This is not a ConReport
... just Thurday, and the bullet points: I'll try and turn them into a coherent report at some point soon.
Thursday:
Jonathan Coulton gig. Fail to recognise any of the fen who I knew would be there.
Did talk to a guy who'd come over from Oslo especially to see JoCo. Squeezed onto a table as, much to JoCo's surprise, the gig was completely sold out. Chatted to Ian, who it turned out was going to Eastercon on Sunday.
Friday:
London_Underground had managed to shut four of the lines going into Paddington, and break the other one, so a bus was caught with much muttering.
14:00 How to be a Panelist at Orbital
15:00 Introduction for Convetion First Timers
16:00 2000AD: A British Instution
Try and volunteer to gopher
18:30 Orbital Welcome Party
Green room coup. Declare self to be moderator for ...
19:00 A Hitchhiker's Guide to Webcomics
20:00 Opening Ceremony
21:00 Pub Quiz
Volunteer to gopher
22:00 Ceilidh
00:30 Blake's 7 Drinking Game
Saturday:
Breakfast
10:00 Discussion: Tanith Lee - Drinking Sapphire Wine.
Gopher the dealer's room with world's youngest Blake's 7 fan
13:00 Transforming Venus
14:00 Performance Workshop
15:30 George Hay Memorial Lecture
Miss gopher duty at signing
Put on Labcoat, and goggles.
18:00 BSFA Awards
19:00 Out of space and time: Perils and Pitfalls of book collecting
20:00 The Orbital Masquerade and Caberet
22:00 Disco
Norwegian Party
K Party (room 1024)
PhoneCon
Sunday:
Breakfast
Me:"I'm torn between three panels next. Crosswords, ebooks, and 2010 bid."
Fan:"Aw, isn't he sweet. Still going to the programming."
Having seen some other con reports I think I managed to hit a LOT of programming.
10:00 Books on the Web
11:00 Guest of Honour: Charles Stross
Catch up on sleep
Play On the Underground.
Gopher the non-GoH autograph session.
Buffet.
18:00 Physics Mistakes in SF
Meet up with Ian, from Thursday.
20:00 The Death of UK Physics
21:00 Mitch Benn Entertains
22:00 Fan Fund Auction
Drunken meandering with occasional Werewolf.
Monday:
11:00 The Mathematics of Knots
13:00 Infinity Welcomes Careful Thinkers
Upgrade LX and Join O2010
16:00 Closing Ceremony
17:00 Reading by Cory Doctorow
18:00 Identity Management in the Internet Age
Home
Star Wars Lego II Co-op
Sleep.
Some Egoboo. The two con reports that mention the panel I was on are complimentary. Yay!
I was hoping for some more specific recommendations and URLs, but this still seems like a nice way to spend an hour.
by nukapai.
the panellists were interesting, and it was generally good to listen to.
by eggwhite.
I need to leave now, or I won't make tonight's BSFA pub meet!
Thursday:
Jonathan Coulton gig. Fail to recognise any of the fen who I knew would be there.
Did talk to a guy who'd come over from Oslo especially to see JoCo. Squeezed onto a table as, much to JoCo's surprise, the gig was completely sold out. Chatted to Ian, who it turned out was going to Eastercon on Sunday.
Friday:
London_Underground had managed to shut four of the lines going into Paddington, and break the other one, so a bus was caught with much muttering.
14:00 How to be a Panelist at Orbital
15:00 Introduction for Convetion First Timers
16:00 2000AD: A British Instution
Try and volunteer to gopher
18:30 Orbital Welcome Party
Green room coup. Declare self to be moderator for ...
19:00 A Hitchhiker's Guide to Webcomics
20:00 Opening Ceremony
21:00 Pub Quiz
Volunteer to gopher
22:00 Ceilidh
00:30 Blake's 7 Drinking Game
Saturday:
Breakfast
10:00 Discussion: Tanith Lee - Drinking Sapphire Wine.
Gopher the dealer's room with world's youngest Blake's 7 fan
13:00 Transforming Venus
14:00 Performance Workshop
15:30 George Hay Memorial Lecture
Miss gopher duty at signing
Put on Labcoat, and goggles.
18:00 BSFA Awards
19:00 Out of space and time: Perils and Pitfalls of book collecting
20:00 The Orbital Masquerade and Caberet
22:00 Disco
Norwegian Party
K Party (room 1024)
PhoneCon
Sunday:
Breakfast
Me:"I'm torn between three panels next. Crosswords, ebooks, and 2010 bid."
Fan:"Aw, isn't he sweet. Still going to the programming."
Having seen some other con reports I think I managed to hit a LOT of programming.
10:00 Books on the Web
11:00 Guest of Honour: Charles Stross
Catch up on sleep
Play On the Underground.
Gopher the non-GoH autograph session.
Buffet.
18:00 Physics Mistakes in SF
Meet up with Ian, from Thursday.
20:00 The Death of UK Physics
21:00 Mitch Benn Entertains
22:00 Fan Fund Auction
Drunken meandering with occasional Werewolf.
Monday:
11:00 The Mathematics of Knots
13:00 Infinity Welcomes Careful Thinkers
Upgrade LX and Join O2010
16:00 Closing Ceremony
17:00 Reading by Cory Doctorow
18:00 Identity Management in the Internet Age
Home
Star Wars Lego II Co-op
Sleep.
Some Egoboo. The two con reports that mention the panel I was on are complimentary. Yay!
I was hoping for some more specific recommendations and URLs, but this still seems like a nice way to spend an hour.
by nukapai.
the panellists were interesting, and it was generally good to listen to.
by eggwhite.
I need to leave now, or I won't make tonight's BSFA pub meet!