hook and crook alignment: any mention?

About a year ago, Mark Gingrich posted here about a new method of
doing polar alignment that was supposed to be as accurate as drift
alignment, yet took only three minutes or so. Allegedly, it was
going to be revealed at the July Astronomical League convention.
Was it?

Brian Tung
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