Anyone I should be looking for at PAX East this weekend? I'll be arriving late tomorrow (Friday) and probably going straight to the concert, but I'll do all day Sat and Sun.

I sympathize with those of you talking about Racefail and other instances of racial minorities in SF fandom. My own issue along these lines is women/girls in gaming, especially as it has many parallels to women in science ( Read more... )

All right, not only does Tycho want to invite Freezepop, but now they also want to invite Jonathan Coulton as well! Man, Ikea's been stuck in my head, I need a new dresser.

...you drive your car for the first time since PAX and can't figure out where the shoulder buttons are for skidding and getting red sparks.

I am planning to write a futurepost on my experience as an Omegirlnaut, specifically what it was like to be a girl in this "sausagefest" (though the term gives me shudders). But every good novel requires a preface. To start you off, see if you can figure out which poster on this PAX thread is the one I referred to as "Upskirt Girl" - when in a ( Read more... )