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08/07/2001 Archived Entry: "Busy busy busy"

Yes, I did get back five days ago. However, I do have some decent excuses for not making any posts this time; first off, the jet lag from Seattle is pretty horrendous. Secondly, I have written up a nice long trip report although there are some details and other stuff I need to add before I can upload it. Thirdly, I got the Mars maps yesterday which obviously was a cause for joy and made the whole of Monday a bit of a write-off as I had to send off far too many emails to people and set up a webpage where you can buy the maps.

[Self-plug: Buy one now! Only $18 including P&P! The money goes to a good cause!]

Fourthly, I've been working pretty intensively on the New Mars online magazine for the last few days, whose editorship I picked up a while back. Now, seeing as I calculated the other day that given my present commitments, I wouldn't be able to do anything else that was remotely important, it's definitely a good thing that the whole A.I. web game thing has just wrapped up, thus freeing up time for me to spend on New Mars.

My plan with New Mars is to get everything on the website running as smoothly and automated as possible (which has necessarily taken a bit of time to get right so far) and then, after getting a few new articles in the magazine - not including the re-released articles - start recruiting section editors, columnists, tech people and reporters to help out. Delegation is the key insight (just like hexapodia. Sorry, in-joke...)

Apart from all of that, life is generally good and to be honest, I'd probably go insane if I wasn't busy all of the time.