# ~TOWN CON 2024

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| Being a celebration of the ten year anniversary of tilde.town happening in spaces both Cyber and Meat in October of Twenty Twenty Four.

### WHAT ARE WE GETTING UP TO?

TOWN CON is a combined gallery opening and tech conference happening simultaneously in cyberspace and meatspace. Townies are encouraged to submit digital works of any kind: talks, writing, songs, poems, visual art, software. Each submitted work will get a viewing period between @0 and @999 on October 11th. We'll all pile into a text based environment on the server to hang out together and discuss each submission.

I have reserved a cool warehouse loft in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA in which townies can commune, feed, and sleep. I will have the space open from the evening of October 10th through the morning of October 13th. IF YOU WANT TO COME IN PERSON it's extra important to use the `town con` command to RSVP.

October 12th is a special day for townies who come to the physical town con space in Chicago, ILLINOIS, USA. We'll be doing something. Music jam, walk in the woods, minigolf, cooking. TBD.

# PLZ RSVP!!!!! RUN THE `town con` COMMAND ON THE SERVER!

### TOWNIES: SUBMIT A THING!

Seriously: submit anything that can be consumed via a computer in under 60 minutes. Some ideas:

- a pre-recorded talk
- a live talk to be transmitted over zoom
- a web page
- an essay
- a short story
- some ascii art
- a soft ware
- some dance choreography
- some XML
- a picture of a cool rock you found
- a picture of a cool stick you found
- a picture of your cat
- a picture of someone else's cat

The whole purpose of this event is to reflect and celebrate the town's vibrant and idiosyncratic community. No work is too small.

The DEADLINE to submit is October 1st, 2024. Please use the command `town con` to submit a proposal or work. I am downright excited to talk to you about ideas and offer suggestions! Please reach out via email or come chat about it in `town chat`.

### JAMS

Town Con will be a great time to collaborate with other townies. We'll have a few concurrent jams--drop in/drop out creative sessions organized around a theme or activity. If you want to organize a jam please submit a proposal via the `town con` command.

Known jams:

- music jam (in person only)
- 88x31 badge jam
- forum software jam
- game jam
- dos jam

## a sestina

     Have you guess 'd you yourself would not continue?
     The wanderer would not heed me
    `` He told me at parting, that he should soon write
     Mr. Elton looked all happiness at this proposition
     what is it to us what the rest do or think?
     I doubted it more the next day on Box Hill

     Come thou, arise from the ground unto the place yonder
     One was the son of Mars, and was killed before Troy
     He had done his duty and could return to his son.
     I never saw any thing so outree!
    ; woods, together with mountains, are on fire.
    `` He told me at parting, that he should soon write

    `` He told me at parting, that he should soon write
    ; and, abhorring the light, they fly { abroad} by night.
     Can not you guess what this parcel holds?''
     And these things I see suddenly, what mean they?
     And you, paid to defile the People
     Very strongly may be sincerely fainting.

     she cried with a most open eagerness
    `` He told me at parting, that he should soon write
     Let me hear from you without delay
     By him she was put in mind of what she might do
    ; but Emma 's countenance was as steady as her words.
     Dear Miss Woodhouse, do advise me.''

     It was certainly ‘barbara’ in the eyes of a Greek
     One can not creep upon a journey
     One was the son of Mars, and was killed before Troy
    `` He told me at parting, that he should soon write
    [ 77 and struck the guilty{ draught} from his mouth.
    ; The golden sun of June declines, It has not caught her eye.

     Clarke translates ‘miseri senis ore,
    : naught there is Save body, having property of touch.
     Alas poor boy, he will never be better,
    ; but if he wished to do it, it might be done.
    `` He told me at parting, that he should soon write
     One was the son of Mars, and was killed before Troy

     I knew who it came from. The virgin shrieks aloud
     To feel the presence of a brave commanding officer But she was always right.
     I 'd rather you would.'' This was a river of Troy