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"book_description": "The Chaos machine returns to shape your wildest engineering imagination into a functioning beacon of collective brilliance. Find some old friends or new acquaintances to help build the machine from the ground up! Find it in the lobby!",
"end_date": "5/4/2014",
"title": "Chaos Machine",
"track": "Mayhem",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "",
"minutes": 2880,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:00"
},
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"book_description": "The Nearly Useless Entertainment Team is proud to once again present the Con Scouts. We will be roaming the halls and room bringing you free entertainment of varying kinds. If you choose to participate, there might be something you can get from the Scouts. Ask the Con Scouts about our Badge Program, and try to collect them all!",
"end_date": "5/4/2014",
"title": "Con Scouts",
"track": "Mayhem",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "",
"minutes": 2880,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:00"
},
{
"book_description": "Check out this special Detroit auto show... of hot wheels! Join in at the race track, where you can win a \"Pinks\" Ribbon... while they last. On the second floor, near the top of the stairs. ",
"end_date": "5/4/2014",
"title": "Hot Wheels Auto Show",
"track": "Mayhem",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "",
"minutes": 2880,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:00"
},
{
"book_description": "Find the time line to join in the fun! Use the stickers to mark the year you first came to Penguicon (if you remember) and learn other interesting facts from the convention's history!",
"end_date": "5/4/2014",
"title": "Penguicon Time Line ",
"track": "Mayhem",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "",
"minutes": 2880,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:00"
},
{
"book_description": "If you find the Ribbon Fairy, you can trade her a ribbon for a ribbon!",
"end_date": "5/4/2014",
"title": "Ribbon Fairy",
"track": "Mayhem",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "",
"minutes": 2880,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:00"
},
{
"book_description": "Check out the fliers around the hotel for various scavenger hunts! Can you find them all?",
"end_date": "5/4/2014",
"title": "Scavenger Hunts",
"track": "Mayhem",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "",
"minutes": 2880,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:00"
},
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"book_description": "If you're feeling withdrawal from online gaming this weekend, come join this year's live action World of Warcraft-themed game. Perfect for fans of scavenger hunts or random quests. Keep your eyes open for the gold \"!\" to start your quest!",
"end_date": "5/4/2014",
"title": "W.O.W. Live Action Game",
"track": "Mayhem",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "",
"minutes": 2880,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:00"
},
{
"book_description": "\"Wreck this journal\" by Keri Smith is a social experiment where you destroy a page as interestingly as possible. It will be floating around the convention. Let's see how much of the journal we can get done as a group! If you find it, do a page or two, then hand it off to someone else. Please return the journal to Operations at the end of con so we can post pictures for everyone to see. Thanks to Keri Smith for donating the book!",
"end_date": "5/4/2014",
"title": "Wreck This Journal",
"track": "Mayhem",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "",
"minutes": 2880,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:00"
},
{
"book_description": "Tag, you're it. Enjoy eating braaaaaains! Look out for zombified con-goers trying to \u201cbite\u201d you (with a ribbon, not teeth). ",
"end_date": "5/4/2014",
"title": "Zombie Tag!",
"track": "Mayhem",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "",
"minutes": 2880,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:00"
},
{
"book_description": "The Computer and Video Game Archive at the University of Michigan recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. Learn who uses the Archive, what uses are most common, and what game is heavily restricted.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Wait, We Have a Video Game Archive?",
"track": "Videogaming",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
"Britain Woodman",
"David Carter"
],
"location": "Algonquin D",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:50"
},
{
"book_description": "You know there are smart people out there who could learn to code (write software, program computers). But they don't. Why not? What can we do to expand the coding craft? Do schools need to teach the principles that make good coders? Can we start a little coding instruction event? ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "BoF: Why Johnny Can't Code",
"track": "Tech",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Board of Regents",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Frag is a computer game without a computer. It's a \"first-person shooter\" on a tabletop. Move your fighter and frag your foes; draw cards for weapons, armor, and gadgets; move through the blood spatters to restore your own health! If you die, you respawn and come back shooting! Up to six can play.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "FRAG",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Gaming [Restaurant]",
