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Yuri's Night: Bay Area 2010

14 points by rms 17y ago

rms 17y ago
Anyone gone to this in the past? What was it like? It looks like I am going to be in the Bay Area for much of April so maybe I'll see you there. I'm a big fan of the Glitch Mob. http://theglitchmob.com/mp3/The_Glitch_Mob-Nalepa_Monday_Remix.mp3 http://theglitchmob.com/mp3/The_Glitch_Mob-Nalepa_Monday_Rem...
- novas0x2a 17y ago
  It's a crazy mixture of burning man, a music festival, and a nifty tech fair. It's a great blend- watching the burners and the non-burners (... like my parents) interact was awesome. I was one of the organizers two years ago (which was the last time it was at Ames). Even though the day of was sort of frantic for us, I had a blast. Music everywhere, things throwing fire, lots of great geeky exhibits. And it's all in and around some hangers just off the Moffett Field runway! I'm not directly involved this year, but many of the same people that ran it then are working on it now; I expect it to be awesome again this year. Hopefully my mass of positive adjectives encourages you to check it out this year. Heh. Some nifty pictures (not mine): http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/2422866234 http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/2422866234 (NASA Ames Center Director Pete Worden in costume as a Soviet general!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/smashz/2412213920 http://www.flickr.com/photos/smashz/2412213920 http://www.flickr.com/photos/unknown8bit/2482966738 http://www.flickr.com/photos/unknown8bit/2482966738 http://www.flickr.com/photos/keturah-jj/2466351237 http://www.flickr.com/photos/keturah-jj/2466351237
waterlesscloud 17y ago
Ah, the celebration of our lack of a manned space program! Perhaps robots can show up and drink some oil.
- rms 17y ago
  This is planned by NASA itself, so they probably take a much less cynical look at space travel. Out of things to be celebrating, Yuri Gargarin's trip to space is a pretty good one. It also makes as good an excuse as anything for having a music festival.
pclark 17y ago
good luck reading that website on the iPhone.
geuis 17y ago
Get rid of flash. Your site is unreadable and unindexable by google.
- stubek 17y ago
  Thank you for the comments, we are updating the site right now and the next roll out will not be flash on the front page and will be iPhone and mobile device friendly! Please give us more feedback!
rms 17y ago
Alternative link: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/events/2010/yuris_night/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/events/2010/yuris_night/ind... Don't forget to bring your costumes and art installations.
stubek 17y ago
Official website is www.ynba.org

14 points by rms 17y ago

rms 17y ago

Anyone gone to this in the past? What was it like? It looks like I am going to be in the Bay Area for much of April so maybe I'll see you there. I'm a big fan of the Glitch Mob. http://theglitchmob.com/mp3/The_Glitch_Mob-Nalepa_Monday_Remix.mp3 http://theglitchmob.com/mp3/The_Glitch_Mob-Nalepa_Monday_Rem...

novas0x2a 17y ago
It's a crazy mixture of burning man, a music festival, and a nifty tech fair. It's a great blend- watching the burners and the non-burners (... like my parents) interact was awesome. I was one of the organizers two years ago (which was the last time it was at Ames). Even though the day of was sort of frantic for us, I had a blast. Music everywhere, things throwing fire, lots of great geeky exhibits. And it's all in and around some hangers just off the Moffett Field runway! I'm not directly involved this year, but many of the same people that ran it then are working on it now; I expect it to be awesome again this year. Hopefully my mass of positive adjectives encourages you to check it out this year. Heh. Some nifty pictures (not mine): http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/2422866234 http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/2422866234 (NASA Ames Center Director Pete Worden in costume as a Soviet general!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/smashz/2412213920 http://www.flickr.com/photos/smashz/2412213920 http://www.flickr.com/photos/unknown8bit/2482966738 http://www.flickr.com/photos/unknown8bit/2482966738 http://www.flickr.com/photos/keturah-jj/2466351237 http://www.flickr.com/photos/keturah-jj/2466351237

waterlesscloud 17y ago

Ah, the celebration of our lack of a manned space program! Perhaps robots can show up and drink some oil.

rms 17y ago
This is planned by NASA itself, so they probably take a much less cynical look at space travel. Out of things to be celebrating, Yuri Gargarin's trip to space is a pretty good one. It also makes as good an excuse as anything for having a music festival.

pclark 17y ago

good luck reading that website on the iPhone.

geuis 17y ago

Get rid of flash. Your site is unreadable and unindexable by google.

stubek 17y ago
Thank you for the comments, we are updating the site right now and the next roll out will not be flash on the front page and will be iPhone and mobile device friendly! Please give us more feedback!

rms 17y ago

Alternative link: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/events/2010/yuris_night/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/events/2010/yuris_night/ind... Don't forget to bring your costumes and art installations.

stubek 17y ago

Official website is www.ynba.org