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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (August 20 – August 26)

Tux, the penguin mascot for Linux (image courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Welcome to the weekly digest here at Doxacon Seattle! Below is this week’s collection of geeky daily tidbits and news from Doxacon Seattle. We hope you’re enjoying the cooler weather! Summer is wonderful and all, but we’re hoping that the 90 degree temperatures are firmly behind us 😬Speaking of behind us, this last weekend was …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (August 13 – August 19)

Welcome to the weekly digest here at Doxacon Seattle! Below is this week’s collection of geeky daily tidbits and news from Doxacon Seattle. In case you missed it, we recently received the final art for Doxacon Seattle 2024, commissioned with Erika Rae Heins – one of our board members and an artist in her own …

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Artwork! Date confirmations! And more!

A little while ago, we announced our theme for Doxacon Seattle 2024: “At the End of all Things: Utopias, Dystopias, and the Persistence of Hope”. At the same time, we commissioned the official artwork for the convention, this year coming from Erika Rae Heins! We’re delighted to reveal the art that will adorn our poster, …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (August 6 – August 12)

A photo of Gene Roddenberry from 1976 (image courtesy Wikipedia)

Welcome to the weekly digest here at Doxacon Seattle! Below is this week’s collection of geeky daily tidbits and news from Doxacon Seattle. Christian Gaming and Unconventional Fiction Outreach (CGUFO), the organization that puts on Doxacon Seattle, had its annual meeting & elections. The new board of directors consists of Robert King (serving as the …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (July 30 – August 5)

Apollo 15 lunar rover (image courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Welcome to the weekly digest here at Doxacon Seattle! Below is this week’s collection of geeky daily tidbits and news from Doxacon Seattle. Did you catch our July 8, 2023 Doxaday? We had a blast as we gathered for a tie dye crafting event, hotdogs & hamburgers on the grill, and board games! We posted …

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Doxacon Seattle weekly digest (July 23 – 29)

World's Fair Cornucopia - The Original Ice Cream Sandwich graphic (image courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Welcome to the first weekly digest here at Doxacon Seattle. Below is this week’s collection of geeky daily tidbits and news from Doxacon Seattle. July 23 – Though there is some ambiguity about exactly when it was invented, there seems to be a common consensus that the1904 Saint Louis World Fair was where the ice …

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Update on Doxacon Seattle’s online presence

An icon of a megaphone (image courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

If you’ve followed Doxacon Seattle on social media, you may have noticed that we’ve been more active on a couple of platforms (Twitter & Facebook) since last November. Drawing from various sources online, we have been looking to provide nifty geeky facts of the day and share news about goings-on for Doxacon Seattle during the …

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July Doxaday coming up (tomorrow)!

A tie dye design graphic (image courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Tomorrow (Saturday, July 8), you’re invited to join us for our second Doxaday of 2023. We’ll be gathering at the school cafeteria of Saint Mark Catholic Church from noon until 5pm (click here for directions from Google Maps). We’ve got several things planned – a tie-dye event (with Doxacon Seattle t-shirts!), board games, and a …

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Our theme for Doxacon Seattle 2024 is . . . !

Every year we choose a theme to help focus our planning, and we’re glad to announce the theme for our 2024 event! At the End of all Things:Utopias, Dystopias, and the Persistence of Hope Every ending is a new beginning, and each new beginning marks the end of what came before. We’re inspired, of course, …

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Incoming summer fun: our July Doxaday!

A tie dye design graphic (image courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

On Saturday, July 8, you’re invited to join us for our second Doxaday of 2023. We’ll be gathering at the school cafeteria of Saint Mark Catholic Church from noon until 5pm. We’ve got several things planned – a tie-dye event (with Doxacon Seattle t-shirts, no less!), board games, and a BBQ. In order to cover …

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