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Carmel Valley Conventions – Brown’s Ranch
La Jolla Mac Meda Destruction Co | December 20th 2009
Carmel Valley in the old days was considered the sticks – depending on type of vehicle, and pit stops it took about a two beers as the crow flies before one got to the Carmel Valley turnoff off Interstate 5 and another 1 to two beers to get to read more
A Climatology Conspiracy? (The plot thickens!)
Gold Investment Stocks | December 20th 2009 by jeff
The CRU emails have revealed how the normal conventions of the peer review process appear to have been compromised by a team* of global warming scientists, with the willing cooperation of the editor of the International Journal of Climatology (IJ read more
Things I Missed at AWA 15
CENTAKUME | December 18th 2009 by Sanjo-chan
The 15th year of Anime Weekend Atlanta has come and gone, but with less than 365 remaining until AWA 16, there are a lot of events and panels I was looking forward to a couple of months (or years..?) before attending. Sure, I went to as many panels read more
An Ozark Mountain Christmas at Branson
New York Traveler.net | December 15th 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber
An Ozark Mountain Christmas at BransonThis post is from read more
‘Star Wars Celebration V’ tix on sale; set course for Orlando…
Nerdvana | December 15th 2009 by Jayson Peters
Tickets are now on sale for Star Wars Celebration V, Aug. 12-15, 2010, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. As you can see from the official logo (pictured), the event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. read more
Single-day Comic-Con passes on sale
Nerdvana | December 15th 2009 by Jayson Peters
If you missed out on the four-days passes to this summer’s San Diego Comic-Con, all is not lost. Today they’ve put single-day passes up for sale. It’s $35 per day Thursday through Saturday and a mere $20 for Sunday. So you could cra read more
[photos] Your Tuesday moment of zen
routes case | December 15th 2009 by farrelwel
Your Tuesday moment of zen.calendula_witch at A Writer's Weekend in 2006, photographed by me two years before we actually met. © 2006, 2009 Joseph E. Lake, Jr.This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non read more
Bitch’in Toy Of The Week: Cobra Commander!
NERDSOCIETY | December 15th 2009
In 2008 the San Diego Comicon offered a Cobra Commander figure that was exclusive only to the convention. This figured offered what is supposed to be an early form of the Commander before his Cobra organization was formed. Cobra Commander is wearin read more
National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House and Hearse Convention a…
The Raven's Barrow | December 14th 2009 by Patrick Nottingham
[Valley Forge, PA] The National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House and Hearse Convention (N.H4.C) and Canadian Haunters Convention (CHC) made an historic announcement today regarding a partnership forged between the two groups that they say will ch read more
Official TwiCon on Twitter and Facebook
MammaDawg | December 14th 2009 by MammaDawg
Psst!! Have you noticed the new buttons to the right, in my sidebar ---->??If you're following me on Twitter, then you've already heard... that yours truly has been selected to be 2010 TwiCon's Social Media Chairperson.*squee!!*Jess was laughing at read more
[photos] Your Monday moment of zen
routes case | December 14th 2009 by farrelwel
Your Monday moment of zen.matociquala and I dressed as one another, at A Writer's Weekend in 2006. © 2006, 2009 C. Mason.This work by C. Mason is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. read more
The List of Profan Panel Ideas for Your Convention
Fan To Pro | December 13th 2009 by StevenSavage
The round up of convention ideas is here.Below is a giant list of ideas for panels you can suggest or even do at your own convention to encourage people to use their hobbies in their jobs. Feel free to suggest more ideas, or note successful panel i read more
InochiCon 2010
Geek Mythology Crafts Blog | December 11th 2009 by Geek Mythology
I discovered a brand new anime convention in the Philadelphia area! Inochicon is looking to kick off its first convention in late summer of next year, and we hope to be there! It’s always exciting to find anime conventions in the tri-state area read more
Gifts for Geeks: Santa's Little Helper
Exfanding Your Horizons | December 11th 2009
Welcome to Round Three of the 2009 edition of Gifts for Geeks! Nathaniel's post yesterday was way more helpful and thoughtful than my first post on the subject, and he gave great consideration for those uninitiated with geek culture.Because I tend no read more
Details and Pictures From Fangoria's "Trinity of Terrors&quo…
Fear of the Dark Online | December 8th 2009 by James Sugrue
You guys may have read our story the other day on Fangoria's official split from Creation Entertainment, effectively removing their name from the upcoming Weekend of Horrors convention. You may have also read the update that we added about Fango's ne read more
