As you may remember, SFRevu and Gumshoe Review go live on June 1st so things are a bit crazy in my dining room office right now. I’ve got several reviews to write up, even more to proof, several to coerce Paul into writing, the cover images to make up, and of course pinging the other […]
I was at Balticon this weekend and while I knew Phoenix was going to land on Mars and that it had been successful, I didn’t get to read the articles or watch video until today. This YouTube video is from the control room intercut with the lander animation. The animation only videos are great but […]
Got up early today, packed, got breakfast, and checked out before going to a panel called “Where’s HAL?” From the title, we figured it would be about AI and hopefully, where we stand now and where it’s going. Well, it was about AI but more about what it is and why we’re not where we […]
We over slept today — and boy did we need the extra sleep. So, we made it to the Singularity presentation at noon. This was a presentation of the fourth episode of Stranger Things called “Latchkeeper”. First there was an interview with the author of the episode (Matt Wallace). Then a couple of acts of […]
The first program items today began at 10 a.m. So, we bundled out of bed early to get something to eat before going to the first panel. Paul had to find a post office and went on a coffee/hot chocolate search. 10 a.m.: On the use of dogs and ocean liners as literary devices in […]
Paul and I will be at Balticon this weekend. We’ve just got a few more things to do before loading up the car with our bag of clothes and toiletries, then the bags of electronic equipment (laptops, router, wireless cards, phone rechargers, camera recharger, cables for all activities), a small bag of snacks, and my […]
That’s a line from one of my favorite movies, Real Genius. Of course, I haven’t seen it in quite a while because the tape player is downstairs and disconnected and I don’t have the DVD — yet. If you haven’t see it, it’s a great nerdy techie movie. Meanwhile, today I found a stockpile of […]
Finally, I finished my purple socks. The yarn is a variegated that made strips when knit. I didn’t know that when I started as the swatch in the yarn shop wasn’t striped. So, nice surprise, since the pattern is a plain jane just knit’em one. The best kind of knitting when one’s brain is not […]