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…
Synopsis from Linucon program book: “The most popular open source license, the GPL, inspires controversy to this day. Eric Raymond recently expressed some ambivalence about…
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…
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…
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,…
The name of this panel hints at the lack of preparedness on the part of organizers — and, given the trouble they’ve been through this…