| Mar. 25th, 2008 @ 10:59 pm Eastercon, eastercon, does whatever an eastercon does. |
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It came from the con...
A life-form like any other...
Pink, squishy and tastes a little like bacon...
I've uploaded some photos from the eastercon, Orbital 2008.
It was a fun weekend, albeit very tiring. I've found that hanging around big groups of people (whether in conventions, conferences or training weekends) is mentally wearing. by the end, I was withdrawing whenever possible and generally shirking away from everyone. I'm just not a people person.
Jo, on the other hand, is very sociable, much more than I could hope to be. She just gets on with people :D
Among the panels I listened to, the general gist from Charlie Stross and Phil Bradley is the internet is a trainwreck as far as privacy is concerned. I've done a quick search, and there's a few more DM's out there, which masks the trail somewhat, but I'm going to start withdrawing from the web and generally being a lot more careful about what's out there. As far as what's on there already, it's a lost cause, but I'm a bit freaked out by what everyone's kept saying. Once it's out there, you're never going to get it back. Pandora's box, man.
In happier news, I listened to both Neil Gaiman [1] and Charlie Stross, and they're both really sound guys. Neil is very charismatic when he talks, something that doesn't come across from the blogs or the photos online. He read some of his upcoming novel (graveyard?), and a short story (Orange), both of which were great. I'm mentally putting them in the category of "one of us", along and to the left of Terry Pratchett - more of a bodger geek than Charlie's netgeek or Neil's goth lit-geek. I might pick up Charlie's books when I get the chance, they sound a bit like a humorous futurist combined with a happier version of Philip K. Dick. We shall see.
I found out that Neil is not entirely unopposed to piracy, he asked us to give a show of hands to the question "did you pay for to discover your favourite author from buying a book from a shop [2] or discover it when freely given a book from a friend [3]".
Also, as far as climate change is concerned, the outlook is a bit bleak. Not to put too fine a point on it, but we're pretty much shagged. Oh well, it was a nice world while it lasted.
As far as the coming week is concerned - if I survive until payday, then all's good. It's a three day week, so things should be fine. Yay! two three day weeks in a row!
More posts on all of the above, at a later date. Maybe. If you're all good.
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[1] youtube video of Neil Gaiman at the closing ceremony.
[2] maybe about 15-20% of the audience
[3] a good 50%+ raised hands |
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a bit miffed
geeky
worn out
cold, but happy
