| Saturday, June 27th, 2009 |
| 3:00 pm |
Been offline - did you miss me?
I've spent all of this week at work populating test scripts, which has meant an awful lot of typing/ mousing etc. As a result I have not been on line all week and will therefore not catch up on lj by any means. Please point me at anything I should know! Next week - will be more of the same and then normal service will be resumed! |
| Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 |
| 8:54 pm |
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| Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 |
| 9:20 pm |
Wiscon Monday
Monday morning I went to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bookzombie's last panel "Always a companion?" - the obligatory Dr Who panel. It went very well for a 10am panel, although I was surprised that not more members of the audience wanted to play the "Which women would make great Doctors?" game. ( Female doctors and other Monday madness ) |
| Monday, June 8th, 2009 |
| 8:29 pm |
Fabulous birthdays!
Many Happy Returns to both badgerbag and chr0me_kitten. Hope you both have a fabulous day (all the best people are born in June!). It was wonderful to spend time with you both at Wiscon. |
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| Sunday, June 7th, 2009 |
| 4:44 pm |
Wiscon Saturday - 'cos I'm on a roll.
Saturday morning we had the fine and excellent GOH reading by Ellen Klages, who can do a fine and good 1950's British accent. When it came to questions afterwards, I was the clueless person who asked what she was working on now. sdn psychically kicked me at this point. I've tried to think of a better way to express interest without sounding like I'm asking George R R Martin to be my bitch. How does "What are you finding fascinating at the moment?" sound instead? ( And some more detail mostly about Ellen ) |
| Saturday, June 6th, 2009 |
| 2:25 pm |
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| Friday, June 5th, 2009 |
| 3:20 pm |
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| Sunday, May 17th, 2009 |
| 12:50 pm |
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| Saturday, May 16th, 2009 |
| 5:08 pm |
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| Sunday, May 10th, 2009 |
| 5:36 pm |
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| Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 |
| 9:17 pm |
Yet another Dreamwidth post
Thanks to the generosity of wrdnrd I now have an account in the name of pennski over there too. Please subscribe to me/ allow me to read you. At present, I don't know how much I'll post there. I certainly want to keep in touch with people here who are moving over. |
| Monday, May 4th, 2009 |
| 12:26 pm |
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| Saturday, April 25th, 2009 |
| 3:39 pm |
The Red Shoes
Last night's movie selection was "The Red Shoes". I remembered watching it when a teenager and all I really remembered was being bored by the ballet and suspicious of the FX. It turns out I had completely forgotten the whole story. The ballet was a fascinating spectacle and the tragedy of the heroine's "choice" was that, damnit, she shouldn't have had to choose between them at all. What have you discovered to be much better than your initial impression? Current Mood:  awake |
| Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 |
| 4:49 pm |
My Eastercon
I had a lovely time in Bradford. All 4 panels I was on went well and the moderating was nothing like as scary as before. I think the facilitation course I'd been on for work had really helped. I had several unsolicited compliments from both panellists and audience members alike, which was lovely. I went to many excellent panels, talks and lectures. The George Hay lecture was astounding - 3D printers that can build their own parts is the headline. Go to reprap.org for more details. owlfish 's inaugural BSFA humanities lecture on the depictions of time in the Middle Ages was fascinating (and I am still stunned by the picture of Fortitude with an anvil on her head). Tim Powers and Jon Courtenay Grimwood both gave great GOH speeches. Must re-read more of their stuff. It was lovely too to spend so much time catching up with people like desperance and jemck (I want a trebuchet too!) and fjm (who gives the best hugs) and la_marquise_de who was a model of intelligence and elegance as always and ...I could go on and on. As usual, I came away wanting to read more and talk more and think more. And ended up needing to sleep more! |
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| Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 |
| 9:56 pm |
My Eastercon schedule - including moderation (eek!)
Well Poisoners Fri 18:00 "Young Adult fiction often contains political messages, whether they are overt or subtle. How do the readers react to the didactic ideologies?" Penny Hill (moderator) Oisin McGann Colin Harvey Heather Turnbull Hugo nominations panel Mon 11:00 "The nominations for the 2009 Hugo awards have been released - what do we think? What are the surprises, and what are the notable omissions?" Pauline Morgan (moderator) Mike Scott Penny Hill Shana Worthen Jetse de Vries Never trust a book with a dragon on the cover Sat 17:00 Our panel tell you why the title of this panel is wrong. Penny Hill (moderator) pennski@gmail.com Gali Golan John Selmes Stephen Deas Juliet McKenna BSFA Focus: Jo Walton Sat 21:00 "Jo Walton's recent ""Small Change"" trilogy about a Britain that slid towards fascism in the aftermath of World War I has attracted a great deal of praise -- although it hasn't been picked up by a UK publisher. This in-depth discussion explores why you should order the US editions." Liz Batty (moderator) Penny Hill Tom Womack |
| Monday, March 30th, 2009 |
| 9:51 pm |
It's that time again - grovelling sponsorship request follows!
Last year I ran Race for Life and I was so touched by the number of you who sponsored me through seeing the link on lj. So here I am again. Our webpage is http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/pi_it_girlsThe photo was taken after last year's effort (and yes, I am that short in comparison to the others). Ideally, I would like to run the whole way and beat my time of 35 minutes. At the moment, my mobility is normal on dry days but restricted on damp days, so how much preparation I get does depend on the great British weather. At the very least, I plan to get round the course somehow. Today I ran a mile for the first time in 2 months and hope to do a mile and a half next time. |
| Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 |
| 8:26 pm |
Ada Lovelace Day - women in technology!
I accepted the challenge on Facebook to blog about at least one woman in technology today. I had an obvious choice - a colleague who is a member of the BCS and does a lot with our student intake trying to promote careers in technology to women and vice versa. But she is shy and asked me not to pick her. So instead let me suggest that any of you who haven't already go over to Liz Henry's blog at http://liz-henry.blogspot.com/Liz is one of the first women I think of when I think of women and technology - working in it, using it, encouraging other women to do so. In fact, when I look across at her blog, I realise she's already done a better, more encouraging post than I could do! So a big shout out to Liz and to all the many women I know and am friends with who work in IT in one way or another! Happy Ada Lovelace Day everybody! |
| Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 |
| 9:12 pm |
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cheerful
thankful