| Monday, March 18, 2013 |
Pyramids |
Frank Ocean’s song |
| Monday, March 18, 2013 |
Sfadb |
up to date; next phase |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
Locus Interface |
Fran Myman visited for a weekend; how to update website… |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2012 |
Reading and Rereading, Episode 0 |
have more time to read [after layoff]; beginning to reread favorite authors |
| Sunday, November 4, 2012 |
Cloud Atlas |
review of the film; theme is freedom? |
| Sunday, September 16, 2012 |
The Master |
review of the film |
| Saturday, September 8, 2012 |
Chicon 7, Saturday and Sunday panels |
fantasy v sf; dangerous; space X; secret history; dinner; NASA; reviewing; reception |
| Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
Chicon PS |
Chicon, not ChiCon |
| Sunday, September 2, 2012 |
Chicon 7: Hugos and after |
not at pre-ceremony reception; last Locus win; sfadb eligible? |
| Friday, August 31, 2012 |
Chicon 7 Friday |
panel browsing; Yeong arrived, birthday dinner; Random House party on river boat; parties |
| Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
Chicon 7 opening |
opening ceremony w/John Scalzi; stroll thru Millennium Park |
| Wednesday, August 29, 2012 |
Chicon 7 arrival |
flight to Chicago; people in lobby; dinner alone |
| Monday, August 27, 2012 |
Daily Updates |
facebook; example of work task |
| Sunday, July 8, 2012 |
Listening to Bruckner |
about how composers don’t descend into repetition, as some writers do |
| Sunday, June 24, 2012 |
Real Science |
Prometheus; what is best film depicting real science? |
| Monday, March 19, 2012 |
Tape vs Jiffy Bags |
about review copies and how they’re packed |
| Sunday, February 19, 2012 |
Reading Notes — Swanwick, McDevitt, Okorafor |
Dancing with Bears; Firebird; Akata Witch |
| Saturday, December 31, 2011 |
Theme Coraline |
about format of wordpress blog |
| Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
Holiday Notes — website updates, films, iphone |
notes on 9 different films! iPhone as obelisk |
| Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
Consumer Alert: Fie Upon Song Ticketing |
long story about mistakingly ordering concert tickets through Song Ticketing |
| Sunday, October 30, 2011 |
World Fantasy implementation |
Foundation meeting; panels; art show bids; banquet |
| Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
World Fantasy arrival |
drove thru LA to Town and Country; music in the car |
| Wednesday, October 26, 2011 |
World Fantasy prelude |
leaving for San Diego; Beth Gwinn here; several films including Weekend |
| Friday, October 14, 2011 |
R.E.M. Lines |
selection of favorite lyrics [on occasion of their retirement] |
| Monday, October 10, 2011 |
October Country: Amazon.com |
amazon reinstated california affilitates |
| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
Book Notes: Sex at Dawn; God, No! |
reviews of those two books |
| Sunday, September 18, 2011 |
The Most Beautiful Music in the World |
Priesner’s three tracks, with links |
| Sunday, September 11, 2011 |
Contagion |
brief review of the film |
| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
Renovation Wrap-up |
panels, being pointed out by Benford, Hugos; drive home |
| Friday, August 19, 2011 |
Renovation |
at Worldcon in Reno; drove from LA; on two panels |
| Sunday, August 7, 2011 |
A Note about Locus Online’s monitor listings |
official note on new WordPress Monitor blog |
| Monday, July 18, 2011 |
The Joy of Browsing Books |
listings on website will be based on Amazon, etc., rather than physical sightings in bk stores |
| Friday, July 1, 2011 |
DisAffiliated |
amazon cutting ties to california affiliates over sales tax issue |
| Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
One Year of Daily Posts |
even while on the cruise |
| Monday, June 6, 2011 |
On Seeing The Tree of Life |
review of film, discussion of music; themes |
| Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
Sfadb is Coming |
big project in work, several more weeks |
| Sunday, March 20, 2011 |
ICFA close-out |
Connie Willis; Andrea Hairston; barely left hotel; panel on ‘genre’ |
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
ICFA arrival |
in Orlando; United lost my seat reservations; Lambda winners announced |
| Tuesday, February 22, 2011 |
Kindle Paging |
Kindle has updated to display page numbers |
| Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
2010 reading |
only a couple dozen books all year |
| Tuesday, February 15, 2011 |
Elizabeth Hand’s Swan of Tuonela |
best story read this month |
| Monday, January 31, 2011 |
Kindle and Facebook |
comments on using Kindle; on Fb since ’07 but only now coming to speed |
| Friday, January 7, 2011 |
Return to the Mainland |
managed to post every day; Locus has electronic editions |
| Saturday, January 1, 2011 |
Honolulu airport |
flight delayed all day; drove around; finally flew out 9.20pm |
| Friday, December 31, 2010 |
Na Pali |
Mustang convertible to beach at Poipu; cruise along northern coast of Kauai |
| Friday, December 31, 2010 |
Hanalei |
north shore of Kauai to the end of the road; lu’au and the expansionist urge |
| Thursday, December 30, 2010 |
Kona |
lava visible from cruise ship; submarine in Kailua Bay |
| Tuesday, December 28, 2010 |
Kilauea |
Hilo; rented car to Volcano National Park |
| Monday, December 27, 2010 |
Haleakala |
drove to the top; Mama’s Fish House |
| Sunday, December 26, 2010 |
Kailua |
southeast Oahu; boarded cruise, left 7pm |
| Saturday, December 25, 2010 |
Ilikai |
Christmas Eve dinner; ready for cruise |
| Friday, December 24, 2010 |
Waimea, Oahu |
relaxing on the beach; north side of Oahu |
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
Makaha |
arrived Hawaii on 10-day trip w/partner and sons |
| Monday, December 13, 2010 |
E-Complexity |
what did people do before they spent so much time backing up their blogs? |
| Thursday, November 4, 2010 |
World Fantasy Con panels |
long descriptions of several panels |
| Saturday, October 30, 2010 |
World Fantasy Con, Columbus OH |
hotel, panels, dinner, Locus Foundation |
| Friday, October 8, 2010 |
Considering issues |
chrono links on site |
| Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
Edit Comments |
about having to approve comments to the WP blogs |
| Monday, September 13, 2010 |
Butterflies are free to fly |
about Franzen’s Freedom; what are literary novels about? For? |
| Tuesday, September 7, 2010 |
drilling down the inbox; hugo results |
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| Sunday, August 29, 2010 |
the most influential writing contest in science fiction history |
long description of WotF ceremony w/Gary, Amelia |
| Tuesday, August 24, 2010 |
On mixed marriages |
about an essay of Gary Westfahl’s; my own situation |
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
awards site branding |
considering renaming or re-URLing the site… |
| Wednesday, August 4, 2010 |
10 years of index to sf awards |
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| Wednesday, July 28, 2010 |
Not Splitting the Baby |
about ‘magazines’ vs ‘websites’ on the monitor pages |
| Saturday, July 24, 2010 |
Websites, Magazines, and Everything in Between |
magazines vs websites, with 18 responses! |
| Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
Coming Up to Speed |
about posting everyday, and other changes |
| Sunday, June 28, 2015 |
Desert Moderne |
Palm Springs; architecture tour |
| Friday, June 18, 2010 |
The Light at the Bottom of the Inbox |
about email backlog |
| Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
Chicago Adventure |
Jimmy’s graduation from UCI |
| Friday, May 21, 2010 |
First Novels Directories |
new pages on site |
| Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
Cache, and RAM |
solution to problems on site |
| Saturday, May 8, 2010 |
Growing Pains |
problem with site, and super-cache |
| Sunday, May 2, 2010 |
New Perspectives, Roundtable |
two blogs rehosted in WordPress; reviews index |
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
New Reviews |
reviews are in WP blog |
| Sunday, April 25, 2010 |
New News |
News is in WP blog |
| Sunday, April 18, 2010 |
Blog Migration |
moving personal blog to WP, away from Blogger |
| Wednesday, April 14, 2010 |
Migration |
locusmag.com on new server; php |
| Wednesday, April 7, 2010 |
Infrastructure Note |
new index to magazine reviews |
