OS/2 eZine

16 September 2000

Christopher B. Wright is the Editor in Chief of OS/2 eZine, a title he tried to duck for many months with little success. When he's not working on OS/2 eZine (what? he's not supposed to have any other jobs!) he works on his web comic strip, Help Desk.

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From the Editor

I didn't get a chance to go to Warpstock this year. It's been that kind of month.

And now that it's publication time, I'm sure you're all curious what's going to break this time. Well, I can say with much enthusiasm (and even more fervent hope) that, apparently, nothing will. Last month was excessively annoying and difficult, and other than the emotional scarring I received when I was suddenly unable to access any of my data due to some strange problem or other, I'm "much better now." And OS/2 eZine is back in form. Well, a form. It has a form, of some kind. Maybe.

Last month was useful for many respects. For the last few months, people have been sending me emails that the archives were all screwed up, and I couldn't figure out what they were talking about. Well, I realized that with each issue I was writing over some of the files needed for the earlier issues, which meant that many of our most recent past issues were inaccessible. That has, for the most part, been fixed. I suspect that by the time you're reading this, it will have been completely fixed, but I don't want to make any blanket promises at this point.

I was very disappointed that I wasn't able to attend Warpstock. I hadn't been able to attend WarpTech due to lack of funds, and I'd been looking forward to attending at least one OS/2 event... however, when Warpstock rolled around I still suffered from a lack of funds. However, some of the OS/2 eZine writers were there.

So this month, we will have some articles on Warpstock for your enjoyment, but because it ended the weekend before this issue was published, they're going to come in drips and drabs. Pete Grubbs makes his return to OS/2 eZine with a new installment of his now annual "corner a hapless Warpstock attendee and don't let them leave until they answer 20 questions," which was my favorite part of the Warpstock reports last year. He managed to corner six people, and we'll be posting one a month. Also, we should have some pictures and a report on the Odin session at Warpstock.

Incidentally, if you'd like to send us your thoughts on how Warpstock went, we will post them. Send me a report, and I'll add it to the section after a quick edit.

Lest you think that's all we have for you, however, we also have one of the remaining two reviews I didn't manage to put up last month (quiet, you, and you know who you are), the two reviews I DID put up last month (since I put them up very, very late), a review of FURI by ShyGuy. Also, two new series show up this month -- Ray Tennenbaum will explain to everyone who owns a Palm Pilot how they can use it with their OS/2 machine, and Simon Gronlund, along with continuing is Into Java series, starts a new set of articles for anyone who wants to learn how to create their own web pages.

Have fun. Use the forums. Talk to us.

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