[penguicon-general] Random Panel suggestion.

[Lissa]

on 08/31/2006 10:29 AM Greg said the following:
> --- Dan DeSloover <zifferent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ARRRRGG! Yes, he likes guns. That is, in addition to being an open
>> source activist/programer, he takes his 2nd amendment rights
>> seriously.
> 
> I see.  So let's say, for example, that Linus is an avid needlepointer,
> does that mean we should have a needlepoint panel/track?  Sounds
> rediculous, doesn't it?

Actually, no. We had a crafts room a couple years ago, and I used it a 
lot. It was a nice, low key space. When I needed a break, I'd go up 
there and hand spin.

Geeks do lots of things besides program, make robots out of tin cans and 
Legos, or whatever. We cook, eat, read Science Fiction (and, indeed, 
many other genres, plus non-fiction), do needlepoint, spin yarn, carve 
soapstone, bead, make pens out of wood, target shoot, do carpentry, etc. 
After working with recalcitrant software all day, I frequently need to 
make something concrete, and I doubt I'm the only geek who finds that 
necessary.

I think Penguicon is enriched by the odd hot sauce panel or beading 
class. One of the coolest and most useful classes I went to last year 
was the ER doc's. To mangle Tom Lehrer, when correctly viewed, 
everything is geeky.

Be well,
Lissa

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