This document was an attempt to persuade CERN management that a global hypertext system was in CERN’s interests. Note that the only name I had for it at this time was “Mesh” — I decided on “World Wide Web” when writing the code in 1990.
Berners-Lee’s boss thought his proposal was “vague but exciting”. :)
I just received an email from ABEBooks.com, stating that:
The Hugo Awards and the Nebula Awards are the traditional yardsticks for fantasy and science fiction writing. Since 1953 when the Hugos began, (the Nebulas started in 1965) there have been 82 titles awarded one or the other prize – and 19 titles with the distinctive honor of winning both. We’ve listed them all for your perusal.
The Fine Books Company in Rochester, Michigan, is offering first editions of all the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novels for a cool $116,530. From Asimov to Zelazny, every book which won either (or both) award is here. And that’s not all.
The listing includes 126 books, and 95% of them are signed or inscribed, and in fine or better condition.
David Aronovitz, from The Fine Books Company, describes the collection “as a unique gathering of books that has never been offered for sale anywhere before and in all likelihood will never be offered again.”
Some of my favorite books are included:
 by Robert A Heinlein (1962) |
 by Frank Herbert (1965) |
 by Ursula K Leguin (1970) |
 by Philip Jose Farmer (1972) |
 by Arthur C Clarke (1974) |
 by Orson Scott Card (1986) |
See all the Hugo and Nebula winners at ABEBooks…
BAB, the Ikea Baby. From a pdf file the artist created for an expecting friend.
Preston, Dylan and I went to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History yesterday. Preston just loved the Insect Zoo. No way was Dylan going to hold a bug, but it was hard to keep Preston away. He also held a big beetle, but I couldn’t get a picture as I had to help keep Preston from squishing it.
Click any picture below for larger slideshow…
The new Ocean Hall is quite good. Even Dylan was impressed by the giant jellyfish (seen in foreground). Full-size right whale hangs from the ceiling, and videos of ocean scenes line the walls. Lots of informative exhibits about the ocean.
A lot more pictures are viewable via the Photography page (Natural History link)