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 |
Light and Dark in Orlando |
ICFA report; people of pallor |
| Friday, March 19, 2010 |
Overcast in Orlando |
ICFA report |
| Saturday, March 13, 2010 |
Taking Longer than Expected |
going to ICFA; upcoming changes on the site (Blogger discontinuing FTP support) |
| Friday, January 22, 2010 |
When It Rains in California |
rain in LA; projects and tasks underway |
| Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
Reading Notes: King, Doctorow, Banks, Kress, Atwood, Wilson, Bear |
Under the Dome, Makers, Transition, Steal Across the Sky, The Year of the Flood, Julian Comstock, Mariposa |
| Monday, November 23, 2009 |
A Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore |
visiting Marina and Mark; reading Wells’ The Croquet Player’ |
| Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
World Fantasy Con, Wrapup |
WFC in San Jose |
| Tuesday, November 3, 2009 |
Home from World Fantasy Con |
quick note |
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 |
World Fantasy Con 2009, Friday |
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| Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
And Now the News… Blog |
2009 site redesign now applied to News blog |
| Saturday, October 24, 2009 |
Iconic Covers |
scans of Foundation, Martian Chonicles |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
Reading Notes: Beckett, Morrow, Tan, Zebrowski, et al |
Genesis, Tales from Outer Suburbia, Shambling Towards Hiroshima, Empties, The Proteus Sails Again, The Hotel Under the Sand, Captain Future |
| Friday, September 18, 2009 |
Locus Online makes Boeuf Bourguignon |
with a ceramic pot that broke |
| Tuesday, September 1, 2009 |
Futures Amid the Flames |
driving to Wotf as fire burns in the hills |
| Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
All-time Novels Polls |
plans for more polls, with allusion to composite list in the SF awards index |
| Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
Cash for Clunkers adventure |
shopping for new SUV |
| Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
Roundtable renovation |
new design applied to roundtable |
| Sunday, August 16, 2009 |
Meanwhile, Behind the Scenes… |
work on the redesign |
| Sunday, August 9, 2009 |
We also serve who sit home and post |
not at Worldcon in Montreal |
| Tuesday, July 28, 2009 |
Charles N. Brown Memorials |
at the house, at Borderlands Books |
| Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
July 20, 1969: Witnessing the Inevitable |
recalling the moon landing |
| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
The Heirs of Charles N. Brown |
my memorial (which ran in the magazine, a bit edited) |
| Friday, June 26, 2009 |
Home Fires |
not at Locus awards; a bit on the Star Trek movie |
| Saturday, May 23, 2009 |
Secrets from Ridgewood Lane |
visiting Locus; dinner at Garibaldi’s; Jimmy’s graduation |
| Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
Wineries, Vineyards, and the CIA |
Napa valley tour |
| Sunday, May 17, 2009 |
Napa’s Empty Storefronts |
long weekend in Napa and Oakland |
| Sunday, May 10, 2009 |
98% Done, and Posted |
new homepage posted |
| Monday, May 4, 2009 |
90% Done |
working on new homepage |
| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
At the Nebula Awards |
at UCLA; Janis Ian |
| Saturday, April 11, 2009 |
Furiously at Work |
all the teams hard at work on the redesign |
| Thursday, April 2, 2009 |
Spring on Medina Road |
spring; April 1st posts; projects, reading |
| Friday, March 27, 2009 |
I Feel a Redesign Coming On |
more substantial than last year’s |
| Friday, March 20, 2009 |
Hugos, Awards Index, ICFA |
reaction to Hugo and other award finalists; six nominees for one hugo finalist; not at ICFA |
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
My First Ring |
first time seeing Wagner’s cycle of operas |
| Thursday, March 5, 2009 |
Backpedaling |
about comment about Sci Fi Wire |
| Tuesday, March 3, 2009 |
Just a Few Remarks about Awards |
mostly about how I’d refigure hugo categories for magazine (not editor), for specific cover art, etc. |
| Friday, February 27, 2009 |
Workspace |
description of office/library, with photos |
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
Formatting and Infrastructure |
tweaks for roundtable; juggling so many posts |
| Monday, February 23, 2009 |
Work, Workspaces, and Oscars |
westfahl essay upcoming; roundtable thread on workspaces; approve of oscar winners |
| Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
Color Scheming the Style Sheeting |
tweaking colors on awards index, now w/style sheets |
| Monday, February 16, 2009 |
Coraline, Delinked in Bruges, Quintessentially |
notes on Coraline, In Bruges; Gevers essays coming |
| Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
Locus Constellation |
correcting description of Locus Online; how various parts are done by different people |
| Monday, February 9, 2009 |
“February 2009” |
status of this blog, new Locus blogs, locus poll, awards, etc. |
| Friday, January 16, 2009 |
I Get My Sf/F News from…Locus Online! |
News Blog is significant new development |
| Wednesday, January 7, 2009 |
PHP |
new index page, with News Blog link, is index.php |
| Monday, January 5, 2009 |
Changes Are a’Coming |
news blog coming; Blogger has improved since 3 years ago |
| Sunday, December 28, 2008 |
Hanging on Ads |
reports of malware from Locus site? Page load hanging by ads? |
| Sunday, December 28, 2008 |
The Untitled |
format tweak on awards site via CE Petit |
| Thursday, December 25, 2008 |
Floating in Style |
updating awards index and moving from tables to css floats |
| Monday, December 22, 2008 |
Expansion Plans |
scaling back new books listings in order to work long-term expansion plans (reference to my own LDV); notes during Arlington business trip |
| Sunday, November 30, 2008 |
Expansions |
paypal button; wrote review of best american fantasy; notes on mcdevitt |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
Denver Interlude, and the Fires |
attending tech conference; watching fire coverage on tv |
| Tuesday, November 4, 2008 |
World Fantasy Con, Calgary – Day 4, Sunday |
banquet and awards |
| Sunday, November 2, 2008 |
World Fantasy Con, Calgary – Day 3, Saturday |
mostly about panels |
| Saturday, November 1, 2008 |
World Fantasy Con, Calgary – Day 2, Friday |
panels; notes on KJ Parker’s The Company |
| Friday, October 31, 2008 |
World Fantasy Con, Calgary – Day 1 |
arrived calgary; party promoting australian writers |
| Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
Off the World Fantasy |
leaving shortly |
| Thursday, October 9, 2008 |
Autumnal Views |
behind on posts; awards index update soon |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 |
Home from Alaska |
did the copter ride and train ride, saw glaciers in the bay |
| Tuesday, September 9, 2008 |
Cruising Alaska |
on a cruise, internet access erratic |
| Sunday, September 7, 2008 |
Vacation Notice – Alaska Cruise |
leaving tomorrow |
| Saturday, August 23, 2008 |
Back Office Technical Notes |
moving off-site links into the blinks column |
| Friday, August 15, 2008 |
New Skin |
working refinement of look and structure |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
Denvention 3 Day 5: Checking Out, Back Home |
consensus: convention was adequate, not great |
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 |
Denvention 3 Day 4: Essential Books; Hugos |
panel on essential books; reaction to Hugo winners |
| Saturday, August 9, 2008 |
Denvention 3 Day 3: Changing the Rules |
Locus Foundation meeting; Hugo rules change remove Locus from semipro eligibility |
| Friday, August 8, 2008 |
Denvention 3 Day 2: Mostly Locus matters |
panels; lunch w/Locus folks about changing website |
| Thursday, August 7, 2008 |
Denvention 3 Day 1: Checking in, Eventually; Very Prelim Best of ’08 |
arrived Denver; long lines to check in; panel on best novels of ’08 |
| Thursday, August 7, 2008 |
Denvention 3 Prelude: I’ve Seen It Raining Fire in the Sky |
Flew in to Denver Sunday, couple days in Estes Park, Rocky Mtn park; hikes |
| Wednesday, August 6, 2008 |
Denvention 3: Checking In |
have arrived |
| Friday, August 1, 2008 |
Design Studies |
links to two alternate design studies for homepage |
| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 |
Toying with Redesign |
various options for redesign |
