Wednesday 4 November 1998

Oooh! My Iomega zip drive fell down and struck its head, and needed some plugging, unplugging and several restarts before it worked again. (Zip drives, for any not in the know, are storage peripherals for computers and occasionally cameras. Something like a cross between a harddisk and a diskette/floppy. Nothing like zippers at all.)
Finished reading The Unreasoning Mask today. I was not pleased with the very end of the book. As I saw there were few pages left, I wondered how Farmer would clinch the ending. He did not, in my opinion. While the end was in character, as we say in roleplaying, it was also (and mainly) cheating the reader. As usual, I guess, Farmer is better at asking questions than answering.
Seeing as text takes up almost no space, I am re-organizing my diary back issues to date rather than weekday. I hope to extend the range of my back diaries, in the vain presumption that some overly curious soul drop in who is not content with a week of ramblings. I also consider putting the retired diaries on a page of their own, tentatively called "The Diary Farm" since that's where they'll go when they buy the farm.
Winter is drawing near. It's cold outdoors now, on the verge of freezing.