I think I need to go to a con...

It's called Continuum, and it's in Melbourne in June, and my dear friend 17catherines mentioned it, so I went poking.

I fell in love with the Code of Conduct. Almost every clause has its "simple version", eg:

No weapons are to be brought to, worn or carried at any time during the convention (including water pistols, real or replica guns, swords or knives), unless approved as part of an official event. Only the convention organisers may approve such weapons and their participation in any event. See the Maskobalo section (below) for more on costuming. Simple version: if the real life version of what you’re carrying can hurt people, check with us first.

To summarise the con:

Continuum is an annual Melbourne speculative fiction and pop culture convention celebrating creativity across genre and media.

I'm so going. Who else is in?

I think I just startled the dog...

traceroute 216.81.59.173

If you can do it, just do it. Now. Seriously. If you don't have the facility on your machine, run it through this.

And try very hard not to laugh too loud. The dog has just settled again.