Category Archives: Worldcon

Stuff. Plus Omelas.

28 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Stuff

The “meat” of today’s post is provided by Codex. When she presented her idea for a Wednesday post she didn’t think I’d go for it. It’s a serious post. I’m known as the “funny one” of our comic partnership. But a Tuesday night off is a Tuesday night off, even if I have to throw in a couple of extra paragraphs to provide a little context. click through to read the rest

What Can We Learn From WorldCon?

23 Sunday Aug 2015

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Plenty, as it turns out.

We learned we need better mobile computing solutions. Our tablet device is good for “consuming” web material, and not great for producing it. Combine it with a spotty internet connection and you don’t produce the posts you wanted to. I still hope I was able to add something to the Puppy community who were not in attendance: Based on our traffic stats I think we did. Continue reading →

Bonfire of the Hugos

22 Saturday Aug 2015

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We’re all waiting now.

I honestly thought that by this point I would have a better feel for how the evening was going to go.  Nobody seems confident, but nobody seems nervous either. I’ve met several nominees and past award winners. Editors. Real cartoonists. I even met a lovely “grandmotherly” woman who was going to be a participant on a “diversity panel”.  I, having thrust all common sense into my other pants, asked whether she was taking the “pro” or “con” side. As I am still here, the  universe didn’t erase itself. Continue reading →