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Sigh.

Arthur C. Clarke has died.

Yet another writer from the greatest era of Science Fiction is gone. Want to know how I feel about it? Go pick up Harlan Ellison’s short story collection -  "Angry Candy" - and read Harlan’s introduction.

Good bye Sir Clarke, you are missed.

I’m such a fan of anything that serves it’s purpose exceptionally…

Beyond the cuteness of the little wiener dog chasing the ball, check out the awesome action on the tennis-ball-throwing robot. It knows when a ball is in place, draws the shot and fires. The dog ain’t bad either. He knows how to get the ball in ‘just so’ and will even take it out if it’s not right (notice that the robot resets as soon as the ball is removed). Maybe it’s just me cuz I have dogs, but this little robot solves its challenge beautifully.

For A Safe and Happy Holidays with Loved Ones

So I got home from Holiday traveling to find that I’ve been tagged in the irrepressible blog-tag game by long-time friend and more recently colleague, Eric T. Peterson.

With very little preamble and no ado, here are 5 things you might not know about me:

1. the “A” in A. Clinton Ivy - it doesn’t stand for Any Clinton Ivy nor is it A of {A, B, C, or D} … much to my wife’s chagrin who would much rather send a clone on business trips. No, it stands for Albert - Albert Clinton is a family name. However, I’ve been Clint for so long (longer than I can remember) that I used to be horribly embarrassed when a new teacher would invariably use Albert instead of Clint. That’s no longer the case but if you call out ‘Albert’ and expect me to respond, you’ll be disappointed.
2. I was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and am thusly adverse to left-hand turns ;~), and am addicted to green and red chile (don’t even think of spelling it ‘chili’ - that’s some sort of stew with beans and meat that Texans and Chicagoans make). Every trip home I have to eat at Blake’s Lotaburger for a green chile cheeseburger, Dion’s Pizza for a slice or two, smothered in green chile and either Los Cuates, Papa Felipe’s or Garcia’s for Enchiladas with red chile.
3. I have a son, Michal (almost 7) who loves the Grand Canyon, NASCAR, Monster Trucks and Skyscrapers
4. I won an internet advertising campaign award in 2003
5. Obligatory: I studied classical languages (greek and latin), creative writing and biological anthropology in college - yep three things that have absolutely nothing to do with web analytics

So whom shall I tag…?

Mom, who has a blog and is WAY more interesting than I am

Chris Gemignani at Juice Analytics

Andrea Wiggins, whom I met at Emetrics last spring

George Sfarnas, author of Being Five, because I love the comic

Guy Kawasaki - why not?