Sorry to hear about your SPAM problems. I sympathize - I've had similar problems with SPAMBOTS stealing my addresses off my webpage. Anyway, I thought you might want to give your readers another tip: In addition to not replying to SPAM, you should also turn off your HTML graphics, because the loading of images also informs the spammers that your address is valid and that you're reading their SPAM.

Thanks, Dustin. I'm categorically against the death penalty, but I do believe that spammers ought to be lined up against a wall and-- well, have their pants pulled down. Or something. Something demeaning and bad. All right, so a bullet in the head may be a little harsh...

Speaking of China: I'll be in Shanghai next Tuesday, and then Beijing a week and a half later. All in all, a good eighteen days behind the Great Wall, preceded by a brief sojourn to the Philippines. This is turning into my big Asia-year. (Next year: South America! Or possibly the moon.) I'll be working most of the time while I'm over there - top secret stuff, of course; isn't it always? - but I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunities for hijinks and horseplay. And also some touristing. But mostly work. Still, a free trip to China: who could resist? Not even the excruciating pain of a needle in my arse has managed to dampen my boyish enthusiasm. Almost, but not quite.

Oh, and NBT has morphed from C into TSW. Still tinkering with that in-between all the important Dreamfall stuff. It may not be my number one priority, but it's coming. Two letters: E3. (Fingers crossed, etc.)  ¶ 21:56