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Photos - HOPE Number Six |
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Photos - HOPE Number Six |
Here are photos taken by Grey Frequency and myself (Rob T Firefly) during the HOPE Number Six conference in July of 2006. Enjoy the pics!
Of course, if you appear in any of these photos and wish to be removed or obscured, please contact me specifying the image's filename and your description, and I'll remove you ASAP. On the other hand, if you're not identified in an image but would like to be, or know who another unidentified person is, please let me know that as well!
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| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | The Day After |
 Leia Bunny and a reasonably sweaty Midsummer me (Rob T Firefly.) |
 Dataworm being stalked by the vicious bunny... |
 ...and attacked! |
 We found Enamon relaxing in the main con area.. |
 Happily dead from CD. |
 So, I claimed him for Spain. |
 I was on official pimping duty for my fellow Phone Losers of America, so I got to force a couple of armloads of free CDs and badges onto people. |
 This was the chart for Track C, the discussion area which anyone could claim a block of time and set up a talk. I continued my HOPE tradition of hosting a simple time travel tutorial in a block of time that had already passed. By all accounts it's going to have been a successful talk. |
 The rest of the chart, in a fairly pristine state. |
 I simultaneously show off my huge cheeks, my overpriced water, and my DJ skills. |
 The awesomeness of Cableflame, who crashed in our room with us. |
 After I had foisted all my CDs and most of my badges onto people, I decided to make the remaining badge supply self-serve, while subtly advertising the awesome badge maker who crafted them in his mighty button forge. |
 Peek! |
 The final pile o' buttons, with a few of my Space Mutiny Records ones thrown in for good measure. |
 My non-relation little brother Murd0c searches for my brain. Am I pointing to us or flipping you the British V's? You decide. |
 Murdoc and Scientist. |
 Me, Murd0c, and sCi (who has fluorescent lamp ears.) |
 Grey Frequency, my platonic life partner and best friend in the world, and I. |
 Murd0c defiles the remains of the cheap picnic cooler bag I had used for swag. |
 Grey. |
 Dernyn at the Weird Technology panel, his first. |
 Gonzo discusses an insane sonic device he constructed. |
 Gonzo. |
 Gonzo, I-baLL, and Dernyn. |
 Dernyn. |
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 Gonzo and I-baLL. |
 Dernyn discusses a fearsome gadget indeed. |
 I-baLL and Gonzo, of P.O.R. |
 Dernyn. |
 Weird Technology. |
 The con was selling quickly-burned DVDs of each panel shortly after it ended. Weird Technology had the honor of selling completely out before the endof the con. |
 IbaLL gets technical. |
 I-baLL. |
 Yearbook pose. |
 Gonzo and his sonic... thing. |
 I-baLL looking pleased. |
 Dernyn cleaning up... your soul! |
 The decoration was fairly minimalist this time around, but there were many spotlights scattered around projecting con artwork. This is the logo. |
 Because a hotel room just isn't complete without a pair of boxer shorts tossed on a vent. Echoes of the past.. |
 Renderman naps peacefully, unaware of the vicious bunny nearby. |
 Grey models the tearaway edges from some old-school sprocket-feed printer paper. |
 Looking sharp! |
 This is the official h4x0r hairdo of Generation X. |
 Grey and The Cheshire Catalyst, upholding a HOPE tradition. |
 Our pal Paul poses with Grey. |
 Kevin Mitnick had planned to show up, but was unable to. Official reason given was that he had contracted some sort of flu, inspiring someone to graffiti this message onto the Track C chart. |
 Cure Kevin! |
 Of course, I couldn't leave the rest off this un-graffiti-ed. Viva MST3k! |
 You phear Big Tom Servo! |
 Insane food stuffs at "Hacking the Palate." |
 Me, discombobulated. |
 Me, combobulated. |
 Sometimes Leia Bunny watches Grey sleep. |
 ...or is it sleep? |
 Leia sees her target... |
 ...stalks the unsuspecting Renderman... |
 ..and pounces! |
 But she lets him live. |
