On Labor Day weekend I went to LoneStaRG, a Mensa regional gathering. I spent half a day there (out of 4 possible total). That was…
The geek factor at Flipside: not too high At that time I had been reading too much of Wired magazine, because it was probably there…
On Saturday morning I was really grumpy and exhausted. I could not sleep all night, both because of insomnia and because of constant noise —…
Pictures of Flipside at night, and me walking into torches The most unexpected thing that happened to me at Flipside was that I walked right…
I went to Flipside, a local Burning Man-style event in the Austin area, in 2007, the year it rained almost non-stop all summer, making water,…
Burning Flipside, more commonly known as Flipside, is the local Burning Man-style event in the Austin, TX area. In May 2007 they had a party…
Eeyore’s Birthday is an annual keep-Austin-weird celebration in Austin, Texas. People come in costumes. In some cases, the costumes consist mostly of paint, but majority…
LoneStaRG is a yearly Regional Gathering of LoneStar Mensa, the local chapter of Mensa here in Austin, Texas. It took place on Labor Day weekend.…
On Saturday morning there was a Fun With Liquid Nitrogen event in the Consuite. The masters of liquid nitrogen “cooked” various food items in it,…
On Friday I went to a discussion panel “Adventures in Costuming”, where the panelists were Cathy Raymond (wife of Eric Raymond of open source fame,…