I’m back from Ad Astra. It was awesome. I am very tired. I’ll deal with that shortly.
Before I do, though… I’d been pointing out the number of blog posts that [Cory Doctorow](http://www.craphound.com/), a guest at the con, was writing to [Boing Boing](http://www.boingboing.net/) as he was at the con. It was amazing. He whipped off nine posts over one hour on Saturday morning alone. While he was at a con.
I think I may have gotten a chance to see some of the process in action.
I’d followed Dawn up to her panel on classic movie monsters. Cory was in the audience. He was participating in the discussion, being sure to catch any bits of ephemera that might have popped up in the conversation. Like where the classic movie house was that was showing Godzilla movies. Stuff like that.
During most of the panel, though he had [his laptop](http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32848) open, and he was feverishly typing. Unless I’ve got the PST->EST timezone conversion wrong, I’m pretty sure he was writing about [a Canadian kid who’s been detained by immigration authorities in the US](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/04/us_detains_9yearold_.html). While he was attending a panel. A panel in which he was at least somewhat attentive and engaged. More engaged than I was, at least.
The man is a machine, I swear. I am in awe of his blogging prowess.
I’m a little disappointed I missed the chance to see him get drunk at the bar.