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The Linkdown for Tuesday, Nov. 15
The Linkdown already has pre-hunger-pangs for next week’s Thanksgiving feast. It’s not too early, right?
Here’s what you should be checking out online:
Events:
- It’s global entrepreneurship week. Have you started your globe-manufacturing business today?
- Nerd rock show Wednesday at Red 7.
- Coffee Thursday happens Thursday morning.
- Next BASHH (happy hour) is on Thursday.
- Bob Metcalfe interviews Michael Dell at UT on Thursday.
- CapMac iPhone SIG meetup is also on Thursday.
- Tickets for Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist show at the Paramount go on sale Friday.
- Girlstart STEM Saturdays continues this weekend.
- HeartChase Georgetown/Round Rock event will utilize QR codes and happen on Saturday.
- Pinballz Arcade is hosting a big first-anniversary celebration on Sunday.
- “Intergalactic Nemesis” returns next Tuesday.
- Skillpoint Alliance is looking for some volunteers for upcoming LEGO League Tournaments.
Internet goodness:
- PETA really hates Mario’s Tanooki suit.
- UT grad and Austin native Laura Roeder written up by Forbes for her entrepreneurship.
- Austin’s SnakeHead software wants you to help name an iPad app.
- Grande has added the TiVo Premiere to its offerings.
- Sting has released an “Appumentary” for the iPad, whatever that means.
- Cox Wireless is leaving the business. (We are owned by a division of Cox, by the way, Cox Media Group.)
- “Minecraft” has finally gone gold!
- Big “Everquest” expansion, “Veil of Alaris,” is live.
- TaskRabbit still has plans to expand to Austin.
- Roundup of early Amazon Kindle Fire reviews.
- Salman Rushdie wins Facebook identity fight.
- iTunes Match service is finally here, but does it solve a problem Apple helped create?
- Adobe’s Touch Apps hit Android.
- PBS Kids launches augmented reality app (for kids)!
- Stephen King talks about the rules for (fictional) time travel.
- MOG brings in-car music streaming a little closer to reality.
- Big Fortress of Solitude update coming to “DC Universe Online.”
Got a Linkdown item we should include in a future update? E-mail it to us with “LINKDOWN:” in the subject line.
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