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Silicon Valley celebrates 'Nerd New Year' on 11-11
On Nov. 11, 2011 UGG obuv, Silicon Valley will celebrate " Nerd New Year" by counting down until 11:11 pm.  The resolution: Close off a major artery in Redwood City on Friday to hold a giant block party and raise money for 11 charities including the Redwood City Fire Department, according to organizers 106 Miles and Hackers and Founders. (Twitter hashtag #NerdNewYear) Armchair numerologists will diagnose this geeky fascination with 11-11-11 as a classic case of finding meaning, patterns or any excuse to throw a big party in randomly occurring numbers. " Nerd New Year" will feature two quintessential Silicon Valley activities: drinking and robot building (leaving ample opportunity for epic fails while operating heavy machinery, just saying). " They are friendly robots Moncler kurtki puchowe," organizer Adam Rifkin helpfully clarified. " We are into preserving humanity." And the robots are also friendly to the not so techno savvy moncler günstig, coming with a kit that includes a grid to construct your robot, software to program your robot to " do cool stuff" and professional robotics experts on hand. As an added enticement, attendees can explore the " festive parameters and monitor copyright infringement" as three bands ugg kaufen, fire dancers ugg discount, stilt walkers doudoune moncler femme, face painters and magicians entertain the crowd. " As the sun sinks behind its state-mandated horizon ugg rea, the nighttime sky illuminates the ticking numbers of a 13-foot LCD countdown clock as it inches toward 11:11 p.m. After the countdown, guests can keep the party going for 49 additional minutes until the festivities draw to a close at midnight." And Groupon has a deal for you. RELATED: A software industry @ Facebook Don't 'Look' now: Showtime series shows how we are being watched Two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs drive the 10 Freeway to test 10 wireless devices -- Jessica Guynn Photo: Dug SongTopics related articles:
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