DotConFest: the (free) convention at your desk!

This show is over now. But you can watch it and pretend it's happening right now! Here's the video! To find out more about DotConFest and its other streaming events, go here!So here's the thing: JoCoCruiseCrazy is happening this week. So are conventions, conferences and concerts all around the country. The problem is: most of the time, those things aren't near you. They're far away. They're expensive.But now there's DotCon: the convention at your desk. A clever man named Chris Wright decided that we should have an online "convention" this week, for those of us who are going to be sitting at our computers, pouting about the fact that Wil Wheaton and Jonathan Coulton and our other nerdy friends won't even be tweeting. And what started as a "for the rest of us" project has now evolved into something awesome.Here's the stats:February 23-26: There will be events! These events feature nerdy awesome people including us (the Doubleclicks), Mike Phirman, screenwriter and funny person Josh Cagan, Bad Astronomer Phil Plait, cartoonist and newly-made muppet Len Peralta, the swag geniuses from ThinkGeek, game designer Logan Bonner, and many more. There will be music. There will be movies. There will be prizes! There will be ice cream!! (suggest your flavors now to enter the competition)!!And it's all happening online. You'll just pull up your browser, go to the DotConFest website (and sometimes Google+ - so make sure you have an account there), and you'll be walking into a convention!Check out the website for information. Our event, a live-streaming concert, will happen Saturday at 5pm PST - that's 8pm EST. We'll also be hanging out in the chatrooms and hashtags all weekend - so we'll hope to see you there!Here's the event schedule: plan for greatness!And if you're confused: leave a question in the comments below or email us: leftclick@thedoubleclicks.com