On the Schedule at TeslaCon

Because many people ask "Are you doing any panels?" I have been informed of my presentations on the schedule at TeslaCon and present that here:

What is the Aether?
The luminiferous aether is nearly ubiquitous in steampunk but what is it really? How did the 19th Century understand this mysterious and magical material? How do we know that it doesn’t actually exist? Why can we go ahead an ignore that anyway when writing?
Friday 12:30pm

H. G. Wells and the War of the Worlds
A retrospective of the man, his masterpiece and what has became of his vision since 1897, from Garrett Services’ hackneyed “Edison’s Conquest of Mars” through Orson Welles’ Halloween broadcast. This was my first steampunk presentation at the first TeslaCon in 2010.
Saturday at 11am.

Humbug! Hoaxes, Charlatans, and Pseudoscience of the 19th Century
P.T.Barnum was the “Prince of Humbug” but he never once claimed that the lies he was presenting were anything other than pure entertainment. Plenty of other people, however, were not so reputable and the hoaxes they promulgated continue to this day.
Saturday at 2pm

I will also be attending Admiral Krieger's Third Wurst Dinner Ever on Thursday evening.