The sound of your voice…
Wanted to post that I spent a small part of yesterday listening to the interview I did with Grant Stone on his Faster Than Light Radio Show. It was weird to hear me talking (I know I don’t sound like that), but I didn’t make a complete prat of myself which was at least something. My thanks to Grant for the chance to do the interview.

While I work in online services for a major government department, I don’t have much interest in changing or upgrading software. I’ve been running Internet Explorer forever, use Eudora for email, and use MS Office when I can get away with not paying for it. However, I’ve decided, with the various security problems involved with some MS products, to try a few alternatives. I’m shifting to Mozilla’s Firefox, am upgrading Eudora, and trying out Open Office. It doesn’t hurt that all of this stuff is freeware, or available cheaply, but the main reason is just to see how easy it is to get along without Microsoft. It’s also a preparation for migration to a new home PC, which I hope to buy soon-ish.

Interview
I just did an interview with Grant Stone of The Faster Than Light Radio Show about The Locus Awards. We spoke about assembling the book, the awards, and the state of the field for about 10 or 15 minutes, and it seemed to go very smoothly. Don’t know when it’ll be aired, but the show usually goes out every Thursday morning.

Photos of the family

I took some photos of the kids over the past week. For those interested, here’s a page of them.

Been a long time…
Ego is a fragile thing. Every now and again I put my name into google just to see what comes back. The image below comes from Barb de la Hunty’s website and was taken at Swancon XI way back in early 1986. I was 22, and it feels like a long time ago.