Masqueraders
Entry forms for the masquerade are in the Chaos costuming room on the mezzanine
Come one, come all!
Note To Parents
You must sign your child up at Ops if you need to use the childcare; there are limited places.
Fan funds
A Taste of TAFF
James, ½r,
Bug, and
No plan survives contact with the enemy … part 4
Update to the previous admiralty announcements, after some more pirate interference, to please amend your ReadMe as follows:
The TAFF and Interaction Thank-You Party will swap rooms with the Saturday Night Quiz. The Party will now be in Argyll 3 and the Quiz in Argyll 1.
The Masquerade Rehearsal will be in Argyll 3 from 15:00 to 17:00 Sunday.
The Masquerade will now start at 20:45 in Argyll 12 (so you can go to dinner first now and still come and see the show).
Ian Sorenson’s GoH Trial will now be at 22:00 (still in Argyll 12).
Who Wins Minnie?
YOU can win Minnie - A Chocolate DALEK. In fact you can win not only Minnie, but also a free membership in Recombination - the 2007 Unicon.
Maybe you will explore the delights of eating the tasty inside of Minnie the chocolate Dalek. Go to the Recombination desk to get an entry form for the quiz.
Media Programme
There are listings for the Media Programme scattered around (well, at least we’ve seen a couple!) and it’s a very impressive programme indeed. It runs each day from 9:30 until 12:30 (lunchtime) and more items later between 18:00 and “late” in the Orkney Suite. The room is used for other programme items between 12:30 and 6.
The first items of the day (9:30-10:50) are specially designed for children (accompanied by a responsible adult) but all are welcome.
More Invasions
Redemption Brainstorming Boardroom Saturday 14:00 – All ye faithful come to the defense of trufandom!
Releasing Bradley
Could Phil Bradley, who took part in yesterday’s tech panel, please contact Andrew Wilson or any of the G.U.S.T. team, as a release form must be signed regarding the footage shot at the panel (Fri 13:30 Argyle 1).
Angus Wells RIP
Awards
BSFA and Doc Weir Award
Remember that voting for the BSFA awards and the Doc Weir award closes at 18:00 today. You’ll be able to applaud the winners on Saturday evening (21:00, Argyll 1) at the awards ceremony, hosted by John Jarrold.
Vote today!
Hall Costumes
Hall Costumes need awarding too; don’t forget to use the vouchers you’ve received with your registration pack.
Year of the Teledu
Year Of The Teledu will be awarding a prize for the funniest amendment to any of their posters or any completely new designs. Show them at their convention table, or in keeping with the tradition of the members creating the convention you can do them yourself. (The fact that “Teledu” is Welsh for “Television” is a total co-incidence).
British Sign Language
Dr Bob is attempting to learn British Sign Language. If there are any signers at the con who can teach her useful signs like "science fiction", "fantasy trilogy" or "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow" she'd love to meet them.
Dr Bob can usually be found in the bar or the games room.
Yet Other Stuff
Fallacy: Scientists believe that all humans had breasts – or “dugs” – back in the Stone Age.
Fact: Male nipples were used by Pirates as portable weather stations. With their nipples they were able to determine the direction of trade winds and, depending on stiffness, how cold it was outside.
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster – Bobby Henderson
Restaurant Reviews
Dragon I
311 -
Four of us ate there on Thursday evening and it was wonderful. Best described as Chinese-Malaysian-Thai fusion. Excellent prices: about £106 before tip for four of us, including a bottle of the very presentable Australian dry white wine and portions were generous.
My starter was fresh mango and mozzarella wrapped in sliced chicken breast with mango sauce for £4.90. as a main course. I had the beautifully presented crispy duck platter for a main course, £13.90. It had almost, but not quite, more crispy duck than I could eat and, yes, there were enough pancakes.)
Copies of the menu are lying around on the tables outside the real ale bar; please peruse and leave for others to look at.
They are open every day over Easter (including Good Friday) and I'd recommend booking because they are opposite a theatre so will probably fill up with the pre- and post- performance crowds.
Café Andaluz
Tapas bar, ideal for large parties, Order ahead and ask for the set menu. They'll ask you how many vegetarians in the part and adapt accordingly. Not suitable for vegans.
Cafe Mao
Asian fusion food, Excellent food, ok for vegetarians. Accoustics a problem. They have an upstairs section so could probably handle a large group.
kokuryo
info@kokuryo.co.uk
Amazing Korean food. Not expensive but don't let the waiter bully you into ordering more
food than you want (in the nicest possible way). This restaurant is tiny, with
seating for maybe 20. Book ahead and keep parties to four. (to
get there, walk over the covered foot bridge and turn left into
Chukoku
Oriental “All you can eat” (actually, much better it says “all you care to eat”!) buffet, including Chinese, sushi, teppanyaki, fruit, ice cream, jelly, cheese cake etc. for under £10 per person.
India Quay
is near by and good quality curry. (just past the
Rotunda and City Inn). Main meal with rice 9 to 12 pounds,
with
Greens Health and Fitness
(on the road that leads up to the City Inn as you come to the SECC)
If you are in search of a cheap breakfast on the way into the convention, Greens Health and Fitness serve everything from full cooked to beans on toast, for around £3.
For gym
bunnies who find the
Yet Other Stuff 2
There is a
branch of EasyInternet on
Bravissimo
Addicts will find a large store at
Sudoku 1
As you may all know, to solve the Sudoku puzzle, simply place numbers in the empty cells so that each row, column and 3x3 block contains all the different numbers. (This means no number can appear twice in any row, column or 3x3 block.)
Sudoku 1 is easy, Sudoku 2 will be medium, and Sudoku 3 will be difficult. (Just so you know what’s coming next.)
These Sudoku puzzles were created by Tero Ykspetäjä.
No plan survives contact with the enemy … part 6
Yesterday our flagship had to retreat from the battle before the first pirate skirmishes, leaving our fleet of valiant laptops to deal with the expected deluge of typos.
Now we’re expecting the return of the Desktop Dimension to take command, currently only awaiting new console command, we’re ready to accept all your reports on wonderful programme items, gushing restaurant reviews, and all the other gossip fun bits for a massive broadside.
When we’re not in (or busy fighting off the pirates), just scribble on the available Submission Forms you’ll find in the folder on the door of the Office and leave it in that same folder to be entered into the next edition.
