Yes, I’ve heard there are some technical issues with the site, I’m going to see what can be done about it. But since I’m current wandering through Italy with limited connectivity and battery life, not to mention a desire to actually enjoy something resembling a vacation, it may not be for a while.
When will I be back? Well, you better have a Democratic candidate for president when I get there…
Great fun, satisfying in all the right places, a pure popcorn film, no complexity whatsoever, nothing completely jaw dropping but a hell of a ride, made up for a very annoying 24 hours prior to the start of the movie… but it was missing one thing at the end.
See here about 55 seconds in, and be warned that watching this clip gives away the finish of two films:
So there I was at I-Con 27 as a guest (for a change). And while it turned out that I showed up, all the guys from Dumbrella didn’t. Could I go sit in on a few panels in their place? Sure, I said.
"Great! There’s a panel at 5 on Saturday, called ‘Why People Suck’. Can you be on that?" No problem, says I.
I get there a bit early, and there’s a crowd outside the lecture room waiting to get in. Crowd? Okay, the panel’s running long. I go into the room, and it’s already packed with 250+ people. And it turns out that none of the original panelists were there. In fact, there was only one other panelist there, and he was a bit unclear as to why he was even asked to be there.
Yipes. Nothing like doing a panel in front of a large crowd who think that people suck, and the folks who were going to be there couldn’t make it.
Nevertheless, it was actually a dang good panel, and people were coming up to me for the rest of the con saying how much they enjoyed it, with lots of folks bringing me books to autograph. I was pretty dang proud of the panel, because not only was it entertaining, it was educational… we actually figured out why people suck.
Entitlement.
Play The Rather Difficult Font Game and tell me how you did in comments. No peeking at sample sheets. I did 30 out of 34, and haven’t retake it yet.
…although it does take some very long intermissions.
So, what do you think of the new look? Special thanks to Gary Bacon, who took my Photoshop mockups and rusty CSS skills and turned it into a very pretty little theme; and to Craig Wood, who shepherded the migration from Movable Type to CrowdFusion.
(Yes, this is the first blog migration from Movable Type to CrowdFusion. More will be coming.)
Administrivia: http://www.glennhauman.com is now the main link; the malibulist.com account will redirect here for the foreseeabel future, but you might be happier to just point here. The RSS feed has also changed, the link’s at the top of the page. I don’t know who set up the unofficial LJ feed to my blog, but whoever it is, please update it. And let me know who you are, dang it!
If there are any problems you’re having, drop a note in the comments here. If your problem is that you can’t post in comments, send a note to glenn at malibulist.com.
As for me, now that we’re finally over here, I’ll be updating a bit more frequently. (Yeah, he’s said that before.) (No, I have to, I’ve got too many open windows.)
Eight Belles, the first filly to run in the Kentucky Derby since 1999, finished second– and then broke her ankles just a few strides later, and had to be euthanized.
The last filly to run in the Derby? Three Ring.
My sympathies to owner Rick Porter, his family, and everybody else on Eight Belles’ team.