http://theoaklandpress.com/stories/041804/loc_20040418013.shtml
So Penguicon 2.0 was cool. In only its second year, it got ~810 attendees, officially making it the largest science fiction convention in Michigan. (The next biggest has around 700.) Maddog expressed the desire to return, and hinted about possibly shilling the event to Linus Torvalds. Neil Gaiman asked if shilling was a tradition, and suggested Scott McCloud (understanding comics, reinventing comics...) Neil also expressed disappointment in his blog that Wil Wheaton wouldn't be there, because he wanted to meet him. Considering that Neil drove, if Wil were to come to Penguicon 3.0, it's just possible that Neil might decide to attend as a nifty. That would be insanely cool. (Steve Jackson's already said that if Wil comes to 3.0, Steve's coming back as a Nifty...) On the whole, 3.0 is looking to be in good shape. 2.0 was _cool_, and I should do a post-mortem. I should bug Eric into doing one for Linux Journal... I'm semi-recovered, almost... :) Rob
