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“DongleGate”: Adria Richards & Female Inclusion in Technology
This week “Technology Evangelist” Adria Richards was fired from her job at SendGrid for the way she handled her complaint against a sexual pun at San Diego’s Python conference, PyCon, as was one of the...
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My First Cosplay: Corvo Attano
(bhmpics.com) Ever since my first convention experience – BlizzCon 2009 – I’ve had the itch to do some cosplay. Especially after seeing other friends walk around in costume and the dedication and love...
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!Blog Updates…
!Blog took a few weeks off recently, largely because I had/have too many projects going on at once, many of them only tangentially blog-related. But not to fear (I know – I could totally tell you were...
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Neat Find: The Brain Scoop
I first came across “The Brain Scoop” during their episode on the pangolin. I remember being fascinated with pangolins ever since I was a kid and my older brother did a project on them; the cover to...
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What is XAMPP?
I’m constantly looking for new types of technology to use, especially when it comes to aspects of development that I don’t get to use at my job. Currently I’m basically a C# developer; I program in an...
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American Gods: Old Gods Breakdown!
(wikipedia.org) I joined GoodReads a couple months ago in an effort to remind myself to read more this year (call it a resolution whatever). If you look at the lower-right-side of this post you can...
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How to Start Reading Comics
(bazingacomics.cl) A couple months ago I wrote about how I’m officially hooked on reading comics and talked a little bit about my initial obstacles and about how I finally became addicted. My biggest...
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Neat Find: Cosplay Piano
Happy Friday! Have a Neat Find! I came upon Cosplay Piano via The Mary Sue, and hot-damn am I glad I took the time to actually watch it instead of letting it get lost in the sea of tabs that...
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American Gods Breakdown: Major Characters
(wikipedia.org) Today I begin the Old Gods Breakdown from Neil Gaiman’s American Gods (like Foggy Mountain Breakdown, but not). Today we start with the Major Characters. If you’ve forgotten, here’s...
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Lighting Figures for Cheap
Since I bought a nice second-hand DSLR from my buddy Emily over at SpatialDrift I’ve been slowly but surely figuring out how to take nicer pictures. For both this blog and my baking blog, n00bcakes, I...
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Neat Find: Goldie Blox
I remember hearing about Goldie Blox last fall when its Kickstarter was running, and now I really wish I’d paid more attention. I came across the brand again this week, this time via Facebook, and...
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San Diego Comic Con 2013 Countdown: 3 Days!
Holy moley, Batman! SDCC is in THREE DAYS. My buddy Vasili and I were able to get tickets again for this year, and we were able to pull in 2 additional friends as well! I am so excited. Last week the...
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SDCC 2013: Arrival & Preview Night
Hey guys check it out – I made it to San Diego in one piece! I arrived in San Diego in the early afternoon on Wednesday, taxi’d to the hotel, walked to the grocery store to buy snacks and lunches for...
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SDCC 2013: Thursday
Thursday at San Diego Comic Con has come and gone! There weren’t many panels we were interested in until noon, so Vasili and I spent a lot of the morning puttering around the exhibit hall. I picked up...
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SDCC 2013: Friday
Friday was a long day. Vasili and I were up at the ridiculous hour of 4:30am in order to get to the shuttle at 5, in order to get to the convention center at 5:30am in order to get to the 10am panel...
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SDCC 2013: Saturday
Saturday was the best day. I mean, I had fun every day at Comic Con, but Saturday was especially enjoyable because instead of being bummed about the couple of panels I didn’t get into, I was lucky...
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SDCC 2013: Sunday
Alas, San Diego Comic Con is now over! Sunday was a nice mellow ending to the non-stop 4 day party, and I was sad to see it go (though grateful to get to sleep in my own bed). Faith Erin Hicks &...
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SDCC 2013: Swag and Goodies
I’ve no more to share on the particular days of San Diego Comic Con, but I thought I’d show off the swag and paid-for goodies I picked up this year (anecdotes included). Everybody like swag, amirite?...
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Neat Find: Nimona
Calling Nimona a “Neat Find” is probably a bit of a slap in the face to its creator, the awesome Noelle Stevenson, but since I bet a lot of you still haven’t heard of either the comic or her, Nimona...
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My First Cosplay, Take 2
So many many months ago I claimed I was prepping for my first serious foray into cosplay with a Corvo Attano costume (from Dishonored). If you follow me at all on Facebook, you may have seen an...
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