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World eBook Fair
The World eBook Fair is a collection of 1/3 million eBooks in PDF and audio books in MP3 that are normally available for an annual ~$9 membership fee for unlimited downloads. That isn't bad for the price of a single paperback novel, as long as you don't mind reading your books on a screen. I know there's still something preferable about a nice ( Read more... ) -
Taking up sewing
A recent trip to the mall to look for clothes frustrated me because I didn't seem to be able to fit into any of the interesting-looking fashions. I'm overweight, world, and yes, I know it, but for god's sake, am I really the only one? Add to that a rather unfashionable wide base build, and we get a figure that I honestly don't know how to shop for ( Read more... ) -
Baby's Named a Bad Bad Thing
Meg, you know I love ya, babe, but that one site you link? Baby's Named A Bad, Bad Thing? It drives me fucking insane. Whoever wrote it is not generally a hell of a lot smarter than the potential parents he/she mocks. For instance:
Chenaur - She can grow up into a half-man, half-bull who roams the labirynth!Right. Because it's not like it sounds ( Read more... ) -
Apparently, I'm bound for Limbo
Because I hate you all, a meme:
The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)Very HighLevel 2 (Lustful)HighLevel 3 (Gluttonous)ModerateLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)Very LowLevel ( Read more... ) -
Computer games
So, more Spore demonstrations at E3. Nothing horribly unexpected, unless you weren't expecting Robin Williams. I can't say I was. We got to see more of the creature editor (through videos after the fact, of course, unless you happened to find your way to E3); as far as I can tell, the main new thing we saw were the texturing/colour options. I haven ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Went looking for any more news on Spore today, and it looks like the release date has been pushed back. Not a terribly concrete source, but it's also worth noting that it looks like there hasn't really been much in the way of news on the game on the official site, either. Hrm. Too bad.
Still, if the release date of 1 February, 2007 posted on the ( Read more... ) -
Minor amusements
Minor amusement number 1: Best tagline ever, or worst? I say the latter.
"This genius is about to find out that even math can't stop a bulletAnd you only get one guess as to what show that's for ( Read more... ) -
No failures!
My marks have all come up, and none of them are failures. To be sure, some of them are lower than I'd have liked, but that's at least in part because my grade desires are now way out of sync with the time and effort I want to put into school. Still, I really would have liked to do better in graphics; knowing what I know now, if I were in the same ( Read more... ) -
Comments and cars
I was vanity searching "lindiril" today (the username for this LJ and a handle I often used online back in the day, starting with on MUDs) when I came upon this post on Student Life Centre about my re-posting of the email about the UW CS Attrition Survey on the uwaterloo LJ community (uwaterloo). Kind of cool because the guy quotes one of my (many and ( Read more... ) -
Another link repost
I have to repost this one for kwirq because I know I'll forget if I resolve to just send it to him. Pretty funny, and right up his alley...
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