10 Laws of Good Science Fiction
I finished what one of the last pages for the new improved cthreepo.com website. I wrote this the first time around 1999 and then forgot about it. It appeared in a sloppy form on the old website. I complete rewrote it. I moved the inflammatory “No Nazis” law down and put a politically correct law at the top. I got rid of the weaker laws and some of the casual remarks so as to tighten it up. I then listed the laws backwards starting at 10. The website is getting over 1,000 users a day now. The new site layout and ranking have helped quite a bit. I have been “Stumbled” by stumbleupon.com on three different pages. These have been writing pages as well a

Space Hotel Takes Reservations
I had to blog this. It is a very Golden Age of SF idea and very Heinleinesque. (Coincidentally, I started reading Heinlein’s 1942 Beyond This Horizon, this morning.) More recently, William Gibson set the whole second half of Neuromancer in a Space resort circling the earth. It’s $4.4 million for a spot. I’ll wait until the price drops a little before I make reservations. If there is a contest, I will use the entry technique from Heinlein’s Have Spacesuit Will Travel, to make sure I win. SPACE.com — Space Hotel Takes Reservations for 2012 Opening.

Like Walking Through a Graveyard
Every one here at work is depressed because of the political changes. I am guessing that it is because they don’t like the uncertainty. I keep hearing about how 15 years ago a County Executive outsourced the IT department to IBM, which turned out to be a total disaster. Another theme is that the new Executive (I have to memorize his name) will sell off Rye Playland to developers. Playland is one of the projects that keeps my group busy. We do their programming. I haven’t heard from the 9th floor (executive territory) all day. I think everyone is using up their sick days and polishing their resumes. The lawyer types that I deal with will all have to find work after Janu

Bad Night for the Future
There appears to have been a conservative backlash against Obama overnight. The country shifted a ways towards the right in yesterday’s election. There is a huge feeling of resentment on the right. I have heard the “N” word used in my presence several times because I am white and those who used it assume that I would feel as they do. Andy Spano, who I had met and liked years ago because his son is a fellow harmonica player, lost as County Executive of Westchester last night. There are a bunch of people here who I know, and some that I like who are going to lose their jobs in a few months. Spano was a true believer in technology as a way to improve the efficiency

Voted today
I have not often voted in the odd year elections, but my job, working for county government, gives me the day off so I have no excuse. The TV is full of ads for New Jersey governor, and NYC mayor. I live in New York, but upstate, so these ads are just annoyances to me. There has been some small number of ads on the cable channels for Rockland County executive. My mom is friends with the current excutive, but I am a big fan of my Father’s voting strategy. He said that you should vote agains the incumbent. All parties are the same and all candidates are running for office to get their fingers in the public pie. The thing to do is keep anyone from getting good at getting the gr