http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summaryMon, 13 Nov 2006 14:17:03 +0000http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/index.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)Blogger115http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/116342802365448636Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:21:00 +00002006-11-13T14:27:03.655ZWhat's cool: I saw via Technorati that Raph Koster, author of "A Theory of Fun", has linked to my blog (in the 'Hugo Meme') What's not so cool: I've now had a load of comment-spam, so I have now limited commenting to blogger members, and I have enabled word verification and moderation.http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/11/whats-cool-i-saw-via-technorati-that.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/116324084395386036Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:25:00 +00002006-11-11T10:27:23.970Z I'm having new windows installed. Yesterday they replaced all the windows upstairs - they will do the ground floor on Monday. The work they have done so far seems to be good quality, but I was a bit annoyed that they have left this pile of old windows in the front garden when they left.http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/11/im-having-new-windows-installed.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/115130994184978961Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:18:00 +00002006-06-26T08:19:49.086ZHugo meme, after Moonshadow and Sunkitten Which Hugo-winning novels have I read? (in bold) 2005 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke 2004 Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 Hominids, Robert J. Sawyer 2002 American Gods, Neil Gaiman 2001 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling 2000 A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge 1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/06/hugo-meme-after-moonshadow-and.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114520302680553755Sun, 16 Apr 2006 15:25:00 +00002006-04-16T15:58:04.110ZI first developed my taste for traditional swords-and-sorcery fantasy with the classics like T.H.White's Once and Future King, Tolkien, and Fritz Leiber's Swords series. There were so many authors jumping on the bandwagon in the 80s and 90s with fantasy trilogies that it became difficult to find the really good work. There has been some good work, and I did put together a list a couple of years http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/04/i-first-developed-my-taste-for.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/110218729755519550Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:08:00 +00002006-04-03T12:37:57.453Z I have now finished reading Neal Stephenson's Baroque Trilogy: Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World. They are highly recommended - Stephenson brings to life a time in which Alchemy developed into Chemistry, Maths developed into Calculus, Banking developed into Finance, and a lowly Vagabond develops into a Swashbuckling AntiHero - with a ton of Gold.Tags: stephenson, baroque http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2004/12/i-have-now-finished-reading-neal.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114055693471305300Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:22:00 +00002006-04-02T10:19:11.216ZPhotos on this Blog When I started writing this blog I intended it to be notes about programming and software engineering, but I found that the level of confidentiality in my work means that I find it difficult to find anything I can safely write about. Since becoming more involved in photography, I decided to post some of my favourite photos from contacts on flickr. This serves a couple of http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/02/photos-on-this-blog-when-i-started.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114375622020330323Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:03:00 +00002006-04-02T10:14:48.390ZCongratulations to my friend Dominic Green who has been nominated for a Hugo Award for his story "The Clockwork Atom Bomb". The story is currently available to download from Interzone Technorati Tags: dominic, hugo, interzone, storyhttp://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/03/congratulations-to-my-friend-dominic.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114055773495055983Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:35:00 +00002006-03-14T20:19:26.383ZThe Seven Basic Plots I'm about three-quarters of the way through Christopher Booker's "The Seven Basic Plots: why we tell stories" I never liked English Literature as a subject at school, but since then I've come to love mythology and fantasy fiction. The idea of Storytelling has some small relevance to my work as well. In the first part of the book, Christopher Booker explains his idea of the http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/02/seven-basic-plots-im-about-three.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114104647050270856Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:21:00 +00002006-03-14T20:17:49.483Z Flickr Cambridge 1, originally uploaded by peter2403. Peter's photo of me taking a photo of him at the first Cambridge Flickr meeting - at the Fort St George yesterdayTags: flickr, cambridge, fortstgeorgehttp://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/02/flickr-cambridge-1.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114182125627806200Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:34:00 +00002006-03-14T20:16:56.960ZWallace Woo? " With while the work which is thought being many, just the excellent work! It is foreboding of hit! In simplicity operation colorful action! Furthermore every reproducing one town roundly completely The mini- game and collection et cetera such as thing and 2 human simultaneous cooperation plays which are full With the ?, the child together, you think long in coming from now! The http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/03/wallace-woo-with-while-work-which-is.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114228062287835818Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:10:00 +00002006-03-14T20:15:32.460Z John Crowley is one of my favourite authors - his "Little, Big" is one of my all-time favourite novels. His latest book is "Lord Byron's Novel - the Evening Land". According to Mary Shelley's introduction to Frankenstein, one evening in June 1816, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley and Dr Polidori met at Villa Diodati near lake Geneva. After a ghost story, Byron suggested they all write ahttp://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/03/john-crowley-is-one-of-my-_114228062287835818.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114236706598344452Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:04:00 +00002006-03-14T20:13:21.763ZVia The Daily Grind - and Gia, I found this Greasemonkey script to help add Technorati tags when creating a Blogger post.Tags: quernstone, gia, greasemonkey, technorati, bloggerhttp://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/03/via-daily-grind-and-gia-i-found-this.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114086666785891566Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:24:27 +00002006-02-25T11:24:28.450Z penjual, originally uploaded by Farl. "The ordinary becomes exotic to first time visitors of Bali. In here, the bamboo wicker, the heavy weighing scale, the strange fruit, the traditional robes- all add to the allure. As a frequent visitor to this magical place, I find Bali special for their way of life, on how they manage to keep the old and imbibe the new.Farl's photos give us a virtual http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/02/penjual.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114082223576161868Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:03:55 +00002006-02-24T23:03:55.810Z Old Rocker, originally uploaded by notarivs. Black-and white street photos from Barcelona are only one style from Notarivs' work - go and have a look at some of his other photos in his streamhttp://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/02/old-rocker.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3376772/posts/summary/114071716010438045Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:52:40 +00002006-02-23T17:52:40.153Z Noa, originally uploaded by carpeicthus. An excellent photo (as usual) from Ryan Brenizer, a New York photojournalist.http://www.hchalkley.co.uk/blog/2006/02/noa.htmlhchalkley@ntlworld.com (Howard Chalkley)