Super-Brief Metapost

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The hard drive on my main machine, the beloved Cerebra, has given up the ghost and while The Macintosh Doctor can install a new (larger) one for a very reasonable cost, he can not magically make it appear any faster. There’s not going to be any staff picks on The Rack this week because of this. Fantastic timing, really, what with us giving out about 500 or so postcards during MoCCA. At least I have a Time Machine backup so I can be up and running quickly enough after he does his thing.

2.
Speaking of: MoCCA was great, but ludicrously hot, particularly on the first day when the floor was filled with people and the comics-buying frenzy was in full swing. I’m really glad we did it, but I’m not so glad that I looked even more pathetically fat and sweaty than usual. You never hear about a comics show that’s too cold, do you? Anyhow, I got some nice-looking books, missed out on some things, but I did get to meet a lot of people that seemed to not hate me, which was a bit disconcerting.

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I’m wandering the streets of New York today. There’s a Lydia strip going up in a while, but don’t expect much in the way of content outside of me stalking an wireless spot at noon so I can get in on the Pet Shop Boys concert pre-sales.