I have this sisyphean hobby where I write articles based on discussion panels I attended at various SF conventions. I post those articles on my website. Writing an article often requires listening to a tape recording of a panel and transcribing large portions of it. Why would I do something so pointless? More about it next time. For now, here is a ( Read more... )

I think the name Larval Mode comes from the Hacker's Dictionary where it means the state of being a novice programmer or techie. An open source ideological leader Eric Raymond and "one of the unsung heroes of the internet" John Quarterman were the panelists. It seems they must have assumed that the primary audience will be high school students and ( Read more... )