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Conferences
The Porch
Welcome to The Spring. Sit a while. · 1
Austin
Life in Austin, Texas. · 0
Art
Visual art, painting, sculpture, design. · 0
Books
What are you reading? · 0
Cars
Motorheads and commuters. · 0
Crafts
Making things with your hands. · 0
Cultures
Traditions, languages, lived experience. · 0
Drool!
Discuss your favorite movie stars. · 0
Farm
Land, livestock, growing food. · 0
Food
Recipes, restaurants, home cooking. · 0
Garden
Flowers, vegetables, dirt under fingernails. · 0
Geo
Places, travel, geography of Texas and beyond. · 0
Health
Body, mind, medicine. · 0
Internet
The net itself. Protocols, culture, policy. · 0
Media
Newspapers, magazines, broadcast, journalism. · 0
Music
Records, shows, players, scenes. · 0
News
What's happening in the world. · 0
Poetry
Verses, readings, the line. · 0
Politics
Local, state, national, global. · 0
Radio
KUT, KGSR, KVRX, and the signal everywhere. · 0
Sports
Games, teams, players. · 0
Unix
Shells, pipes, philosophy. · 0
Web
HTML, browsers, pages. · 0
Bronte
The Bronte sisters. · 0
Austen
Jane Austen & her legacy. · 0
Drool Fic
Fan fiction from the Drool conference. · 0
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