diff --git a/mlpfansite.js b/mlpfansite.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9032bd64ef554999201635f06966694e94e341e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlpfansite.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+var http = require('http');
+
+function requestHandler(request, response) {
+    response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
+      response.end('<h1>MLP Fan Site</h1>');
+}
+
+http.createServer(requestHandler).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1');
diff --git a/slides/event-loop.md b/slides/event-loop.md
index 9dc87277ae2503d96092fcfafb4e7ca02d001509..eee8d6fb7706538a2e7b948bd4f59dce5ad78957 100644
--- a/slides/event-loop.md
+++ b/slides/event-loop.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ##  Event Loop
 
-* Async calls enqueued on event loop
-* Node single-thread will dequeue and process
+* Async calls enqueued on event loop with a callback
+* Node single-thread will dequeue and run callback
 * When there's nothing left to do, node will sleep
+* Everything should be asynch as possible!
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diff --git a/slides/list.json b/slides/list.json
index c15eacd7215fe1e94b5a41d20ff5f6a59f2cd038..70acff922c6bd30a6ac89dafd32885b3294acc7e 100644
--- a/slides/list.json
+++ b/slides/list.json
@@ -16,5 +16,9 @@
     "outline-pt2.md",
     "the-javascript-part.md",
     "what-is-a-callback.md",
-    "event-loop.md"
+    "event-loop.md",
+    "simple-server-example.md",
+    "popular-modules.md",
+    "other-crazy-things-you-can-do.md",
+    "takeaways.md"
 ]
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diff --git a/slides/other-crazy-things-you-can-do.md b/slides/other-crazy-things-you-can-do.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..406e80e3090414efea4acd6bd97df7681186732e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slides/other-crazy-things-you-can-do.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+##  Other crazy things you can do
+
+* Program arduino (node-serialport)
+* Write standalone apps with html + js (node-webkit)
+  * Probably shouldn't do this
+* Write node plugins in c++ (node-gyp)
+* Feel smug + hipster
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diff --git a/slides/popular-modules.md b/slides/popular-modules.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb69216b160e2e5abae9c212b30c303b223e91b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slides/popular-modules.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+##  Popular modules
+
+* http://expressjs.com/ -- minimalist web framework
+* http://gruntjs.com/ -- task runner
+* http://yeoman.io/ -- project scaffolding/generator
+* http://browserify.org/ -- frontend module system/bundling
+
+<br>
+
+...and many more!
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diff --git a/slides/simple-server-example.md b/slides/simple-server-example.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b5e118941badbfa6c1fd8f74534cf2a4411f2970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slides/simple-server-example.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+##  Simple server example again
+
+```javascript
+var http = require('http');
+function requestHandler(request, response) {
+  response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
+  response.end('<h1>MLP Fan Site</h1>');
+} 
+http.createServer(requestHandler).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1');
+```
+* Each request to the server is enqueued
+* Uses `requestHandler` as the callback
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diff --git a/slides/takeaways.md b/slides/takeaways.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ad1c4330182ff0f8b087839bf484d26edf8d143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slides/takeaways.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+##  Takeaways
+
+Nodejs...
+
+* is fast
+* is simple
+* uses a popular language
+* lets the OS worry about concurrency
+* has plenty of support + good docs
+* isn't php
+
diff --git a/slides/the-javascript-part.md b/slides/the-javascript-part.md
index 3a2cb5c029eccc8369135815339da3126cc29e86..3e18c55e571a5b620b3cc573f774ccae5a0bd11c 100644
--- a/slides/the-javascript-part.md
+++ b/slides/the-javascript-part.md
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 ##  The javascript part
 
 * Javascript is one of the most popular languages in the world
-
-<img src="pics/github_new.png" style="width: 400px">
-
 * Lots of people with knowledge of javascript
 * Ergo, lots of people familiar with async + callbacks
-* Nodejs uses lots of async + callbacks
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+* Nodejs designer wanted a language with callbacks + event loop concept
+* Google V8 ayy lmao
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diff --git a/slides/the-problem.md b/slides/the-problem.md
index c7c8aa1f03a972da717a822df203274bb4d437c2..10df93060946ccbe85111d146786d9d76c07cb8b 100644
--- a/slides/the-problem.md
+++ b/slides/the-problem.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 * Servers have to handle lots of requests
 * majority of I/O is disk bound
 
-```
+```javascript
 var result = database.query("kittens");
 // twaddle fingers
 send(result);
diff --git a/slides/the-solution.md b/slides/the-solution.md
index ae754ff78f04a9eedd8e20d5ba67696892e823aa..c5e50e911dc217f78a8c89fdb0508c70d5bdbbd3 100644
--- a/slides/the-solution.md
+++ b/slides/the-solution.md
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ database.query("kittens", function (data) {
 
 // do other servery things
 ```
+*we'll explore callbacks and javascript language features later*
diff --git a/slides/what-is-a-callback.md b/slides/what-is-a-callback.md
index e00d09e58e62bda9ce0d0567d7a8a670aae02dfa..4164bce5a5e4a45a6f881794b1a2b7857e2a3e54 100644
--- a/slides/what-is-a-callback.md
+++ b/slides/what-is-a-callback.md
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 Callbacks are functions that are passed as parameters to other functions, 
 and then called within those functions
 
-LinkedList implementation requires a function pointer to free a payload,
-same idea
-
 ```
 function helloCaller(helloFn, name) {
   helloFn(name);
diff --git a/slides/why-node-is-awesome.md b/slides/why-node-is-awesome.md
index b310ecd6f6b1e13c488f58aa25405f81ac13553b..2637f926bd22060400a544ecf3b6375fb809ce8e 100644
--- a/slides/why-node-is-awesome.md
+++ b/slides/why-node-is-awesome.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ##  Why node is awesome
 
+Simple http server
+
 ```javascript
 var http = require('http');