Recent Changes

Put up in a place
where it's easy to see
the cryptic admonishment
T.T.T.
When you feel how depressingly
slowly you climb,
it's well to remember that
Things Take Time.

Piet Hein

This page lists all recent changes to my web site except for new journal entries, along with a brief description. Some of this information will be repeated in my journal, but more minor changes will only be noted here. An RSS feed of this information is also available.

Also see changes from 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.

February 2019

2019-02-20 — Add Nebula best novel nominees for 2019

Add nominees for best novel for the Nebula Award to be given in 2019 (which is technically called the 2018 Nebula Award).

2019-02-18 — INN 2.6.3

Support Python 3 in embedded filtering and authentication hooks. Fix selection of elliptic curves for TLS. New inn.conf configuration parameter to fine-tune cipher suite selection for TLS 1.3. Return the error message from Python and Perl filter hook rejects to CHECK and TAKETHIS commands. Better logging of failed connection requests.

2019-02-04 — Fix K Arsenault Rivera's last name

Her last name is Arsenault or Arsenault Rivera, since her name uses the Spanish last name convention.

2019-02-02 — Remove changes from December 2018

Remove the changes from December 2018 from the Recent changes page.

January 2019

2019-01-20 — Review: New York 2140

Review of New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson.

2019-01-15 — Review: Aerial Magic Season 1

Review of Aerial Magic Season 1 by walkingnorth.

2019-01-13 — Review: The Wonder Engine

Review of The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher.

2019-01-12 — DocKnot 2.00

Move docknot functionality to new docknot generate command, change the arguments, and add defaults. Add new generate-all command. Move generate functionality to a new App::DocKnot::Generate module. Add a separate TESTING section for Perl modules, and always add Lancaster documentation even to custom TESTING sections.

2019-01-09 — Review: Bright Earth

Review of Bright Earth by Philip Ball.

January 2018

2018-01-06 — Add 2018 nominees for the John W. Campbell award

Add the nominees for the 2018 John W. Campbell Memorial Award. (The winner was previously added elsewhere, but not the nominees.)

2018-01-06 — Add James Nicoll's 100 SF/F Books You Should Consider Reading

Add James Nicoll's 100 SF/F Books You Should Consider Reading in the New Year, published on Tor.com, with links to reviews and ratings where I've read the book.

2018-01-05 — Add additional award winners

Add the winner of the 2017 BSFA Award for best novel (awarded in 2018, and thus marked as 2018 for my purposes): The Rift, by Nina Allan. Add the winner of the 2018 Prix Aurora Award for best novel: Jade City, by Fonda Lee. Add the winner of the 2018 Sunburst Award for adult fiction: The Bone Mother, by David Demchuk.

January 2019

2019-01-01 — Rotate 2018 changes

Move all web site changes from 2018 to a separate page and remove all entries older than December of 2018 from the current changes page.

2019-01-01 — 2018 reading in review

Add an overview of my 2018 reading, main book recommendations, and reading statistics.