I’m interested in holding a large LAN party

Sep 19

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Hey readers!

Earlier today, I was doing some shopping at OfficeMax when  I noticed the old Circuit City store was still sitting empty with an available for rent sign on the side of it.  It was at this moment that I had a rather big idea.  The old Circuit City store would make a great place for a big LAN party!

I have always wanted to host my own LAN party after attending a good number of them over there years that have ranged from a couple dozen people to over 700 people and I think the old Circuit City store would be the perfect place!  Whenever I have thought about it before, I have never had a decent sized place available for rent or that didn’t at least charge a fortune.  Now, I think I have finally found the place although I haven’t a clue whether the building owners would be interested in renting the place out for a weekend for something like a LAN party.  It is certainly an idea worth investigating.

The next time I am over there where I can get the phone number, I will try calling the owners and see how much they would charge to do something like that assuming they are willing to in the first place.  If the price isn’t too outrageous, then I will see about trying to find some furniture and equipment as well as some volunteers and sponsors for an event.  I’m not real sure but I would guess that place would be able to hold 150-200 LAN party goers.

Would this be something you would be interested in?  This is of course in the Pueblo, CO area so travel may be required depending on where you are, but from my experience, that never seems to matter from most people and I have seen many come from across the country just to go to a LAN party.  If you would be interested in something like this and especially if you would be willing to help and have some good networking equipment, let me know in the comments!

-pcnerd37

Slow day.

Dec 31

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With it being New Year’s Eve, today seems to be a really slow day at work. I had everything for tomorrows Geek News Daily podcast ready to go by shortly after noon. For those curious, I am recording two podcasts tomorrow. I am recording the Geek News Daily podcast as normal as well as I am recording an episode of the Global Geek News podcast. Geek News Daily will be recorded first thing in the morning like usual if not before. I have now found a way to record on my laptop, so I am no longer tethered to my desktop for recording.

Global Geek News will be recorded I hope at some point tomorrow morning. With special guest Justine having gone out to San Francisco, the time difference between me, her and Lindsay is making things difficult as Lindsay has work. I am keeping my fingers crossed a time will come together for recording tomorrow. Unless I change my mind, we are sticking with the same topics for discussion as I am covering most of the other major news in my Geek News Daily podcast.

In other news, I have no special New Year’s Eve plans yet again. Like every year I can remember, I plan on bringing in the new year by playing video games. While some may see it as sad, I see it as a fun start to a new year full of dangers and disappointments. To each his own I suppose.

Happy New Year everybody!

-pcnerd37