• Wednesday: Stirr is back with another "Founders' Hacks" event, this time up in the city. Schlep your way to Mighty in Potrero Hill to hear founders from Lookery, Vadver, and OoogaLabs try and say their companies names without looking foolish. [Eventbrite]
• Don Clark of the Wall Street Journal heads up an evening of rock music at the Rockit Room, as a fundraiser for the Girls for a Change charity. [Upcoming]

We suspect the company is one of the startups presenting in the DemoPit, or some perv trolling for pictures. (Possibly both!) It's not the conference organizers, that's for sure. We checked with Arrington, who denied placing the ad. "Not us" he remarked, adding that he'd never heard of the ad before we brought it to his attention. The people who posted it, he surmised are "probably looking for a post on Valleywag." Well, we aim to please.

From: LinuxWorld Date: Jul 23, 2007 10:00 AM Subject: You're Invited to the LinuxWorld VIP Reception To: [REDACTED] You're Invited! Dear [REDACTED] Join us Wednesday, August 8 for the LinuxWorld VIP Cocktail Reception hosted by LinuxWorld Conference & Expo® and The Linux Foundation. We've assembled a who's who list of Linux luminaries to unwind, debrief and discuss the future of Linux over cocktails and appetizers at the W San Francisco. RSVP is required so if you would like to attend, please fill out this brief form. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco! Sincerely, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo® and The Linux Foundation Event Details: LinuxWorld VIP Cocktail Reception Wednesday, August 8, 2007 5:30 - 7:30 pm W San Francisco 181 Third Street San Francisco, CA

From: LinuxWorld Date: Jul 26, 2007 11:57 AM Subject: LinuxWorld Correction Notice To: [REDACTED] CORRECTION NOTICE Dear [REDACTED], All LinuxWorld attendees ARE invited to attend the LinuxWorld Kick-off Party on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at the Mezzanine. RSVP is not required; just wear your badge as your ticket to admission! Please note that the LinuxWorld VIP Cocktail Reception on Wednesday, August 8, is for a small number of invited guests. We apologize that the information for this event was emailed inadvertently and for any inconvenience this may have caused. We look forward to seeing you at the LinuxWorld Kick-off Party! Sincerely, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo

• Wikipedia founder Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales (pictured, above) speaks to San Francisco's Commonwealth Club tonight at 6 p.m., on "the accuracy of Wiki posts" and Internet politics. [Commonwealth Club]

• Schmoozefest Stirr presents Founder's Hacks, its cutesy term for entrepreneurial tips and tricks. Ted Rheingold of Dogster, David Marks from Loomia, PBWiki's David Weekly, and Riya CEO (and offshoring opponent) Munjal Shah share the lessons they learned while beginning their companies. It's at Trader Vic's in Palo Alto, on the El Camino Real. This code for Valleywag readers will get you a $10 discount on your ticket: fhkrowt3n [STIRR]. (We hope that "fhk" is short for "Founder Hacks.")
• It's earnings call season! Yahoo kicked us off yesterday, eBay's call just wrapped up, and tomorrow is a big day for finance geeks as Dow Jones, Google, and Microsoft all release their figures.

By Megan McCarthy

• Borat's movie premieres tonight! Check your local listings for screens and showtimes. The over/under on when the whole film will be available on YouTube? About a day.
• If you prefer your former Soviets in 3-D, check out Vloggies host Irina Slutsky at the Vloggie Pre-Party, 8pm at SF's House of Shields.

Saturday

• SuperHappyDevHouse 13 is all the way down in Los Gatos, but the trip is worth it for the all-day, all-night session of coding (or writing Chapter 1 for National Novel Writing Month).
• The Vloggies are finally here! Cause...cause you've been waiting for them, right? Come snicker at those silly amateur videobloggers, since in your heart you know you could do better. You know, if you ever bothered.

Sunday

• Mashups are fun until the lawyers step in. Catch the EFF & Calabash Music Mixer at 8pm at SF's Little Baobab.

• For a quarter-million partiers from in and out of San Francisco, it's Halloween in the Castro!!! Um, or maybe not. Beware, the SFPD will be cracking down on revelers tonight, so don't, don't, drunkenly hit on that sexy cop.
• Stay home and geek out — carve a Mac O'Lantern. Pictured: more Woz than you can handle.
• Enjoy one of the greatest horror films ever made. Evil Dead 2 plays tonight at the Red Vic Movie House (1727 Haight Street, SF). Showtimes are 7:15 and 9:15.
• The Zend/PHP Conference and Expo is overpriced at $1195 (one day for $650) but we think you should try to crash the Facebook After Hours party anyway. It's Halloween — go in costume. Wear footie pajamas and bring a teddy bear. Tell everyone you're founder Mark Zuckerberg and refuse to budge until someone offers you $2 billion.

