We've just been hooked into the big multinational computer system of our parent company and half the sites I look at work I can't get into now ! Even things like streaming vids in the online newspapers are blocked, though oddly enough you tube is ok. LJ & Facebook are still alright but the photography sites are cut off, which is annoying as I'll ( Read more... )

Attended Armageddon 08 on the weekend. This event came in for some very virulent LJ flack last year but they must have cleaned up their act as it was all pretty smooth, it was rather like a bigger version of the Multiverse cons. The costume parade was a bit of a botch job but that made it more fun in a way ( Read more... )

A somewhat belated 20 year (and 2 week) anniversary of Zencon II !!!!

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/5112712/man-wants-marry-comicbook-character/

I do science work and have had some very annoying Irreproducible Results lately. My wonderful rustfighting paint which performed so well on its first few trials is now acting like absolute crap and I've no idea why. Actually I do but it's too late to try any fixes, though I was very careful about making the last sample. I wouldn't worry about ( Read more... )

Bit of a blast from the past this morning, as part of my clip dubbing to digital I ran off "Attack of the Killer Con Bags", which was an improv fanfilm done at a Canberra con in '93 or so and featured quite a few LJ members in their full bloom of youth, or 20's/30's anyway, which is pretty young by my standards these days. Kath, why did you wear a ( Read more... )

Back again, to a full and rather pesky day of work. We had a nice 4 days off though, we went up to the Buxton/Marysville area and stayed with the dogs in the same cottage as last year. Weather highly variable but good most of the time and we went on several walks and made a side trip to Lake Eildon, which I haven't visited since a 70's school trip ( Read more... )

Will be offline for a few days but watch this and think of me

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ZIeXOHdpE

Got talking with Dags and the subject turned to some major & minor fan stuffups over the years and this is what we came up with. Sorry if I'm treading on anyones toes but I've not spared myself, I was involved with a couple of these. I've changed the names in a few cases to protect the innocent (not to mention the guilty ( Read more... )

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24544852-661,00.html

This news article reminds me of that memorable Bradbury story