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summer-1981.livejournal.com

I did a new blog on Dragon Con last night stating that as of today, we are three weeks out from the convention. I also gave an update what I have been doing. I also created a convention playlist all about my blogs.

Please be sure to check these out

1.My latest Vlog

http://youtu.be/ltTfrBMKpug

2. My Convention playlist. I have some stuff from last year's show
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjRiXCMqkcTPy-mVacTXAmbV65iiIG_lW

I am still looking for people to interview for the show.

What would you like to see me cover this year without bother the major panelists?

Current Mood: anxious
Current Music: 60's music

stephenhsegal.livejournal.com

Ahoy all!

In past years, I've appeared at DragonCon in my role as senior editor of Weird Tales, the world's oldest fantasy/horror/sci-fi magazine. This year, I'm the editor and coauthor of a new book that I'm showcasing at the con: GEEK WISDOM: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture.

It's a sci-fi/fantasy-themed inspirational book, featuring 200 one-page philosophical musings based on the most beloved quotations from geeky films, books, tv shows, comics, etc. ("You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." "So say we all." "Snozzberries? Who ever heard of a snozzberry?" "I have been, and always shall be, your friend." "Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey.") There are quotations and references from all our favorite things: Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Marvel and DC Comics, Star Wars, Star Trek, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dune, The Powerpuff Girls, ThinkGeek t-shirts...

I'm incredibly proud to have been able to compile this testament to 21st-century nerdity. Several brilliant coauthors helped me create it, including Hugo- and Nebula-nominated novelist N.K. Jemisin ("The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms,") steampunk novelist and blogger Genevieve Valentine ("Mechanique"), movie critic and political commentator Zaki Hasan (The Huffington Post), and indie comics writer and journalist Eric San Juan ("A Year of Hitchcock").

I'll be doing a reading from GEEK WISDOM (with door prizes!) on Sunday at 1pm, in the Hyatt's Edgewood room. Would love to see you all there!

paidiraiompair.livejournal.com

Did I miss it, or is this still a trek this year?? What about the evil villain contest??

dcon-xtrack.livejournal.com

BUT! We are continuing to podcast our "Forty Days of DragonCon". Recently we've spoken with the following Track Directors:

Wayne with Whedonverse www.theuniquegeek.com/40-days-of-dragoncon-2010-day-15-wayne-whedon-universe

Derek with DarkFantasy www.theuniquegeek.com/40-days-of-dragoncon-day-33-derek-dark-fantasy

Caro with BritTrack www.theuniquegeek.com/40-days-of-dragoncon-2010-day-30-caro-brittrack

Sue with Sci Fi and Fantasy Literature www.theuniquegeek.com/40-days-of-dragoncon-2010-day-22-sue-sci-fi-and-fantasy-literature

Rain with Science www.theuniquegeek.com/40-days-of-dragoncon-2010-day-18-rain-space-track

Van (Author, Panelists and Comics Guy :) ) www.theuniquegeek.com/40-days-of-dragoncon-2010-day-27-van-plaxico

Notes and updates:

- Most of the bands play in the Hyatt and the Marriott. Other than parties in the other hotels. :

Also, psst! Go tell Jon to buy Leigh a cosmo. She deserves it! :D

jonnyx.livejournal.com

We need an extra staffer or two to help with the Science Track. The newbies keep getting scared off or stop returning emails/phone calls for some reason. Must be able to handle liquid nitrogen or willing to learn. Seriously. (It's not dangerous unless you're an idiot and/or otherwise chemically altered.) Experience with extremely high voltage electronics (ie - 50,000 volts or more) is a plus, but not necessary. Serious inquiries only.

~~jonnyX, Science Track Dictator-for-Life

jonnyx.livejournal.com

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Howdy folks,

The DragonCon Science Track is bringing you ~40hrs of programming and techno-mayhem in 2009. Read all about it on our website:

http://madscientist.org.uk/sch2009sc.html

We've also got a chatty and spam-free mailing list for year-round scheming:

http://www.madscientist.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/evil

( Track highlights, inc Mad Scientists Ball )
( 'Who Wants to Be a Super Villain??' contest info )

See ya at the con!

~~ jonnyX, Science Track Dictator-for-Life

PS - Be sure to check out the "Periodic Table of the Elements" in this year's parade; I wonder who's going to be cesium? Hope it's not too humid that morning! (Boom!)

