Back from AnthroCon

A few hassles with drone-workers, a fair number of hassles with Pittsburgh traffic signage, a weekend-long fight with my own weight, a wish for a little more at-con publicity... and one of the best times I've had at a con in years. More later.

The Windup... And The Pitch

Remember when we were talking about that high-pitched noise I can't hear? Well, some nice guy's got a page with MP3s of test tones at different frequencies, so you can find out where your hearing is on the high end. I've got to try these with headphones, but with my speakers I can just barely hear the 14,000 Khz one, and I mean barely. There's a link at the top of the page to a Flash version, but I can't hear the 14K one on that. On the other hand, it's got low frequencies as well. (Can't hear 15 Hz.)

So, where are you on these?

Cool Stuff At Anthro

First and foremost: HUGE thanks to unclekage, giza, Uncle Vlad, and ever-damn-body else -- impossibly long list -- at AnthroCon. You were all great, and your friendliness and helpfulness and generosity and general wonderfulness will not be forgotten.

Abundant thanks also to the Dorsai -- scs11, blueeyedtigress, unkbar, Joanne, René, Karen, Becca and her girls, Halina, especially James and Kay, Kate, drzarron, Mark Osier, just all of you. You helped me when I needed help (my back was very bad this weekend, and the convention center was long and long), way, way above and beyond the call of duty, and I guess I must be kinda okay after all, to have such folks as you call me a friend. I am humbled by you, and eternally grateful to you and for you.

And, many, many thanks to dreamdancer85 and Robin and Carla, who helped so much on Saturday. (dreamdancer85 also got me a tremendously fun goodie -- a barbecue grill lighter styled after a sheep. So I've got a fire-breathing sheep. It's a Fenton action figure!)

My concert sets were fun. Small audiences -- less than three dozen people each -- but we all had a good time. Next time, I'll hype myself a bit more prominently (I already have a few ideas, hee hee). And, being an unknown quantity at a specialty con, I still had okay sales, and met a lot of very nice folks.

( And now, Tales Of The Fanboy.... )