| Chronos Award Rules 2009 |
[Dec. 12th, 2009|08:03 am] |
The Continuum Foundation is currently preparing to award the second Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian SF, fantasy and horror in 2009. The current rules are presented below for information. Nominations will be opened on 13 December 2009 and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) arcadiagt5 will be co-ordinating these.
1.0 Preamble ( Read more... ) |
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| Conventions in 2010 |
[Oct. 26th, 2009|11:11 pm] |
So, we've looked at finances, holiday logistics, Lex logistics, and a bunch of other stuff, and have had to divvy up the convention going for next year. We've been nutting out ideas for a while, but Sharon's work commitments and our finances have meant we've had to firm up our plans. ( Read more... ) |
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| Mystery project |
[Oct. 18th, 2009|10:57 am] |
 I'm yet to be confirmed for any panels or events for Aussiecon 4 (way too early yet, of course), but if things continue the way they have been, it's looking like I may be rather busy during the con. |
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| Long Term Planning and Willing Souls |
[Aug. 7th, 2009|01:32 pm] |
The mid to late nineties was when I first had the base idea for the Continuum Conventions. I still have most of my notes from then, filed away where I can one day come across them and say, "So that's where they were!"
I've never thought as myself as a good person for running cons, or something like the Continuum Foundation for that matter. ( Read more... ) |
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| Chronos Awards - Last Day! |
[Aug. 2nd, 2009|12:30 pm] |
Just a reminder that today is the last day to vote on the ballot for the Chronos Awards. For details you can go here or visit the www.continuum.org.au website and click on the Chronos Awards link.
The awards will be presented on the Friday night of Continuum 5. |
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| Middleman on DVD |
[Jul. 30th, 2009|08:20 pm] |
The Middleman DVDs have just been released in the US. I know many of you out there are fans of the show, so I thought I'd let you know.
Given that the creator of Middleman is hopeful that with good enough DVD sales the series may come back in some form, if your DVD player can handle NTSC discs, you may wish to buy them ASAP. We just ordered ours through Amazon.com. Wanted to buy from Shout, the company doing the DVD release, but unfortunately they don't sell direct to Australia.
For those that don't know it, The Middleman is one of the shows I will be talking about on The Best TV Shows That Never Were panel at Continuum 5.
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| Dot Points from the last couple of months |
[Jul. 25th, 2009|12:40 am] |
In the last week or so, I've had a small bunch of concerned friends contact me privately to ask if I was okay, as I haven't been posting much for a while. Everything's cool, I've just been balancing being busy with my limited mental/physical energy, and some things, like LJ, are tending to suffer.
Thank you for the thoughts! I have been wanting/trying to put stuff up, but just not finding the time. Now some quick dot points and a picture... ( Read more... ) |
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| Chronos Award Ballot |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|08:18 pm] |
The Continuum Foundation is proud to announce the ballot for the 2009 Chronos Awards. Click on Read More for the ballot and the voting procedures ( Read more... )
All votes must be received by 2 August 2009. Late votes will not be considered, late postal votes will be returned to sender unopened. The Chronos Awards Committee is not responsible for any delays in post or mail.
Replication of this information is encouraged so long as it is done verbatim. |
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| Just for the record... |
[Jun. 3rd, 2009|02:18 pm] |
With regards to my previous post on forgotten Natcon history. What spurred it on was people saying we didn't need more awards. One of my points was that we actually used to have more awards. In doing that I needed to mention some of the history behind how we lost them, and got distracted by how crap the whole situation was.
At no point in the original post did I say anything bad about Aussiecon 4. Aussiecon 3 got a mention, but I made it clear that it was only a small part of the overall problems occurring at the time. And in all the replies, my only negative comment with regards to Aussiecon 4 was that one or two folks can be a little aggressive or dismissive of complaints.
All the other concerns voiced about A4 came from other people. This isn't me backing down on anything, or saying I don't agree with some of the comments made (just as I disagree with others), just that I didn't make them. I don't mind being blamed or accused of stirring trouble for the stuff I've said, but if I haven't said it, no thanks.
Just felt the need to be clear on that one.
Coming Soon - Aussiecon 4... Are the committee all Satan worshippers? |
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| A Tale of Two Natcons |
[Jun. 1st, 2009|09:07 am] |
In the early 90's the media Natcon was going gangbusters (300-400+ attendees), the lit Natcon was dying with a slowly decreasing (around 200) and aging membership. With the success of a couple of joint media/lit Natcons, it was suggested that Australia's population was so small the two cons should be joined.
It would mean a bigger overall Natcon with a larger budget. Everyone would win. The media fans had no reason to do this. Their Natcon was doing fine. The only reason they did it was out of a sense of community. It would be good for fandom as a whole to have a single, bigger Natcon. ( Read more... ) |
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| Chronos Awards Nominations |
[May. 30th, 2009|04:46 pm] |
Nomination for the Chronos Awards to be awarded at Continuum 2009 are now open.
To lodge a nomination please click on the Read More link below. ( Read more... ) |
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| Chronos Awards Rules |
[May. 30th, 2009|04:43 pm] |
The Continuum Foundation is currently preparing to award the first Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian SF, fantasy and horror in 2008. The current rules are presented below for information. Nominations will be opened shortly and I will be co-ordinating these.
( Rules below cut ) |
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| Great, Cool, Awesome, and Amazing |
[May. 25th, 2009|12:30 pm] |
You know what's great? Continuum 5 is coming up, August 14th-16th, Melbourne.
If you're not there, you'll be missing out.
