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On June 13, 2009 Pumping Station: One held its grand opening ceremony at Co-Prosperity Sphere aptly named "Geek Prom".  Attendees included PS1 members, visitors from CCCKC, American Science and Surplus, locals interested in a lesson in improper dancing and more.  The event itself included musical performances by DJ GAZEBO!, Liz Revision, Thin Man, and one other DJ whose name I can't think of.  Other entertainment on exhibit was a science fair competition, up-to-the-minute photo booth and Graffiti Reasearch Labs' Laser Tag 2.0.   
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On June 13, 2009 Pumping Station: One held its grand opening ceremony at Co-Prosperity Sphere aptly named "Geek Prom".  Attendees included PS1 members, visitors from CCCKC, American Science and Surplus, locals interested in a lesson in improper dancing and more.  The event itself included musical performances by DJ GAZEBO!, Liz Revision, Thin Man, and one other DJ whose name I can't think of.  Other entertainment on exhibit was a science fair competition, an up-to-the-minute photo booth and Graffiti Reasearch Labs' Laser Tag 2.0.   
  
 
===Best Dressed Couple===
 
===Best Dressed Couple===

Revision as of 08:13, 15 June 2009

Previous page has been moved to Geek Prom 2009 Event Coordination for archival.

On June 13, 2009 Pumping Station: One held its grand opening ceremony at Co-Prosperity Sphere aptly named "Geek Prom". Attendees included PS1 members, visitors from CCCKC, American Science and Surplus, locals interested in a lesson in improper dancing and more. The event itself included musical performances by DJ GAZEBO!, Liz Revision, Thin Man, and one other DJ whose name I can't think of. Other entertainment on exhibit was a science fair competition, an up-to-the-minute photo booth and Graffiti Reasearch Labs' Laser Tag 2.0.

Best Dressed Couple

Nat won with his great kilt along with 2 others. Pictures will be posted once they are uploaded.

Science Fair

Nicolle Neulist won a mystery box from American Science & Surplus for her winning entry in the science fair, 8-bit Music Composition on a Commodore 128.

Other entrants include:

  • Wallflower discouragement kit — Jestin Stoffel
  • Boogiepants — John Stoner
  • RepRap — Sacha De'Angeli & John Stoner
  • God Helment — ?
  • Roomba Tree — Nat
  • Sake Brewing — John Albert

Photos

Flickr set by Opacity

In the Media

Prior to the event, Eric Michaud was interviewed by Karl Klockars of Chicagoist about Geek Prom and Hackerspaces. [1]