Daily Archives: July 27, 2009
Ice, Ice Baby
Posted on July 27, 2009 76 Comments
Via Elizabeth Bear on Twitter, the latest in the kerfuffle regarding whether Pluto is a real planet or not. You know, here’s the thing for me. Despite having a famously pro-Pluto daughter and also personally thinking the actual mechanics behind the Pluto demotion were a bit mean and not entirely rational, I have no problem […]
Quick Note on Confluence
Posted on July 27, 2009 22 Comments
My experience with Confluence this weekend can be summed up thusly: What a lovely convention. It was well-run, the people who ran it were excellent and kept me well-stocked with Coke Zero, the attendees were very cool and seemed happy to see me, my co-panelists were all smart and engaged, and overall I had just […]
Interesting Coincidence
Posted on July 27, 2009 37 Comments
I come home from Confluence to find that it looks like my desktop computer has just up and died. Fortunately, I ordered a new desktop computer a couple weeks back. Estimated delivery date via Fed Ex? Today or tomorrow. That said, I need to play with the current desktop to make sure it’s really dead. […]
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