I’ll let you in on a little secret.When I first met Mike Hinman and Airlock Alpha, I was the scifi columnist for another website, and I had just written a piece in I which criticized SyFy’s Genre Awards.In response, I received my share of brickbats and hate mail from a variety of directions–but not from Mike himself. Although we agreed to disagree on the matter, Mike conceded I made some good points and thought the column was well-written.After that, we struck up an online acquaintance in which we’d chat on various message boards and such. From the beginning, I was impressed by Mike’s even-handedness and thoughtfulness.So about a year ago, when I was shopping for a new home for ER&RL, Mike was the first one I contacted. I was thrilled when he jumped at the chance to host the column. He promised …