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Balticon 42, Hunt Valley, Maryland — Monday, May 26, 2008

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 […]

Balticon 42, Hunt Valley, Maryland — Sunday, May 25, 2008

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 […]

Balticon 42, Hunt Valley, Maryland — Saturday, May 24th

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 […]

Balticon 42, Hunt Valley, Maryland

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 […]

Moles and trolls, work work work…

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 […]

Lovely Purple Socks…

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 […]

Rainy with bits of sun… and rambling thoughts

It’s raining again today. At least it is off and on. I’ve been told that this is the wettest May in 55 years and the month isn’t even over. Flooding has caused a lot of problems and damage in other areas. Here at our home, we’re on fairly high ground. The only problem is that, […]

Review: The Golden Compass (DVD, widescreen, single disc)

Netflix came through again. I’m trying to see all the Hugo nominees before I vote and today we got The Golden Compass. The disc we got was the widescreen, single disc, with no special features. You can check out the YouTube trailer for the film and related videos if you haven’t seen the film already. […]