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It’s interesting the way information propagates around the internet. After registering geekoutsummit.com with Google and the “other” search engines, I did some searching to see if anything actually comes up and was I surprised! In addition to the following three mentions, a friend of mine left me a voicemail telling me that the GOS is featured in Paper Mag’s “pm (NYC)” Tips for Today section. I must admit that I admire the concise write-up done by the Editor so much that I will be lifting the approach for the next summit  Here it is in brief:

“Indulge your nerdiest impulses tonight at MonkeyTown, where the obsessive dissection of random topics is deemed positively hip. This week, brush up on your knowledge of the rising life expectancy in America, internet personalities, HIV immunology, and the cosmic universe. A DJ and red velvet cake will follow the four short presentations. Polish your pocket protectors people!”

The other honorable mentions as found on google:

http://www.uncoolkids.com/2006/11/26/geek-out-summit/
http://shitparade.blogspot.com/
http://brooklyn.untilmonday.com/event/the_geek_out_summit

And ofcourse, the MonkeyTownHQ entry:

http://monkeytownhq.com/geekout2.html

Ok geeks, today’s acronym is LAMP. It stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Actually, P can sand for PHP as well as Perl or Python or your favorite online scripting language that starts with P. (no XQuery does not count, but look for a future acronym post that deals with FLOWR) . The P has also been known to stand for Ruby, but LAM[R] is not as sticky of a word as LAMP, so it’s rubbish.

So what is this all about? Essentially - open source software; more specifically building a 2.0 website on a $0 down software licensing infrastructure. I’ve been in SF for a week now and everyone I talk to is like, “… yeah, so like I’m talking to a VC about my online business, it’s LAMP based, so it’s like $0 down…”

Ahhh, the smell of that .COM[2.0] bubble....