Packed airports, cramped planes, and overzealous TSA agents couldn't stop you. You've made it to SXSW Interactive! If the combo of being in a new town and jet lag has you overwhelmed, here are a few Austin tips to ensure access to the bare essentials.

No one knew who the real Dread Pirate Roberts was. That was a core plot point of The Princess Bride, and the defense case laid out by lawyers for Ross William Ulbricht. That may have worked in the film, but a New York jury has said that Ulbricht is undoubtedly the founder of online marketplace the Silk Road, and a drug kingpin.

An unbelievable tragedy has hit the hearts of fans of local gaming culture empire Rooster Teeth: Monty Oum, creator of the popular anime series RWBY, has died at the age of 33.

SXSW Interactive has dropped another list of names ranging from the nerdiest of the nerds to the brightest of stars.

Having seen The Internship and Ashton Kutcher playing Apple's spiritual center in Jobs, it’s safe to say that a career in tech is not only edge-of-your-seat exciting, but also fun for the whole family. Lucky for you, two vocational schools for technology have recently set up camp in Austin.

The statistics are disappointing but longstanding: women (and especially Hispanic women) are woefully under-represented in the world of science and tech. This weekend, in an effort to right that trend, Latinitas and the Made With Code movement hosts a daylong hackathon for young women to encourage them to explore careers in the information sciences.

In addition to the big names announced last week – including Russell Brand, Brian Grazer, and others –  SXSW named a whole bunch of panels and speakers this morning. How many you ask? Well over 700 were named in this initial list.

As if there wan't enough overlap among the three arms of South by Southwest, they've now announced Convergence programming. What it all boils down to is that your badge is going to be more useful than ever. Your Interactive badge gets you into some films and music programming. And that's just the start.

SXSW Interactive announced their inaugural SXstyle offshoot that will explore the space where fashion, technology, and the Internet overlap in the ever-expanding Venn diagram that is South by Southwest.