I hope your index fingers and thumbs didn't atrophy over the Winter Break, cuz it's time for another Winter WonderLAN, brought to you by the ACM and StillaLAN.

The tour will be followed by a short talk given by Stanford alum, Chip Chapin on Google Maps. Chip will answer any questions about Maps, working at Google, their interview process (Chip is a very experienced interviewer!), and anything else you can think of.

Stanford ACM organizes a film screening of the documentary movie "Nerdcore Rising" by Negin Farsad. Flyer.

He delivers the hits, that give the kids with spectacles spectacular fits! MC Frontalot, the father of Nerdcore hip-hop, is coming to Stanford! Get away from your computer for a few hours and come see a gig to remember! Release your inner geek and enjoy an evening of supreme l33tness without leaving campus! This event is supported by the Stanford student chapters of ACM, IEEE and AES, the Graduate Student Programming Board, Stanford Hiphop Congress, and the Stanford department of Music. Flyer.

Meet and dine with CS faculty in an informal setting!

Come meet Richard Stallman. Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system in 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes either large or small. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today. Dr. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award, and the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates. Picture.

Behold the Stanford ACM Spring Gaming Party! That's right, hone your skills and prepare for a night of INTENSE GAMING! Beginners are welcome! Free food and caffeine! Bring your laptop and games! Are you a console gamer? We're hoping to fill Ricker with as many consoles as possible!

Come meet other Computer Science students and enjoy delicious Chipotle burritos.

Presentation on "How to Write Technical Proposals" by Mike Fabel (Computer Systems Analysis Mgr.), followed by Cyber Security Challenge. Teams or individuals are welcome. iPod Touch prizes! Chipotle burritos served.

Presented by Lockheed Martin

Google is hosting a tour on January 11th. We will depart 11AM and return around 3PM. Lunch will be provided. All students are welcome to signup for the tour, but please note space will be limited (30), chosen on a first come first serve basis.

Brought to you by ACM and Low Battery Gaming. Come enjoy Counter Strike, Starcraft, TF2, and a plethora of other games in a casual setting.

Take a break from studying with an assortment of pies and ice cream! Sponsored by ACM and IEEE.

Come to have fun, build things, learn stuff, and meet new people. Non-exclusive event intended for creative and curious people interested in technology. We’re going to hang out, hack on cool projects, and party it up.

Meet and dine with CS faculty in an informal setting!

Glenn Greenwald, who was going to be speaking for this event, had to cancel for family reasons. For those interested in Wikileaks, you can still read his blog at Salon.com. Flyer.

Stanford ACM will be bringing in engineers from Mozilla, Google, Facebook, and 10gen (creators of MongoDB) to provide you with the tools to contribute back to the open-source community. Over 9 workshops, we’ll cover areas from scaling web applications to managing open source releases. See all the workshops here.

Tour of the Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale.

An ACM and Low Battery LAN Party. Featuring Starcraft 2, Team Fortress 2, Brawl, and many others! Join us!

Focus will be on recruiting / sharing info about Color - they are also willing to do quick interviews on the spot if you are interested in an internship.

You have 12 hours to build something awesome. Work with a team of up to 3 people to build that side project you’ve always wanted to build, but keep putting off. Teams will be judged in 3 categories: Coolest project, Most technically challenging project, and Most useful project. Two teams will be crowned the winner! Every member of the winning teams receives a large prize (iPad 2 or Xbox Kinect)! RESULTS HERE.

This programming contest pits teams of three individuals working on a single computer against a host of problems (typically 8-11) that must be solved in five hours. These problems can generally be solved by careful analysis and application of algorithms taught in undergraduate computer science. Some are quite challenging. Find out more here.

Meet and dine in informal setting with CS lecturers Jerry Cain and Keith Schwarz, and CS professors Dan Boneh, Hector Garcia-Molina, and Jure Leskovec. Student registration will open soon.

Ever wondered how Dropbox managed to hack Apple's Finder.app? Come and join us in welcoming Dropbox's engineer Rian Hunter as he explains the awesome work they do.

Get ready for some finger throbbing action during the first LAN party of the quarter! That's right... thanks to Low Battery Gaming, we'll be bringing you a total of three LAN parties this quarter! Get pumped.

Wish there was a better way to meet your peers than in the 2 minutes before and after class? Looking for a project partner or homework partner? Maybe neither of those things, but you like pizza and coding? Come mingle with your peers, work together (as appropriate) on homework, and meet potential future hack buddies in the basement of Gates. Food will be served! RSVP here!

Interested in applying what you learn in class to your own projects? Sit in on a round of lightning talks and project demos, enjoy good food, and meet fellow coding enthusiasts at a mixer following the presentations.

Nevermind Mausoleum... check out a REAL Halloween party at the second LAN party of the quarter! Come for candy, games, and epicness. Come wearing your Halloween costume! Brought to you (again) by Low Battery Gaming and Stanford ACM.

Come one and come all to the Fall Hackathon hosted by the ACM in conjunction with thinkOutsi.de and the SVI Hackspace. Taking place at the SVI Hackspace in the basement of Huang, concoct the next piece of awesome hackery that can win you amazing prizes. To register send an email to acm-officers[the-at-symbol]lists.stanford.edu with a team of four or less. Did we mention there are awesome prizes? Oh yea, we did. RESULTS HERE.

Compete in the first Windward programming "code war" - a contest where each team (2-5 members each) races to solve the same problem (in this case, an AI-based challenge). Schools represented include MIT, CMU and Harvey Mudd. Put your programming talents to the test, engineer brilliant solutions, and represent your Cardinal swag with the chance to bring home some hardware. Learn more here and register your team here.

This will be the first of three LAN parties we're hosting with Low Battery this quarter. Come for Mario Kart, Brawl, Starcraft 2, TF2, Kirby, and many other awesome games! Bring your laptop and/or desktop. Got a console and projector? Bring that too. See you there!

The first hack hour of 2012. Co-sponsored by Stanford ACM and BASES at the SVI Hackspace. Come chill, code, and hack on projects and homework with an intrepid group of engineers from BloomReach led by the hackspace's Stormy Shippy who will be sponsoring free Ikes for those who RSVP!

Second of three LAN parties we're hosting with Low Battery this quarter. There will be DotA and Brawl tournaments starting at 10pm. There will be a Diablo 2 hardcore speed run starting at midnight. There will be competitive Minecraft. And of course... there will be epicness.

Interested in Windows Phone Development? Check out this awesome workshop where Microsoft engineers will show you how easy it is to create engaging Windows Phone apps. There will be free Windows CDs for those with Macs. Five lucky attendees will walk away with FREE Windows Phones! Use your new skills the following Saturday, in a hack competition to make the hottest Windows Phone app.

Now that you're pumped and ready to make Windows Phone apps (courtesy of last Saturday's workshop), it's time to put your skills to the test. Form a team and compete from noon to midnight to make the best Windows Phone app. Each winner will receive a free phone and possibly some other goodies. Microsoft engineers will be there to answer your budding API and technology questions. There will be free Windows CDs for Mac users, and we will help you get setup to dual boot.

Compete at Stanford ACM's Winter Hackathon. Sign up here with teams of four or less. Come chill, hack, and make cool stuff...and win iPads or Xboxes.

Last LAN party of the quarter, this time with an FPS theme. There will be Counter Strike: Source tournaments, with swag from Valve as prizes. Brought to you by Low Battery Gaming and Stanford ACM.