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NiftyGuest for PenguiCon 4.0 in 2006.
The Ferrett - and yes, people do call him that - is one of the most-read writers on LiveJournal, blogging daily about sex, relationships, and Godawful puns to an audience of thousands. He is also the Editor-in-Chief and Webmaster of www.starcitygames.com, the most popular independent Magic: the Gathering site, which doles out daily parcels of Magic strategy to an audience of tens of thousands. And when the Ferrett wants to reach an audience of hundreds of thousands of people, he writes up a new Purity Quiz for the Internet - including the Ultimate Sexual Purity Quiz, which half a million people have taken, and the Ultimate Roleplaying Quiz. He has also written several computer books, including LAN PARTY: HOSTING THE ULTIMATE FRAG FEST and WICKED COOL PHP TRICKS (due Summer 2006), and used to be the Computer Book buyer for Waldenbooks, distributing the best in technology writing to over a thousand stores.
Oh, yes - and most important of all, he's just started a new Web comic (with artist Veronica Pare) called Home On The Strange, detailing the lives of middle-aged, middle-class nerds and their tragically-single friends. It is vitally important that you visit www.homeonthestrange.com now, or else the world will come to an end. He's not kidding.
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The Ferrett's NiftyGuest schedule for PenguiCon 4.0 in 2006:
Friday, April 21, 2006:
9pm-10pm, The Pit - Good, Bad or Indifferent: The New Dr. Who - MichaelMarcus, MarshalNewrock, SarahZettel, TheFerrett - Is the new Dr. Who living up to the series’ reputation or down to it?
Saturday, April 22, 2006:
1pm-2pm, Renaissance C2 - Webcomics: Haves and Have Nots - HowardTayler, RobBalder, TheFerrett, EricMiliken - As webcomics begin their second decade as a medium, the vast majority of web traffic still is directed toward a tiny fraction of titles. What do the disparities in traffic numbers indicate about art, society, entertainment, and free choice?
Sunday, April 23, 2006:
11am-12pm, Renaissance C2 - Blogging for Life – TheFerrett, JohnScalzi, DavidKlecha - News pages. Online journals. Web logs. A lot of people are using them. What tools are available, and what are the best ways to use them?