| Sunday, July 20, 2008 |
George Takei and Star Trek |
Takei’s appearance at Rocketdyne; his autobiography; episode of amateur Trek |
| Friday, July 18, 2008 |
Summer Cold; Design Thoughts |
in response to survey comments, etc. |
| Tuesday, July 8, 2008 |
Hugo Vote |
managed to vote on last day of voting |
| Monday, July 7, 2008 |
Tom Disch; Linkages |
put Disch obit on its own page, to see if picked up by Google |
| Thursday, July 3, 2008 |
Tweaking the Clutter |
details, with link of recent homepage capture |
| Sunday, June 29, 2008 |
Report from SF Hall of Fame Ceremony, 2008 |
detailed report |
| Sunday, June 22, 2008 |
Notes from Locus Awards Weekend, 2008 |
report; Gibson event; panels; awards |
| Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
No June Gloom |
little news; Budrys obit; plan to write review of The Invaders on DVD [never finished this] |
| Monday, June 2, 2008 |
Writers, Producers, and Harlan Ellison |
Ellison doc on DVD, rereading early versions of ST script ‘City’ |
| Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
Notes on Four Novels by Women |
Le Guin, Hall, Winterson, Fowler |
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
Still Sorting |
extraneous books; notes on McDevitt, Doctorow |
| Monday, May 5, 2008 |
What To Do with Extraneous Books? |
did Huntsville trip; extraneous books |
| Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
Locus Finalists |
spam attack over; poll votes tabulated |
| Monday, April 21, 2008 |
Spam Attack |
some 2000 in one day |
| Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
April 2008 Notes |
2-week flu; poll votes |
| Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
Film Rec: Into the Wild |
brief notes |
| Sunday, March 23, 2008 |
2008 ICFA Highlights |
panels, luncheon, awards banquet |
| Friday, March 21, 2008 |
Clarke, 2001, and ICFA 2008 |
personal reaction to Clarke’s death, and writing his obit for the site; arrived ICFA 2008 |
| Saturday, March 8, 2008 |
Lost: The Return of Michael? |
jazzed by recent episodes, and foreshadowing |
| Saturday, March 8, 2008 |
February Reading: Ballard, Le Guin, Swanwick, McDevitt |
Ballard bio; Voices and Powers; Dragons of Babel; Odyssey |
| Saturday, February 23, 2008 |
Interesting Nebula Observation |
most finalists published in most recent year |
| Thursday, February 21, 2008 |
Awards Index update, for now |
with more frequent updates in the future |
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
2007 Summaries |
tried tallying 2007 bestsellers, best books |
| Tuesday, February 5, 2008 |
Catching Up; HP Service |
updates on site; HP response to laptop problems |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
Books to Films |
McCarthy No Country; Simmons’ Terror |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
Winter Storms |
magical sunny day between storms; new blog header photo |
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
2007 Reading |
read 87 books; took photo of them stacked up [photo apparently lost] |
| Sunday, January 20, 2008 |
New PC Glitches and Fixes |
like it says |
| Thursday, January 17, 2008 |
Transitioned…ing |
issues moving to new PC |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
Office Song and Dance |
installing old versions of Office on new PC |
| Monday, January 14, 2008 |
PC Transitions |
new desktop; laptop sent in for repair |
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
Busy December |
couple books; No Country for Old Men and whether to see movie or read book first |
| Monday, December 10, 2007 |
Atonement, the film: quick take |
film very similar t book, not a bad thing |
| Saturday, December 8, 2007 |
Reading of late |
McEwan’s Atonement; Wolfe’s Pirate Freedom; McAuley’s Cowboy Angels; Morgan’s Black Man |
| Monday, November 26, 2007 |
Review of The Man from Earth |
direct to DVD film written by Jerome Bixby |
| Monday, November 12, 2007 |
What I Learned at WFC |
trust center settings in MS Office |
| Thursday, November 8, 2007 |
The Movie List |
somebody’s list of classic films that would change one’s life |
| Wednesday, November 7, 2007 |
WFC, Wrap-Up |
big, successful convention |
| Monday, November 5, 2007 |
WFC, Saratoga Springs, Day 4, Sunday |
drove around downtown; the banquet, and awards |
| Sunday, November 4, 2007 |
WFC, Saratoga Springs, Day 3, Saturday |
panel, lunch at irish pub; year in review; dinner troll; Rome Q |
| Saturday, November 3, 2007 |
WFC, Saratoga Springs, Day 2, Friday |
Locus Foundation, panels, parties |
| Friday, November 2, 2007 |
WFC, Saratoga Springs, Day 1, Thursday |
hotel irritants; panels; dinner with Beth and Haldemans; etc |
| Friday, November 2, 2007 |
Up and Down Vermont |
Vermonth b&b, route 100, driving, Y to airport |
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
Up and Down Vermont, to Saratoga Springs |
checking in; hotel irritants |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 |
Provincetown to Walden to Vermont |
national seashore, Pilgrim monument, Walden Pond, to Vermont b&b |
| Sunday, October 28, 2007 |
Provincetown |
drive from Boston, Crowne Point Inn |
| Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
New Developments: Fires, Email |
small fire near home; spam problems |
| Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
SoCal Fires; Email Problems Again |
fires, and is there a skiffy solution?; email problems |
| Monday, October 22, 2007 |
Firestorm |
Santa Ana wins, fires everywhere; link to archived home page |
| Friday, October 19, 2007 |
Coming Soon: Latest Redesign |
expanding the width |
| Monday, October 15, 2007 |
Movie Note: Michael Clayton |
incidental correctly depiction of light/sound from bomb in this film; planning WFC |
| Friday, October 12, 2007 |
And Then I Read: Bova and Gibson |
Titan, Spook Country |
| Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
And Then I Read: Matheson and Finney |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers; The Incredible Shrinking Man |
| Monday, September 17, 2007 |
Recent Movie Notes |
The Nines; The Bourne Ultimatum; Eastern Promises; The Omega Man |
| Wednesday, September 5, 2007 |
Hugos Reaction |
mostly pleased; hot in SoCal, a dry heat |
| Saturday, September 1, 2007 |
Imminent Posts |
posts ready but site down at the moment |
| Saturday, August 25, 2007 |
literal August 2007 |
Stardust; The Invasion; Tiptree bio; meeting CNB and Amelia for dinner in Pasadena; not at Worldcon in Japan |
| Saturday, July 28, 2007 |
Harry Potter; Comic Con |
read the new HP; not at Comic Con, though two Locus folks are |
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 |
Internet Paranoia |
snail mail letter from someone who wants his online references deleted; Andrew Keen book |
| Wednesday, July 4, 2007 |
Muted Sunshine |
preview screening of Danny Boyle’s Sunshine on Fox lot, with long review of its flaws |
| Saturday, June 30, 2007 |
Travel Notes: Vancouver, Seattle, Tampa |
notes about those cities; SF Hall of Fame; tech conference in Tampa |
| Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
Locus Awards Weekend, 2007 |
panels, awards, Hawaiin shirts, Rome Q, SF Hall of Fame; Will Wheaton |
| Monday, June 18, 2007 |
Vancouver Seattle Tampa |
been on the road; will catch up |
| Wednesday, June 6, 2007 |
Paper, Plastic, or World Fantasy Con Tote Bag? |
using cloth tote bags to take groceries home, a year or so before it became popular to do so |
| Tuesday, June 5, 2007 |
Quills Scope |
sf finalists better; but awards have no science category |
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 |
New Reviews |
Gary Westfahl hate mail; my review for Locus Mag, first in 5 years |
| Tuesday, May 8, 2007 |
Portal Update |
Links Portal update; upcoming reviews |
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
We Get Letters — Well, Not Actually |
fewer letters these days; Links Portal update; link to 10-year history of Locus Online |
| Friday, April 20, 2007 |
Thanks for voting in our poll… |
results in, winners determined |
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
Website, 10 Years On; Vista, 3 Weeks On |
issues with Windows Vista, some cool things about the new Office |
| Monday, March 26, 2007 |
Vista glitches |
Paint Shop Pro; my scanner; iTunes |
| Saturday, March 24, 2007 |
Well, That’s One Way to Clear Out the Inbox…; Vista, Office 2007 |
new laptop after Key West theft; changes with Vista and Office |
