Hugo voting
It may be instructive for those who haven't closely examined Hugo voting before to take a look at last year's...
Traffic
I think I neglected to mention here that traffic at SH has gone way up since the Hugo announcement. (All...
What’s in a site?
The rules for nominating Web sites for the Hugo made clear that the definition of site was a flexible one:...
Moderated up!
I almost never post on Slashdot, partly because I don't generally read articles there 'til the discussion's long over. (If...
Hybrid future
Having a hard time focusing on work today. Found an article on hybrid cars and fuel cells that suggests that...
Very pleased
The Hugo ballot has been released, and I'm very pleased. No time right now to go into an analysis of...
SF sites and froglike humanoids
Arrived home to find a new issue of Interzone waiting for me. Flipped through it—unusually for me; I usually just...
Dept. of unfortunate phrasing
Once in a while I take a break to read the paper. This just in from the San Francisco Chronicle:...
Brief but happy
Went to the Lui Collins house concert in Palo Alto tonight. I was a bit concerned about attending two concerts...
Flo control and image recognition
Very cute article about using image-recognition software to control a latch on a cat door, thereby preventing the cat (named...
Carroll on the Middle East, again
Jon Carroll continues to be one of the few people I see discussing the Israel/Palestine situation who shows much awareness...
Sensible decisions
Note: the following contains opinions only; I don't know enough about the facts of the case to make statements of...