On the way towards universal donors

If your blood type is O-negative, you may feel a bit like a vampire's victim every time you volunteer to donate a pint...

A universal blood donor technology is now closer to market. 

(thanks Steve Burnett!)

Comments

[Steve B]

You are entirely welcome.

[Baby Jinx]

Oh, my goodness! I didn't think you were going to be blogging _Dracula_ this year, and I missed the whole thing. I'm so sorry! One of the great pleasures in my life is reading _Dracula_ in real time with other readers around the world. If you do it again in 2008, I promise that I'll be there.

[Bryan Alexander]

It's great to see you again, B. Jinx. I don't know if I'll do it again next year.

[Baby Jinx]

I don't know how much effort it takes on your part. I once tried to "blog" _Dracula_ to alt.vampyres, and I quickly learned that it took nine months of dedicated effort. I was traveling for part of the time and had to stop at a library each day just so that I could post each day's entry. I hope you do it again. If so, I promise that I will hype it everywhere I can. Reading _Dracula_ in real time is a fantastic experience, and I'd like to see others drawn into it.

[Bryan Alexander]

It's a bit of work, Baby J. It's easier than the first time, because the material is now in the blog.

Do you think we'd get enough commenting next time?

[Baby Jinx]

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Hard to predict. You need a mix of both experienced and novice readers of _Dracula_, some to ask the questions, others to answer and to point out some of the unthought-of and/or unanswered questions. Finding these people is difficult, since Usenet is almost dead and most vampire-related websites either do not allow advertizing or you have to be a member in order to advertize a blog. Perhaps if there was a strong campaign starting in February to alert people to the blog, more readers could be drawn in. I'd be willing to announce it to places where my name is known.