Can you see me now?

Welcome to this week's Reno News & Review.

As I type this, the Biggest Little Best of Northern Nevada is reaching its conclusion. The results are tabulated, the editorial staff here knows the winners, and everything has been through one layer of proofing. I'm looking forward to seeing it on newsprint. But, since you're holding it in your hands, you already know better than I do whether our somewhat experimental three-dimensional technique worked. I know it looks great online, but newsprint is a funny, spongy medium.

I got the idea two years ago when I saw an image on Howard Goldbaum's office door at the University of Nevada, Reno done with this technique, which is called an anaglyph. It's been so long I can't remember for sure what it was, but I think it was a train. It came back to me when, toward the end of the spring semester, he posted a photo on Facebook by a student, Katie Romanko, of the John Mackay statue on the campus. Swearing Howard to secrecy, I told him of my idea for this year's Best Of and asked if he knew anyone who could pull it off. He said Katie, the very one who shot the picture of Mackay, was my huckleberry.

Katie is awesome, and she's going to be a great reporter someday. She didn't quit, even when circumstances and technology warranted multiple shoots and reprocessing of the photos. I hope you're seeing great evidence of her hard work. Gehrig Fry of Rainbow Symphony was another friend we came across during this process. He consulted on his own time and at no charge to help us with this. Truly an awesome person. And also, thanks to Nevada's QB Cody Fajardo for gracing our cover.

But enough about 3-D. I don't want to jinx it. Thanks to everyone else who worked crazy hard for this issue: The RN&R sales and editorial teams, operations giant John Bisignano and design maven Hayley Doshay. Congratulations to all you winners, and thanks to you readers who make this all possible.