JordanCon, 2009

2008-03-17

"Age of Legends, LLC is pleased to announce the guests for our inaugural JordanCon will include Harriet McDougal as Guest of Honor and Wilson Grooms as Fan Guest of Honor. JordanCon will be held at the Alpharetta Embassy Suites April 17-19th, 2009. Information about badges will be forthcoming."

An exclusive convention of Wheel of Time fan freaks? Obviously, Theoryland must attend. Without knowing anything more than that, I'm in. Although, it would be nice to know that Brandon Sanderson is coming. I will find out and get back to everyone on that question. Here are some pertinent links. If I'm not mistaken, that's the hotel, although read this, "The Alpharetta Embassy Suites has been selected as the host hotel for JordanCon. Suites are available at the convention discount of $115 per night. Please be sure to ask for the JordanCon block when booking, otherwise you may be quoted a higher rate or told the hotel has sold out. Room codes for online booking will be available shortly."

Go to Age of Legends to read the full press release.

Age of Legends, LLC
Embassy Suites Atlanta - Alpharetta

AMOL - Fall of 2009

2007-12-10

I'm surprised it happened so soon, but TOR has selected a writer, Brandon Sanderson, to complete the Wheel of Time series. It's bittersweet to imagine someone else taking up Jordan's pen, and I wish Brandon well in his endeavors to hold true to Jordan's style and vision. If ever there was a daunting mission to accomplish...

TOR Statement

Getting To Know Those Who Knew Him

2007-10-05

Jason at Dragonmount, with the permission of RJ's family, has posted additional information and photos from the funeral.

As always, I'm glad those who were close to him were willing to share him with the world.

Matt

Funeral speeches and photos

A Funeral to Remember

2007-09-28

Jason, the Webmaster of Dragonmount, is the luckiest bastard I have never met. :) Jason was invited to RJ's house, during this sad time; he was invited into the home of the Creator, and welcomed as an honorary member of the Rigney clan. Any fan of RJ's that is reading this statement on a fan website would appreciate Jason's journey into RJ's world. So go read it and enjoy the many fascinating pictures Jason brought back from South Carolina.

Now I'm even more depressed I didn't move heaven and earth to be at the funeral.

Jason's Report

EZBoard - Message Board Changes

2008-02-20

Okay - sorry for the recent silence. EZBoard finally transitioned our message boards to Yuku...which literally translates to Yuk! So, I'm finishing up the push to have VBulletin boards on Theoryland's main site. I hope to move changes to production this week and finish up testing. I will send out a mass email when it is ready. But, so you know, all of the design work is done, so we have made it to that milestone. Oh, and I added a small redesign of the site. Nothing big, but I think it will come out nicely.

Message Board Down

2007-12-02

Apparently, the server where Theoryland's message board resides, went down two days ago. Here is the latest message from EZBoard:

Unfortunately, the p079 server has suffered a hardware failure and it will be necessary for a technician to travel to the co-location to service the equipment. The latest information we have is that it will be at least tomorrow (Sunday, December 02) before boards located on p079 will be available again. At this point, we cannot give any time line that is more specific than that. We very much regret any inconvenience or anxiety this unscheduled outage causes you or your members. When we have further information, including information on Gold compensation, we will post it here. Thank you for your patience.

I'll let you know when I hear more. Sorry about this.

Donation to Mayo Clinic

2007-09-17

As is usual, me being the typical hard working lazy ass, never posted a link to make donations to the Mayo Clinic for research on Amyloidosis. If you are interested in being a part of a Theoryland donation to the Mayo Clinic, please use the "Make a Donation" button in the left hand column. I plan on sending anything that is donated over the next month, or anything that is designated as such. Of course, I'm sure there are other ways to do this on your own too. I will get a link for that too.

NOTE POSTED BY DRAGONMOUNT ABOUT DONATIONS:
If you choose to donate to this charity, please put the donation in the name of James Rigney as that's whose name they have on record. Robert Jordan's family wishes to extend their sincere thanks to all of you for your support and love that has been pouring in.

If you need the address:
Mayo Clinic of Hematology Amyloidosis Research 200 First St. Southwest Rochester, MN 55095

Direct Donation to Mayo Clinic

News and Blogs Regarding Jordan's Passing

2007-09-17

I thought I would include links to pertinent articles as I encounter them, regarding the death of our beloved author, Robert Jordan.

Charleston Post and Courier
MSNBC Article
TOR Article
George R.R. Martin Blog