For awhile, I ran contests among the readership, with various little “games” to play.
Trivia
Roto-Reuter
Every once in a while I get a note asking why I use the credit “(Reuter)” instead of “(Reuters)”.
Another Myth Dispelled
This is Not an Emergency: I’ve had quite a few hysterical people send me an ‘urgent’ notice that “we” “must” flood the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in order to make it known that we Do Not Want to allow the telephone companies to be able to charge by the minute for Internet access.
Happy Birthday, Hal!
Take a moment on Sunday to send your best wishes to the HAL 9000 computer, which was supposedly brought to consciousness on January 12, 1997 in Urbana, Illinois.
The First Hundred
This week Jordan becomes the 100th country (that I know of) on my distribution list, less than two years after the publication’s launch.
True Joins the Web
Nearly a year old, This is True didn’t even have a web site until this week.
Amazing Factoid
The first non-story commentary to appear in the newsletter: