http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog There is no knowing the Evil Eyebrow Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:13:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My friend Chris, who's costume has been mentioned before, and who describes his costume here, got linked through from Bad Astronomy. In my circle, that's like gold, man! http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/09/04/chris-is-made/ I love election season. Not only do you get bumper stickers like "Republicans for Voldemort!" , but you get fake campaigns like Zod for President (who came so close to winning last time). Now we have the Saul Tigh/Laura Roslin ticket. Who doesn't want to vote for a known alien, who's ... http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/09/04/cylon-for-president-with-terminal-case-as-veep/ For my friends, whom I discussed this with: John Scalzi story, involving time travel products. John Scalzi story, a short involving Harry Wilson in the Old Man's War universe. John Scalzi story, released just yesterday. Screw Tempe! http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/09/04/john-scalzi-short-stories/ No, these aren't "war kittens", they're ever so much better. Kittenwar! Ah, brings me back to the good old days when Hot Or Not was new. http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/09/02/kitten-war/ This year, I arrived a Dragon*Con with an 8 Gb compact flash card in my camera. This let me do two things: Buckle to the pressure and shoot in RAW + JPG Not need to switch out the card during the weekend Unfortunately, it takes a long time to download ~7 Gb ... http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/09/01/slowlywaitingdowloading/ All right. I lied a bit about not blogging. Kristin and Chris brought a costume to Dragon*Con. Kristin made it, Chris wore it. They won the Audience Favorite award at the Masquerade last night! It was awesome. The only picture I can find at the moment is here. ... http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/09/01/chriskristin-won-the-costume-contest/ We're home. We're alive. We're tired. As usual, Dragon*Con was a blast, both seeing cool famous people (Battlestar Galactica stars, Firefly Stars, Famous Authors, Not-so-famous Authors, etc.) and hanging out with people we know and like. Even as I type, the ~500 images I took are downloading to my ... http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/09/01/dragoncon-2008-immediate-recap/ Today is the last day pre-Dragon*Con which means there is plenty to do to get ready: Sleep - Won't be doing much of that at the Con. I maintain about a 4 AM to 8 AM unconsciousness schedule Charge - We're geeks, so we have a lot of electronic toys which ... http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/08/28/dragoncon-prep/ I love this picture. I drove past this a few times while traversing the Lubbock, TX to Birmingham, AL southerly route (the northerly route goes through Oklahoma City and avoids this spot). This is Louisiana off of I-20. http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/08/27/more-photo-archive-fodder/ Because I solved the issue I was having with Thunderbird, I'm ready to publish my public key for all and sundry to use. What does this mean? Well, from now on the emails you receive from me will be digitally signed and with the public key listed below you can ... http://www.jbwr.net/web/bp/billblog/index.php/archives/2008/08/26/public-key-encryption/