What's cool is, this Saturday the 30th, C5 is having a Trivia Quiz.
( Poster with details below the cut )
The awesome thing is that Continuum 6 is already being planned for next year.
That's right, it's on baby!
And the amazing thing?
People are already starting to make plans for Continuum 7! |
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| April Dot Points additional +pics |
[May. 3rd, 2009|10:16 pm] |
Just some extra things I forgot to mention...
* While seated and holding Lex in the kitchen the other week, he head-butted me, driving my head back into the wall. *Whack* *Thud*
"Nice one, Lex," I said, prompting him to do it twice more in rapid succession. *Whack* *Thud* *Whackthud!*
* Lex is now shit scared of my dalek.
* hehehehehe...
* Lex only started to properly crawl a week or so back. Within a couple of days of nailing crawling, he started to pull himself up to standing using things like the couch. A day after that, he started trying to actually climb up onto things like the couch. Too fast!
* Tomorrow night at 7:30 on SBS is the Botswana episode of Top Gear. If you've never seen the show, or have seen an episode but didn't like it, try this one. This is the one that turned Sharon into a fan. I've been married to her for over a decade, and I have literally never seen her laugh so hard for so long. She was in real pain by the end.
Basically, if this episode doesn't get you in, Top Gear will never be a show you'd enjoy.
* She's sitting beside me and giggling now, just thinking about it.
* I have decided that at some point, within the next few years, I will have to get a theremin.
* Continuum 5 seems to be shaping up well. We're going, who else is?
* Lex also gets to listen to Uncle Terry on PaleoCinema fairly regularly.
( * Four Lex pictures below the cut... ) |
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| April Dot Points |
[May. 1st, 2009|04:47 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | conventions, dot points, health, interesting or important links, lex, my stuff, sharon, slice of life, swancon, things that delight me, unimportant but annoying, videos/dvds | ] |
| [ | mood |
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* April was a busy and tiring one, hence this being written on the 1st of May.
* This is a very Lex-heavy month. ( Read more... ) |
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| March Dot Points |
[Mar. 29th, 2009|08:05 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | continuum, conventions, filming, interesting or important links, lex, my stuff, people, photos, slice of life, swancon, travel, videos/dvds | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  cheerful | ] |
* We survived our rent inspection
* Lex has survived his fourth tooth
( Nothing of importance, just a collection of stuff from the last month or so, and one picture. ) |
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| Continuum Relit |
[Oct. 22nd, 2008|11:15 am] |
Continuum Relit - a Continuum Foundation Social Event.
Come along for an evening of socialising, free nibbles, and one or two special announcements in celebration of the upcoming Continuum 5 - Galaxies by Gaslight.
Continuum Members past, present and future & other interested parties are all invited to attend.
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Location:
Elephant & Wheelbarrow
94-96 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Australia
Please RSVP by commenting on this entry or at the Facebook Event page
I'll be there and would love to catch up with everyone :) |
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| Busy, good, and bad |
[Oct. 2nd, 2008|02:14 pm] |
The last week has ended up being all sorts of crazy and busy, but mostly good crazy and busy, with the only negative being a grizzly baby some of the time. And that's counter-acted by the fact we're getting some smiles scattered about here and there, which is nice. Hence no posts.
The last 24 hours, however, has been craptacular! Roadshow dicked me about with my order, changing the price of one of their reduced DVDs, but that's normal for them. The good side is at least I'll be getting them sometime soon-ish.
I lost my wallet on the way back from the Post Office yesterday. No sign of it yet. Losing the $50 in it is still less annoying than if I have to replace all the cards. Have just come back from putting up signs and asking at the Kaleen shops to see if it had been handed in. The good side was I got to ride my trike, and got to wear my skeleton socks, so not all bad. And as I said to Sharon, if I've lost this one I'll have to buy a new one with room in it for photos of my wife and son.
I'm behind on my preparation for the panels/items I'm doing at Conflux. Yes, I can talk about this stuff off the cuff better than some people who have prepared, but I think an over-reliance on just knowing your topic and not doing a bit of brushing up beforehand shows an essentially arrogant and lazy attitude. And if you're too lazy to do the work, why are you wasting people's time being on the panel? But the good side is, I'll get to talk Doctor Who, do trivia, do Magical Hat, and catch up with some people for the few hours I'm there on my panel passes. And I still have time to go over my notes before the con at this point.
Funtastic have chosen not to honour the remainder of my order for Classic Series Doctor Who figures. Basically, it doesn't matter that I have an order with them, they have pulled the remainder of my stock (and everyone else's) to put aside for Myer, Roger David, or one of the other big guys that didn't bother to order this stuff six fucking months ago, unlike the rest of us!
There is no good side, I'm fucking furious.
I do at least have enough figures put aside for those that ordered them, so no problem there, just been too flat chat to process them.
If anyone can tell me how I would go about sending an email to Funtastic's stockholders, I'd appreciated the information. Funtastic's stock have dived in recent times, and this sort of behaviour can't help. I would like their stockholders to know how they dick about the people giving them money.
The Voyage of the Damned Gift Sets got pulled in much the same way for one of the big companies. Six months later, they have obviously decided that they don't want them and the sets are now available again. In fact, virtually all the units that were pulled are back. So now there's a huge excess of old stock... still at the original price! Why would I want to buy them? Anything like this I really wanted to sell, I've sourced from overseas to fill my orders. I had to charge more, but at least I had the stock.
I don't expect it to do any good, but I'm ringing Character Options in the UK tonight to beg them to find another Australian distributor. |
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