How To: A night of absurd problem-solving with Randall Munroe hosted by Zach Weinersmith

Join XKCD's Randall Munroe and SMBC's Zach Weinersmith for a night devoted to bad ideas! In honor of Randall's new book, the NYT #1 Bestselling How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, Gizmodo invites you to an event where we'll be solving YOUR real problems with terrible ideas.  After hearing from Zach and Randall, we'll break up into groups for a hackathon where you'll challenge each other to devise your own worst ideas before pitching them in a lightning round where the most absurd solutions win. That's right, you can pitch your own bad ideas to Randall Munroe! Tickets include a copy of How To. Doors 6:30 PM, show 7:00 PM.Tickets $30 in advance, $35 at the door.21+This event is mixed seated and standing room. Seats are first-come, first-served.REFUND POLICY: Tickets may be refunded up to 24 hours before the event. Within 24 hours we may take exchanges for other events at our discretion. No refunds after the event. Randall Munroe is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer, the science question-and-answer blog What If, and the popular webcomic xkcd. A former NASA roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet full-time. He lives in Massachusetts. Zach Weinersmith is the creator of the popular webcomic SMBC, the creator of the nerd comedy show BAHFest, and the co-author of the New York Times-bestselling popular science book, Soonish, and the upcoming Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration. Presented by Gizmodo