{"id":200,"date":"2008-08-26T11:02:45","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/?p=200"},"modified":"2008-08-26T11:16:06","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T19:16:06","slug":"fun-with-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"Fun With Computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m writing this on my laptop. The ornery contraption seems to be behaving as of this moment, but given that today it crashed spectacularly on what was my first &#8211; and probably \/last\/ &#8211; attempt to use it in front of an audience as part of one of my talks (ho, hum), maybe I&#8217;d better make this quick! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here, as threatened, are a few pics from my first ever author visit to the Edinburgh Book Festival. [YAAAAY! Er, &#8216;scuse me. ;p] This (below) is me psyching myself up in the Author Yurt(!!!) with the undisputedly awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balirai.co.uk\/\"><strong>Bali Rai<\/strong><\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-201\" title=\"meandbaliedinburgh260808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/meandbaliedinburgh260808-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/meandbaliedinburgh260808-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/meandbaliedinburgh260808.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No pics were allowed during the gig itself but the below, taken (thank you, <strong>Laura<\/strong>!) while the audience were settling down before the start, gives you an idea of the size of the crowd&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-202\" title=\"edinburghfestcrowd260808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/edinburghfestcrowd260808-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/edinburghfestcrowd260808-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/edinburghfestcrowd260808.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yep, it was one of my biggest audiences for a while! So this was \/not\/ the ideal time for a certain machine to decide to throw its toys out of the pram while I was attempting to show some pics from my websites &#8211; GAH!! But thanks to the kindness of my listeners I think I got away with it. This was a fine session, with some terrific questions &#8211; and check out the signing queue afterwards&#8230;!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203\" title=\"edinburghfestsigning260808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/edinburghfestsigning260808.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/edinburghfestsigning260808.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/edinburghfestsigning260808-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here (below) is a pic of a young gentleman called <strong>Callum<\/strong>. My thanks to him and to everyone I spoke to for giving me such a warm welcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/meandcallumedinburgh260808.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-204\" title=\"meandcallumedinburgh260808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/meandcallumedinburgh260808-158x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m writing this on my laptop. 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