Prairie brought me a gift from my nieces (whom she was visiting while I was at the Norwescon retreat)!
It’s a glow-in-the-dark slime ball. Named Jerry.
Morning of the final day of the @norwescon #nwc42 exec retreat. Found a good mug left behind on a prior year.
Just back from a nice 30 minute, 1.4 mile morning walk, and can smell breakfast cooking (bacon!). Not a bad start to day two of the @norwescon #nwc42 exec retreat!
I’m on a boat! Heading out to the @norwescon Exec retreat weekend to dive into planning for #nwc42!
“The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive, and you’ve cast your lot with the destructive people. Fox has become an incredibly destructive force in our society.” — Steve Jobs to Rupert Murdoch, in 2010.
Book twenty-nine of 2018: Arkham Woods, by Christopher Rowley. 🌟🌟🌟
Book twenty-eight of 2018: Stories From the Twilight Zone, by Rod Serling. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
How Vertigo foreshadowed ‘catfishing’, AI and #MeToo: “Sixty years since it was released, Vertigo resonates powerfully in the age of the internet, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.” Just watched Vertigo again two nights ago, and this article is spot on.
It’s @norwescon picnic day!
A Landmark Legal Shift Opens Pandora’s Box for DIY Guns: Ugh. Defeating restrictions against 3D printing guns may be legally and technologically interesting, but in my eyes is also ethically and morally reprehensible. This is a disturbing story.