If you missed the Igs, you can still catch a list of the Improbable Research Ig Nobel winners. One of the more distinctive winners holds a patent on a bra that turns into a face mask. Apparently bandanas and handkerchiefs are passe for that use.
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology.
If you’re available tonight, and in Cambridge, MA, trot over to beautiful Sanders Theater to watch, cheer, laugh, and throw paper airplanes.
If you are free tonight elsewhere, catch the live webcast. Honestly, it’s the most fun awards show I’ve ever had the pleasure to attend.
Wow, I’ll be busy at Pi-Con! The organizers have scheduled me for a variety of serious and fun panels, as well as useful and wacky ones, with some really great panelists.
Blogging 101 with Hugh Casey, Katherine Toomajian, KT Pinto, Dusti Lewars, and Yvonne Carts-Powell (I’m moderating, and more than a little concerned about trying to keep bloggers in check). Friday (August 21) 5 pm in Venice.
Media Tie-ins with Terri Osborne and Keith R. A. Decandido, and Yvonne Carts-Powell (I’m moderating — which in this case largely means leaning back and letting Keith get on with it. Very funny guy.) Friday (August 21) 6 pm in Venice
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reading with Joy Marchand, Jennifer Williams, and Yvonne Carts-Powell. (Fun!) Friday (August 21) 9 pm in Somers
Ask a Geek: Science, computers, tech with Drew Van Zandt, Mitch Morris, Eric Weimer, Tiffany M., and Yvonne Carts-Powell. (I’m moderating, and looking forward to getting our geeks on.) Friday (August 21) 10 pm in Venice
Will humans speciate? with George Claxton(M) Erin Whittey, Ed Bishop, and Yvonne Carts-Powell. Friday (August 21) 11 pm in Somers
Alternative Energy with Drew Van Zandt, Tom Wysmuller, Ed Bishop, and Yvonne Carts-Powell (I’m moderating. This is immediately after the Tai Chi session in Venice.) Saturday (August 22) 11 am in Venice.
Neuroscience of Zombies with Tiffany M., Ed Bishop, and Yvonne Carts-Powell. (Brains!) Saturday (August 22) 12 noon in Florence
Raising Fen Trisha Wooldridge, Vicky Weimer, Eric Weimer, David Sklar, and Yvonne Carts-Powell. (I’m moderating. And this looks like fun! We get to talk about our kids!) Saturday (August 22) 3 pm in Ellington
Gender in SF/F/H Fiction Lauren Burka, Joy Marchand, David Sklar(M), K.A. Laity, and Yvonne Carts-Powell. Saturday (August 22) 4 pm in Agawam
Reading with Joy Marchand(!) and Yvonne Carts-Powell. I’m looking forward to hearing Joy read from her work. Sunday (August 22) 10 am in Ellington
Science in Science Fiction with Mitch Morris, Erin Wittey, Allen Steele, Daniel Hatch, and Yvonne Carts-Powell (I’m moderating). Sunday (August 23) noon in Venice
I’ll have more to say about my appearance at Lunacon this weekend, but this is one of the coolest things to come from the trip. Dr. Amy Chused introduced me to it.
What happens when you blend a well-developed craft with some fairly recent technology and inventive people?
Currently working on: News story about cleaning art using lasers and better atomic clocks; learning about Buddhist history and a bit about Orientalism; and teaching my son to recipes-to-impress.
Currently reading: Barry Hugharts' wonderful Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, which is delightful!
Wow, I’ll be busy at Pi-Con! The organizers have scheduled me for a variety of serious and fun panels, as well as useful and wacky ones, with some really great panelists.