Convergence 2009 was a good con, though the sheer size of it exposed a basic structural flaw. In most of my decades in fandom, the social aspects of a convention have been more important than the programming. However, the highlight of this Convergence was one of the programming tracks. It was the most interesting programming I have seen in the several Convergences we have attended. The problem was with the party space: The parties of an ever-growing convention are squeezed into a finite and now very crowded space.
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Tag Archives: chicago
Old pleasures rediscovered
City of the big shoulders — and 20,000 eyes that never sleep
Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says: Goal is to have them on every corner.
Via A Surveillance Camera On Every Chicago Street Corner?
[The figure of 20,000 is my own SWAG, based on Chicago geography,]
I can understand the civil libertarian objections to this plan. However, having had much too close personal acquaintance with crime on a few of those corners, I suspect Mayor Daley has plenty of local support for implementing it.
Nectar of the Gods
mia_mcdavid and I had a bottle each after we got home tonight, and were sure we would not be driving any more this evening.
Sweet Home Chicago
haddayr, following an e-mail from smuzikant, linked to this story from our hometown:
Prosecutor: G-Rod’s actions would make ‘Lincoln roll over in his grave’
The details are in a 76 page Federal indictment. The Cliff’s Notes are at
The 18 F-Bombs of the Blagojevich Affadavit.
It should be noted that Blagojevich appears to be a good family man :-)>
Rod Blagojevich’s Wife Appears Just as Corrupt in Affadavit.
Old haunts with a new claim to fame
mia_mcdavid and I left Windycon about 10:30 on Sunday morning and drove into the city. Continue reading
Windycon
mia_mcdavid and I are at Windycon. We attended this convention for 20 years when we lived in Chicagoland and it, with some help from Capricon, defined our sense of what a science fiction convention should be. We are having a great time. Continue reading
Political News
Chicago Tribune Endorses Barack Obama.
I like the way beamjockey reported this.
Update
I am still suffering from the cold I referred to last last week. Over the weekend I thought I was getting better, but things were much worse on Monday. I missed Irish class that night and choir on Wednesday, though I did get to colgaffneyisdance on Tuesday. I have an appointment at our clinic tomorrow afternoon. This has gone on long enough.
mia_mcdavid is in Chicagoland for the weekend. She is staying tonight with a friend from her old job at First Chicago. Tomorrow she will go downtown and meet up with her mother for the weekend.