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Sorting ebooks
My friend Stephanie recently posted about her desire to move over to ebooks primarily. One of the problems she said she has is with sorting the books. Rather than displaying the books in a series alphabetically, why not display them in reading order ( Read more... ) -
I looked at the ArmadilloCon Programing Grid...
First of all, I can't go to ArmadilloCon this year. It's taking place on what is traditionally the busiest weekend of the year for us, the weekend right before the start of school. I'll be working, not going to a convention ( Read more... ) -
Fuzzy's Taco Shop
I went to Fuzzy's Taco Shop (the company website)for lunch today. It's a new taco restaurant on Southwest Pkwy. across from the Kroger shopping center. If you're in a hurry and don't want to read a full review, here's the short version:
I probably won't go back unless accompanying someone who insists on going there.
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A complaint about The Dresden Files (books)
I'm just going to cut this, since it likely contains spoilers of the first three Dresden Files books.
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thanks for the suggestions
Thank you everyone for the suggestions. :) I made sure that my friends had a good sampling of Texas cuisine, though we ended up not being able to fit a good, solid steak into the schedule. Freebirds, Blue Bell ice cream, Cafe Maya, Durkin's Pizza, Baker's Ribs, Studio Movie Grill, Fillmore Pub. -
BBQ?
Ok, my Dallas-dwelling friends, I need some fast advice. If you need to impress someone not from Texas with our Texas food, where in the Dallas area would you suggest? By "Dallas area" I'm meaning north to Plano, west to mid-cities, east to Mesquite. South to... uh... I-20, I suppose ( Read more... ) -
Haiti and cell phone donating
The internet the last couple days has been awash with messages on Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal and other places stating "Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross." So far, I have not done this. Why? Because there are people like Pat Robertson who will use a tragedy like this to push their own agendas or attempt to capitalize financially ( Read more... ) -
movie reviews
I saw a couple movies recently. Here are my thoughts. There may, indeed, be spoilers, so whatever.
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living in the future
You know, I should just make that a tag....
So a few days ago I spoke about how we are on the brink of required technology to bring about a real-life Young Lady's Illustrated Primer as portrayed in the novel The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. Today I was appraised of this website, which is an attempt to bring into reality the game of Spads and ( Read more... ) -
Some games i've played recently
Yep. I'm a gamer. You all know this by now, yeah? Anyway, I thought I'd review a few games I've played in the last few months.
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