First time at Wondercon, I had a great time. Hilariously interesting panels, friendly people and amazing costumes. Food trucks for miles supplemented the usual con food. Similar to Comic Con in spirit, but not in scope. Wondercon lacked the sweltering crowds and with them, much of the lines. This more intimate setting afforded more direct fan interaction. I saw creators hugging fans and levels of joy and enthusiasm that could almost approximate wonder.
…And there were robots.
This was Anne’s birthday from 2002. A PJ party at The Manse. I don’t exactly recall how we devolved into cannibalism. A good time was had by all (well, most anyhow).
I hope that you are doing something with circles to celebrate. I am enjoying the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Festivities start at 1pm.
This priceless gem I found only recently. My father with his Apple Performa 6500. Not sure exactly when this was taken, but I love the Sherlock shirt he’s got on. This was half a dozen towers ago for him. Dad’s always loved technology. He got me started in all this. Thanks dad.
This is how I find my car after the vallet parkers have gone. What were they trying to do? What purpose does that chain serve? I may never know.
This tree was blown down across Chandler Blvd. Torn out of the ground crushing both gate and Jeep.
Always a delight to see driving food.
So I had a bit of trouble with some bootcamp machines running the Nvidia GeForce 9400 in both Windows 7 & 8. Intermittently they would boot without video. Not right away, initially, it would show video during initial startup. However, as it got to the login screen, the screen would go distinctly blank. I had installed the latest drivers from apple (Bootcamp Additions), even tried 3rd party drivers. Nothing solved the problem, the best I could do was reduce the frequency of occurrence. I was about to resign just to deal with it when a came upon GeForce Experience. This is a software suite to optimize Nvidia graphics cards for gaming. The 9400/9400M is certainly not a gamer card, but that doesn’t stop the Experience from identifying and installing proper drivers before reporting that no gaming optimizations are available. Despite it’s inability to enhance my gaming, the tool certainly resolved all my driver issues. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Give it a go if your Nvidia drivers are making you crazy.
It worked out well.
