Well, that's very annoying. I was messing around with the blog and it's been knocked out due to bandwidth problems. I suspect (well, I'm darn sure) that it's because I put a podcast file up there. That would have done the job.  So, at about 2.00am jonathanstrahan.com.au went away.  The problem is it's hosted somewhere I don't have immediate access ( Read more... )

I started going to conventions in 1986 when I attended Swancon XI. The people at Swancon XII welcomed me and, for the most part, made me feel that I was in a safe space; somewhere I could express myself, be involved, and not feel like I was likely to be judged or harmed.

I attended every Swancon for the next twenty years, and then became an ( Read more... )

Rain finally came to Perth this weekend, and it brought wind, hail and (relative) cold along with it.  That affected some plans. Being soft and weak, girliejones  and I cancelled our plans for a long walk and instead (sensibly) drove to a nearby cafe for a chat and general catch up.  We discussed life, conventions, science fiction, and the finer points of ( Read more... )

The projects are blurring right now. It's 6.45am on a Monday morning in June.  My mother's seventy-one today - as full of energy and fire as she's ever been. Sophie and I went out to dinner with her and the rest of the family last night to celebrate - Jessica's been sick so she stayed home with Marianne.  I was filled with delight at Sophie's seven ( Read more... )

Well, I guess this one's for everyone over at LJ who'll actually see it.  No progress on fixing the blog, mostly because I've not done much. Instead went off and saw the doctor today, to follow up last week's plumbing excursion. Having now had the all-clear on my cardiovascular system and my alimentary system -- which is good -- it seems I now need ( Read more... )

Well, dear readers, it seems the problems with the main blog continue. Although I've become an increasingly peripatetic blogger of late, I do want it to be functional and hopefully interesting and useful, so the fact that it's dead again is a matter of some great concern. The main problem right now, though, is that I don't really want to devote the ( Read more... )

This is just a quick test crosspost. Got myself a dreamwidth account - thanks Sharyn! and will now most likely go back to posting regularly at the regular places.

If the blog was working, this is when I would post that we're in the 'dropping out' phase for Eclipse 3. Five writers in 48hrs. Crunch time!

Well, I didn't expect to end up back here. Is there anyone out there? I think this is syndicated. Maybe. Hmm. Anyhow, something has temporarily killed the main blog at www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp.    Please don't give up on it, it can still come through. I'll do some database surgery tonight or tomorrow and hopefully all will be well ( Read more... )

I don't quite know how to describe this weekend. It's supposed to be the post-craziest period in my life wind-down, where I take it wasy before heading off to WorldCon.  Instead there was a disturbing doctor's visit which has left me paranoid and completely thrown for a while.  Very scary, really.  And then the family were lovely and I got to spend ( Read more... )