Jim to appear at Phauxcon 2007, October 5-7 (Philadelphia)

[Shecky]

Woohoo! So now I'll be spending the next two days with my cursor hovering over the "Refresh" button. We're (wife and I) still in on the Friday dinner, right? I only ask 'cause I'm Mr. OCD.

*edit* And speaking of OCD, I'd just like to get some info from anyone who knows the hotel and its area. Specifically, food - is there a good bagel place nearby, or is the hotel breakfast decent? What about lunch? I see we only have an hour for lunch, so I'm assuming something fast-foodish is near or that the hotel has a reasonable restaurant.

On a more general note, how many people do we have so far for the con and for the Friday dinner in particular? 'Cause we just might be persuaded to bring a couple dozen of the best bagels on the planet for Saturday morning if the numbers are small enough.

[Priscellie]

Shecky, all your questions will be answered soonest if directed to Xionin at the info(a)phauxcon.com address.  And for future reference under the "additional options" whenever you make a post, you can select "Notify me of replies," which will send you an email whenever anyone posts in this thread.  It saves you a lot of refreshing!

[Shecky]

You have a point. With the refreshing "issue", though, I have to refresh my browser window anyway, but I still should've remembered the info@ address (we exchanged a few emails a while back). Duh.

The question about anyone who knows the hotel and the area, however, I'm putting out to everyone to get as much info as possible. It's called "doing my research" *coughpickingeveryoneelse'sbrainsoIdon'thavetodoanyresearchmyselfhack*.

[xionin]

The question about anyone who knows the hotel and the area, however, I'm putting out to everyone to get as much info as possible. It's called "doing my research" *coughpickingeveryoneelse'sbrainsoIdon'thavetodoanyresearchmyselfhack*.

hiya shecky!

the hotel is smack dab in the middle of downtown. there are, literally, dozens of restaurants within walking distance; everything from delis to brazilian steakhouses to irish pubs. the hotel breakfast is supposed to be pretty good. i've never eaten there, but it's hot, it's free (for guests) and it's what they use as a selling point.

there's also an awesome belgian waffle house right down the street. mmmmm hehe

i'm sure you'll be able to find something to satisfy your tummy over the weekend. but feel free to bring bagels.

~x

ps, yes you're both on the list for the dinner.

[Shecky]

hiya shecky!

the hotel is smack dab in the middle of downtown. there are, literally, dozens of restaurants within walking distance; everything from delis to brazilian steakhouses to irish pubs. the hotel breakfast is supposed to be pretty good. i've never eaten there, but it's hot, it's free (for guests) and it's what they use as a selling point.

there's also an awesome belgian waffle house right down the street. mmmmm hehe

i'm sure you'll be able to find something to satisfy your tummy over the weekend. but feel free to bring bagels.

~x

ps, yes you're both on the list for the dinner.

*ahem* Boo. Yah.

You really can't say that in a dignified way, can you?

Yeah, we're just ruled by our stomachs.

[meg_evonne]

You guys who are going, you will post what you heard, felt, learned right? For those of us stuck behind office desks and work schedules, right?   

[Shecky]

Absolutely! But since no one's replying positively to my "Are you going to PhauxCon?" thread, I'm going to assume that there won't be that much to report.

[Priscellie]

You guys who are going, you will post what you heard, felt, learned right? For those of us stuck behind office desks and work schedules, right?   

You know we will!  Actually, if I can figure out a system and if I can get Jim's permission, I'd like to record the Jim Q&A.

And Shecky, where's the thread?  Edit:  Never mind!  Found it!

[meg_evonne]

Wow, that would be great Priscellie.  Really would be great. Wish I could be there...

Also that way Shecky's fingers won't get twisted up trying to keep us posted!

[Shecky]

Wow, that would be great Priscellie.  Really would be great. Wish I could be there...

Also that way Shecky's fingers won't get twisted up trying to keep us posted!

No worries there. I type REALLY fast.

[Shecky]

You know we will!  Actually, if I can figure out a system and if I can get Jim's permission, I'd like to record the Jim Q&A.

And Shecky, where's the thread?  Edit:  Never mind!  Found it!

My wife has an old camcorder (super 8 or whatever it's called) but we have no way of transferring it to an electronic file; otherwise, I'd charge that puppy up overnight as a just-in-case.

[Priscellie]

My wife has an old camcorder (super 8 or whatever it's called) but we have no way of transferring it to an electronic file; otherwise, I'd charge that puppy up overnight as a just-in-case.

Do you have one of those adapter things that allows you to play it on a VCR?  Because if you have a friend with a DVR, you can just hook the two together and burn the footage to a DVD.  I've done it before!

[Shecky]

Do you have one of those adapter things that allows you to play it on a VCR?  Because if you have a friend with a DVR, you can just hook the two together and burn the footage to a DVD.  I've done it before!

We have the right cables (i.e., RCA jacks at the other end), but all we have is TiVo, and it's really picky about its inputs. We don't know anyone with a media-capable PC, either.

[Priscellie]

Don't worry about it, then!  I'm pretty sure I'll be able to rig up something with my webcam.

[meg_evonne]

  ;DBut only with Jim and Shannon's okay right?