About this Site
The history of this web site is varied. For notes and other information about this site, see here and please sign up for weekly email updates at the bottom of this page.
My PGP public key is available here (information about PGP can be obtained from https://www.openpgp.org/) though, to be honest, I very rarely use this.
If you have any concerns or questions about any of this material, please feel free to contact the author by electronic mail at steve [at] stevedrice [dot] net (see social media information at bottom of this page). I will gladly address any comments you may care to provide (suggestions for improvement are ALWAYS welcome!).
Personal Information
Stephen Rice is a systems analyst/computer programmer/product owner/manager currently living in Nantwich, rural Cheshire in England after having lived in London for 13 years and Cambridge (yes, THAT Cambridge in England). More than 10 years ago Steve married Melanie and is tremendously happy.
Previously he was living in The Gambia West Africa as a volunteer for the Department of State for Health and Social Welfare in their Directorate of Planning and Information. He was born in Cambridge, Canada (about an hour from Toronto), living also in Winnipeg for quite a number of years, and Calgary then lived for 4 years in the south of England in Woking and Guildford (both in Surrey county) before buying a house and moving north to Nantwich in Cheshire. In addition to these notable locations, he has lived in various other places and has travelled to many wonderful areas which he hopes he can share with you on this site.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (Honours) from the University of Manitoba.
Memberships
Previous and current memberships:
- Blue Sky Community Networks of Manitoba (now defunct)
- RSPB (The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
World Science Fiction Convention memberships:
- Conadian - Winnipeg World Science Fiction Convention (1994)
- Intersection - Glasgow - 53rd World Science Fiction Convention (1995)
- LA Con 3 - Los Angeles - 54th World Science Fiction Convention (1996)
- LonStarCon 2 - San Antonio - 55th World Science Fiction Convention (1997)
- Buconeer - Baltimore - The 56th World Science Fiction Convention (1998)
- AussieCon 3 - Melbourne - The 57th World Science Fiction Convention (1999)
- TorCon 3 - Toronto World Science Fiction Convention (2003) - Did not attend
- Interaction - Glasgow - 63rd World Science Fiction Convention (2005)
- Nippon 2007 - Japan (Yokohama) World Science Fiction Convention (2007)
- LonCon 3 - London World Science Fiction Convention (2014)
- Dublin 2019 - Dublin World Science Fiction Convention (2019) - See my review here.
- New Zealand 2020 - New Zealand World Science Fiction Convention (2020) - Virtual, see my review here.
- Glasgow 2024 - Glasgow World Science Fiction Convention (2024)
Miscellaneous
Steve has owned a few cars, information about which is available here and he also collects, see Collecting.