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“Freeware stopwatch, alarm clock and countdown utility for Mac” (Sweet! Now I don’t need to buy an egg timer…)
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via Orion magazine
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via PCPhoto Magazine (via kheiligh - thanks!)
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via Ecstatic Days :: I’ve seen this before… but it’s funny every time
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via OMNIVORACIOUS
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via B^2
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via LifeHacker :: (Windows-only…?)
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via LifeHacker
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@B^2
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via Slashdot :: looks like an interesting review of a book about the use of Second Person narrative (esp. w/r/t/ games and gaming)
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via OMNIVORACIOUS :: noted: still need to add the Del Ray book to GoodReads.com (it’s not there yet…)
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via LifeHacker
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via Writing Forward :: a potentially interesting writing exercise
How can you expect
a happy end in a book
where Hitler still reigns?
Though a bit slower to start than I expected, Farthing was (overall) an outstanding allegory on fascism disguised as an alternate history novel disguised as a murder mystery. By the time you’re about one-quarter to one-third of the way through it, you will have trouble putting it down. The attention to the language is excellent and author Jo Walton pays peculiar attention to certain banalia like apparel, cooking, and eating. Read the rest of this entry »
