Geek Pride Festival
geek pride festival name number event organized tim mceachern devoted computer geek activity interest name festival often associated large event held march april park plaza castle boston united state two event nowclosed big house brewery albany new york wamc local npr affiliate sponsored event organized tim mceachern event major production organised help susan kaup chris obrien many volunteer event began friday night swap meet social event modern lounge boston landsdowne street nightclub district drink ticket offered door dj played computerthemed music saturday main event occurred castle admission free middle floor held email garden comprising dozen table pc running red hat linux wired lan network providing email web general internet access front hall stage hosted number invited guest including rob malda slashdot eric raymond video game cover band everyone stage also host final round quake iii tournament held back room displayed stage projection screen well final round stump geek geek trivia contest aside main event main floor computer workstation displaying live webcam feed satellite festival remote location live shoutcast feed also provided boston event poll greatest geek hero also held official winner alan turing according scienceaaas magazine people attended though opendoor free admission made official count impossible va linux sourceforge inc andovernet ostg part sourceforge switchouse nintari addisonwesley newstrollscom defunct alex pentland rob malda keith dawson editor tasty bit technology front eric raymond cluetrain manifesto author christopher locke david weinberger micky metts aka michele metts jeffrey zeldman dave green danny obrien ukbased ntknet event widely referred first annual event although mceachern organized least one previous event named geek pride festival andor geek pride day bar albany new york source refer boston event third annual mceachern planned another event take place later year san francisco never realized gouthro liane april geek proud cnncom archived original september retrieved december event photo taken gerald oskoboiny