Geek Mythology Crafts Interview on Video Masters TV
Geek Mythology Crafts Blog | December 8th 2009 by Geek Mythology
Chris from Video Masters TV graciously stopped by our table at Gamecore Con and interviewed us about our bead sprites! You can check out the episode here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbu1qGPaTJ0 His segment about Gamecore is towards the end of read more
Where Cassettes Go To Die
The Raven's Barrow | December 7th 2009 by Patrick Nottingham
Here’s a cool post from Environmental Graffiti on artist Brian Dettmer and his recycling of old cassette tapes into some amazing skulls, skeletons, and other dead things. read more
Xmas Savings ($50) with The National Halloween, Horror, Haunted H…
The Raven's Barrow | December 7th 2009 by Patrick Nottingham
I ganked this from Mike Bruner of the National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House, Hearse, and Kitchen Sink Convention. Sounds like a deal. We’re trying something new and different. A Christmas promotion! This year, on April 30th, 2010, our conv read more
SMOFCon 27 - an encapsulation
A Mad Moravian (kind of) | December 7th 2009 by Scott Zrubek
I spent this past weekend at SMOFCon 27, since I run the Art Show at Armadillocon.I made it to Austin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, but wasn't able to really see the con until after dinner. I had to remotely oversee a software build that was happening bac read more
SMOFCon27 - Texas Hold 'Em tournament
A Mad Moravian (kind of) | December 7th 2009 by Scott Zrubek
When SMOFCon is held in a state that allows it, a Texas Hold 'Em Tournament is held. Texas allows private games, so this year's SMOFCon had a tournament.I was one of 26 players in the field and was seated at one of the three tables. By random chanc read more
Weekend update
A Mad Moravian (kind of) | December 7th 2009 by Scott Zrubek
Friday:Up at the crack of dawn to head to Austin for SMOFCon 27. I drove through bits of sleet and snow, but nothing too bad. Arrived at the hotel around 9:30 a.m. I spent the next 8+ hours getting a software build out to production.Dinner at El S read more
[cancer] Monday update, and miscellaneous other things
routes case | December 7th 2009 by farrelwel
Big day today. calendula_witch and I are off to the hospital shortly for a chest x-ray, followed by a post-operative consultation with the thoracic surgery team. Insofar as I can tell, my recovery is going quite well, but the fluid build-up in my c read more
Updated: No More "Weekend of Horrors" for "Fangori…
Fear of the Dark Online | December 6th 2009 by James Sugrue
News came about today that confirms that Fangoria has split from it's convention partner, Creation. The two had been worked together for years to bring us the Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors conventions that many of us grew up on and still attend regul read more
Conventions and professional associations
Fan To Pro | December 5th 2009 by StevenSavage
The rest of the convention idea series can be found here.So you want to get some speakers for your next convention and do some pro-related events. You've got your usual guests, maybe some regular attendees - but there's more you can do.Yo read more
Star Wars Celebration V Coming to Orlando, FL in 2010
Geek Speak Blog | December 4th 2009 by Jason Rhen
As a native Floridian and native Orlandoan (Orlandonian? Orlandoite?), this is indeed huge news. It seems that the premier convention for all things Star Wars is coming to my fair city in August, 2010, as Star Wars Celebration V will be landing at th read more
BGG.con How Awesome Art Thou?
Michael Mindes | December 2nd 2009 by Michael Mindes
I have now officially returned from BGG.con and recovered completely. I shout from the rooftops, the event was totally awesome! Far and away the best convention I have ever been to. read more
The Vampire Chronicles vs Twilight
The Geek Girl Gamut | November 30th 2009 by G³
The two most well-known vampire series compared...with Twilight found lacking. read more
Convention Idea: Proto-minicons
Fan To Pro | November 25th 2009 by StevenSavage
The series on adding professional events to conventions is here.Last week I mentioned the idea of starting career-specific Minicons at conventions - small conventions inside other conventions, in specific areas, and run by a given staff to meet a spe read more
Zauberenhändler aka Wizard Trader
Yehuda | November 25th 2009 by Yehuda Berlinger
I ran a game at BGG.con which I called Zauberenhändler, which I hope means Wizard Trader in German (that's what it was supposed to mean).CardsThere were 1000 cards, 10 identical copies of 100 different cards. The 100 cards contained a) a name, such read more
Your Solutions are Right Here Now
AskRealityLove.com | November 24th 2009 by John Stringer
Your solutions are right here now and ready for you to receive just let go and stop worrying stop fretting stop concerning yourself with how focus on what you truly want to transpire and let source take care of the rest put your Faith in source and read more
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