 I was doodling on this beachball before releasing it into the con. It ended up being covered in PLA stuff and other randomness. |
 The Hotel Pennsylvania's famous song, which still gives out their phone number (area code 212.) |
 Radio poobah and technofile Lazlow emceed much of the con. |
 Setting up for the ever-popular Social Engineering panel... |
 ...and setting it up... |
 ...and trying to get the fone working... |
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 The Cheshire Catalyst takes the opportunity to read the Free Press. |
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 Dernyn and I-baLL chill out in the audience behind us. |
 I-baLL in headlights. |
 Cheshire, always a pleasure to chat with.. |
 Lazlow announces the start of the panel. |
 Kevin #2, 2600 and HOPE overlord Emmanuel Goldstein, and hacker icon Bernie S. Cheshire is sitting to Bernie's left, blocked by the lectern from most of my shots. |
 Kevin (not Mitnick,) Emmanuel, and Bernie. |
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 Social engineers. |
 I leaned out into the center aisle a bit and held the camera at arm's length to get Cheshire in shot. |
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 SEing is stressful? |
 Apparently, nobody at McDonald's who answers the phone speaks English. Maybe they've outsourced their phone support. |
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 ...but wait! What'sthat on Kevin #2's shoulder? |
 Could it be...? Yes, it's a PLA button! Phear him. |
 The end of Social Engineering.. for now. |
 Peck! |
 Awwwww! Render+Grey=Cuteness. |
 The head of Lazlow announces the impending arrival of keynote speaker Jello Biafra. |
 The Floating Spooky Emmanuel Head. |
 Hacker judo CHOP! |
 There's always room for... not much, when you're taking photos from directly in front of the lectern. But there's Jello! |
 "Iiiii... ain't got no body.. ha cha cha cha!!" |
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 Jello announced a special message for all the feds in the audience. |
 ..and mooned the place. Just when I was thinking I couldn't see much from my seat. Yes, you can see the image, but no, it's not on my site. Click the pic for instructions to get it from Wikimedia Commons. |
 You can relax now. |
 Double order of Jello. |
 The decapitated punk icon speaks. |
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 A nice bit of graffiti we caught on the mezzanine near closing time. |
 The best t-shirt at the con! If only I could have thought of any circumstances under which I would have worn it, I'd have totally gotten one. They were silk-screening them right there at the dealers' table all con. |
 The dealers' area of the mezzanine, as things draw to a close. |
 Orcinus Dorka+Cableflame=adorably cute couple! |
 Leia plots her next move... |
 ..and decidesto involve her partner-in-crime, Grey. |
 Gonzo and friend. |
 Leia investigates some of Render's stuff. |
 Near the hotel is a dingy bar-restaurant place called the Blarney Rock. It would appear that their wooden wall paneling was at some point defaced, by someone from the Fraternal Order of Woodworkers. *shrug* I don't want to know. |
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 Leia then investigates me. |
 The hooker left change and candy. Go Render! |
 The label from some firecrackers Gonzo gave me. "Don't Mess With The U.S. - Made In China" has a fun ring to it. |
 From my junky camera phone: Grey at Penn Station for breakfast the next morning... |
 ...and me balancing my own acquired con swag on my head. From bottom to top: two issues of Make Magazine, the BBS documentary, the DVDs of Weird Technology and the New Engineer of Graffiti, Scatterchat by cDc, the latest 2600, and the very last PLA Radio CD which I kept for myself. |
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| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | The Day After |
Other peoples' HOPE Number Six photos
| HOPE6 Wiki | Remix Commons | Flickr | The Doctor |
Check out my 5th HOPE pictures from the 2004 con here. Or, visit the rest of my site.
Many thanks to everyone in front of and behind the scenes of the con, and all who attended! And extra-special thanks to all of you who like plastic.
