Part 2 will be posted friends-only. Sorry, general public, but there's things I don't want to discuss with the whole world.

Arisia 2008 was by any rational measure very successful for me, for Intercon, and for Alleged Entertainment. Some highlights:

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Went out to my car this morning to find the front passenger-side window punched in.

They'd obviously been through the glove compartment, but all my stuff was still there.  They didn't take the ($80) iPod adapter, they didn't take the ($200) GPS unit.  They did, however, take the (less than $10) GPS holder that was attached to the windshield.  ?!?!

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I know I'm a little bit late to the party on this, but I'd like to go and see The Golden Compass this weekend.  With ringing endorsements like this, I've pretty much got to. :)

If possible, I'd like to organize a movie/dinner mob to do so.  Who's with me?

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Since my last few posts have been fluffy meme-age, I wanted to take a few minutes and talk about something real I've been working on: the next version of Journey ( Read more... )

Gmail users: now you can use IMAP instead of crappy POP3.

Yes, v_cat, I'm looking at you. :)

- How did you choose your LJ name? What does it mean?

"Nat Budin" is actually my real name. Well, my full name is "Nathaniel Lang Budin." I go by "Nat" because "Nathaniel" sounds very old-fashioned. "Lang" is my mom's maiden name, and it's also the middle name of my two younger brothers, thehumanclams and Jeremiah ( Read more... )

Hello, folks! Last night, at the Festival of the LARPs 2008 kickoff meeting, we settled on two possible weekends for the convention, but we didn't have a strong preference as to which one it should be. Our decision was that we should post a poll on LiveJournal to determine which weekend to use ( Read more... )