Susan writes about Los Angeles and the 10th anniversary of the riots (scroll down). She also notes that the LA Weekly has an article with eyewitness accounts in the sidebars… Don’t forget to go back to the top of her … Continue reading →

More podium time I wasn’t expecting to give a presentation this year, but, at the last minute my co-author was unable to. He did the ceramics analysis that was central to the project, so it was only right that he … Continue reading →

[several typos have been corrected. while I was at it, I caused some tenses to agree as well--h] I am not leaving town again. Ever. While I was in Carson City, Nevada, Ian came down with the croup (I have … Continue reading →

Steven at Ethel commenting on this report in Forbes: WALL STREET BANDITS UNDER FIRE “Wall Street is qualitatively no different than Las Vegas. You’re gambling money to try to make more money. If the casinos weren’t honest and the proles … Continue reading →

Thanks for confirming my suspicion, Martin. Doc’s Googlewog really touched me. “”Are you afraid your tadpole is going to die?” “Yes.” After a pause, he added, “What can we do?” “We could let him go out in the stream out … Continue reading →

Tomorrow night may just work out to get together with Scott. Some humor: This clears some things up. [Cam] TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY [Got Caliche?] http://www.sirc.org/publik/gossip.shtml The subject of gossip is increasingly attracting the attention of researchers in social psychology, anthropology, … Continue reading →

Bruce Sterling’s closing speech at CFP2002. [genehack] Update to the Apple Computers promote Godless Darwinism and Communism link I noted earlier (Serious or satire?): "It appears that this was too outrageous to be true. Thanks, Timothy, for reporting it turns … Continue reading →

Ian is six months old today (he was born on 21 October, 2001). “Bush Policies Have Been Good to Energy Industry.” [garret] Happy day before Earth Day, 2002. sputter, sputter, twitch We will figure something out, Scott. One of the … Continue reading →

There are several blogs1 I no longer go to on a regular basis because they don’t ping the weblogs.com server when they update (note: this is their personal choice, which I support). This keeps me in a small part of … Continue reading →

It is good to see posts from Andrea. I know she is very busy now that she has graduated and doesn’t have much of a chance to blog. sounds familiar… The 2002 Hugo nominees have been announced. [Dori at Backup … Continue reading →