When one sweats through that much leather for a weekend, one is obliged to a little narcissistic sharing of the shiny.
More photos here...

SteamCon itself? I got into the registration line at 11:30am on Friday morning...and got out four hours later.  Glad I brought a book and had prepared mentally for 'first con incompetance'.  Really folks...

Most of the panels I went to were about costuming and prop making...which seemed like one of the only things to actually do at a con all about a fiction of clothing and technology gadgets...Not sure where they're going to expand in content without become another GeneriCon competing with Norwescon...  chaoselemental amused the crowd at all the panels she was on.  We showed off the Discombobulator again at the last one.

One other ComicCon highlight:
-Last night I discovered that my nose makes a cameo appearance in an interview with Robin Thorsen (Clara) that's posted on Xbox Marketplace.  SouthPark is being played in the background, and I'm driving.  The iconic facial feature appears in the top right, about halfway through her segment.  Its on-screen for, like, a second.

chaoselemental  spotted it first!

If someone could update my imdb and wiki page I'd appreciate it.

I want some carpet tiles (like Flor or similar), but retail prices are silly. 
Do I know anyone with Friends In The Carpet Business? 
Has anyone tried DirectBuy?

( Something magnificent is incubating behind this link... )
and it's all chaoselemental's fault!

Public birthing: Norwescon 2009.

More hints for PuzzleHunt samples...

 ( ...found inside the cut. )

I participated in PuzzleHunt again this past weekend.  We ranked a 14th among 100 teams...Respectable, but nowhere close to actually finishing the hunt.  I think the balance was a bit skewed towards 'too long' this year.

I've posted a few puzzles for the curious.

Easiest: PigPen
Funnest: Googolplex
Longest: TripleSec
(Click 'download' in the upper left of the linked page to download the PDF for each puzzle)

Check the comments page for some hints.
Solutions posted later.  There were dozens of puzzles like this, email me if you want to see more.

S & D --> Noc Noc, 10:45ish tonight!

Iz Birthday!


Not posting much last few months, but still here reading.
S brought cupcakes into work for me.  They have rainbow sprinkles in the cake and lemon frosting.  Yum! :)

Flying.

Favorite marketing spiel this week:
"Bored with water that doesn't look like futuristic alien mouthwash?"