In 2005 I made a Halloween costume for the then-6-months-old E. I took a blue romper, painted 0s and 1s all over it with fabric…
Synopsis from Linucon program book: “Science Fiction authors we like, even though we think we shouldn’t.” The panelists were Cathy and Eric Raymond. The audience…
Synopsis. To quote from Linucon program book: “What does it take for an author you used to really like to honk you off so badly…
This small post is dedicated to the now-defunct Austin Linux Group. Though my interest in Linux has never been more than casual (learned a few…
Steve Jackson’s Chaos Machine is, to quote the convention program book, “a giant communal build-it-yourself project that’s a cross between an erector set, model trains,…
Austin’s own Robot Group — an organization of robotics enthusiasts — had a display of their robots at Linucon. Some robot enthusiasts also brought…
The title suggests this panel should have been stories from tech support front lines. It was a bit more general than that. The panelists and…
What is chupaqueso? To quote Linucon program book, “The experts prepare cheese in a fried cheese shell, with extra cheese. The audience gets to eat…
Rob Landley (in a black T-shirt with caffeine formula) is mixing ice cream, to be frozen later with nitrogen vapor. Cathy Raymond (in a grey…
Many science fiction conventions I attended had a masquerade, but this was the first one where it was called cosplay. In any case, it’s just…