Special Q&BA tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST!

This weekend I’ve been participating in Dot Con 2012, an online convention celebrating the geek lifestyle (see my previous post for moreinfo). For my part, tonight I’ll be doing my Q&BA live online video chat on Google+ at 20:00 EST (01:00 UTC). Since this is part of Dot Con, I’m going with the theme of "The Science of Science Fiction", a favorite of mine. Got a question about astronomy, time travel, rockets, aliens, whatever, from something you saw on a TV show or movie? Ask me about it!

If you want to participate, it’s easy. You don’t have to be registered with Google+ to watch; when the chat goes live I’ll update this post with the link (and I’ll put it on Twitter as well). Click it and off you go! You can also send me a question via Twitter as well. I do suggest you join Google+ though. For one thing, it’s a really nice social platform with smart, interesting folks on it. Also, it means you can read and leave comments on the actual chat page where I’m doing the video, and that’s more fun.

I’m also hosting Logan Bonner’s video gaming panel at 15:00 EST (20:00 UTC), as well as an actual game of Refuge in Audacity he’s holding at 16:30 EST (21:30 UTC). That will be open to all comers! If you want to play the game with Logan, sign up to play on the Google Doc Logan set up for it. You have to be registered on Google+ and then you have to circle me. You’ll also need a webcam and microphone, so if you’ve ever video Skyped with friends or whatever, you’re probably all set. [Update: Unfortunately, we didn't get enough people signing up to make the online game play viable.]

[~~Logan's Online Gaming Panel is now live!~~ The panel's done, and went quite well. Thanks to everyone who participated!]

Hope to see y’all there!

Related Posts:

- Dot Con 2012!
- Q&BA: How does a gravity slingshot work?
- Q&BA: Why spend money on NASA?
- Q&BA: Pound for pound, are humans hotter than the Sun?

February 26th, 2012 12:07 PM Tags: Dot Con, Logan Bonner
by Phil Plait in Cool stuff, Geekery, Q & BA, SciFi, TV/Movies | 3 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

3 Responses to “Special Q&BA tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST!”

1. timbebinder Says:
February 26th, 2012 at 12:32 pm

So, just because this is your blog you think you can write about astronomy all the time- we get it already, you’re an astronomer. Now give us cute cat pictures!
2. Chris Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 6:33 am

Here’s a cat picture
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R3W4D2q8H8U/TPKg53vomII/AAAAAAAAA2U/lGfRbYvoG6s/s1600/astrocat.JPG
3. erok81 Says:
February 27th, 2012 at 6:58 pm

So…uhh, where is the link to the q&ba? Maybe I’m missing it somewhere?

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