If I don't hear back from anyone, I'll do a rental, but does anyone reading this (more specifically, someone coming to BMEfest) have a pair of mics, cables, and stands that they could let us use for the day? Please contact me ASAP if you can help with this.
Other than that, here's a psychedelic hippy-painted Beetle I saw parked at a Bug shop yesterday.
Ryan did an awesome job printing one of the trickier print jobs I've given him, and check out how gigantic the backing is! And I know I've said it before, but I'll remind that assuming print sizes worked like they should have, the front logo is 6.66″ across.
So I'm watching Batman Returns right now with Nefarious while we build stuff and draw, and it reminded me I wanted to quote from a business book subtitled “The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Successs in America” (since Batman is pretty much the definitive manic/psychopathic entrepreneur). Anyway, the following characteristics were listed, and top entrepreneurs were asked whether they agreed they were characteristics of entrepreneurs such as themselves or not:
All of the entrepreneurs (Internet ones in this case) agreed that the description was accurate, even rating themselves “7 out of 5″ on many of the characteristics, although there was some disagreement on the paranoia and sexual acting out issues (but the author suggests that might be because they're “the bad ones” to admit to). I'm pretty much “yes” on all of them, and I've got no problem admitting that I'm also paranoid and sex-obsessed!
What's funny is that the list actually has nothing (directly/officially) to do with entrepreneurs — it's actually the description of someone who is hypomanic, a “medcial condition” a small step away from full blow mania and bipolar conditions, that the author suggests is one of the key characteristics that can prime a person for entrepreneurialism.
Anyway, we're off to the grocery store.
PS. The book is The Hypomanic Edge by John D. Gartner.
The evening's entertainment (coordinated by the great ORBAX) has been confirmed (as you can see by the shirt backing below). I'll go take pictures and post directions for the daytime meeting space later today and give everyone a full schedule and information! Sorry for cutting it so close. Watch for that here, and on the events page, and via broadcast.
We had a family excursion out to Marineland today… I'd originally planned a trip out to the lake to go swimming but I think that'll end up being another day. Nefarious liked the dolphin, whale, and sea lion shows, but I think especially liked the rides. We went on some pretty crazy ones, starting with a kiddie coaster and working up to some two hundred foot tall spinning contraption!
BMEfest details in full will be posted tomorrow both on the event page and via broadcast. If you're coming, make sure you're signed up so you get that, and if you're not, make sure you're not on the list so we can get a good count. Other than that, I had a nice dinner (as always) at Fressen. If you're vegan and up for BMEfest and want to try probably the closest to “fine dining” you're going to get as a vegan (especially in a non-asian cuisine), check out Fressen on Queen.