"minutes": 110,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "In Nuns on the Run\u2122 you explore the exciting nocturnal world of a grand abbey filled with intrigue and deception. As the old abbess, the noble prioress, or a simple novice you become hunter or prey. Everyone gets a special \"blessing\" but only the novices try to fulfill a \"secret wish.\" They must sneak through the dimly lit halls, corridors, and gardens, seeking keys and treasures unique to their goal. Meanwhile, the vigilant abbess and prioress patrol their routes, ever watchful of young novices who should be fast asleep in their austere cells. Are you wily enough to fulfill your quest and win the night?",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Nuns on the Run",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Gaming [Restaurant]",
"minutes": 110,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "The panelists have thrown many great parties over the years - join them for conversations on how to be a good host, creating atmosphere, and maintaining energy. Bring your own best tips and great party stories.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "How To Throw A Party",
"track": "Life, After Dark",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
"Sal Sanfratello"
],
"location": "Hamlin",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Enjoy a fun and relaxing session of painting miniature figures, even if you don't think of yourself as an artist. We are happy to demonstrate several painting techniques, including drybrushing, washes, and face elements, including the always tricky eyes. Some free figures available (one per person per day).",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Paint and Take",
"track": "DIY",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
"Dean Martelle",
"Linda Martelle"
],
"location": "Lobby",
"minutes": 360,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "22:00"
},
{
"book_description": "We all love that feeling we get when we can fully immerse ourselves in a fictional world. Conversely, the return to the real world can be quite shocking. Is this part of the reason for the prevalence of series work in genre fiction? Is it something from the publishing side? Is there a place for the stand alone work in SFF?",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Sequels and Series in Genre Fiction",
"track": "Lit",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
"Mary Lynne Gibbs",
"Michael Cieslak",
"Robert Kroese"
],
"location": "Montcalm",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:50"
},
{
"book_description": "\"The Amazing Transparent Man\" Dr. Peter Ulof, inventor of an invisibility machine, is forced to create a weapon out of it by Maj. Paul Krenner who keeps his daughter prisoner. The machine cannot be completed without materials that are kept safe in a well guarded government facility. Krenner\u2019s plan is to send an invisible man to steal the needed materials but he picks the wrong person for the job \u2014 a prisoner!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "The Amazing Transparent Man",
"track": "Film",
"start_time": "16:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Portage Auditorium",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "16:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Juggling class for those who think they can't juggle. You totally can, and we'll show you how. We will have juggling balls on-hand.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "You Can Juggle!",
"track": "Life",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Jody Raiford"
],
"location": "Algonquin A",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Neuroprosthetics and brain-computer-interface systems are rapidly becoming a reality. What neuroscience challenges will we face in getting to our cyborg future? What are the impacts on our society? Explore and discuss with a talk followed by Q and A.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "The Age of the Cyborgs",
"track": "Science",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Heather Aman"
],
"location": "Algonquin D",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Come be a member of the bridge crew in Artemis, the Starship Bridge Simulator. One hour sessions throughout the weekend.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Artemis: The Starship Bridge Simulator",
"track": "Videogaming",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Joe Greene"
],
"location": "Baldwin Board Room",
"minutes": 230,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Our chair, Nuri, will talk about how he first joined Penguicon, and give you a tour of what's awesome (everything!) here. If you've never been and you want to get to know the event, this is the panel for you!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "So This is Your First Penguicon?",
"track": "Penguicon Events",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Nuri Gocay",
"Cylithria Dubois"
],
"location": "Board of Governors",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Since the dawn of time, scale armor has been the coolest of all the armors. And now you too can learn how to make it! In this panel, we will teach the basic art of scale mail weaving, and you'll get a chance to try your own hand at creating scale armor!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Armour Academy: Scale Armour!",
