Last updated 9 /
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Last updated 9 /
23 / 3
The Index to F/SF Texts portion of the Hourwolf Web site will undergo a makeover ere long. The Periodicals section needs severe updating, and I'm going to lose the Excerpts page and the Revisions page. Important notes about revisions will be found here, instead.
Different colored button to the left of the title indicates the type of link. Green indicates an FTP or Gopher site, blue is HTML text and red is an illustrated page. This system is passé. Most browsers will call up the appropriate client for obtaining the text whatever the URL. Therefore, I'm considering keeping the color code, but having it indicate the form; novels, short story, poetry, etc.
More importantly, I'd like to make the listings more index-like. Ideally, I'd like to have an expandable listing -- for example, clicking on B will show those authors; click on the author and see the links to their works; etc. Sadly, this is not easy to do in standard HTML, and most of searches through the Web have not turned up a useful template or Java (or Javascript) program I can use. But something will occur, even if it's only a series of alphabetical tabs across the top.
Right now, Y'm concentrating on fixing the broken links, and restoring thoise that were removed by providing links from The Internet Archive -- an amazing resource.
Some time back, I was lucky enough to land a radio commercial. After some 30+ years in radio, someone thought they'd actually pay to use my voice. It was also of interest to me, as I worked as a talent residuals clerk in several talent agencies which specialized in voiceovers. This time, I was able to go through the audition process and get a taste of what it's all about. Imagine my surprise when I got the job! Of course, the dot.com I was hired for didn't last as long as the commercials themselves. Nevertheless, a talented actor named Sam Guncler and I did 5 spots. You can hear one of them (in MP3 format) by clicking here, FWIW. (Note--this is 650 K in size. You may want to right-click on the link to save the file to your disk, first.)
I am, of course, always updating links to my professionally written articles. Most are for print magazines, but since I write about the computer industry, these do tend to appear online. However, most of my professional journalism is now spent in editing; not writing. If you're a professional in the field, I hope you will visit.
Possible new modules for this site (if I can eke out the time to create and maintain them) may include a list of review books received; a thread-based discussion area, either utilizing sff.net's newsgroups or else the feature built into FrontPage; the David J. Alsberg Memorial site; a screen (I'm trying to avoid using the misnomer of "page") of reciprocal links; and an index (as opposed to the Table of Contents) for Scrap Paper Review.
I always appreciate your feedback, both positive and negative,
'long with any suggestions or requests you may have. Typos, color choices, pages that take too long to load, navigation issues, etc., are all relevant. You can send e-mail by clicking here, and there are other e-mail opportunities throughout the site.
I hope to update the site more frequently, so come back soon!
Best,
Jim
