Saturday January 18, 2014  Memorial visitation for Ericka Johnson, who died after long illness.  The largest groups of attendees were people from Mnstf (the Minnesota Science Fiction Society) and family members, I think.

Ericka was a thoroughly nice person.  I will miss her.

***The Organizer of the Twin Cities ADHD Meetup resigned, with no designated successor.  If no one steps up, the Meetup ends.

A previous local ADHD Meetup had the same thing happen.  One might almost think something about ADHD was responsible.

***From news.google.com
AFP
Refrigerator Hack: 750,000 Spam Emails Sent by Smart Gadgets
A security firm revealed that even "smart" appliances are vulnerable to hack attacks. A group of cybercriminals have used a "smart" refrigerator to send 750,000 spam emails.

[Science fiction extrapolation:  A more advanced smart device turns the tables by accessing the cybercriminals' bank accounts.]

***From Twitter:
J Clive Matthews ‏@Nosemonkey I am in a pub that's housed in an old Temperance Society building. This makes me happy.
Retweeted by Moonbootica