When:
Thurs July 2, 6:30-8:30pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
High school is not good place for nerds. While the real word appreciates a bit of individuality, book smarts and a brain, the Lord of the Flies nightmare that is secondary eduction tends to punch it in the face. Thankfully, that all changes once you graduate. The bookworms end up in fashionable dive bars surrounded by models and coke while their classmates fuck off to the suburbs.
Event: Exhibition
Event: Supper
Australian Science Communicators meet up
What:
Australian Science Communicators meet up
Where:
Three Degrees Bar, 1 QV Square, Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Tues June 23, 6-9pm, RSVP here
How much:
Free to members, $10 for the rest of us with the first drink and canapés free
Description:
Nerds are awesome. They know heaps about stuff we will never understand. The best ones are the mavens, the articulate fonts of knowledge that can find a way to make the impenetrable understandable and happily take your calls during pub quizzes. The Australian Science Communicators ARE these people and they're having a drinks night - and we're allowed to go.
Event: Rally
Stimulus: Cordial
Think Geek
Geeks are the shit. They invent stuff you never knew you needed, but can't live without once you've seen it. Who doesn't need a spy camera video watch or an umbrella with the handle of a samurai sword? And, while we're on the topic of weaponry, how can you turn down a swashbuckling BBQ sword? See: The.
Fanboys
The Force is strong with Melbourne right now. Not only do we have an exhibition of Star Wars paraphernalia currently at Scienceworks, but also to ACMI, Kyle Newman's film has come. Hugely enjoyable it is, hmmph! Be first to rock up in costume this Friday for opening night and you could get free entry, plus your photo taken with Darth Vader or a Storm Trooper.
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
Scienceworks has a new exhibition about the holy grail of nerdom, Star Wars. Normally we wouldn't be caught dead at something like this, but when we heard one of our favourite readers had been to a preview, we realised it's gonna be okay for us to drool all over George Lucas' nuts again. Ling Ang, a Star Wars enthusiast, general geek, and awesome door girl for our Cool Aid fundraiser event had some insightful comments about the exhibition and some revealing ones about her personal life.
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