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Part 1: Geeky Conversations
Events:
- Further Confusion Jan 12-14 --, San Jose Convention Center, California.http://www.furtherconfusion.org/fc2012/
- Little Brother- http://www.custommade.org Jan 13-Feb 11
- Edwardian Ball Weekend - edwardianball.com
- Future Motive Power (Tesla, The Old Mint 88 5th St San Francisco, CA)
- Gallifrey -- Pres Day weekend (Feb 17-20) http://www.gallifreyone.com/
- PantheaCon -- Pres day weekend @ the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, CA http://www.pantheacon.com
- AOD: http://www.aodsf.org/ (Feb 18-19)
- Dundracon Feb 17-20, San Ramon Marriott http://www.dundracon.com
- Stitches West -- Feb 23-26, Sta Clara Convention Center http://www.knittinguniverse.com/stitches/west/
- BayCon, Memorial Day Weekend http://www.baycon.org/
- FanimeCon http://www.fanime.com/
- AND the Steam Federation (Clockwork Alchemy), which will be under the FanimeCon umbrella, so you can buy tickets to one convention and get admitted to both! (Two cons for the price of one!!!) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Clockwork-Alchemy/324827457544591
Espana goes over how the Hugo Award Nominations work. The following was written on her blog:
This year for the first time members of the current, previous and future Worldcon are ALL eligible to nominate. So if you are a supporting or attending member for Renovation, Chicon ORLoneStarCon, you can submit a nominations ballot. (You do need your PIN, which will be sent out according to the schedule on the Chicon website)
- -You can nominate in all categories but you do not HAVE to. If you only care about novels, then nominate in the novel category and leave the rest blank. It is designed this way on purpose, it means nominations are submitted by people who are interested in that area of the genre.
- -You can nominate up to five things in each category, but you do not HAVE to. if you only think one movie you saw this year is worth nominating, you can just nominate that one and leave the other four slots blank, that's fine.
- -You don't have to be an expert to nominate. Don't feel like you have to have seen every movie, or read a hundred books. The point is to get as many fans as possible to tell each other what they felt was awesome last year. Then the voters can take a look at the top five choices and decide for themselves.
- -Nominations close Sunday March 11th. But you can resubmit your ballot any time until that date and only the final submission will be counted. So if you have three artists you absolutely love and want to make sure you nominate them, submit that bad boy now. Then in a month when you've thought of some more stuff you want on there, resubmit a more complete ballot.
Hugo Award Nomination Links
- https://chicon.org/hugo-awards.php
- http://pinboard.in/t:hugo_recommend
- http://hugo-recommend.livejournal.com/
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsUSB8f4Hgt2dHJESjJ5UWRxU0NHR1o0dTVDUER4a0E#gid=0 (Eligible works)
Part 2: Geek Crafting
Knitting:
Jade's been working on the following:
- Finished knitting the Hiker’s Waistcoat over Xmas, washed & blocked it...then decided she did NOT like the collar, so completely unwove all ends, frogged, and re did the collar (including the 3-needle bind off).
- Dyed silk ribbon to match the yarn color; sewed an inner twill ribbon for extra sturdyness, and sewed the button bands. .
- Socks from the same ball as she knit for her nephew.
- Started a new 2012 sweater (Knitty 2008 Amused) using Webs Yarn -- alpaca, merino, cashmere. Finished swatch and just started
- Jade's STILL working on Frank
- She also finished up a silk/merino blend on the Ashford joy
New section, because Jade started weaving as her Viking gave her loom for Christmas. The Purlescence Yarn girls helped warp her first scarf using a red & black marled yarn (Cascade 220).
Make it Sew
Jade & Espana kvetch about costuming for Gallifrey One.
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