Any friends in the Gulf coast area of Texas who still read LJ, please let us know that you're okay. That's a pretty scary storm in your vicinity.

For you Kindle fans and e-book reader fans in general, what are digital rights issues like with the e-books? Are they tied to readers, or can they be stored as files, backed up, used on different readers, etc.?

For those of my RATMM and MSTie friends who have not yet heard via Facebook or Twitter, our fellow RATMMer and MSTie Bill Livingston passed away last Sunday, March 14th. I just learned this today, and am shocked at the untimely and sudden passing of my old friend. Bill was smart without being snotty, funny without being mean-spirited, friendly ( Read more... )

[cross-posted to nsingman and quartercon, and adapted from a similar entry from last year]

So far, the Rock and Bowl arrangements were a bit diffuse, and I know you all want details. So here are the details ( Read more... )

[cross-posted to nsingman and quartercon]

Here is what my beauteous and oft-praised jungle_goddess and I will be doing this weekend. Join us!

( The big schedule! )

[cross-posted to nsingman and quartercon]

One of the more popular (by attendance) activities last year was the Abita Brewery Tour. About 20 of us hopped on a small bus I'd reserved, drove from the Maison Dupuy to the Abita Brewery, got a tour of the facilities, and drank as much beer (in all their varieties) and root beer as we could. This tour has to be one of the ( Read more... )

[cross-posted to nsingman and quartercon]

In three months, my beauteous and oft-praised jungle_goddess and I shall host the 12th Annual Jungle Goddess Sunday Champagne Brunch at quartercon. We would like to know how many of you we can expect to attend so I can apprise the nice lady at the Maison Dupuy. Here are the details ( Read more... )

Our friend bronxelf_ag001 has a long history of offering her time, effort and considerable talents to helping others. Now she could use some help for the veterinary expenses of Hydrox, one of her slightly weird but very lovable cats. To that end, I'm glad to be able to pass along this entry ( http://geodyne.livejournal.com/517781.html) from geodyne. geodyne is an obviously ( Read more... )

[cross-posted to nsingman and quartercon]

Here is a revised schedule of what my beauteous and oft-praised jungle_goddess and I will be doing this weekend. Join us!

( The big schedule! )

[cross-posted to nsingman and quartercon]

Okay campers, we're only 11 days away from the official start of QuarterCon 6. That means that it's time to revisit, revise and confirm. Our first draft was here. There are two significant changes from that draft, both of which stem from an effort to be a little cost-conscious ( Read more... )