Erf has pointed out to me that it would be convenient
to provide links to previous reviews when reviewing
something that’s part of a series. Well, that’s a
lot of work for every review, so I put in a heck of a
lot of work today, and created this
list of every review we’ve written since adopting
the 42 point schemes. I’ll add links to the relevant
areas in my review templates, so the past reviews
will be relatively easy to track down. I hope it’ll
help readers keep track of our past reviews, as I
expect it to help me. The list of stuff I may be
potentially reviewing is still here,
and theangrymob’s list is still here.

Due to unforseen technical difficulties, some comments have been resurrected from beyond the grave.

I typoed a database update, and a couple hundred comments from about three years ago were updated so that the database thinks those comments were made today.

Shouldn’t hurt anything, but it might look weird (especially if you look at the stats page and see a bunch of comments made on articles from three years ago.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Let’s face it, folks, this site is kinda ugly.
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This is story number 1000 on this site. The authors each have a little something to say. If you have any specific requests for what you want us to do in the future, this is probably the best place to ask for them.
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On behalf of everyone here at Bureau42.com, I’d like to wish all our readers an awesome holiday and a fantastic new year!

Read on for the sordid saga of “why bureau42.com wasn’t available for most of the day”.
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At some point over the weekend, the database server got toasted, and everything posted after about noon on Sunday was non-recoverable. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”

So now, my New Years’ resolution is to get even better backups in place. How about you? What are you looking forward to this year – Star Wars II, Harry Potter II, Lord of the Rings II, or something that doesn’t have a Roman numeral behind it?

Assuming I can get the weekend off, I’ll be at Archon 25 in a couple of weeks. They’ve got a list of Guests of Honor longer than I am tall, gaming, and fun for everyone. Vote for this site if you feel kind and generous; you don’t even have to attend the con (though anyone who’s even close to Saint Louis better be there).

A couple of people have been emailing me with messages along the lines of “hey, my screen’s full of errors instead of informative news-y goodness.” Details follow.
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It’s time once again for Dave’s vaguely-incoherent ramblings on recent updates to the site, and for you to provide your feedback. “Read more” and “Post a comment,” preferably in that order.
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