I apologize for not saying anything about Fandemonium in here during the weekend. The hotel internet access was all but unconfigurable, and I gave up after killing a couple of hours on it. The good news is that I spent no money on internet access. The bad news is that I dropped off the planet for four days.
I’ll write more about the actual event in a little while. I don’t have my photos in an uploadable state yet, and I still need to collect my thoughts. Quick summary — it was a wildly entertaining and frenetically disorganized event. Fortunately, as far as the attendees were concerned, it was just fine. The Con staff knocked themselves out, though, making up for disorganization with brute force.
Hey, for a first-time ‘Con in one of Fandom’s backwaters, it was fantastic. Besides, I had a great time.
–Howard
You now know why I’m looking at switching phones (not plans) to a Nokia 6800.
Um, no. No I don’t. Are we talking about cameras, internet connectivity, or some magical phone that automatically delegates important tasks to people who have free cycles?
The 6800 has a dual-purpose modem, and of equal importantce an IrDA conneciton. All I would need to do is hook into it, and use GPRS off my phone to get online.
Good to have ya back, Mr Tayler.
Here’s hoping the family didn’t get too frazzled either. 🙂
Eric of the Green Hair
Eric of the Green Hair here. Schlockfest was fun, Howard. Can’t go wrong with free food and a button. Not to mention the cool drawing. Anyway, it’s great to know that you’ll be coming back next year and I look forward to seeing you again.
‘sup sushi/panel buddy. 🙂 It was nice meeting you, maybe we’ll end up at something again together one day. I hope you got out of there at 5 like you wanted!
Nope, the poor guy was still sketching madly away an hour+ after the closing ceremonies were over. GAH!
We, on the other hand, are still in Boise, planning to head out to Tahoe tomorrow. Nothing like a good long SLEEPING-IN the day after a con 🙂