SteamCon, Here I Come

For those of you who haven’t heard of it, SteamCon is the first anual Bay Area Steampunk Convention.  It happens Halloween Weekend at the Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale CA.
I will be on the following panels:
Engines of Empire: Real Science and Gadgets of Victorian Times - Saturday 1:30-2:30
and
Steampunk Multi-Media: Steamy film, photo, audio and more - [...]

1 Comment »Filed under: Conventions, Events, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on October 7th, 2008

Of Pub Crawls, Publishers, Short Films, and Short Cons

This weekend kept me busy - posting the latest Antithesis episode, hitting the pub with Chris Lester and Seth Harwood, and hitting Silicon in San Jose.

1 Comment »Filed under: Career, Photography, Unsavory Excursions, WritingPosted on October 7th, 2008

Book Review: Playing For Keeps

I have to say, up front, that I’m not a big fan of superheroes. Occasionally, a stand-out will come along, like the new Batman Movies or the first X-men film, that will stop me in my tracks and make me cheer, but generally speaking, the whole notion just doesn’t appeal to me all that [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Creativity, Podcasting, Podcasts, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on August 25th, 2008

MSNBC endorses LOLCAT English!

—edit—
Lisa Paul, in the comments, delivered a round bitch-slap to me for missing the obvious possibility that the following faux-pas could be an attempt to emulate the Brooklynite coloquialism “S/he was robbed” and convey their accent.  She could be right.  However…I like my take on it better ;).  Can anyone confirm whether the author of [...]

2 Comments »Filed under: Language, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on August 18th, 2008

Double Trouble…Now!

You heard them on Reprobates Hour - now buy the books written by Krazy Kiwi Phillipa Ballentine and Irrascible Rabble-Rouser Tee Morris. Today’s the day they make their Amazon run.
Buy
Digital Magic
and
The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant

No Comments »Filed under: Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on August 8th, 2008

Tor gets religion on publishing’s new wave

Tor Books has joined the forward-thinking ranks of Baen Books and the two-steps-forward, one-step-backward stragglers like HarperCollins and started releasing its books on the internet.
Unfortunately, this isn’t a long-term strategy yet - it was a stopgap publicity stunt to people who registered at tor.com while the site was being overhauled. However, just for the [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on July 24th, 2008

I’ve Been Blogged

I was discussing the results of the Democratic delegate tally today with my friend Ian Gowen. Little did I know that the man is a burgeoning Cory Doctorow, blogging everything. So, if any of you are interested in my terribly unpredictable (yeah right) analysis of the situation, take a gander at Ian’s blog.

No Comments »Filed under: Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on June 3rd, 2008