| Wednesday, March 21, 2007 |
Someone in Key West Doesn’t Like Me |
driving Mustang from ICFA to Key West; stroll to dinner; room burgled, laptops stolen; back to Ft. Lauderdale, changing passwords; loss of several days’ emails |
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 |
ICFA 2007, Saturday |
last ICFA in Ft. Lauderdale; pool photo; lunch |
| Saturday, March 17, 2007 |
ICFA 2007, Friday |
scholar’s luncheon; mundane sf; dinner w/L Schimel; Ryman reading |
| Friday, March 16, 2007 |
ICFA 2007, Arrival |
fourth time since 2000; dinner at brazilian steakhouse; gender and sexuality |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
China, Florida |
F Wu reports locusmag.com blocked in China; heading to Florida |
| Saturday, March 3, 2007 |
Calling 978 |
problems with Amazon links and new 13 digit ISBNs (that begin with 978) |
| Thursday, March 1, 2007 |
Favicon update |
old and new favicons |
| Saturday, February 24, 2007 |
About Book Editors; What Does an Editor Do? |
editors list; PNH feedback about reprints; US v UK editors |
| Saturday, February 17, 2007 |
Incremental Updates |
figured out how to update awards index without rebuilding entire site |
| Thursday, February 8, 2007 |
Awards Index Update |
nominee indexes now have fixed pagination; thus permalinks |
| Monday, February 5, 2007 |
Temporary Glitch; Please Stand By |
problem with server; rebooted |
| Sunday, February 4, 2007 |
February 3 Update |
71 locus poll ballots in first 24 hours |
| Friday, January 26, 2007 |
Notes on Letters from Iwo Jima, et al |
and Pan’s Labyrinth, Dreamgirls (please stop!) |
| Saturday, January 20, 2007 |
Best Editors |
site will post lists of 2006 books arranged by editor |
| Saturday, January 20, 2007 |
January is the busiest month |
awards index update; Lambda judging; movies |
| Monday, January 8, 2007 |
Notes on Curse of the Golden Flower |
spectacular film; crack about Crichton |
| Friday, January 5, 2007 |
Four in one day |
posts on the website that is |
| Wednesday, January 3, 2007 |
Notes on Children of Men and The Road |
similar reactions: both films assume premises without examination |
| Tuesday, January 2, 2007 |
Happy New Year 2007 |
finished Blogger blog for site features, to facilitate reader commenting |
| Friday, December 29, 2006 |
Features Blog |
new Features blog, with comment moderation |
| Saturday, December 23, 2006 |
Carl Sagan Memories |
Cosmic Connection; Cosmos; Contact; Demon-Haunted world, cf Shermer, Harris, Dawkins |
| Friday, December 22, 2006 |
Secure Sockets Layer, and so on |
security certificate issue; cruise notes; sample reviews coming soon |
| Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
Notes on Next |
the Crichton novel– creaky as fiction; at least he raises issues; but indulges in slurs |
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 |
Back on Dry Land |
home from Ensenada cruise; impressions of first-time cruise |
| Thursday, December 14, 2006 |
Ensenada |
quick note |
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
Catalina |
trying to download email on a cruise ship |
| Monday, December 11, 2006 |
December Cruise |
about to leave on cruise; may not have internet access |
| Sunday, December 10, 2006 |
Var Partition |
email to Locus vanished for 24 hours; no clear explanation |
| Saturday, December 9, 2006 |
About James Jean, and so on |
photo of WFA winning artist in Wired |
| Thursday, December 7, 2006 |
Judging |
have agreed to be judge for Lambda Literary Awards |
| Wednesday, December 6, 2006 |
Vesper (Movie Notes: James Bond) |
never been a fan; watched a couple early ones; this one describes that cocktail |
| Tuesday, December 5, 2006 |
Movie Notes: Little Children; The Fountain) |
liked the Clint Mansell score of the latter, especially |
| Sunday, December 3, 2006 |
Spam Solution, for now |
not examining spam for any stray legitimate emails; robots |
| Saturday, December 2, 2006 |
The End of the Year? |
how best-of-year lists appear well before end of year; efficiency of NBA process |
| Friday, December 1, 2006 |
Today’s Spammer Oddity |
spammers attacking older pages and not the latest pages |
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
What Are Spammers Thinking? |
when they send emails to imaginary addresses, e.g. moody@locusmag.com |
| Sunday, November 5, 2006 |
Austin WFC Saturday |
panels; lunch w/Howard and Lawrence; Ted Chiang’s first panel; banquet and awards (Saturday night) |
| Sunday, November 5, 2006 |
Austin WFC Friday |
best of year panel; Kenn Bates; Clarion dinner; mass autograph session |
| Friday, November 3, 2006 |
Austin WFC Thursday |
arrived Austin, visited old friend, wildflower center; checking in; dinner w/Beth |
| Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
Three Magicians |
about The Prestige and The Illusionist |
| Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
On Reading H.P. Lovecraft for the First Time (Part Two) |
long essay; how HPL finds reality a threat to human values; summary of intro’s to various HPL editions |
| Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
Checking in 16 Oct. |
finished reading HPL; behind on site listings |
| Friday, October 6, 2006 |
Lost s3/e1 |
about premiere episode of season three |
| Monday, October 2, 2006 |
ISBN update |
new ISBN-13s add 987- but change the check digit |
| Friday, September 29, 2006 |
Real-Life Mysteries |
about a murder at a house down the street; about calls to my phone for “Kevin Terani” |
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 |
DSL Issue |
voice calls interrupt DSL service |
| Monday, September 25, 2006 |
Links and Blinks |
updating some links pages |
| Friday, September 22, 2006 |
On Reading H.P. Lovecraft for the First Time (Part One) |
having decided to read HPL stories chronologically in order; progress so far |
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
Checking in 18 Sept. |
running behind; jury duty and flu |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006 |
A Phantom Airplane that Never Left the Ground |
links about how employers and keyboard monitors; ISBN-13s coming Jan 2007 |
| Tuesday, September 12, 2006 |
Rules of ISBNs |
via Contento, how the new ISBN-13s change the check digit; issues with Amazon links |
| Monday, September 11, 2006 |
Featured Blog |
this blog a ‘featured blog’ on analog and asimov’s websites; had to sign forms! |
| Sunday, September 10, 2006 |
Lockdown |
about a ‘friend’ whose company was just sold to a uptight east-coast firm, and how they clamp down and suppress web searches |
| Thursday, August 31, 2006 |
2006 Anaheim Worldcon — Odds and Ends |
follow-ups about Russell Letson, 15yo Michael’s reactions; Harlan’s grope |
| Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
2006 Anaheim Worldcon — Day 3/4/5 — Wrap-Up |
Eos party; Yeong and Michael came, did parties; Losers party; Mark & Marina (stopped by house) |
| Monday, August 28, 2006 |
2006 Anaheim Worldcon — Hugo Voting Comments |
comments of voting breakdown |
| Monday, August 28, 2006 |
2006 Anaheim Worldcon — Day 4 — Saturday evening — Hugo Awards |
description of ceremony and winners |
| Sunday, August 27, 2006 |
2006 Anaheim Worldcon — Day 4 — Saturday |
panels; pre-Hugo reception |
| Saturday, August 26, 2006 |
2006 Anaheim Worldcon — Day 3 — Friday |
best books panel; bloggers; Locus 40th |
| Friday, August 25, 2006 |
2006 Anaheim Worldcon — Day 2 — Thursday |
Locus Foundation; panels |
| Thursday, August 24, 2006 |
2006 Anaheim Worldcon — Day 1 — Wednesday |
arrival Anaheim; dealers room |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2006 |
Convergence to Locus |
Beth staying at house; Locus van stopped by on way to Anaheim |
| Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
Notes on The Ruins |
Scott Smith’s novel |
| Wednesday, August 9, 2006 |
Service Interruption |
problem with phone line at home |
| Sunday, August 6, 2006 |
The Presumption of Certain Possible Joys |
quoting John Updike’s rules for reviewing |
| Wednesday, August 2, 2006 |
Constituencies |
submitted Hugo votes; wondering how voters think |
| Monday, July 31, 2006 |
Too Close |
two reviews that dismiss works on minor but personal issues |
| Sunday, July 23, 2006 |
It Was Hot |
very hot today; cf global warming |
| Friday, July 21, 2006 |
The Interview |
my interview w/JPKelly in new issue of Asimov’s; why webmasters do it |
| Friday, July 14, 2006 |
Still Here |
behind on matters |
| Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
As Others See Us… |
two reviews that begin with cliches takes on sf/f |
| Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
True Blue Science Fiction Award |
realized that Campbell Award is truest blue SF award |
| Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
Arizona Aftermath |
ads; all-time poll not yet tallied; writers who read my blog; apologies for photo |
| Sunday, May 7, 2006 |
Nebulas ’06 |
Connie and Harlan; marginal photo |
| Saturday, May 6, 2006 |
Tempe Arrangements |
Last week, conference in SLC; drove to Tempe; dinner, party |
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 |
Locus Poll Finalists Pending |
votes tallied, pending lingering paper ballots |
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 |
What I Meant by Fantasy Romance |
examples of books on bestseller lists that I don’t necessarily compile |
| Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
Fantasy Romance |
9th anniversary of site just passed |
| Saturday, April 15, 2006 |
Second to Last Day |
for the poll; 50 ballots just today |
| Friday, April 14, 2006 |
As Widely Seen on the Net… |
noticing that several big sites expanded to 980 px wide |
| Tuesday, April 3, 2007 |
April Foolishness |
bit of flack from an april 1st item |
| Saturday, April 1, 2006 |
Nobody User |
email problems due to e-mail upgrade at CI Host |
| Friday, March 31, 2006 |
Updates, Spam, and Forms |
new corporate owners making it difficult to update site, see email; issues with spam |
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 |
Links Portal Update |
some re-org of that page |
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 |
Contest Fallout; Hugos |
Bantam Spectra problems sending books to winners; Gaiman not on Hugo ballot |
| Saturday, March 18, 2006 |
Not at ICFA |
VanderMeer giveaway contest stalled |
| Friday, March 17, 2006 |
Quiz Update 2 |
too easy or too hard? |
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 |
Quiz Update |
Only 8 correct responses so far |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
A Little Quiz |
have agreed to host Bantam Spectra giveaway contest on site |
| Friday, March 10, 2006 |
Distillations, 2005 |
comments on some 47 stories read for Hugo nominations |
| Tuesday, March 7, 2006 |
We Get Letters (Once in a While) |
letter re new SF reviewer at NY Times |
| Thursday, March 2, 2006 |
Locus Poll Voting Patterns |
from past two years; percentage of votes winners get |
| Thursday, February 23, 2006 |
DigiComp |
photo and description, triggered by Boing Boing mention |
| Saturday, February 18, 2006 |
Full Moon |
photo on blog is of moon at sunset |
| Saturday, February 11, 2006 |
Category Inflation |
locus poll ‘novella’ cutoff now 59,000 words |
| Wednesday, February 7, 2007 |
Voting Sins, 2 |
we disregard ballots that vote for same item in every slot of a category |
| Monday, February 6, 2006 |
Voting Response |
250 ballots already |
| Friday, February 3, 2006 |
Off and Running |
86 ballots in first 24 hours, twice as heavy as last year |
| Thursday, February 2, 2006 |
Get Ready, Get Set, Vote |
poll now online; doing an online-only poll for best poem |
| Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
Scam Scam? |
donations to site; email from someone about subscription service scam |
| Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
One More Slice |
added major novel winners, 1951-2005 on awards index |
| Monday, January 23, 2006 |
Version 1.4 |
awards index update; still contemplate CD ROM version |
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 |
Traffic; E-mail; Workplace Restrictions |
traffic to site spikes for reviews; new PCs at work change email, block more sites |
| Friday, January 13, 2006 |
Video Hugo |
will be video game Hugo; examining locus survey stats on such interests |
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 |
Best and Worst |
general rule: for any work, some will think it genius, others a waste of time |
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
Writers and Readers |
how there seem to be more aspiring writers than there are discriminating readers |
| Monday, January 9, 2006 |
Filling in the Gaps |
no progress on awards index, but gathering gaps in data |
| Sunday, January 8, 2006 |
Awards Gaps |
compiling data for awards index update |
| Saturday, January 7, 2006 |
Web Sources, Awards |
compiling data; odd how some awards have no sites of their own |
| Friday, January 6, 2006 |
Busy January |
many things in work for the site |
| Tuesday, January 3, 2006 |
New Links |
emails and adding links; issue with compiling personal blogs |
| Monday, January 2, 2006 |
Rainy Day |
storm and wind |
| Monday, January 2, 2006 |
Happy 2006 |
raining in SoCal, maybe on Rose Parade tomorrow |
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 |
Holiday Interlude |
catching up after holidays |
| Saturday, December 24, 2005 |
The Books of Adventure |
brief summary of Blyton’s Adventure novels |
| Monday, December 19, 2005 |
Live, from Starbucks |
at a Starbucks (in Mammoth) because no wifi in rental condo |
| Saturday, December 17, 2005 |
The Sites with No Names |
odd how some sites have no authorship credits |
| Monday, December 12, 2005 |
Print to Screen |
Brokeback Mountain: most faithful print to screen adaptation ever seen |
| Friday, December 9, 2005 |
Wooden Rockets? |
wondering about this years awards for websites |
| Wednesday, December 7, 2005 |
Thanks for Your Visits |
Cheryl Morgan’s website stats; Locus Online’s; dubious significance |
| Friday, December 2, 2005 |
More about Hugo Fantasies |
speculation about splitting Hugos for SF and fantasy |
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 |
The Hugo Fantasy Awards |
Benford pointing out how four of last five Hugos for novels are fantasies |
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 |
Plenty More Lists to Come |
feature lists and statistics; not at LosCon |
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
Next Time No Lists |
comments about Westfahl essay about compiling quotations |
| Sunday, November 20, 2005 |
It’s 2006 |
2006 dir on site; Westfahl essay coming; LAT review of Lost tie-in nvl |
| Thursday, November 17, 2005 |
Brief Period |
flu; episodes of Desperate Housewives and Lost; book club freebie |
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 |
Into the Aether |
demise of Sci Fiction; will after the apocalypse all websites disappear? |
| Monday, November 14, 2005 |
Several Kinds of Brilliant |
about the first season of Desperate Housewives |
| Saturday, November 12, 2005 |
Still Bare |
Norton problem; terrible news about Sci Fiction |
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 |
Norton, Barely |
problems installing Norton Antivirus update, though trying not to whine about computer issues so often |
| Monday, November 7, 2005 |
Madison WFC Sunday |
Mark & Marina; Lois Tilton; banquet and awards; judges panel; enormous dinner group |
| Sunday, November 6, 2005 |
Madison WFC Saturday |
panels; dealers room; artists reception |
| Saturday, November 5, 2005 |
Madison WFC Friday |
flying into Chicago; Locus Foundation (Liza replacing Jennifer Hall); dealers room; panels; walking tour; autograph session |
| Wednesday, November 2, 2005 |
Peopled & Published |
mentioned in Locus because nearby SoCal wildfires |
| Sunday, October 30, 2005 |
Darkening October |
backlog, Norton problems, pre-Halloween party |
| Saturday, October 29, 2005 |
October Interim |
back from business trip; new books; watching Desperate Housewives; news about George Takei [CNN link broken] |
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
Passages from Alexandria |
Didion on Lessing; from a Time Mag 100 all-time novels |
| Sunday, October 23, 2005 |
Sound Check |
my take on audiobooks; leaving for business trip to Alexandria VA |
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 |
Berlinksiing |
reading a book by David Berlinksi, quoting his weird, extravagent, rhetoric |
| Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
Extreme Weather, LA Style |
thunder and lightening, rare in SoCal; Horton essay coming |
| Sunday, October 16, 2005 |
If the Thundercloud Passes Rain |
glitches on site, resolved |
| Saturday, October 15, 2005 |
Regress |
links from Monitor pages to Directory pages; news on separate pages |
| Tuesday, October 11, 2005 |
For Your Consideration… |
