An assortment of links which are potentially interesting to readers of this journal:

Mobipocket support is going away at Allromance/Omnilit. This may affect other ebook retailers; I don't know which organizes Overdrive is the back-end for.

cathy reminds you to write meaningful link text, not click here and its elaborations ( Read more... )

I've finally put my finger on what sort of an activity tumblr most encourages, and it is a commonplace book.

One doesn't have to use it as a commonplace book. Something like Fuck Yeah Fanfic Flamingo, which is producing content original to it, is not a commonplace book. But a lot of porn tumblrs, or FuckYeah(pictures of this thing I love which I ( Read more... )

I always knew that, in teh end, I would be fucked by unicorns and glitter

Original post at Dreamwidth. Read (
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Batman Odyssey makes All Star Batman & Robin look like a genius work of narrative coherence and classic characterization. My personal theory is that Frank Miller paid off Neal Adams to make us all think better of ASBR. (via
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Steve Saus is blogging How to Create an Ebook, which will become an ebook after he's done writing it.

I think fandom might want to look at e-books as another distribution method, particularly for either long stories or, the part where I think shit could get real, as curated collections of short stories (I'm bringing sexy zines back ( Read more... )

I don't have a religious practice. The closest thing I have to a religious practice is listening to sermons/platforms/discussions from a few different UU fellowships, Being, and Interfaith Voices ( Read more... )

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“Blood libel”: How language evolves and spreads within online worlds CW Anderson at
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Attention versus distraction? What that big NY Times story leaves out about how we should consider that maybe the internet doesn't so much fracture attention as it does reward focused interest and leave general, uninteresting-to-you knowledge unrewarded.

Fundraising drawing for the Carl Brandon Society. Last day to buy a ticket to win an e-reader ( Read more... )

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