Looks like I made all the right connections with John Sowa the first time I blogged him, despite finding the VUB connection a surprise just a few days ago.
(A propos of nothing much, got a 10 minute direct (non search engine) hit on that 2003 link from someone in Minnesota last night.)
Must get this blog internally categorised and cross-linked – come on Blogger, or I may have to shift to MT after all.