So, for Christmas I received from my parents a Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor, which I have to say, is a pretty nifty little gadget. They got me the wi-fi only one, which is fine-for work I tend to go around with a Verizon MiFi in my laptop bag anyway, so I’m not that concerned (at this point) with all of my portable electronic devices being 3G-capable ( Read more... )

On a lighter note…

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who’ve read 6 and force books upon them.
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Heat index of 103? 105?

Yeah, just a little too much for tappu to take, without A/C. We had been hoping to hold off on central air for the rest of this summer... but it's just been too ridiculously hot. So we're biting the bullet, and I have a few folks coming out to give estimates. Coincident with that, our internet has just gotten intolerably ( Read more... )

So, I just finished Gene Wolfe's The Wizard Knight duology ( Read more... )