Once the very twee trade show I supported on Thursday got going it was fine. I think it was mostly the organizers who looked like they just stepped out of the picture on the cover of Hipster Monthly. The attendees and my fellow vendors were dressed more typically for tech- at least for middle managers and sales people in tech. There were no t- ( Read more... )

I knew even as I was composing my blog post earlier this week, Dungeons & Dragons: 5 Things, that just 5 was not going to be enough. The game has been one of my main hobbies for thirty-seven years[*] so unsurprisingly there are way more than 5 things to share about it. But Five Things is one of my organizing principles for blogging, so I limited ( Read more... )

This weekend Hawk and I watched the the final two episodes of The Big Bang Theory. It wrapped up 12 seasons on broadcast TV. For those not familiar with the show, take a look at IMDb's series page.
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