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Things That Nerds Do
#2: Go to costuming conventions.
CostumeCon has come and gone again. It was in Milwaukee this year, which you would think would be the perfect opportunity to do nifty things
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- There is currently a small river running through my front yard due to a water main issue.* I desperately want to make little paper boats and sail them down it, but 1) I don't know how to fold paper boats and 2) it's dark outside, now.
- My geranium is about to bloom again. I wasn't actually entirely sure if geraniums did that, or you had to start ( Read more... )
- There is currently a small river running through my front yard due to a water main issue.* I desperately want to make little paper boats and sail them down it, but 1) I don't know how to fold paper boats and 2) it's dark outside, now.
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On the way to San Jose
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back from the wilds
So, an unanticipated four-day venture into the field put a hold on any further costume plans. Thank goodness I got as far as I did with the Chase Dress re-do, as that's all but finished now. This turned out to be a gift to my sanity, as a week and a half is really not long enough to complete another costume given the pace at which I work and the ( Read more... ) -
If we want to visit other galaxies, we'd better do it quick
Scientific American says that due to the accelerating expansion of the universe, eventually other galaxies will move so far away so fast we won't be able to see them and all the universe will appear to be an empty void. What, the article asks, will astronomers of the distant future make of the nature of the universe when they have no evidence left ( Read more... ) -
Steampunkanalia
Via Neil Gaiman's blog via a friend's LJ, I found:
Steampunk Modified Computer Keyboards
These are delicious, but they pale in comparison to the Steampunk Laptop. (Although, wouldn't that key get in the way of typing ( Read more... ) -
Picture-y Goodness!
Yay! Other people (who didn't forget their cameras) are posting CostumeCon photos online! ( No actual photos, just links ) -
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Weeeee! Back from CostumeCon (on Monday night, actually) and now after a week of late nights and mostly-early mornings, I'm not yet back to normal but think I might be after a week of proper bedtimes. Taking a mental health holiday on Tuesday certainly helped me on my way. The con itself was great, despite my spending significant chunks of it's ( Read more... )