Tue update: TechCamp Memphis looking for speakers and topics, Wolf River Harbor, Easter egg hunt ends in hammer fight, final table tonight at Blind Bear

TechCamp Memphis is looking for speakers and topics for its May 2012 event. They are looking for topics/speakers for three tracks:

Developers – Data encryption, Developing against SQL injection and other hacks, Mobile payment development, jQuery primer, .Net, PHP, Native mobile apps, etc.

Content Creators, Curators & Consumers – Blogging, podcasting, photography, online music offerings, aggregation & curation tools, plugin/website functionality, etc.

Online Marketing – Social media, online best practices and other online marketing topics relevant to small business owners and those tasked with online marketing as part of their job.

Presentations usually last about 30 minutes with 10 minutes of Q & A time following for a total for 40 minutes. If interested in speaking, pitch your idea here. Date is Saturday, May 12.

The TechCamp format will be somewhat similar to BarCamps that have been held in the past, except topics will be determined weeks in advance, rather than the day of the event.

Good news for Mud Island residents, especially for those on the northeastern part of the island. There has been a problem with trash accumulating in Wolf River Harbor. Channel 3 reports that a new device has been installed to clean the harbor. It will catch all the trash washing in from Downtown storm drains.

Only in Memphis: Fight at Easter Egg Hunt Ends with Hammer Attack. Yes, a fight involving a hammer broke out at a children’s Easter egg hunt, over a “golden egg” that contained a whopping SEVEN DOLLARS. As one of my Facebook friends has been saying lately, you just can’t fix stupid.

Very excited about tonight. It’s the final table of Jamie’s 12-week poker league at the Blind Bear. He had a special table brought in that seats the 9 finalists and a dealer (who will be Jamie himself). I accumulated enough points to earn a seat at the table. Grand prize is an iPad. Jamie went shopping last weekend. “They still had iPad 2s,” he said. “But I decided to pay a little more for the new iPad 3, with retina display.” Sweet!

If you want to play poker but didn’t make the final nine, come on down anyway. Michael Bean will be running a side game with a prize of 50 Bear Bucks. Start time is 8 PM. Other things going on include pint night at Bardog, with all draft pints $2.75 from 7 PM to 3 AM. There’s also trivia at Ferraro’s (8 PM), Silly Goose (8 PM), and Flying Saucer (7:30 and 10 PM).