Tag: bicon
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A Small World Conspiracy
Dan is contacted by somebody he met many years ago in a chance meeting, which quickly goes on to lead to an even more bizarre coincidence...
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BiCon: The Game
I shan't be at BiCon this year, but I thought I'd share with you all something that tickled me today. Last year, at a Naked Lunch, I ended up chatting to several geeks about Interactive Fiction, and I through out a few ideas for a BiCon-themed piece of Interactive Fiction. Little did I know that …
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The 17 Blog Posts That Weren't
It may come as a surprise to you that the stuff I write about on my blog - whether about technology, dreams, food, film, games, relationships, or my life in general - isn't actually always written off-the-cuff. To the contrary, sometimes a post is edited and re-edited over the course of weeks or months before …
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Post-BiCon Disasters
It's not all fun and games, though. In fact, it feels like it's going to be one of those weeks.
When I got back from BiCon, I discovered that somehow, in my absence, my fridge/freezer has gotten turned down to the lowest setting, turning it from a chilled box into a room-temperature cupboard, and … -
BiCon 2009
This weekend, I was at BiCon 2009 (my third BiCon - I guess that makes it a tradition), and it was awesome. Here's a short summary of the highs and lows:
Travel
Worcester's closer than I remembered, and - once Claire'd gotten used to the Vauxhall Astra we'd rented - we made good time there and back. … -
BiCon 2009 Registration Is Open!
It's that time of year again: registration for BiCon 2009 is now open! Claire and I will be going, as usual (and, in accordance with the tradition, as this'll be our third year on the trot, it'll become tradition that we go), and you're welcome to come, too! Yes, you!
Rather than re-hash an old post, … -
Toilets With Urinals? Toilets Without Urinals?
Remember this picture I took at BiCon this year?
Looks like as a concept it's going to become not-so-strange, according to a report in Metro: University students open trans-gender toilets. -
Pictures From The Weekend
I couldn't (easily) post these pictures while out-and-about, so I thought I'd share them now:
The tailbackon the M6. That's a serious amount of traffic at a complete standstill, and people million about on the carriageway. In the distance, in the first one, you can just about make out the tops of the emergency services vehicles, … -
Back From BiCon
Just got back the The Cottage after the drive home from BiCon. Where'd we get to at the end of the previous post...? Ah, yes...
Naked Lunch Saturday was amazingly oversubscribed. One attendee, a regular to Naked Lunches for the last 10 years or so, described his experience of coming into the room and, at the … -
BiCon Fun And Games
It's been hard to find time to post a blog entry here, with everything that's been going on. Here's the quick rundown so far:
Thursday. Arrived. Checked in. Accommodation is a lot like Penbryn, for those who know what I mean, although with bigger (but more sterile-feeling) bedrooms. Caught up with loads of folks from last … -
Off To BiCon 2008
Right; I'm off to BiCon again. Just like last year, I'll probably blog from the event and let you all know what's going on. See a lot of you at Gareth & Penny's party on Saturday!
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Bicon 2008
Claire and I have decided that after all the fun and games of last year's BiCon, we're going again this year. So, if you want to come, now's the time (well, within the next 30 days or so) to let us know, and we can help you out with lifts, combining payment, etc. If there's …
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Really Bad Erotica For Dummies
In a recent post (The Magic Of BiCon) I mentioned that some new friends and I had spent some time reading bad erotica (store-bought, would you believe it, not home-made) to one another. I just thought I'd take a moment to share with you exactly how awful some of this literary pornography was.
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The Magic Of BiCon
Three sit on the damp grass. One reads out a bad example of a good erotic story, stopping from time to time to turn the book around and show the pictures to the others, who laugh.
Five cuddle up in each others' arms, in some sort of exclusive party for those they love - or might … -
BiCon Ball
Wow. Last night's costume ball was amazing. Claire's "Lara Croft" outfit went really well, and our efforts in the Costume Workshop earlier in the day to convert my picnic rug into a great kilt (for my William Wallace costume) paid off. Unfortunately at midnight the spell was broken and my kilt turned unexpectedly back into …