[Mayo freak]

Try melting some American Cheese slices on the hotdog, then throwing some sport peppers on top. Yummy! Just make sure you purchase high-quality dogs. They cost a bit more, but they'll taste worlds better than the Oscar Meyer junk. HQ dogs can often be identified with names like "Chicago Style" and "Vienna Beef".

[Power outage?]

More likely you had a quick hiccup in the power. Even a half-a-second is enough to reset most digital clocks, but it's not enough to discharge the capacitors in a computer's PSU. Thus the result is that your clocks will all be flashing, but your computer will still be running.

 

I wouldn't worry about it. The power grid near you probably lost a switching station and rerouted through a backup. (Stupid squirrels; always running into the power stations...) That creates a little power hiccup, but takes less than a second for the power to be rerouted.

[ECCC Review]

Don't be so hard on yourself. It was great to see you there, and your display at least provided some games for everyone to play. I noticed the keyboard sitting there all alone (figured out pretty quick that it was a lonely demo unit), but I wasn't too concerned about it. The way I saw it, you were there as the author of Commodork. By that token, your display was very cool!

 

BTW, I didn't realize you had a blog here. I just noticed your comments on getting Slashdotted. My own take on what Slashdotting feels like? It's like standing in the middle of a maelstrom wishing you could find a corner to hide in. It's an incredibly jolting experience, and yet you feel so alive!