"track": "Costuming",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Alexander Kostrzewa"
],
"location": "Board of Regents",
"minutes": 110,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "While Linux gets a lot of press time these days, it's not the oldest open-source Unix-like operating system. The Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) has been around since the late 1970s. We'll cover the two most popular BSD variants, FreeBSD and OpenBSD, and what makes these operating systems special. If you use the Internet, you use BSD. Come see what you rely on. By the author of \"Absolute FreeBSD\" and \"Absolute OpenBSD.\"",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "BSD Operating Systems: A Tour",
"track": "Tech",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Michael W. Lucas"
],
"location": "Charlevoix B",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Learn techniques for making a few delicious breads, and taste some of them, too!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Working with Yeast",
"track": "Food",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Selina Firecat"
],
"location": "Food [Room 1017]",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Flame wars got you down? This panel will cover hacks for improving interpersonal communication. Topics include: active listening, nonviolent communication, conflict resolution, consensus decision-making, validation, and common pitfalls and fallacies.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Life Hacks: Communication",
"track": "Life",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Ed Platt"
],
"location": "Hamlin",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "This discussion will address the importance of local food and businesses in our world today, why they are important, and why they are gaining in popularity. The talk will inspire people to support their local mom n' pop shops over the big box stores, and in turn do good for their local communities. Attendees will learn about farmers' markets, buying clubs, CSA's (community supported agriculture), and other local resources to provide food, fun, and entertainment.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "On Location: Local Food and Local Businesses, and Why We Need Them",
"track": "Eco",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Paul Angelini"
],
"location": "Montcalm",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Infinity -- all of mathematics relies on it but its existence is a matter of faith. Come learn about how this pervasive mystery underpins everything we know about numbers. The foundations of math itself will be discussed, and you may leave wondering: are the real numbers really real? ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Are the Reals Really Real? A Skeptical Look at Infinity",
"track": "Science",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
"Jeffrey Quesnelle",
"Zach Blagg"
],
"location": "Nicolet",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "17:50"
},
{
"book_description": "\"Horrors of Spider Island\" Gary and a group of dancers are flying to Singapore where they\u2019ll perform. The plane crashes in the ocean and Gary and the girls are the only survivors. They barely make it to an island where they find fresh water, and something else\u2026",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Horrors of Spider Island",
"track": "Film",
"start_time": "17:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Portage Auditorium",
"minutes": 110,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Join our con chair, Nuri Gocay, the Con Committee, and our Guests of Honor as we open this bad boy up for the weekend. You never know what surprises might be in store!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Opening Ceremonies",
"track": "Penguicon Events",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
"Janet Gocay",
"Scott Kennedy",
"Lucy Kennedy",
"Nuri Gocay",
"Cylithria Dubois",
"Amanda Long-Adams",
"Amanda Robinson",
"Christine Bender",
"Ed Mason",
"Vinny Rawlley",
"Erika Carlson",
"Eva Galperin",
"Ernie Cline",
"YTCracker"
],
"location": "Algonquin B/C",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Learn about the current space missions and their impact on science today: Dawn, Juno, and New Horizons.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Solar System Ambassador Lecture",
"track": "Science",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
"Bob Trembley"
],
"location": "Algonquin D",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "The number of genres into which Speculative Fiction may be divided approaches infinity. Most are familiar with Hard Sci-Fi, the Space Opera, and Urban Fantasy. There are also lesser known sub-genres like Bizarro Fiction that fall in the SFF spectrum. How would you define Bizarro Fiction? What are the must reads in this field?",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "The Hidden Sub-Genres",
"track": "Lit",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
"Jim Leach",
"Sean M. Davis"
],
"location": "Board of Governors",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Come discuss the best ways to communicate with your fellow nerds! Learn to use body language and communication techniques that will help you come off as confident, instead of creepy.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Nerd Skills: Body Language, Communication, and More!",
