In which excitement is king

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So!  Exciting doin's here at the Confusion Factory.

Yesterday, my Galaxy 7" Tab arrived.  After letting it warm up, and charging it, I turned it on and was immediately freaked out to find that! it had found the photo that I use as background on my phone and imported it for its own use.  These things are getting 'way too smart.  While it was rustling around inside the phone's brain, it also imported all of my Usual Apps, while finding the Cat Farm's wireless network, and updating its own firmware.  I still haven't figured out how to move my elibrary over to it (part of the point of this was to be able read ebooks on it); that'll be for today, in-between sessions with Necessity's Child. Also definitely need to get a screen protector, else I won't be able to see the beautiful screen through the forest of my fingerprints.  Not to mention Mozart's nose prints.  He? Is convinced the new! shiny! belongs to him.

Attention Boskone Attendees!

We have received our preliminary schedules, and unless timing changes radically, we will be hosting a Friends of Liad breakfast on Saturday morning at 8 a.m. (yes, yes; but I have a reading scheduled for 10 a.m.) at Saucity, which is in the hotel. We're assuming that they will still be offering the Saturday morning buffet breakfast with your choice of made-on-the-spot omelets.  We hope to see lots of early risers.  Do remember, the FoL breakfast is an informal gathering of friends; we are each responsible for paying our own check.

We are also at the moment scheduled for a Literary Beer (or, in my case, wine) on Saturday at 4 p.m.  Sign-up at the con.

Also on Saturday (unless things change), we'll be talking Liaden Universe® and Matters Astronomical with Brother Guy Consolmagno at 1 p.m.

We will of course post our final schedule when that arrives.

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In other news, Netflix has sent along Source Code for our viewing pleasure, since Puss 'n Boots isn't available yet.  What other recent movies did I miss that I really ought to catch up on?  Remember that my tastes run to such things as:  UP, Adventures in Babysitting, Second Hand Lions, Earth Girls Are Easy, Cowboys and Aliens, Pride and Prejudice, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Thin Man, and similar uplifting cinematic experiences.

Comments

Movies?

[claire774.livejournal.com]

Actually the list of movies you liked are so varied that I can't give any suggestions. I can only say what I have seen recently and liked. I unfortunately missed Tin Tin because I'm not supposed to be walking right now due to the terrible knee. But....I snuck out to see Warhorse which I loved...parts are hard to watch but I made sure it had a happy ending before I went to see it. It was worth my knee feeling sore for two days afterwards. I loved UP as well. So good. I just watched Sarah's Key which I think would be available on Netflix which I would highly recommend. Also loved ....what was it called?.... the Adjustment Bureau with Matt Damon which is based on The Adjustment Team, a short story by Phillip K. Dick which has been out for a while now so would be on Netflix as well.

I didn't like It's Complicated. I did like The Kids are All Right.
I love the movies. I'm sad to have missed Tin Tin. I hope it appears where I can see it soon.

I hope you can figure out the new tablet. You're awesome experts will have the answers I'm sure. I'm sure that Mozart is assisting the best that he can.

Still putting off buying a Kindle. It's too expensive to download I think. So still asking for your short stories to be on paper someday. Awaiting new developments in the Splinter Universe.

News of the con seem like a lot of fun. I'll look forward to hearing about it...