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jane-says.livejournal.com

On the Science Trak schedule Adam Savage is doing a panel on Sunday at 11:30, however I'm about 90% sure that there was a panel at 5:30 on Saturday. Does he have another panel at that time for a different Trak or was it simply rescheduled?

If he's doing two that would be wonderful and I'll be sure to catch him twice but I just wanted to see if anyone else knew for sure.

imrain.livejournal.com

The SETI Institute. You know that place; The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute. That's where scientists are looking for signs intelligent life beyond the planet Earth. Not the tabloids' little green/gray men (although SETI doesn't care what they might look like) who beam up Earthlings at night for experiments. Remember these are scientists here. : - ) SETI believes that best way to search for signs of intelligent life in the universe is to listen – as in radio waves. Remember the movie Contact? Remember all those radio telescopes? Well, they're real and the number of them is expanding (thank you Paul Allen of Microsoft).

The Space Track is very excited and proud to present Dr. Seth Shostak, Senior Scientist from the SETI Institute! (rain's been trying to get him here for years!) Dr. Shostak will be giving two presentations for the Space Track. You early birds can catch him in the Space Track room on Friday night at 8:30pm for How Are Scientists Looking for Life Beyond Earth?. Then I want everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE, to be there Saturday afternoon at 2:00pm in rooms A601/A602 of the Marriott, for Dr. Shostak's panel, Why I Don't Believe That UFO's Have Anything to Do With Aliens. You will you get to hear a great talk. Dr. Shostak shows up everywhere from PBS' Nova Science NOW to Larry King! He was even on The Colbert Report earlier this year. This will be the Space Track's first large room event - so I want you all there!

Check out Dr. Shostak's latest book, Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Current Mood: geeky
Current Location: home
Current Music: watching Nova Science Now

imrain.livejournal.com

For the 2nd year, the Science Track is running its Who Wants To Be a Super Villain?

Saturday morning, 11:30am in Marriott A601/A602. Put on your best super villain costume, march in the parade and then head over to the Marriott to see if YOU can be the next great Super Villain! Last year's winner, Dictator Barbie, will be there to crown the new villain.

To really get yourself ready - and win extra points - read the scoop from the Evil Genuises' Supreme Overlord - Hawk!

Who Wants To Be a Super Villain?

Here is the scoop on how YOU can join in the fun and possibly be chosen the newest Super Villain!

The winner of "Who wants to be a Super Villain?" gets to flip the switch for Supreme Overlord Hawk's Death Box to "Destroy Dragon*Con" and ... in the event that somehow Dragon*Con survives, he/she will be recognized as a Super villain at the post-thwart party at the Mad Scientists Ball.

What to do Pre-Dragon Con:
0) Our Supreme Overload Hawk, is accepting 5-minute rants which can add 5 points to your open contest score. Come on, you know the 1 to 5-minute rant. If not, watch Jack Nicholson do the Joker or ... heck, any old villainous rant. If you can't think of anything to rant about ... you should probably find a gentler line of work, possibly involving potted plants or fuzzy animals.

Any pre-judging videos will be posted at Madsci.us. If you have a 5-minute, posting worthy rant, it will be judges prior to Dragon Con, Points will be added to the Open Contest Total.

Open Contests:

    1) Costume: Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and frankly, me. Impress us with your criminal wardrobe. Is it super villain quality? Or are you a henchman?

    2) Evil Laugh: From subtle "evil Snicker" to the bellowing "bwa ha ha ha ha" what is your laugh? Can it stand up in court?

    3) Beauty Queen Question: Be Assured, we will not ask you about gay marriage. These will be hard questions, like:
"New Zealand, have you promised New Zealand to anyone? Would you do so to get a vote from a judge?"

There will be a 10 point scale, the judges will confer and choose 5 candidates. These potential super–villains will get their turn at the mike for discussing their Evil plan to take over the world.

Picked Top 5

    4) Evil Plan

    5) Taking Candy From Babes

Given the lack of babies (well, we had 1 last year) we do prefer to show that our villains know how to take candy from babes. (Closer to 50 last year) Women each get a lolly pop, the villain who comes back with the most is the victor. Any questions you potential Super Villains have – ask Hawk. Good Luck!

Current Mood: devious

imrain.livejournal.com

I really should have let Skeptics Track announce this since they have closer ties to him then we do - but - they haven't done so yet, so I am!

ADAM SAVAGE, co-host of the MythBusters TV show will be coming to Dragon*Con in 2009!!

