I first learned about science fiction fandom in the spring of 1968, more than 40 years ago. I attended my first convention a year later. So I have been a part of fandom, and vice versa, for more than 2/3 of my life.
mia_mcdavid is upstairs taking a nap. I am back in the music room, listening to 3 Pints Gone, with a Guinness in front of me :-)>
…. the biggest local science-fiction convention. mia_mcdavid and our son J are already there. It is the tenth anniversary for this con, so they are extending it for an extra day. Hence we will be returning home on Sunday. The holiday helps.
I was doing a database task for someone in another department, and I had to ask him a question. I have known him for years, but did not recall his phone number. I found it in the official online phone book, with the title:
Jedi Knight Programmer
(He really is very good).
I do not usually do memes and things like the, but when my old (I have known her for 41 years!) friend, Sr. Edith Bogue, OSB, posted her results, I decided to try it: Continue reading
John Baez has posted a list of recommended free math and physics books available on the web. This is very helpful: There are a lot of free texts out there, but taken as a whole they only demonstrate Sturgeon’s revelation. You need some educated guidance to find the good stuff in a finite time.
Poul Anderson’s classic Uncleftish Beholding is on the web!
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 