"track": "Life",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
"Mitch Peters",
"Jennifer Peters",
"Julie Hargraves"
],
"location": "Charlevoix B",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Making your own cheese is healthy and rewarding! This workshop will discuss how to make your own hard cheeses at home. We'll talk about what types of milk work best, where to get specialized ingredients, book recommendations, and step-by-step how-to. Attendees will receive recipes for homemade Feta and Queso Fresco.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Hard Cheeses at Home",
"track": "Food",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
"Amy Castner"
],
"location": "Food [Room 1017]",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "MidEvil is the first game to be based on, and an extension of, the award winning Zombies!!! system from Twilight Creations. Players have escaped the modern-day zombie horde only to find themselves transported back in time and faced with a whole new set of problems!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "MidEvil Deluxe",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Gaming [Restaurant]",
"minutes": 110,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Uncover a murder most foul by revealing six story elements that together describe the deadly deed and spell the word MURDER. But take care that your opponents can't do the same -- take their letters, counter their actions, or call on a waiting Crow to influence the murder before they do! At any moment a well-played card can shift the balance and seal someone's fate. ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Murder of Crows",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Gaming [Restaurant]",
"minutes": 110,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Come join us for the ultimate dungeon crawl through the \"Ruins of Undermountain.\" Do you dare enter the playhouse of the mad wizard Hallaster? He's having a tea party and you're invited...as the entertainment. Who knows what horrors lay waiting around the next corner! This is a massive magical dungeon where players can come and go at Hallaster's whim. Come join us for as long or as short as you like. All characters are premade (level 6+) and ready to play. D and D 3.5 rules will be used. We have the dice, you have the vice!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Under Where?! Hallaster's Tea Party... A D and D Dungeon Crawl",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
"Jake Newman",
"Fred Lthrop"
],
"location": "Gaming [Restaurant]",
"minutes": 170,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Explore the pros and cons of writing for examiner.com and Yahoo\u2019s associated content. The discussion will compare writing content for the web versus print magazines. Other topics to be covered include how to build your writing portfolio and setting deadlines for yourself.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Writing for the Web ",
"track": "Lit",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
"Tracy Herrell",
"Rob Reed"
],
"location": "Hamlin",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Javascript got you down? Do you see fancy single page applications and wonder how in the world that thing works? Do you make this stuff every day and just want to make more or see someone else's approach? This intermediate level panel is for you! This is the first of two sessions -- please come to both! In this session, we will focus on tooling, structure, mock data sets, and build process. Follow along with the presenter, and walk away with a working single page app. Stan represents Bitovi. To get the best head start, clone https://github.com/shcarrico/skel-html5 and follow the readme for install directions. ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Conquering HTML5 Apps: Session 1",
"track": "Tech",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
"Stan Carrico"
],
"location": "Montcalm",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Iron Man, Halo, Mass Effect, Star Wars -- what do all of these have in common? Some of the most impressive looking costumes you will see out there involve armor. In this panel we will discuss multiple forms and techniques of armor construction for cosplay. You might be surprised at how simple it can be to create very impressive looking armor from some easy to find materials.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Learn to Build Your Own Cosplay Armor",
"track": "Costuming",
"start_time": "18:00",
"presenters": [
"Alex Drummer",
"Kevin McLeod",
"Justin Coluzzi"
],
"location": "Nicolet",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "18:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Asteroids, comets, Kuiper Belt objects and minor planets -- learn about the half-million objects we share our solar system with.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Small Bodies in the Solar System",
"track": "Science",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Marie-therese Enga",
"Bob Trembley"
],
"location": "Algonquin D",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Get to know our GoHs as we all get together for some cocktails. Meet us in the bar.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "GoH Social Hour",
"track": "Penguicon Events",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Ed Mason",
"Vinny Rawlley",
"Erika Carlson",
"Eva Galperin",
"Ernie Cline",