By Megan McCarthy

With contributions from Megan McCarthy

• Best. Party. Ever: At Jangl's bash tonight at San Francisco club Mighty, not only is there a menu including filet mignon and salmon mousse (longer menu after the jump), a hosted bar, and a live jazz performance by members of the company, but thanks to Jangl's service — an ID you can hand to strangers instead of your phone number — you can flirt without consequence!
• CANCELLED: Artificial Intelligence superstar Marvin Minsky, co-founder of MIT's AI lab, gives an "intimate conversation" at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Ten bucks at 6 PM. [Eventful]
• Hey there hard charger, before you try a polyphasic sleep schedule, better learn how sleep works at this lecture by a fellow of the Stanford Sleep Clinic. [Eventful]
• Dogster celebrates its 300,000th user tonight from 6:30-9 at its offices in Potrero Hill. Expect milkbones and tummy rubs, if you've been a good boy. RSVP to russell (at) dogster (dot) com.

Get a Jangl ID in Advance

A key part of the experience will involve having your own Jangl ID. . .and to have that, you should sign up now (if you haven't already).

Why? At the party, we'll have some Jangl "social cards" available that have spots for your name and your Jangl ID. They're designed in standard business card format, and you can take your own stack of cards with you when you leave. Then, later, you can hand them out as desired, and help spread the word about Jangl.

If you haven't signed up, just visit Jangl and click on "Register" (or click here). Don't worry about the "closed beta" notification — you'll promptly get an email invitation at the address you supplied. Click on the link in that email and sign up, and bring your ID to the party so you can grab your Jangl social cards.

Food & Drinks

Along with a hosted bar from 6 - 8 p.m., we'll have some seriously good food available. See below (and yes, this probably beats anything else you'd eat on a Wednesday night in October). This is only a partial listing.

• Vegetarian Mini Samosa with Mango Chutney
• Mint Marinated Lamb Skewers with Tahini Sauce
• Beef Filet Mignon Slice on Mashed Potato Beignet
• Steamed Asparagus with Italian Dip
• Vegetarian Roasted Raviolis with Soy Cream
• Home baked Baguettes
• Cajun Chicken Bites with Toasted Cashews
• Smoked Salmon Mousse served in Vol au Vent
• Gorgonzola & Caramelized Asian Pear served in Sugar Mini Cone
• Scallops & Shrimp Ceviche

Tribe goes native
8pm October 10th, 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission Street, San Francisco
It's the Return of Digital Utopia! Judging by the party logo, Mark "Jack" Pincus will mark his return to Tribe.net by ritually draining the lifeblood from Jan "Piggy" Gullett's previous administration. Join the hippies and help them spin the night away with DJs culled from Tribe's membership rolls. Expect lots of hugs and touchy-feely vibes from a crowd sure to be having a rollingly good time. Remember, though, you will be surrounded by Burners, so leave the glasses at home in case security wisely tries to confiscate all incendiary devices.

Phone Phreak Out!
7pm October 10th, Phone Booth, 25th and S Van Ness in San Francisco
Remember when Cap'n Crunch was more than just a cereal? The guys behind Radio Handi go retro tonight at the aptly named Phone Booth and get their phreak on in the geekiest way possible. They ask that you "bring an interesting fixed line phone (rotary phones especially), [or] a small KSU or PBX that can power rotary phone ringers." This is the perfect place to get rid of all those RJ11 extension cords you have lying around the house. So, stop by, show off your mad skillz, and prank call that person sitting in the booth 10 feet away from you.

Creative Commons Salon SF / Fundraising Campaign Launch Party
6pm October 11th, shine 1337 Mission Street San Francisco
Come hear Boing Boing's David Pescovitz, Revver's Web 2.Ooh hottie Micki Krimmel, and Ryan Junell (uh... who?) as they try to wheedle some cash out of you in support of Creative Commons - the intellectual property agreement that allows Valleywag to have pretty pictures of parties. Check out the Flickr Photo Booth - San Francisco's nerdier version of Blue States Lose.

STIRR Mixer 1.7
6:00pm October 11th. Fanny & Alexander's 412 Emerson St, Palo Alto
Four more companies add themselves to the STIRR Alumni Roster - this month it's LicketyShip, PrefPass, Vyatta, and vFlyer all vying for your love and attention (this goes double if you're an investor) at the monthly demo-and-schmooze. Not on the exclusive guest list? I am! Comment below or email tips@valleywag.com and tell me who to stalk at this party. Who is an interesting conversationalist? What companies should we know more about? Most importantly, who's good looking & single? I need to know for research purposes. Kthx.

• Tonight through tomorrow, go to Yahoo's campus for Yahoo Hack Day to hang with coders. Oh, and Beck. [Upcoming]
• Beck and people who sound like Beck play at the Download Music Festival tomorrow in San Fran. [Download Festival]
• Our Silicon Alley brothers can hit up the Wired NextFest in New York City. Picture the Chicago World's Fair plus Bruce Sterling. [NextFest]