That's right folks. The word just came in although the rumors have been circulating since Tuesday when Adam posted it on his twitter page. (that's a pretty big give-a-way!) It's now been confirmed and the craziness can begin. Throw out the schedules, things are moving around. lol You know jonnyX is plotting already. Could Adam Savage be an Evil Genius? Okay, we know he's an evil genius but could he become one our OUR Evil Geniuses?!

We don't really know yet how this will impact the Science Schedule. Depending on how involved he wants to be, Skeptics may have full ownership. More info when we get details!

(Grant, Tori, Kari must have had good things to say about us!)

Sorry for the scoop Derek!

rain

imrain.livejournal.com

It's taken for absolute ever!! I can't believe myself that I've finally finished (well, except for a few tweaks here and there). What am I talking about?!

The Space and Science Tracks web site!! With - ready for it - the 2009 Dragon*Con Space Track Schedule & the 2009 Dragon*Con Science Track Schedule. (required disclaimer: these schedules may not be consider 'final' until approved by Dragon*Con and published in the pocket program.)

The site is new and hopefully improved. We'll be adding more 'news' as we move closer to Con.

Spread the word and the url!

Any questions: rain - Space Track

jonnyX - Science Track

See you all soon!!

rain

Current Mood: exhausted
Current Location: computer desk
Current Music: air conditioner

alladinsane.livejournal.com

Per community demand, I have added the following tags for the individual tracks at D*C:

alt hist track - Alternate History Track
amer scifi classics - American Sci-Fi Classics
amer scifi media - American Sci-Fi Media
anime track - Anime/Manga
animation track - Animation
pern track - Anne McCaffrey's Pern
apoc rising track - Apocalypse Rising
art show - Artshow Forums & Workshops
brit scifi track- British Sci-Fi Media
comics track - Comics and Pop Art
costuming track - Costuming
dark fantasy track - Dark Fantasy
elect frontiers track - Electronic Frontiers Forum
filk track - Filk
gaming track - Game Programming
indie film track - Independent Film Track
main programming - Main Programming
mmorpg track - MMORPGs
podcasting track - Podcasting
readings track - Readings
robotics track - Robotics
science track - Science
sci/fi fant lit track - Sci-Fi & Fantasy Literature
silk road track - Silk Road: Asian Cinema & Culture
skeptics track - Skeptics Track
space track - Space
star gate track - Star Gate: Multiverse
trek trak - Star Trek: TrekTrak
star wars track - SW at DC
tolkien track - Tolkien's Middle Earth
whedon track - Whedonverse
wheel of time track - Wheel of Time
writer's track - Writer's Track
x files track - X Track
ya lit track - Young Adult Literature

Also have added:

autograph/photos tag since the original walk of fame tag may be unfamiliar to newer attendees.

writer's workshop tag for AC Crispin's Writing Workshop.

first timer tag for those attending the con for the first time

dawn contest for the Dawn Look-a-Like contest

fan table for those fan tables that sell no goods but provide info on their particular groups(goods being sole comes under vendors)

Thanks everyone.

jonnyx.livejournal.com

Apologies if this shows up twice; LJ ate the first one, I think, as it's not on my "edit entries" list.

~ahem~

Howdy folks,

I run the Science Track, which makes me the Sr. Mad Scientist. Let's assume you want to check out the Mad Scientists' Ball (Sunday night, 8:30pmish for the set-up and tech questions, 10:00pmish for the Tesla Coil mayhem, Hyatt Regency V ballroom) and snag some of the free swag, but you're just not sure what to wear. Don't panic, I'm here to help.

First, you need a ( labcoat )

Current Mood: coffee
Current Location: seated
Current Music: Einsturzende Neubauten, Atlanta, 15May04

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Dragoncon Livejournal Community Archive

Entries tagged with science track

Blog update and more

Dragon*Con book premiere: GEEK WISDOM

Question regarding Evil Geniuses

I have been remiss in updating...

ATTN staffers - need extra hours?

Science Track! ArcAttack! and Who Wants to Be a Super Villain??

Adam Savage panel

Space Track presents: Dr. Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute!

COSTUMERS! Who Wants To Be A Super Villain?

Rumor No More - Adam Savage is Coming to Dragon*Con!!

Finally - The Space and Science Tracks 2009 Schedules are UP

New Individual Track Tags

quick & dirty mad scientist outfit

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