setting up 2005 cover art gallery page |
| Monday, October 10, 2005 |
Wikipediaed |
homepage update; Wikipedia page for Locus Online; Corpse Bride |
| Friday, October 7, 2005 |
Friday Notes |
A Google alert; Dahlia Litchwick on intelligent design |
| Friday, October 7, 2005 |
Comments Be Gone |
comments suppressed; Lost; going to WFC in Madison |
| Wednesday, October 5, 2005 |
Design Study |
comment options; refining homepage |
| Tuesday, October 4, 2005 |
Desert Sojourn |
Palm Springs Living Desert, Aerial Tram; no time-share |
| Saturday, October 1, 2005 |
October Pause |
wildifres and mapping tools; leaving for Palm Springs, without computer |
| Friday, September 30, 2005 |
The Fire When It Comes |
bit wildfire NW of us in LA |
| Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
MoviePlans |
upcoming essays and reviews on site |
| Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
Lost Transmission |
cable out during Lost episode |
| Wednesday, September 28, 2005 |
Facilitator |
recall Sherry Gotlieb saying that she doesn’t read the stuff anymore |
| Monday, September 26, 2005 |
Flightplan |
Jodie Foster film about missing girl on huge jet |
| Sunday, September 25, 2005 |
Story Arcs |
season premiere of Lost; played Myst V in 3 days; being able to figure them out |
| Thursday, September 22, 2005 |
Author Events, and More Stories |
lots of author events; jet landing w/o front gear |
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 |
Infrastructure |
storms in LA due to hurricane; [a link that’s broken] |
| Monday, September 19, 2005 |
Lost Won |
Lost won best drama series Emmy; Steven Johnson cmt about such series |
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 |
Quick Update |
Six Feet Under finale; binge watching 1st season of Lost |
| Friday, September 9, 2005 |
Creeping Backlog |
catching up with items on site |
| Wednesday, September 7, 2005 |
Labor Day |
birthday at home (not at Worldcon) [did not mention is 50th bd] |
| Friday, September 2, 2005 |
Drop-down Tweak |
javascript drop-down menus on homepage |
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 |
Five-Oh |
next post tomorrow |
| Thursday, August 25, 2005 |
Cover Artist Listing |
set up cover artist listing page, with stats of frequent covers |
| Tuesday, August 23, 2005 |
Little Lists |
will do cover artist list, and list of book editors |
| Saturday, August 20, 2005 |
Friday Notes |
Ellen’s photos from Glasgow; re-instating BookSense links |
| Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
Surely Wifi Wants to Be Free |
virus problem at work; expense of wifi in Europe hotels |
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 |
Just One Vote |
just as well didn’t win Hugo; panel about point of website Hugo |
| Monday, August 15, 2005 |
Back Home |
back from Europe |
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 |
Continental Hiatus |
on vacation in Europe; no posts for a while |
| Monday, August 8, 2005 |
Glasgow Sunday |
Y here for Glasgow shopping; Hugo nominee reception and ceremony; lost by one vote |
| Sunday, August 7, 2005 |
Glasgow Saturday |
WSFS business meeting; met Y at airport; HC party on ship |
| Friday, August 5, 2005 |
Glasgow Friday |
brk w/Gary and Diana; panels; was on in memoriam panel |
| Friday, August 5, 2005 |
Glasgow Thursday |
arrival, check-in, on panel about reviewing |
| Thursday, August 4, 2005 |
Arrived Glasgow |
flights, Heathrow, Moat House |
| Tuesday, August 2, 2005 |
Transit to Glasgow |
setting off to LAX for Glasgow, Europe |
| Tuesday, August 2, 2005 |
Harry Etc. |
finished latest Harry Potter book; item about lawsuit against The Matrix |
| Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
Pottering |
starting HP 6; debate about Rowling’s series |
| Monday, July 18, 2005 |
Harry Potter and This Year’s Edition |
summary of reading the books so far |
| Tuesday, July 12, 2005 |
Summer Blues |
behind on email, review copies |
| Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
Quills SF |
odd criteria for Quill awards sf/f/h finalists |
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 |
Summer Awards… |
recent finalists; Glasgow worldcon program; Cunningham |
| Tuesday, June 21, 2005 |
Please Stand By… |
have the flu |
| Saturday, June 18, 2005 |
Results Pending |
compiled all-time fantasy story poll; quote in bk listing cited by Langford |
| Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
Follow-up to the Book Meme |
further thoughts; and thoughts about culling |
| Saturday, June 11, 2005 |
Book Meme |
own 8650 bks; bks that mean a lot: by Bradbury, Silverberg, Wolfe, Wilson, Wright, Eliot |
| Thursday, June 9, 2005 |
Books in the Home |
Freakonomics (quote about morality v economics); effects on children of having books in the home |
| Monday, June 6, 2005 |
We get E-mail |
email objecting to book title including ‘Faust’ in Locus Index |
| Wednesday, June 1, 2005 |
Neffy News |
news that Locus Online won a ‘Neffy’ awards [link now invalid] |
| Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
Infrastructure Updates |
new ‘about’ pages, indexes, cleaned some ‘clutter’ |
| Monday, May 23, 2005 |
Site Down |
site down since Sunday afternoon |
| Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |
And the Winners Finalists Are… |
poll tallied; starting this year top 5 ‘finalists’ will be revealed… |
| Friday, May 13, 2005 |
Book Season |
lots of new books; complaint from ‘Karl’ about unprofessionalism of the site |
| Monday, May 9, 2005 |
Restyling |
latest updates use style sheets |
| Friday, May 6, 2005 |
Impending News |
Sheckley illness; Locus policy about health news |
| Wednesday, May 4, 2005 |
Voting Sins |
editing write-ins; the usual voting sins |
| Monday, May 2, 2005 |
Thank you for your votes |
poll closed; over 900 ballots; time to compile |
| Monday, April 18, 2005 |
Ishiguro |
about Never Let Me Go |
| Sunday, April 17, 2005 |
Re-Linked |
updated/checked all Links pages |
| Friday, April 15, 2005 |
Links Obsessed |
preoccupied with updating links pages |
| Wednesday, April 6, 2005 |
Bellow Pulitzer Synchronicity |
Pulitzers announced, Bellow died, lines from H’s Gift about Pulitzers |
| Wednesday, April 6, 2005 |
Format Changes |
Amazon link changes; Locus Online on Internet Wayback Machine |
| Monday, April 4, 2005 |
April 3rd |
removed alarming April 1st post (about leaving Locus and working for Scifi.com?) |
| Wednesday, April 1, 2015 |
Parsing Websites |
response to Cheryl Morgan’s comments about Hugo noms for best website |
| Monday, March 28, 2005 |
It’s an Honor |
nominated again; surprised by some of the others |
| Friday, March 25, 2005 |
There Is No Rising or Setting of the Sun |
subscribed to Amazon Prime a while back |
| Thursday, March 24, 2005 |
RSS |
added rss feeds provided by Alexander Turcic |
| Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
Return from ICFA |
good time despite illness; no intention of leaking anything |
| Friday, March 18, 2005 |
Arrived Fort Lauderdale |
layover 6 hrs in DFW, reading Cloud Atlas, delayed Norton obit post |
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 |
By the Time I Get to Florida… |
ICFA soon; wondering about hugo website nomination; response from Glyer |
| Tuesday, March 8, 2005 |
Restyled |
redesigned homepage uses style sheets and simplified html |
| Wednesday, March 2, 2005 |
Marching On |
260 poll ballots so far; invited to nominate for Sturgeon |
| Sunday, February 20, 2005 |
What Was in the Mystery Package |
description of contents of odd review package |
| Wednesday, February 16, 2005 |
Counting the Bests |
tallying best of 2004; Grammy awards balkanization |
| Wednesday, February 9, 2005 |
Traffic |
special subscription pages for interviewees; 150 ballots so far |
| Friday, February 4, 2005 |
Technical Difficulties (Yet Again) |
with outgoing email |
| Thursday, February 3, 2005 |
Best of Year, Hearby |
essays by Claude and Jeff posted; comments to fantasy poll |
| Wednesday, February 2, 2005 |
Tally Options |
expanded options for fantasy story poll to nearly 300 |
| Sunday, January 30, 2005 |
Tally Miscorrections |
corrections to poll; email troubles; this blog on JPK list [link broken] |
| Saturday, January 29, 2005 |
Tallying the Bests |
poll is up, including best fantasy story poll |
| Sunday, January 23, 2005 |
Noted, not Blinked |
quote from PKD reviewing denying his stories were sf |
| Sunday, January 23, 2005 |
