Hello Nerdnite fans,
The next nerdnite approaches — next week, Monday September 28. 8pm
at Middlesex Lounge in Cambridge (details below). Last Cambridge
Nerdnite was a great turnout and I hope we can repeat the feat again
this time. We have two talks on the agenda that sound super exciting,

Hi Nerdnite fans,
The last nerdnite at Middlesex was so successful we’re returning there
for the next one, which will take place Monday September 28 at 8pm.
We have a great lineup set, but the talk titles are not quite ready
for primetime. I’ll send more details soon. For now, mark your
calendar for 9.28.

Just a final reminder that Nerdnite is tonight — come on out to the
Middlesex if you’re looking for something nerdy to do on a monday.
More info here:
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Hello Nerdnite fans,

The next Nerdnite is coming up on Monday, July 27.  We are very excited to be having a special Cambridge edition at the Middlesex lounge in Central Square.  In addition to the talks we’re featuring a special appearance by friend-o’-Nerdnite band I Have Ears.  And possibly a few other surprises. It’s gonna be a fun night, so without further delay I’ll give you the lineup:

Talk 1: What’s up with my down there? A quickie on women’s health.
Sarah Kleinman

Sarah is a nurse midwife who provides GYN, pregnancy and postpartum care to women in Quincy Mass and delivers babies at the brigham and women’s hospital.  Although she spends many of her weekly hours at the clinic and the hospital she has strong passion for writing and movie making and all things that pull together science and art.  She is a scorpio and loves thunderstorms and at age 8, after seeing the movie Dirty Dancing, was overheard saying: “Goodbye David Hasslehoff, hello Patrick Swayze.”

Talk 2:
The Cognitive Science of SuperBowl Commercials, or  Why Can’t I Remember the Name of That Ad?
Lisa Haverty

Lisa is a cognitive scientist at Brain on Brand.  Her Ph.D. is in psychology, but her first academic love was mathematics.  Lisa worked for a few years in advertising after leaving academia, and when she’s not spouting expertise on how consumers process advertising, you might see her zipping by on her Vespa or out Lindy hopping.

Featured band: I Have Ears
https://www.myspace.com/ihaveears
https://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/i-have-ears/72469385375

Hello Nerdnite fans,
We got off our lazy butts and finally made the Nerdnite Boston page on
Facebook up to date.  Now we’re trying to get folks to join the group
so it will be useful and fun!  If you’re not a Facebook user, you can
still see the page.  But if you happen to be a user of this fine
medium of communication, we hope you’ll join up.  Follow this link to
join the group:

https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52318050296

By joining the group you can get ever-so-fast updates on our events,
network with other nerds, all the usual Facebook stuff.

Also the next Nerdnite is July 27 — check out the front page for details.

Hello Nerdnite fans,

After many requests, suggestions, and wheedlings, we’ve decided to take Nerdnite on the road to Cambridge.  Rest assured, Midway fans — we’re not leaving JP forever.  But we thought we’d see what kind of nerdery might be lurking on the other side of the river.

The event is planned for Monday July 27, at Middlesex Lounge in Central square.  (see the boston.nerdnite.com front page for the address).  We’ll have speakers and a band, and a special guest DJ spinning nerd-appropriate music.  Details soon.  In the meantime, mark your calendars — I  hope you all can make it!

Hey there Nerdnite nation,

Nerdnite is tonight! Hope we’ll see you all at the Midway.

Talk 1: Termites: Beyond Home Wreckers
by Kelley Schultheis
A lively introduction to the — how shall we put it — boring world of
termites.

Talk 2: The Aesthetics of Blood
by Mat Laibowitz
How to make fake blood and how to use it in a horror movie. Featuring

The next Nerdnite approaches — Friday May 15 at the Midway Cafe.
Herein you will find the lineup. You can find the Midway at 3496
Washington Street in Jamaica Plain.  We’ll get things started at
8pm.

Talk 1:  Termites: Beyond Home Wreckers
by Kelley Schultheis
Perhaps you’ve had nightmares about termites destroying your home or
devouring you in your sleep.  Well, perhaps that is because you know
nothing of these minute-wood-crunchers.  Put your fears aside as you
learn of the fascinating adaptations of these friendly social
roaches.

Kelley is a world-renowned expert on giving Nerdnite talks on odd
animals.  This will be her second appearance on our stage.

Talk 2: The Aesthetics of Blood
by Mat Laibowitz
Making extensive use of scenes of a graphic nature and a complete
disregard for good taste, Mat will give us an in-depth discussion of
the creation and use of fake blood throughout the world of cinema.
Get ready for an extremely nerdy cataloguing of the various formulas
for blood effects, and the blood aesthetics they create.

Mat is an overeducated aspiring filmmaker. His dreamy path to
realizing his visions in 24 frames per second of glowing light has
brought him through Columbia University, through a graduate degree in
digital (yuck!) special effects from NYU, and, his crowning
achievement, being accepted into the Joe Blasco College of Make-Up.
Due to forces beyond his control he never attended this prestigious
institution, and instead enrolled in the lesser-known MIT Media Lab
where, to this day, he researches filmmaking technology of a different
sort.

It’s a great lineup, so come on out this Friday.

Be there and be square!
Friday May 15, 8pm
Midway Cafe
3496 Washington Street
Jamaica Plain, MA
(617) 524-9038
boston.nerdnite.com

Hi nerdniters,
One more email for tonight. I’ve heard that some people wanted to get
in touch with us but were having trouble…

If you want to email us, just send mail to bos…@nerdnite.com

I highly encourage any of you who are thinking that it might be fun to
give a talk at Nerdnite to fire off an email to that address. We are
always looking for speakers, and I think most people who’ve done it
will tell you that it’s pretty fun.

Hey Nerdnite fans,

Exciting news on the technology front — we’ve got a fabulous newly
redesigned website. Check it out at boston.nerdnite.com. Yes, the
nerds who run Nerdnite finally figured out how to make a reasonably
useful website. It’s about friggin’ time.

The biggest change is that we now have a blog — click the “updates”
link on boston.nerdnite.com. Come on over and sign up for our RSS
feed! Or just go here: https://boston.nerdnite.com/feed/

Don’t worry if you’re not into RSS — we’ll still post all info here
about upcoming events. But there will be lots more content on the
blog — since I don’t have to worry about filling up everyone’s inbox,
I’ll probably post there way more often.

I hope everyone will come check out the blog. We are planning some
big stuff for Nerdnite, and we want your input on that. So we hope
the comments section of the blog will have some good back and forth —
providing a forum for you to let us know all the good ideas you’ve got
about what you’d like to see. Plus, you can lavish us with richly-
deserved ridicule for joining the blog revolution 7 years behind the
curve.

While you’re checking out the Boston site, take a minute to poke
around and see the rest of nerdnite.com — there’s lots of new stuff
and more is coming.

-Jeremy