I'm not sure if any of you Mojave folks are still active on this list, so apologies in advance if I'm spamming y'all.
There's a hacker festival, and it's happening this Saturday in Fullerton:
Where: 23b Shop, 418 E. Commonwealth, #1, Fullerton CA 92832
When: January 30th from 0800-late.
What: An all-day hacker fest featuring home brew, 2 categories of robot wars (Hebocon, for $0-$25 robots and a full-on battle of <= 20lb class bots). Also, food.
Details are here:
If you're coming down, you can take the Amtrak or Metrolink from L.A. to Fullerton Station. We are about 1 block East of the train station. E-mail me if you need a place to stay overnight.
Cheers,
Arclight