"YTCracker"
],
"location": "Bar",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "More people are transitioning publicly in geek social circles where they feel less threatened and more accepted, so it's getting more likely that you will know or meet one. Come hear a transgender person talk about the best way to approach, discuss, and respect transgender people. This presentation focuses on the social aspects of dealing with transgender people with a brief discussion of the physical aspects of transition. Most trans people do not have an easy time, but friends and peers can help by not accidentally saying something rude that makes the trans person feel uncomfortable. Bad attitudes and bad language will not be tolerated. ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "How to Respect your Transgender Peers",
"track": "Life",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Deirdre McDaniel",
"Steffo",
"Amara Brighe"
],
"location": "Board of Governors",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Penguicon has begun to host hackathons year-round to develop software to help organize this convention: tuxtrax.org. Please join us at the whiteboard! Developers and interested stake holders will meet to discuss the project's purpose, stack, and next steps. Look at the user stories in the readme and the flowchart image in the wiki: https://github.com/MattArnold/penguicontrax",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Developing Software for Penguicon",
"track": "Tech",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Matt Arnold",
"Bruce Webber",
"John D. Bell",
"Janet Gocay",
"Chad Crabtree",
"Jeff Quesnelle",
"Stan Carrico"
],
"location": "Board of Regents",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Please join us to create a scifi story! We will start with a few words, sentences or short description, then move around the room. Each person will have a chance to add a bit more to the story. Anyone can choose to skip a turn. Add a character, kill one off. Create a new world or new love. Anything is possible. Non-creative and shy people will be encouraged to participate in a supportive environment.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Story Creation on the Fly --- An Audience Participation Experiment in Story Telling",
"track": "Lit",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Gib Nichols"
],
"location": "Board of Trustees",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Have you ever wanted to get an insider's prospective on dealing with licensing and Hollywood? Here's your chance.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Hollywood and Licensing",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Kevin Siembieda"
],
"location": "Charlevoix B",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "If you are interested in, or already involved in polyamory, and want to meet new available people at the con, join us for a round of poly speed dating!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Speed Dating for Open Relationships",
"track": "Life",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Dana McNabb"
],
"location": "Charlevoix C",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Making cheese at home is awesome, but without a cheese press you are limited in what types you can make. This class will show you the materials and supplies you will need to make a cheese press for under $50 and in less than an hour! ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Make Your Own Cheese Press for Under $50.00",
"track": "Food",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Amy Castner"
],
"location": "Food [Room 1017]",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Some writers are plotters, and can\u2019t proceed until they know how everything ends. Some writers are pantsers, and they surprise themselves as they go. How can you figure out which one you are, and how can you harness the strengths of each approach while avoiding the weaknesses? ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Plotters vs Pantsers \u2013 Finding the Storytelling That Works For You",
"track": "Lit",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Ferrett Steinmetz",
"Michael Cieslak",
"Jim Leach",
"Robert Kroese"
],
"location": "Hamlin",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "You see it all the time in movies (think Kung Fu Hustle): The martial artist whose style is soft and flowy, but who somehow mysteriously is ten times more powerful than the Chuck Norris guys. What's the deal with the \"internal\"-power styles, like Taiji and Bagua? What's really the difference between an internal and an external martial-art, and which is really more powerful? What's the secret to the One-Inch Punch? What characters in movies, anime, and scifi are doing which styles, and how accurately? Come get your questions answered!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "What's the Deal with \"Internal\" Martial Arts?",
"track": "Life",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Marie Staver"
],
"location": "Montcalm",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "3D Printing will change many different industries and tabletop gaming will be one of the first. Using the copyright wars of the past 15 years as a model, we'll look at the challenges 3D printing creates for tabletop game creators and explore ways companies can embrace the technology without being hostile to their customers.Jason is the creator of tabletop game Legends of Kalidasia.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "3D Printing and the Tabletop Game Industry",
