Last year I was deathly ill — mainly of exhaustion, I think — and missed half of Arse Elektronika, so I can’t speak with authority about everything that happened. It’s all the cool kids in sex-tech, though, doing cool-kid things, and from all accounts, last year was a blast.

This year’s theme is Do Androids Sleep with Electric Sheep? Critical Perspectives on Sexuality and Pornography in Science and Social Fiction and the call for papers went out about a month ago. They just announced the dates and location (Fort Mason, SF).

If you’re gonna go, let me know — we’ll get a latte or somethin’ and toss the ball for Jedi in the bay right there at Crissy Field (hey, do I know how to party, or what?).

My guess is that Violet Blue, Annalee Newitz, Kyle Machulis and a host of other interesting sexy geeks will be speaking, so it’ll be worth the trip from wherever you are (right, DaddyD?).