Where are my manners? I owe a debt of gratitude to Faithful Mentor NTodd for his off-screen advice and editing of the picture of Sam that now graces this blog above the “Links” sidebar. And the man is no slouch when it comes to taking his own photos, too.

It took me several false starts to get it placed correctly, but what do you expect from a guy whose last foray into writing computer code was in 1968 using FORTRAN on a DEC PDP-8/S?