Awards Index Update |
posted, including a couple corrections to errors no one noticed |
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 |
Pop You Up |
no objections so far to pop up ads |
| Wednesday, January 12, 2005 |
It Pours |
lots of rain in SoCal; La Conchita residents and their landslide |
| Saturday, January 8, 2005 |
Bestsellers are Different from the Books You and I Read… |
Crichton’s State of Fear and issues of media; Moore, Stewart, Koontz bestsellers |
| Wednesday, January 5, 2005 |
Availability |
whether certain films are fantasy; never did see Old Man’s War in a physical bkstore |
| Monday, January 3, 2005 |
Fantasy Is Where You Find It |
saw Hero and House of Flying Daggers; are they fantasy? |
| Saturday, January 1, 2005 |
Happy 2004 |
Back from NYC, cold there; been good year for website, and reading |
| Sunday, December 26, 2004 |
Holiday Hiatus |
Leaving for NYC, intermittent updates |
| Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
Conspiracy Theories |
Crichton’s State of Fear and the problems with conspiracy theories |
| Wednesday, December 22, 2004 |
Winter Was Warm |
warm; reading Susanna Clarke; bizarre package in mail |
| Friday, December 17, 2004 |
Catch-up-date |
busy this month; new homepage in work |
| Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
Robot’s Revenge |
RSS feeds; exploring WordPress etc |
| Thursday, December 9, 2004 |
Bloggering |
tinkering w/Blogger; perhaps will invest in Movable Type |
| Monday, December 6, 2004 |
Disclaimers |
interesting graphic [link obsolete]; working w/Blogger; need to clean up links |
| Saturday, December 4, 2004 |
NYT Best Books minus SF |
this year’s 100 notable books no longer has separate SF group |
| Friday, December 3, 2004 |
RSS Re-engineering |
queries about RSS feeds; considering blog-based homepage |
| Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
Thinking Alike |
overlaps between Gary Wolfe’s lead reviews, and John Clute’s |
| Monday, November 29, 2004 |
Alien Species |
article about global warmings forces species to migrate to areas where indigenous people have no names for them |
| Saturday, November 27, 2004 |
Two by Shepard |
Viator, A Handbook of American Prayer |
| Friday, November 19, 2004 |
Fahrenheit Pinot |
Bradbury award; saw Sideways; rec reading lists; NBA winners |
| Monday, November 15, 2004 |
Incredibly…Fast |
Saw The Incredibles, noting how past-paced it is, esp. near the end |
| Sunday, November 14, 2004 |
It’s All Just ‘Theories’, All the Way Down |
Label *all* the science texts as ‘just theories; NatGeo on Darwin |
| Saturday, November 13, 2004 |
Friday Evening: Mondegreen |
that term for mis-hearing lyrics, e.g. REM; quoting some of my poetry |
| Friday, November 12, 2004 |
You Know It In Rhyme |
rules for listening to new music; REM; latest album |
| Friday, November 12, 2004 |
Reconciliation |
Amazon and PW |
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 |
Mystery Mail |
received “I, Robot” screenplay in mail, no idea why |
| Wednesday, November 10, 2004 |
Affiliations |
Amazon no longer displaying PW reviews; Locus and BookSense |
| Wednesday, November 10, 2004 |
Ordinary People |
partner’s reactions to Heavenly Creatures, House of Sand and Fog |
| Saturday, November 6, 2004 |
Let Me Say This About That |
thoughts about re-election of Bush; sides; the squishy middle; will of the majority, on matters of fact; imposing morality |
| Tuesday, November 2, 2004 |
Return to Medina Road |
driving home from Arizona |
| Monday, November 1, 2004 |
World Fantasy Winding Down |
panels; judges panel; bloggers; dinners |
| Saturday, October 30, 2004 |
Tempe |
arrived last night, mass autograph party, Ford, Shepard, et al |
| Friday, October 29, 2004 |
Level 5 |
achieved CMMI level 5; leaving for WFC |
| Friday, October 29, 2004 |
Configuration Management |
going to WFC depends on result of CMMI appraisal |
| Friday, October 29, 2004 |
My friend’s neighbor’s brother’s accountant saw a movie star last week… |
rain; cable movie filmed at neighbor’s house all day |
| Friday, October 22, 2004 |
The difference between good and great |
Economist article on reading 132 bks in 147 days; to stand out a novel needs courage, vision, language |
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 |
About the Booker |
Cloud Atlas lost but admire Hollinghurst, whose Line of Beauty won |
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 |
It Does Rain in Southern California… |
storms in LA |
| Sunday, October 17, 2004 |
Checking In, Securly |
now have security certificate on site |
| Monday, October 11, 2004 |
It Was an Honor |
locusmag.com did not win Phantastik prize |
| Friday, October 8, 2004 |
Thursday evening |
checking in |
| Thursday, October 7, 2004 |
Compleat Mystery |
compleat v complete? Security certificate; fraud and stolen mail |
| Tuesday, October 5, 2004 |
Virtual Worlds |
Sky Captain movie; Myst IV |
| Saturday, October 2, 2004 |
Alice in Computerland |
PC problems: Myst IV install; router issues magically resolved |
| Friday, October 1, 2004 |
Recovering/ed |
recovered from cold; catching up; Salon article on Neil Finn; his pendant melody examples |
| Sunday, September 26, 2004 |
September Cold |
have a cold |
| Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
Worldcon Addendum |
David Gerrold also turned away by door Nazi at Losers’ party |
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 |
Air is Here |
several new bks, including new Geoff Ryman |
| Tuesday, September 21, 2004 |
The Sundays |
visited Hammer museum; pet peeve about misleading award claims |
| Sunday, September 19, 2004 |
Sorry, Wrong Ending? |
watching Sorry, Wrong Number; can’t imagine film with this ending being released now |
| Friday, September 17, 2004 |
Unsystematic |
complaints about John Shirley’s roundtable, no one on the ‘right’ accepted |
| Thursday, September 16, 2004 |
Featured Responses |
responses to roundtable; Shirley says invites to right-wing writers were refused |
| Wednesday, September 15, 2004 |
Special Features |
Shirley’s roundtable brought 15K viewers on Sunday |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2004 |
Unwired |
figured out how to activate wireless receiver on laptop |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2004 |
Shopping On and Off Line |
shopped various electronics stores, then ordered online |
| Sunday, September 12, 2004 |
Reading Patterns |
reading entire authors early on; returning to that pattern lately |
| Saturday, September 11, 2004 |
Editorial Non-Meetings |
never met most of my reviewers; not part of LA sf scene |
| Friday, September 10, 2004 |
Return to Villa Medina |
using credit card miles to upgrade |
| Monday, September 6, 2004 |
Conning Around |
panels at con: best bks of year; ‘mixed’ marriages |
| Sunday, September 5, 2004 |
Hugos and Losers |
Hugo ceremony; missed breakfast; barred from Losers’ party |
| Saturday, September 4, 2004 |
Foundation — and Empire? |
Locus Foundation meeting; Locus Awards; Eos party at aquarium; parties |
| Friday, September 3, 2004 |
Blogging from Boston |
in Boston for Worldcon; new laptop w/high speed internet access |
| Saturday, August 28, 2004 |
All Right, I’m Actually Starting to Become Slightly Annoyed |
spam rate abruptly doubled |
| Wednesday, August 18, 2004 |
Title seen while compiling bestsellers |
odd title about some global conspiracy |
| Friday, August 6, 2004 |
Spam |
getting 1200 spam emails a day |
| Thursday, July 29, 2004 |
Hugo Reading |
have read most of hugo nominated short fiction; no new books page |
| Tuesday, July 20, 2004 |
There, I Did It Again |
tweaking of homepage and complaints |
| Monday, July 12, 2004 |
Reader Queries |
about what constitute ‘invalid’ ballots |
| Monday, July 5, 2004 |
Locus Poll Stats #1 |
valid ballots, number that filled out all categories, etc |
| Saturday, July 3, 2004 |
Updating |
Yeong off to China; Wooden Rocket awards |
| Thursday, July 1, 2004 |
Locus Awards Winners |
results posted; staff shakeup this week |
| Monday, June 21, 2004 |
Where We We… |
placing more ads… |
| Tuesday, June 8, 2004 |
Technical difficulties (again) |
DSL down |
| Monday, June 7, 2004 |
Pamphlet Found in a file cabinet |
the Star Wars souvenir program I have from 1977 |
| Wednesday, June 2, 2004 |
Busy Weekend |
quick takes on Troy, The Day After Tomorrow; new KSR; new ads |
| Saturday, May 29, 2004 |
Almost Free |
beginning Gorilla Nation ads |
| Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
Cost Benefits |
responses to comments about amazon commissions, wipeovers |
| Tuesday, May 25, 2004 |
Changes |
PSP quandaray; contract for website ads |
| Monday, May 24, 2004 |
Manga |
browsed manga books sent for review |
| Saturday, May 22, 2004 |
Feedback |
response to feedback, including irritating PC application defaults |
| Friday, May 21, 2004 |
Options |
no comments; new subscription idea? |
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 |
And the winners are… |
locus poll votes in, editing write-in votes |
| Thursday, May 13, 2004 |
About Reviews |
issue about reviewer comments; stupid reviewer tricks |
| Thursday, May 13, 2004 |
Transitions |
transition to CI Host has gone smoothly |
| Saturday, May 8, 2004 |
Progress |
considering dedicated server, CI Host |
| Tuesday, May 4, 2004 |
Alternate Loci |
Locus extended deadline for voting for the poll without telling me |
| Monday, May 3, 2004 |
Votes are in |
voting concluded for locus poll |
| Monday, April 26, 2004 |
Information on the Web |
anatomy of wonder; ideas for ultimate expansions of SF awards index |
| Friday, April 23, 2004 |
And the Hills the Greenest Green |
return from Seattle, with links to places we visited; title is a song lyric (you can look it up) |
| Friday, April 16, 2004 |
Leaving on a Jet Plane |
leaving tomorrow for Seattle |
| Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
Hijackers |
about viruses trying to take over my computer |
| Monday, April 12, 2004 |
Skiffy Flix |
films: notes on Target Earth, and The Angry Red Planet |
| Friday, April 9, 2004 |
Visibility |
awards news, and using Google News |
| Wednesday, April 7, 2004 |
Hugh Goes There? |
news that 2005 Worldcon will have another best website category |
| Friday, April 2, 2004 |
April Foolishness |
reactions to April 1st spoofs; byline anagrams; I was Karl Kerrybot Lem |
| Tuesday, March 30, 2004 |
Mysteries of the Web |
looking at website visits, trying to understand spikes |
| Saturday, March 27, 2004 |
You Are You |
planning Nebulas in Seattle; about expansion pack for computer game URU, figuring it out |
| Monday, March 22, 2004 |
Updates and DownDates |
poll votes so far; not attending ICFA; no word of cat |
| Thursday, March 18, 2004 |
The Known and Unknown Worlds |
this blog’s faults of a good blog; opera notes; website expenses; lost cat — Puss’n’Boots |
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 |
Summer Breeze |
current weather; tweaks to homepage |
| Tuesday, March 9, 2004 |
Lost in Locusland |
fark.com responses to friend’s post of locus recommended reading list; locus awards not at westercon any more |
| Sunday, March 7, 2004 |
It Must have been a year |
LAT reviews Benford! With quotes |
| Saturday, March 6, 2004 |
Genre Recognition |
LA times book awards have category for mystery/thriller, but nothing for sf/f/h |
| Friday, March 5, 2004 |
Straw Dayling Desire |
editing Links Portal; title is allusion to song, not named, but which is by Neil Finn) |
| Wednesday, March 3, 2004 |
Bookstore day |
about current habits of visiting bookstores every Tuesday for what to list on the new books page |
| Friday, February 27, 2004 |
Affiliations and Adaptation |
comments about Hugo categories and whether Locus Online is ‘professional’ and not ‘fannish’ |
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 |
being webbish |
possibility of another hugo website category; my three principles for how websites should take advantage of the medium |
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 |
reading again |
about not reading much shf anymore |
| Friday, February 20, 2004 |
alexa |
example traffic ranking of various major sites |
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
apophenia |
pattern in recent voting |
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
passages, 1: road rage |
passages from two novels about road rage |
| Saturday, February 14, 2004 |
awards db update |
fixed error in locus poll all-time results |
| Friday, February 13, 2004 |
this year’s nebula stats |
posted own version of nebula ballot, with statistics |
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 |
couldn’t help noticing… |
5 of 6 nebula novel nominees are by women |
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
voting options |
voting patterns, ideas to revise poll |
| Friday, February 6, 2004 |
clades |
66 ballots so far; comments |
| Wednesday, February 4, 2004 |
voting early, and often |
online ballot live |
| Tuesday, February 3, 2004 |
technical difficulties, please stand by |
problem getting online locus poll active |
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 |
can read, but not talk |
chest congestion |
| Friday, January 23, 2004 |
another prototype |
another slight tweak on homepage |
| Wednesday, January 21, 2004 |
flu |
home for a few days |
| Wednesday, January 14, 2004 |
further design irritants |
mentioning URL without a link; anonymous sites |
| Tuesday, January 13, 2004 |
design irritants |
I do object to undated content |
| Thursday, January 8, 2004 |
I have some little lists |
overlap between prelim nebula list and locus recommended list |
| Wednesday, January 7, 2004 |
This time for sure |
makeover homepage now posted |
| Saturday, January 3, 2004 |
Makeover draft |
draft complete |
| Wednesday, December 31, 2003 |
Holiday Makeover |
tweaking website, will eliminate what’s new page |
| Monday, December 22, 2003 |
And Razzleberry Dressing |
archive links; compiling data; favorite holiday movie |
| Friday, December 19, 2003 |
Cross Link |
UK books appear on searches on Amazon.com |
| Friday, December 19, 2003 |
Consolidation |
updating awards db with locus poll |
| Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
The ships have come to carry you home |
holiday break; worry about Blogger archives |
| Wednesday, December 17, 2003 |
Databasing |
combining my and bill contento’s db’s of book reviews |
| Tuesday, December 16, 2003 |
Open House |
unpacking, open house last weekend, Jennifer Hall |
| Wednesday, December 10, 2003 |
Bananas |
that favorite Far Side cartoon |
| Friday, December 5, 2003 |
By the Light of the Fireflies |
Google News; essays on site; visitors to site |
| Thursday, December 4, 2003 |
Busy Busy |
stephen king essay; being busy |
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 |
Twenty Oh |
how people pronounce current years; bottom of inbox |
| Friday, November 21, 2003 |
Don’t Blink Now |
tweak to homepage; the autonomy of running the site |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2003 |
Joys of Homeownership |
how we can’t get our cars in the garage, despite new driveway |
| Sunday, November 16, 2003 |
Maybe I Think Too Much |
did not care much for “Love Actually” |
| Saturday, November 15, 2003 |
A moonlit reflection of a boat in the distance |
brief comments; need new video card |
| Friday, November 14, 2003 |
Out of Time |
visiting the bookstore; new driveway; problems installing Uru |
| Tuesday, November 11, 2003 |
Infrastructure |
updating indexes on site; amazon searches; cmmi; uncle died |
| Sunday, November 9, 2003 |
Too Many Books |
disputing charges that sf is in a slump |
| Saturday, November 8, 2003 |
Stupid DSL Tricks |
service outage; example of badly written review; the disappearance of omni online |
| Thursday, November 6, 2003 |
Secret Masters |
locus foundation meeting; set up an email newsletter? |
| Wednesday, November 5, 2003 |
Mail Call |
why it takes so long at the post office |
| Tuesday, November 4, 2003 |
Home again home again |
what we saw in DC, a bit about the WFC banquet |
| Thursday, October 30, 2003 |
Capitol Dome |
two days touring DC |
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 |
Transit to DC |
long day of travel |
| Sunday, October 26, 2003 |
Orange Glow |
fire to the east, more winds |
| Sunday, October 26, 2003 |
Dangerous Blue Sky |
santa ana winds threaten more brush fires |
| Saturday, October 25, 2003 |
Live |
traffic to locus online, etc |
| Friday, October 24, 2003 |
A Different View |
another template change for the blog |
| Wednesday, October 22, 2003 |
Near Term Plans |
Leaving for DC, what will be on the site |
| Monday, October 20, 2003 |
Fresh Face |
setting up the blog |
| Friday, October 17, 2003 |
Inbox watch |
200 emails today |
| Thursday, October 16, 2003 |
This is only a test… |
experimenting with Blogger |
