Fandoms being reviewed (not final)

...would be most appreciated and will probably speed up the winnowing process once nominations have closed. In some cases I may just have to roll a random number generator and make an arbitrary decision to speed the process along; I hope this won't be necessary, but you never know. 30 Rock - not...

... left me sullen and dripping on some random Parisian boulevard with five hours to waste,...play a little mathematical game. Using the Fibonacci sequence as a random number generator, I decided that each left or...by the parity of the next Fibonacci number, which would lead me to a ... the 3, I'd ride a number of transfer stations equal to the ... to the outside too, with a number of long tables. What I found ...

the prompts are off!

With the help of an online random number generator, I've randomly assigned the prompts and just sent them off to everyone.  Drop me a line (jsnyder at snycock dot com) if you don't get yours by tomorrow.  Happy planning and writing!

Recent times.

...position on illumination and accepted the traditional view of "light = good". Of course, my sleep "cycle" still seems to be governed by a particularly capricious random number generator, so that means I'm awake for a lot of dark hours that I need to find positive ways to cope with -- such as tonight, when...

Expanding Horizons

... the newbie and we saved the world from tentacular devourment. Some reflections: The purpose of the exercise is collaborative story creation (with a random-number generator thrown in to stop things getting stale), not tactical problem-solving as such. I partly understood this going in, but hadn't fully ...

Maybe I should use a random number generator to pick a laptop?

I would be more consistent then. Seriously. Now I'm thinking I can live without two hard drives and a 17" laptop. And go with the XPS1645 which is cheaper but also has the better GPU: RADEON HD 4670, and is easier to get at the heatsink (First thing I will do with ANY system is replace the shit thermal grease that Dell user's with something decent. My biggest problem is that I can't decide what...

Using the Random Nations Generator, Part II

..., active personality. But maybe a number of the Protectorates are descended ... as there's a separate generator with a whooping 107 seeds, ... the final part of the generator - the history of the locale.... many former "Oprichniks" (the fourth random entry) who would have been ... ideas and concepts that the generator has provided - and I have ... and suggestions for the Random Nations Generator, I am all ears!

Using the Random Nations Generator

... how to use the Random Nations Generator at the Arcana Wiki...entries which feed into the generator. For this demonstration, I will...that the city has a number of very different factions - political...in the underground. The next generator lists cultural influences - cultures which...used as seeds in this generator likely won't be very...with future uses of the generator. I get: Royal Navy Russian...

We have a winner!

... five participants who checked in, four of whom did reviews in various places, and one of whom rated me on Fictionwise. So without further ado, the random number generator announces that the winner is… Lexie ! Lexie, please send me email with your preferred book vendor so I know where to get you your gift certificate ...

Happy Halloween

... site. Here is a link to said site . I will be putting the names into boxes picking the winners some time after midnight. I thought about using a random number generator, but I like the idea of choosing them by hand. At this point there are only a few entries for either of the contests, which is a bit ...