xkcd guy at MIT

[cos]

LSC is having Randall Munroe, the xkcd guy, give a talk on May 14th, 7pm in 10-250. I expect the largest off-MIT draw for an MIT talk since Neil Gaiman, and this will be in 10-250, with about half the capacity of Kresge (the Pandora guy filled 26-100 last October, which is just slightly larger than 10-250, though I'm pretty sure that was a mostly MIT crowd). $1 for MIT students, $2 for anyone else. Who's coming?

... and will coraline register a quirky new domain this time?

Comments

[queen-of-wands.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads-up. Alas, I am busy that night. I saw Neil Gaiman read at MIT. That must've been about eight years ago? Yikes.

[coraline]

he read 8 years ago, and again 6 years ago (with peter david and harlan ellison) :)

and no, i don't think it's likely i'll be registering a new domain -- xkcd is neat, but it doesn't cause the same sort of reaction as neil's writing :)

[cos]

Ahah, Peter David. I'm always forgetting who the third person was.

[coraline]

yeah, compared to harlan and neil he just doesn't have the same notoriety...

[kirin]

Ooh, I'd totally go if it wasn't, you know, far away.

(In addition to his comic being generally completely awesome, his seekrit meetup is in my birth-town on my birthday.)

[cos]

It's in north Cambridge not far from Cornerstone where a number of political activist types I know live. I've walked by that place a bunch of times. I wonder if people will show up there...

[coraline]

yes

[some-kitten.livejournal.com]

Come to Boston! Stay with us! The weather might actually be approaching/staying at spring by then...

[kirin]

Thanks for the offer, but a "quick" trip up to Boston for a Monday doesn't sound particularly likely. ^^

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I want to go!

[cos]

You didn't! (or at least, I didn't see you there)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I didn't. :( I was so tired....

[merinslips.livejournal.com]

me too!