An Interview with Cliff Simon
Daily Dragon: This is your first Dragon*Con. How are you enjoying it so far? Cliff Simon: It’s amazing. I mean, it’s overwhelming. I went to the San Diego Comic-Con, which is just absolutely huge, but...
View ArticleMythbusting for Fun and Profit
Due to unfortunate circumstances, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara had their flight delayed. Tory Belleci bravely took the stage by himself to thunderous applause from the audience. In true Mythbuster...
View ArticleDrain a Vein
Once again, the Heinlein Society and Life South Blood Services are hosting the Dragon*Con blood drive. Started by Robert Heinlein as a way for the SciFi and Fantasy convention attendees to “Pay It...
View ArticleVe Vant Your Blood
After two major operations and multiple blood transfusions, Robert Heinlein started his convention blood drives in 1976 at WorldCon in Kansas City. He would only talk to or sign autographs for people...
View ArticleAn Interview with Jennie Breeden
Jennie Breeden is the genius behind the web comic, The Devil’s Panties. She is a native of Atlanta, and can often be found after-hours roaming Dragon*Con with a leaf blower, hunting unsuspecting...
View ArticleBeta-Testing Wealth of Nations
While browsing the Dragon*Con group on LiveJournal, I came across a posting from Tablestar Games. Subsequently, I and my partner-in-crime, Claire Greiner, signed up for the beta testing of new tabletop...
View ArticleBlooooooood…
Dragon*Con has a long history of blood collection, and not only in the panels, pageants, and wrestling ring. In partnership with the Heinlein Society and LifeSouth, over 1000 units have been collected...
View ArticleSpace-based Solar Power
Renewable energy is evermore on the forefront of the ongoing crisis to power our daily lives. Mankind’s dependence on fossil fuels as our primary source of power since the industrial revolution has...
View ArticleBlood Drive 2009
Last year, the Dragon*Con Blood Drive issued a challenge to the attendees to beat Comic-Con’s donations for that year. And we made history when we were the single largest blood drive ever at a science...
View Article2009 Blood Drive a Complete Success: 2,623 units!
For the Dragon*Con 2009 blood drive, we registered 2,439 people and drew 2,012 donors—1,836 whole blood, 85 platelets donors, and 92 double red cell. The drive resulted in a final tally of 2,623 units...
View ArticleBlood Drive Off To A Great Start!
The blood drive opened today 45 minutes ahead of schedule to accommodate the crowd already forming. By 11PM 580 units of blood had been collected! An amazing start to the weekend! Thank you to all who...
View ArticleBlood Drive Update
650 people registered. 539 units drawn. Please encourage your friends to donate. Every unit saves a life! Blood drive ice cream social tonight! Skyline Level of Marriott (10th floor) from 8 to 10PM....
View ArticleLast Day to Donate Blood!
Fantastic drive so far, my fellow hematolagniacs! The vampires that secretly run Dragon*Con thank you! Our numbers to date: Thursday: Registered 644; Drew 556 Friday: Registered 712; Drew 628 Saturday:...
View ArticleStar Trek World Record!
Dragon*Con has boldly gone where no one has gone before. Dragon*Con has broken the world record for the largest gathering of Star Trek costumes (pending confirmation). The current record was set at...
View ArticleDragon*Con 2010 Blood Drive A Success!
Thank you all you wonderful people who let the LifeSouth vampires suck out your life juice! Our 2010 donor numbers were: Thurs: 553 Fri: 628 Sat: 529 Sun: 581 Mon: 269 Total: 2560 The Donations: Red...
View ArticleThe Holistic Virginia Hey
Best known to TV audiences as Zhaan in Farscape, Virginia Hey now dedicates her time to teaching meditation across the country as well as perfecting her own line of soy candles and perfumes called...
View ArticleBlood Drive Figures for Friday
We are smashing last years numbers! Dragon*Con people are the best bleeders! 878 people attempted to give whole blood. 777 people successfully donated resulting in 2,249 units of blood gathered. 752...
View ArticleThree Genres, One Table: the Blood Drive
Lucienne Diver, Michelle Young, and Kaylan Doyle are three writers covering the entire range of speculative fiction, from Lucienne’s series’ on Greek gods, and vampires, to Michelle’s adventures in...
View ArticleBlood Drive Figures for Saturday
Our numbers are continuing to smash last year’s, but we’re slowing down! Keep on bleeding! 615 people attempted to give whole blood. 494 people successfully donated. 1,193 successful units of whole...
View ArticleFinal 2011 Blood Drive Figures
Herein the Monday blood drive figures and the final numbers for the whole convention. Monday: 388 people attempted to give whole blood. 309 people successfully donated. 290 units of blood drawn, 848...
View ArticleBlood Drive 2012 and Hurricane Isaac
Every year, hospitals and ER’s require hundreds of thousands of units of blood. Natural disasters like Hurricane Isaac have a double impact; they raise the need for blood, and at the same time, make it...
View Article2013 Dragon Con Charities Need Your Support!
Dragon Con has had a rich and illustrious history of supporting charities. This year, we have three primary charities, and for the first time, Dragon Con fans were able to choose which charities the...
View ArticleBlood Isn’t Only For Vampires
Over the past four years, Dragon Con and LifeSouth have collected more than 25,000 units of blood (25,301 to be precise). During that same time period, more than 10,000 of you have donated blood. We’ve...
View ArticleCharity Spotlight: Noah’s Ark
Noah’s Ark was founded in 1978 by Jama Hedgecoth. She is assisted by Charlie Hedgecoth, and his wife, Allison, with the loving attention of their dog, Yani (who will happily plaster you with sloppy dog...
View ArticleCharity Spotlight: The Georgia Conservancy
The Georgia Conservancy, founded in 1968, has worked on a host of land and water conservation projects, as well as clean air programs around the State. As parks and other protected land was being...
View ArticleCharity Spotlight: The Marcus Autism Center
The Marcus Autism Center was founded in 1991 as the Marcus Developmental Resource Center. With more than 6,000 patients treated annually, the center is the largest clinical care provider in the nation...
View ArticletlhIngan maH! (We Are Klingon!)
Deena Roth and Tommy Byrd amazed Dragon Con last year with their fan video Last Dragon Con (catch it on DCTV!) The video was shot almost entirely on location at Dragon Con 2010, and the production...
View ArticleThe Bio of Biometrics
Dave Maass from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Dr. Jon Padfield hosted a panel on biometrics, “Biometrics Identification: Sorting Fact From Fiction” in the EFF track held in room 201 of the...
View ArticleRichard “Hawk” Altstatt: (Radiation) Waste is a Terrible Thing to Mind
Richard L. “Hawk” Altstatt received an MS in Nuclear Engineering, specializing in Plasma Physics (fire) and Material Science (burning stuff), from North Carolina State University and an MS in...
View ArticleThe Space-Family Garriott: An Interview with Lord and Lady British
Richard Lord British Garriott de Cayeux authored the famed Ultima series and is credited with creating the category of massively multiplayer games. A principal shaper of commercial spaceflight, he...
View ArticleWhat is the NSDM Game? An Interview with Capt. Mark McDonagh
Captain Mark McDonagh, USN/Ret. is a 30-year veteran of the US Navy. A qualified submarine officer with 12 years’ experience between the Naval War College and Navy Warfare Development Command, Captain...
View ArticleA Man of Many Ways: The Jim Butcher Interview
Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and his new steampunk series, the Cinder Spires. His resume includes a laundry list of skills that were useful a couple of centuries...
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