Busy busy busy
Feb. 19th, 2007 09:52 amSo, went to Picocon.
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omylouse, cath_er_ine, palfrey, samj and tictactoepony and a few others.
Saw talks.
Didn't spend nearly enough time in the bar. Annoyingly they had football on. ICSF really needs to take absolute control of the place if they're going to have a convention. And warn them that SF fans drink a lot of Real Ale.
Still, it was fun. There were some serious talks in the beginning from some writers and academics who are way too clever by far. Then there was the traditional destruction of Dodgy merchanidise, silly game of Just a Minute, (the contestants weren't very good. They missed some obvious challenges, such as "lots and lots"), Mornington Crescent (including engineering rules which I always consider a little unfair, giving an advantage to the first person to get onto a 3 line interchange), and 20 questions.
Wen for some Thai food in the nice Thai restaurant. Went home. Slept. Woke up again... Tidied up, went to Modelworld at the Brighton Centre.
There were trains there. And Laser Tag Tanks. And more trains. And a biiiiig model of the titanic (and a little iceberg). And trains made of matchsticks. And kiler robots. And radio controlled cars that did an Italian Job reenactment. Then a demolition derby. And I met osme people I know from Shoreham Model Railway club. Alas, the club is no more, most of the members have left, and the premises have been condemned as unsafe. Needs to post phots andvideos at some point.
Ate some nice Japanese food. Chose Murasaki (Brighton has a pretty good selection for Japanese food). Doesn't have Moshi Moshi's funky conveyer belts and was a little empty, but very nice.
I don't know my way around Japanese food though. Anyone who wants to help broaden my knowledge is cordially invited to Brighton.
Met
omylouse, cath_er_ine, palfrey, samj and tictactoepony and a few others. Saw talks.
Didn't spend nearly enough time in the bar. Annoyingly they had football on. ICSF really needs to take absolute control of the place if they're going to have a convention. And warn them that SF fans drink a lot of Real Ale.
Still, it was fun. There were some serious talks in the beginning from some writers and academics who are way too clever by far. Then there was the traditional destruction of Dodgy merchanidise, silly game of Just a Minute, (the contestants weren't very good. They missed some obvious challenges, such as "lots and lots"), Mornington Crescent (including engineering rules which I always consider a little unfair, giving an advantage to the first person to get onto a 3 line interchange), and 20 questions.
Wen for some Thai food in the nice Thai restaurant. Went home. Slept. Woke up again... Tidied up, went to Modelworld at the Brighton Centre.
There were trains there. And Laser Tag Tanks. And more trains. And a biiiiig model of the titanic (and a little iceberg). And trains made of matchsticks. And kiler robots. And radio controlled cars that did an Italian Job reenactment. Then a demolition derby. And I met osme people I know from Shoreham Model Railway club. Alas, the club is no more, most of the members have left, and the premises have been condemned as unsafe. Needs to post phots andvideos at some point.
Ate some nice Japanese food. Chose Murasaki (Brighton has a pretty good selection for Japanese food). Doesn't have Moshi Moshi's funky conveyer belts and was a little empty, but very nice.
I don't know my way around Japanese food though. Anyone who wants to help broaden my knowledge is cordially invited to Brighton.
