First, there was LibraryThing.  Then, there was Facebooks's Visual Bookshelf. And now... there is GoodReadsBefore anyone gets the wrong idea, I'm listing the various book cataloging services  that I've tried (and abandoned) in the order that I've tried (and abandoned) them ( Read more... )

My closest RL friend has just given birth to a baby boy and, less than an hour old, the kiddo already has pictures up on Facebook. (Congrats to kiddo's mom and dad!)

It just occurred to me that 15-20 years from now, when kiddo's dating-- the whole  "share embarrassing baby pictures to your potential significant other" is going to take on a ( Read more... )

The date's in: Yahoo! Geocities is closing for good on October 26, 2009,

They announced the intention early this year, but I was waiting for the final leg, somewhat confident that they would give some means for us to save our website when they finally nailed down a due date. I got an email yesterday, and I quote:

"To quickly download your published ( Read more... )

Wee!

FireFox 3 is a'coming!

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Sept 2006. In Aug 2007, the doctors told him that it was likely he had "three to six months of good health left." He's still fighting, but what's most admirable is how. This is a man who knows the value of time and making the most of it, however much he's given ( Read more... )

The SBs have a neat section on their blog where readers help each other identify/recall that long lost romance read in years gone by, where all you can remember is that the heroine stubs her pinky toe, and the hero had rippling muscles. Kidding, kidding. (But to be honest, the "all I can remember is..." column is the best part ( Read more... )

Stolen from krisw: Breastfeeding Mother Sentenced to Jail for Postponing Jury Duty

Like I commented on krisw's original post, my jaw hit the floor on this one.

Most mind-boggling quote of the week/month/whatever:
Brian Frosh, Chair for the Maryland Senate Judicial ProceedingsCommittee, said [a law to excuse nursing mothers with children under the age of ( Read more... )

Hmmm... looks like DearReader.com is setting up a service that's similar to LibraryThingNow, I haven't been to LibraryThing in ages. And this new service feels extremely brand-spanking alpha-ish. But anyways, just thought I'd share the word in case you have a few minutes to burn ( Read more... )

Another extremely awesome lady: Suzanne Beecher

She runs the Dear Reader email book club--but honestly, the books are just the icing on the whole thing. It's Suzanne that's the main attraction. She writes a little note ("Dear Reader" column) before every weekday excerpt of the featured book, just a little note to her readers. Her friends. In fact ( Read more... )

Those who know the writerly me will know that I hold Jenny Crusie in one of the highest regards -- as an author and just a really classy lady. So, she's done it again on her blog. Expressed something that made me sit down and just... quietly admire. I nearly missed it, but I was following ..a blowup.. elsewhere in Romancelandia and someone ( Read more... )