"track": "Tech, Gaming",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Jason Rutherford"
],
"location": "Nicolet",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "In a real swordfight, you want as many as you can get. At Aegis Consulting, it's just another practice.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Dirty Tricks Swordfighting",
"track": "Action Adventure",
"start_time": "19:00",
"presenters": [
"Sal Sanfratello"
],
"location": "Windover",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "19:50"
},
{
"book_description": "From Samus Aran to Princess Peach, equal gender representation in nerd culture has been slim at best. With the way we are already judging each other for who is the most \u2018L337\u2019 nerd, it\u2019s no surprise that women are getting even more judgement from the nerd community at large. Where are all the female heroes? The tournament-winning chicks? And why are you judging me for kicking YOUR butt in Super Smash Bros.? No matter your gender, please join in on this hot topic! This panel aims to discuss the social issues, inequality and perks that come with being a geeky lady!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "War on Cooties: Bringing Nerd Men and Women to the Same Gameboard",
"track": "Life",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
"Victoria Stapels",
"April Nance",
"Sunny Smith",
"Erika Carlson",
"Eva Galperin"
],
"location": "Algonquin D",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Come to the Ingress Cross Faction Meetup to meet with other players or to start playing. Share your tips and tricks, or learn more about the story behind the game. Whether new to Ingress of a seasoned player, this crowd may just resonate with you.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "BoF: Ingress Cross Faction Meetup",
"track": "Videogaming",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Bar",
"minutes": 170,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "22:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Be honest... if you had the Raspberry Pi a few years ago, you would have thought it was a dream machine. Now it has many practical and fun uses. What would you do with one? ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "BoF: Raspberry Pi",
"track": "Tech",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Board of Regents",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Meet your fellow foodies of fandom!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "BoF: Foodie Meetup",
"track": "Food",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Board of Trustees",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Champions of Breakfast is the electropop collaboration of Moses Jackson and Val Hundreds. The band is one part punk rock, one part Brechtian showmanship, one part dance party. With a live show that acknowledges its own artificiality, the group takes the conventions of music performance and mutates them into a spectacle of hyperbolic proportion. Here, bass guitars are seven feet long and made of construction paper, everything on stage emits blindingly bright light, and the beats of every track are pushed straight into the red.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Performance: Champions of Breakfast",
"track": "Music",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
"Val Hundreds",
"Moses Jackson"
],
"location": "Charlevoix A",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Ask ESR Anything. What's he been working on? What's he shooting? What's he thinking about? What's he building in there?",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Eric S. Raymond: Ask Me Anything",
"track": "Tech",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
"Eric S. Raymond"
],
"location": "Charlevoix B",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Join the guys from Demon Lobster on the Sanity Claws Radio podcast as they debate the greatest game ever made! Audience members are encouraged to chime in with their suggestions, support, or dissention. The show wraps up with an audience participation version of our question-and-answer game \u2013 I Can Top That \u2013 where audience members get to ask the questions to the panelists. With prizes and shenanigans, everyone is a winner!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Sanity Claws Radio - Live Gaming Podcast",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Charlevoix C",
"minutes": 110,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "21:50"
},
{
"book_description": "How accurate is the \"proof\" on your bottle? Let's test the alcohol content of some wines, beers, meads, homebrews, whatever you bring. We'll find out if the labeling is correct, and especially test the rumor that only 100 proof and above is flammable. We'll also tell stories and trivia about alcohol, and if we can get some LN2 or dry ice or something, see if we can't make some booze-balls.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Where's the Proof?",
"track": "Food, After Dark",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
"Jody Raiford"
],
