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 want to be sure you see last week’s call for presenters for Doxacon Seattle 2024. Our theme for 2024 is “At the End of All Things: Utopias, Dystopias, and the Persistence of Hope” – if this is something you (or someone you know!) would like to present on, be sure to visit the post for details, submission guidelines, and contact information.

And as long as we’re highlighting Doxacon Seattle 2024, we’re looking to invite vendors too! If you or someone you know has geeky creations to sell, we’d love to talk details. Check out our call for vendors to learn more.

Also, also! We’re going to be having our final Doxaday of 2024 – a meetup at GeekGirlCon 2023 (Saturday, October 7). Our plan is to get together at a restaurant outside of the convention center. To sign up, drop us an email at info@doxaconseattle.com.

September 25 – In 1789, The United States Congress introduced the Bill of Rights, constitutional amendments drafted to protect the individual rights of the citizens. Though other amendments would be introduced at ratified in the course of history, the introduction of the Bill of Rights – debated for three months beforehand – helped lay the foundation for protections American citizens enjoy to this day. Read more at the Constitution Center blog.

September 27 – “Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared” – on this day in 1905, Einstein published his work introducing his famous question E=mc² to the world. Though scientists across many fields are still exploring the implications, his work has helped us better understand physics and the processes of the universe. PBS has a helpful commentary on the impact of his work, along with an audio recording of Einstein himself explaining the equation.

September 28 – Star Trek: The Next Generation celebrates its 37th anniversary this year. First airing on this day in 1987, it built upon the legacy of Star Trek: The Original Series while forging its own path. When it first aired, no one knew that its popularity would enable it to run twice as long as its predecessor – seeing not one, but two sequel series and several movies! The various members of the crew of the Enterprise-D ended up not only starring in TNG, but went on to make appearances – or even hold starring roles – in the many series that followed, before eventually re-united more recently in Star Trek: Picard. As we celebrate the anniversary, be sure to check out the Honest Trailers video, created for the 30th anniversary (2017).

September 29 – In 1996, the Nintendo 64 debuted in the United States, the successor to the popular – but aging Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Powered by a 64-bit NEC VR4300 CPU, it was a far cry from the processors of today – but it marked a revolution for its time. Games such as Super Mario 64, Goldeneye 007, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time helped cement the system as one of the landmark gaming platforms for a generation. Check out’s CBR’s retrospective on the console.

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Welcome to the weekly digest here at Doxacon Seattle! Below is this week’s collection of geeky daily tidbits and news from Doxacon Seattle.

A couple of bits of news before this week’s geekery. First off all, we’re starting to upload videos of the various presentations at Doxacon Seattle 2023. You can check out the first video – The Camino and The Lord of the Rings, a presentation by Jayne Fury and Thom Ryng. More to come as we finish processing & preparing the videos!

Fans probably already know about it, but this coming weekend is the 2024 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon! It looks like a good time – if you’re still on the fence, check out their website for details.

Though its a repeat from last week, we also want to highlight our call for vendors for Doxacon Seattle 2024 – if you have geeky creations to sell, we’d love to see how we might work together. Visit the link above and drop us a line for more information.

September 17 – 45 years ago (1978), the first episode of the original television series Battlestar Galactica premiered on ABC. Though it only ran for a year, it remained popular on its own and spurred a much-beloved reboot/sequel series that ended up running for 2009, expanding on the foundation laid by the original. If you’re interested in re-visiting the series that started it all, check out Den of Geek’s episode-by-episode review of the series.

September 19 – 240 years ago today (1783), the first ‘aerostatic’ flight took place in Versailles. The experiment was a humble one – to use a piece of fabric and fire to to life a basket into the air. This first flight of what would eventually be called a hot air balloon did not carry human passengers – that honor was given to a sheep, a duck, and a cockerel. Happily, they safely ascended and returned (though perhaps less-than-thrilled for having been sent aloft). Read about it at the Châtaeu de Versailles website.

September 21 – “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” With these words, the story of Bilbo Baggins began and we were introduced to Middle-Earth. Today we celebrate the anniversary of the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit (1937), a book that once published has never been out of print! Read more – with further articles that you might find interesting! – at Columbia University’s Gottesman Libraries Teacher’s College.

September 22 – Speaking of hobbits, today is ‘Hobbit Day’ – the birthday of Bilbo & Frodo Baggins! It seems reasonable to conclude that the best way to celebrate these two heroic hobbits would be to follow their example, taking their lead from the long awaited party. Though you may not be able to put on quite the festival depicted in their story, may you find yourself a smaller feast, a fine drink, and good company to mark the occasion!

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Welcome to the weekly digest here at Doxacon Seattle! Below is this week’s collection of geeky daily tidbits and news from Doxacon Seattle.

Though it may seem far away, we’re busy making plans for the Doxacon Seattle 2024 (Saturday, February 10, 2024 at the Brightwater Center). We want to highlight last week’s call for vendors for Doxacon Seattle 2024 – if you have geeky creations to sell, we’d love to see how we might work together. Visit the link above and drop us a line for more information.

September 10 – On this day in 2008, The Large Hadron Collider – the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator – first started up. Run by the European Organization for Nuclear Research,¹ it is used to investigate science at the subatomic level and the laws of nature. Read more at CERN’s dedicated page.

September 11 – Twenty two years ago today, the world was shaken by an unprecedented terrorist attack – three hijacked planes were crashed into the two towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, with a fourth target foiled by retaliating passengers.

Though the day’s events brought great sorrow & suffering, people came together across cultural & religious divides to support each other and rebuild. One such story is found at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church & National Shrine. Completely destroyed during the attacks, it was rebuilt from the ground up. The new interior features traditional iconography that reflects not only the religious foundation of the community, but also speaks to its embrace of the people it hopes to serve and inspire. The church fully reopened on December 6, 2022 – the feast of Saint Nicholas. Read more at the Smithsonian Magazine.

September 13 – The successor to the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros., was released on this day in 1985 for Nintendos Family Computer or Famicom². Though it wasn’t widely released in North America until 1987, it was wildly popular among all those who encountered it. Though Nintendo had made games before Super Mario Bros., it was arguably the springboard to Nintendo’s enduring success and a legacy that continues to bear fruit in the homes of children and adults to this very day. Read more about it at Kotaku.

September 14 – It is a rare feast day that is shared by Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestant Christians, but today’s feast of the Holy Cross is one of them! Though it has different names (The Exaltation of the Holy Cross by Catholics, Holy Cross Day in the Church of England, The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross by Orthodox Churches), the veneration of the cross of Jesus Christ unites Christians around the world. Read more at the Anglican Compass.

1. Called CERN from the French Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire ↩︎
2. The Famicom was the original Japanese variant of what would become the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES ↩︎

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