Due to technical difficulties, our web site for this year was delayed.

It is now active at http://www.siliconventions.com/

PayPal will be active soon for purchase of memberships.

Ever wonder what fans keep in their garages? Come find out, and buy the items that are offered for sale and thus reuse ( Read more... )

SiliCon 2008 is over, all except for the last bits of mop-up. The hotel blew chunks this year - we are royally ticked with them - BUT the people attending had a good time ( Read more... )

As SiliCon approaches, more and more of my time is being spent killing drama llamas. You know the type of thing - people who get butthurt because of what someone said, or didn't say, to them or about them. Every con I've ever had any contact with has had them. Nothing new, there ( Read more... )

Well, I've started it. Looks like it will be 44 - 48 pages if I go with 11x17 folded. Each sheet of 11x17 is 4 pages.

Fortunately, the micromanaging boys have gone to bed. I'm sure I'll hear from them tomorrow when I bring the draft to the meeting for them to piss in.

Last night, it got down below 70° outside. This morning, that lovely marine layer was cuddling over the hills. One more month, and my finances will start easing from the move disaster - just in time for me to finance the SiliCon program book, probably ( Read more... )

SiliCon, that is. I'm still printing the pocket program even as we speak, but the badges are done ( Read more... )

Political issues? With one of the most a-political committees I've worked with in a long time? Somebody is on drugs, or deliberately trying to smear a non-profit convention to benefit their own for-profit gig ( Read more... )

The program book is back from the printer!! Boing!! Early!!

Well, this year we sold a whole $10 in two days of garage sale, 9 am - 5pm. Better than we've done any previous year, but still sucky. It still feels like a buttload of wasted time ( Read more... )