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Concom chairs: care and feeding
Welcome to the delightful world of concom chair ownership! With proper care and attention, your chair will give you hours of endless enjoyment for many years to come. Be sure to follow these rules. Your chair is a natural product; any markings or irregularities are unique and enhance its natural beauty. Warranty void if sticker removed. Do not ( Read more... ) -
Redemption '09
Redemption '09 has just happened. Mostly, in a blur. There are fans posting about Best. Redemption. Ever. So I guess it went okay...
I have some regrets. ( ... ) -
It's here!
Further to this post, my contributor copy of Fabulous Whitby turned up today. Despite the local post office's efforts, which have been epic in the past.
Woo-hoo! Something with a spine has my name in it![1]
[1] Other than the acknowledgements, which to date include a Ben Jeapes and an Alaistair Reynolds. -
Anthology Builder
In other writing news, prompted by various Milford folk (specifically the ineffable Chair, who prodded me with an e-spork), I have uploaded A Thief in the Night to AnthologyBuilder.com. I know Sue was going for a Milford-themed anthology; can't see anyone else shifting it. :-) -
Fabulous Whitby
I am informed that Fabulous Whitby, which includes my contribution Wylde in Whitby, now has an actual physical manifestation in this reality. It's listed on both Amazon.co.uk and BookBrain.co.uk, though neither have either a cover image or contents, so you'll just have to take my word for it. This is produced by Fabulous Albion, who were also ( Read more... ) -
Tell us stuff!
Now that the convention's done, we're collecting both convention reports - what you did, what you saw - and convention feedback - what worked, what didn't - over on our website.
The feedback's especially important. We tried some different things for this Eastercon, and we'd like to know whether they worked. -
Ping
Hmmm. Prod, poke. -
Change
I really hate it when shop-keepers - or, indeed, anyone I'm paying - give me change by placing the note(s) in my palm, and then putting the coins on top. I know it's suppose to be helpful. It makes it considerably harder to put the coins and notes away without dropping something, because my choices are to ( Read more... ) -
Ed film fest
So there was a big queue at the Filmhouse when the Film Festival box-office opened. Lots of people.
This disconcerted the biddies who just wanted to get tickets for the next showing of a film that day. The staff had announced that at 2pm, they'd be opening a separate queue/counter for same-day tickets ( Read more... ) -
The Gimp
No, not the Tarantino character from Pulp Fiction. I refer, of course, to the Gnu Image Manipulation Program ( Read more... )