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"Duelo al sol <>" por Por Nilo Casares, ABC, Oct 13, 2007
Article on dorkbot Montevideo that also mentions Madrid, Valencia and Ciudad de Mexico: online

"Dorkbot weds art and science" by Niki Sullivan, The News Tribune, May 28, 2007
Article on dorkbot-tac (Tacoma): online

"Getting your geek on" by Michael Machosky, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 25, 2007
Article on dorkbot-pgh (Pittsburgh): online

《奇思妙想ｷ｢源地》, CG Magzine, China, Nov, 2006
Article in a Chinese magazine on dorkbot-bj (Beijing): pdf

"'Dorkbot surfaces at U, mixing technology and art", The Minnesota Daily, January 22, 2007
Article on the first dorkbot-msp (Minneapolis/St. Paul) meeting: online

"BEST! GEEK! CITIES!", Wired, January, 2007
Wired ranked cities on their geekiness and used the number of dorkbot attendees as one of the metrics: online jpeg scan

"Hearts of Dorkness" by Rachel Beckman, The Washington Post, December 21, 2006
Article on dorkbot-dc: online

rocket boom, 7 September, 2006
Video blog segment on a dorkbot-nyc meeting: online

"Electrical Overlord" by Jeremy Smerd, Columbia Magazine, Summer 2006
Short article about dorkbot's connection to Columbia University and the Computer Music Center: jpeg scan

"Get your dork on" by Sarah Frank, The Austin American Statesman, June 2006
Article about the first dorkbot-austin meeting: online

"Plugged in" by Noah Davis, Time Out New York, April 2006
dorkbot-nyc preview: online

"The Geek Mind Behind Dorkbot" by Rachel Metz, Wired News, April 2006
Interview/podcast with Douglas: online

"'Dorkbot' Meetings Develop Cult Following" By Desmond Butler, Associated Press, April 2006
AP article about a dorkbot-nyc meeting: online

"London Dorkfest", Deutche Wella Newslink Plus, April 2006
The story about dorkbot-london's "Dorkfest" starts about 45 minutes into the program. Features Saul talking with a funny accent!: online

"Dorkbot la revanche des nerds" by Marie Lechner, Libération, March 2006
According to Saul (dorkbot-london), this is a "partially fictional short story about dorkfest london". The Babelfish translation is hilarious, and includes the wonderful phrase: "Dorkbot (dork for "poor guy", and club-footed for automat)." online

"Dorkbot inicia en Madrid sesiones alternativas de artistas y 'hackers'" by Adolfo Estalella, El Pais, 4 November, 2004
Article about dorkbot-madrid. online, photo

"TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUTS" by Ben Davis, artnet Magazine, 24 January, 2006
Nice review of a dorkbot-nyc meeting. online

"A king, a judge, a robot and lots of dorks" By Andisheh Nouraee, Creative Loafing, 18 January 2006
A dork-obsessed reporter covers dorkbot-atl's first meeting. online

"When Art and Science Collide, a Dorkbot Meeting Begins" By Brian Braiker, New York Times, 17 January 2006
Nice article about dorkbot in the NYTimes Science Times section. With photos! online jpeg

"This Is No Two-Bit Music Player" by Rachel Metz, Wired News, 15 Sept. 2005
Write up of Tristan Perich's "One Bit Music" presentation at dorkbot-nyc: online

"Just Between Us Girls" by Regina Lynn, Wired News, 27 May 2005
Preview of a dorkbot-sf meeting: online

"Fur Gehirn und Gemut" by Annina Zimmermann, Regioartline Kunstmagazin, 2 March 2005
A nice review of a dorkbot-swiss meeting: online

"dorkbot: Warehouse of wild, weird, and wonderful projects." by David Pescovitz, Make Magazine, Volume 1
A short article focusing on dorkbot-sf: jpeg

Reviews of the "People Doing Strange Things with Electricity II @ CoCA" show in Seattle.

"Feelings, Wo, Wo, Wo, 'Filn'" by Rachel Metz, Wired News, January 11, 2005
Article about Jason Van Anden's dorkbot-nyc presentation of his game Farklempt: online.

"Scientific Discovery, Midtown and Downtown" by Gary Shapiro, The New York Sun, January 7-9, 2005
Short column about a dorkbot-nyc meeting and Michelle Rosenberg's work: jpg

"Notes From Academe" by Daniel Engber, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 3, 2004
A dorkbot profile: jpg (with images) pdf (no images)

"Messing with Microsoft: Alexei Shulgin's WIMP", res magazine, July/August 2004
A brief mention of the Runme-Dorkbot City Camp: res magazine cover res magazine article

"Dept. of Invention: Incomprehensible", The New Yorker, June 7, 2004
dorkbot in The Talk of the Town!: web jpg

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