The number of times I have had to click to read more of a Facebook discussion thread with about 110 comments is amazing. I must be on at least 20 clicks on "more" on the individual posting view page and I'm not even finished.

This is very tedious and a strong example of how Facebook just don't make a usable communication platform.

Hugo Awards voting closes on Friday 31st.

Don't forget to vote if you can! You can vote if you are a supporting or attending member of the current Worldcon (Sasquan).

There's a lot of crap in the nominations this year and some brilliant work. Vote for what you like best!

(Edited to fix who can vote)

Bayreuth is a small town in Bavaria, dominated by its opera house devoted to Wagner and the Wagnerian dramas played out there.

Occasionally they also have performances of opera.

He who pays the piper, calls the tune.

I suspect several people I know are having a bad day at work today ( Read more... )

While re-ripping some of my older CDs to round out the music collection in my car, I have recently found that several of my mid-1990s CDs are suffering CD rot. Mostly due to oxidation from a flawed outer edge seal, as far as I can tell.

So far replacements have been available on eBay or Amazon. So far :-/

What a life!

It works well to add a small amount of Limoncello to a large stiff Gin & Tonic.

So this week we have had the last substantive challenge to universal US healthcare overturned, and same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 US states. It may take a while for these things to be fully implemented, but they now seem inevitable.

I am very pleased.

I am very excited to hear that the Philae cometary lander has woken up and initiated radio contact.

New Horizons is now close enough for better-than-Hubble images and it will only improve until July 14, closest approach.

This will be a very exciting summer of space probes.