If you've been here before and are looking to see what (if anything) has
changed since the last time you checked, here's a log of significant
changes and additions, starting with the most recent.
February 9, 2023
- Added a page with the rules for
Venusian Can't Stop.
- Fixed some stale links. (Probably not all.)
January 19, 2023
- Belatedly updated to reflect my retirement in July 2022, as well as updating the cats page to reflect two passing and two recent additions.
July 25, 2021
- Added links to two
player aids
for the Wizards board game.
May 26, 2016
- Added a picture of our most recent cat, Charon,
and one of a rarely seen three-cat convergence.
April 5, 2016
- Updated my work history to reflect leaving Google in 2015.
- Also updated which MMORPGs my wife and I spend time in.
September 26, 2015
November 7, 2013
October 21, 2011
- Posted a new version of our reference sheets for
Wizards, incorporating two new
character classes and assorted lesser changes. The sheets have
been reorganized quite a bit as well.
- Updated the cats page to mark the
passing of one of the kittens we'd adopted the year before. :(
April 3, 2011
- Finally got around to updating the cats
section to reflect the two new kittens who joined the household
mere days after I updated the page to reflect the death of one of our
previous cats.
October 29, 2010
- Updated what games I've been playing since I first wrote that
section, and added an historical note about
Spider.
- Noted that the "corrected" version of my
20 Questions puzzle
has also been cooked, alas.
- Noted the loss of one of our cats, Orlando.
- Noted our younger daughter's departure from the nest.
November 12, 2007
- Updated to reflect Postini's acquisition by Google.
- Added mention of some other on-line games besides EverQuest.
- Dropped the suggestion about contacting me if interested in playing
Phoenix, as there've been no new games
run for some years now.
April 3, 2006
- Updated my work phone and fax, which changed when Postini relocated
from Redwood City to San Carlos.
November 3, 2004
July 30, 2004
December 11, 2003
- Updated the work info to reflect my new job at Postini.
- The General Magic info briefly vanished from the Internet
Archive, which was a bit disconcerting. I added a note on my page
mentioning the problem, but the archived page returned the next
day so I removed the note again.
October 26, 2003
August 15, 2003
- Updated my picture. (The previous picture was over five years old
and didn't include the beard.)
August 4, 2003
- Updated to reflect my leaving PlaceWare.
- The link for General Magic was no longer valid since they closed down,
so I replaced it with a terse explanation and a
link to a site that discusses the company's history.
December 19, 2002
- Updated the cats page to include (a) our recently
acquired kitten, (b) more details, and (c) pictures.
- Added a link to the April Fools Day prank I pulled
on a friend at work.
February 13, 2002
- Updated the Wizards page to reflect
changes in our house rules over the past five years. Also made the
reference sheet available in PDF format.
- Made the dice probability chart available in PDF format
as well as the previously offered PostScript.
November 15, 2001
August 22, 2001
- Fixed link to Rick Adams's
Adventure page.
- Updated reference to cats to reflect that we now have only one.
December 19, 2000
December 3, 2000
- Migrated the page from my work URL to my personal account.
- Added a link to the Phoenix combat
analyser. Restructured the Phoenix-related pages a bit.
June 21, 2000
- Added a link to a chart giving the odds
of rolling various numbers of hits in Titan or similar dice-based games.
December 14, 1999
January 20, 1999
January 18, 1999
October 28, 1998
- Updated the main page to reflect the spinoff
of NaviLinks from
ClariNet.
- Updated information on Phoenix to reflect
the fact that it is no longer being offered commercially.