"location": "Food [Room 1017]",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "The gloves are off in the rummy-style game of insults. Players use the cards in hand to formulate an insult \u201cYour Secret Boyfriend/is a drama farmer/and tells only lies.\u201d Wham! Pow! Unless the targeted player can come up with a block card, such as \u201cOh grow up!,\u201d the insult will stand as points. The more cards in the insult, the bigger the points. So, grab your toenail biting, hideous friends and duke it out with Cheap Shot or just go \u201cZip your pie hole\u201d! ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Cheap Shot",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Gaming [Restaurant]",
"minutes": 110,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "21:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Blackmail the printer. Threaten the innkeeper. Bribe the priest. Welcome to Revolution! Secretly bid against your opponents to gain the support of the people, win territory . . . and gather more Gold, Blackmail, and Force for the next round of bidding! Will you try to control the tavern or the fortress? The harbor or the plantation? Knowing where to push for support \u2013 and where to back away and let your opponents fight \u2013 is the key to victory. It's a game of bluff, counter-bluff, and surprise.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Revolution",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
""
],
"location": "Gaming [Restaurant]",
"minutes": 110,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "21:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Do you have an idea for a thing? The act of going from an idea to physical prototype is fraught with challenges and gotchas. But if you can make your prototype \"flat pack,\" I can show you how to go from modeling your idea in Sketchup to cutting it out on the big laser cutter at i3Detroit in record time.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "From Sketchup to Lasercut",
"track": "DIY",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
"Matt Switlik"
],
"location": "Montcalm",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Javascript got you down? Do you see fancy single page applications and wonder how in the world that thing works? Do you make this stuff every day and just want to make more or see someone else's approach? This intermediate level panel is for you! This is the second of two sessions -- please come to both! In this session, we will focus on tooling, structure, mock data sets, and build process. Follow along with the presenter, and walk away with a working single page app. Stan represents Bitovi. To get the best head start, clone https://github.com/shcarrico/skel-html5 and follow the readme for install directions. ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Conquering HTML5 Apps: Session 2",
"track": "Tech",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
"Stan Carrico"
],
"location": "Nicolet",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Spend an hour in an.ti.ci.....pation. Alternative universes smash up and fuse together in this collection of fan videos. See these short, rip-roaring spoofs of your favorite movies and shows, as they get the \"RHPS Treatment.\" From Harry Potter and Star Trek to World of WarCraft gaming, Rocky Horror Picture Show fans treat them all with \"due reverence.\" Come join in the fun as we prepare for the main festivities to follow. RHPS costumes encouraged!",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Rocky Horror Picture Show - The Preshow",
"track": "Film",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
"Tim Downing",
"Dennis Tabaczewski",
"Gail Christopherson"
],
"location": "Portage Auditorium",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Explore the impact of psychology in combat.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "One Deep Breath: Psychology in Fighting",
"track": "Action Adventure",
"start_time": "20:00",
"presenters": [
"Sal Sanfratello"
],
"location": "Windover",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "20:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Transformational Journeys via Digital Violin. The world's premier digital violinist, Dixon's life mission is to inspire people! \u00a0And he has done so across North America, captivating audiences at intimate shows, and wowing crowds of thousands, including Burning Man, giving two TED talks/performances, plus radio and TV.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Performance: Dixon's Violin",
"track": "Music",
"start_time": "21:00",
"presenters": [
"Dixon's Violin"
],
"location": "Algonquin B/C",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "21:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Learn how and why people use safewords during rough sex play and BDSM. They're codewords to stop activity in case of trauma or the need to discuss what's going on, with no repercussions. Did you know that tops/doms use safewords, too? Practice saying safewords aloud during a brief exercise. Hear about examples when safewords failed and how many people are reluctant to use them, despite their best intent.",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "Safewords, Beginning to Expert",
"track": "After Dark",
"start_time": "21:00",
"presenters": [
"Deirdre McDaniel"
],
"location": "Board of Governors",
"minutes": 50,
"start_date": "5/2/2014",
"end_time": "21:50"
},
{
"book_description": "Get together with your fellow gaming fans to talk games. ",
"end_date": "5/2/2014",
"title": "BoF: Gaming Fans Meetup",
"track": "Gaming",
"start_time": "21:00",
"presenters": [
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],
"location": "Board of Regents",
"minutes": 50,