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Myrna Parmentier
1: Get the emailed Demicon progress report (Oh goody ( Read more... ) -
Convergence hotel website.
Interesting reading: http://www.convergence-con.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Root+Cause+Anaysis+of+the+Website+crash+on.pdfSomething that stands out to me is the claim of 20,000 hits per second. The simple, ignorant math says that if most all of last year's attendees were hitting reload, they would need to be doing that nearly three times per ( Read more... ) -
CONVergence
Was last weekend. It was big. It was, however, not quite as big as feared. 6789 attending vs. a ~7200 prediction from pre-reg and historical data. This may be the first time it was less than the prediction. The con is still growing. Last year was 6667, I think.
Worryingly, been asked to run the room party at Convergence for Supercon next -
Birthweek
The kitten Ame Thest is about a year old today.
Also, it is snowing. WTF? -
One more thing...
Having an apartment warming / Game night this upcoming Saturday (April 6, 2013), ~6pm to whenever.
Email/message/call for directions. -
Turbokitten
The kitten has turboboost.
Remember with Knight Rider how when KITT used "turboboost", there was a sound effect? Six Million Dollar Man had something similar, I think; that was before my time. Well, the kitten sometimes makes a little purring hum when jumping, running or pouncing.
Whatever it is, is sickeningly cute. -
Re: Mrow? Mrow? Mrow?
Last night, I was eating too fast when the kitten got in my face.
Five minutes later, I blew a Spaghetti-O out of my nose. -
Old stuff.
Been sorting through some boxes of crap. Nothing really interesting. (Why do I still have class notes and homework from 14 years ago? Or DaVinci's coupons, expired June 1998? I suspect I just shoved everything into a box when moving.) I did find a couple Daily Nebraskan newspapers from 1999 (saved due to FISHPOND). Interesting how nothing's ( Read more... )
