I want to say it was mizkit who was talking about reading (?) the L. Frank Baum Oz books for some definition of 'recently', but in case it wasn't her (or for general consumption)...

http://mrswizard.blogspot.com/2013/06/amazon-amazing.html

tl;dr: Oz: The Complete Collection (All 14 Oz Books, with Illustrated Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Exclusive Bonus ( Read more... )

Vegetarians or the meat squeamish are not going to want to click under the cut

( With that warning out of the way... )

Telltale Games' "The Walking Dead"...only $12.49 for the ENTIRE SEASON. That's five, roughly two hour episodes of one of the most acclaimed video games of 2012.

Sale expires at 10am PST (1pm EST / 6pm GMT) this Friday, December 28th.
 

For my WoW friends, in case they haven't already heard:

User data found hidden in World of WarCraft screenshots"it appears that Blizzard has been secretly watermarking any in-game screenshot taken by players of the massively-multiplayer game. The encrypted data includes user ID, a timestamp and the IP address of the server, though more ( Read more... )

f.lux - Better lighting for your computer.

Someone on my Twitter list was talking about how not having it on his computer after a re-install, he was getting eyestrain. I don't have eyestrain, but the idea that it might help me with sleeping issues interests me.

It says it's free for Windows.
 

skellington1, I thought you especially might be interested in this given Deon is diagnosed with hypophosphatasia, "a form of brittle bones".

If I could get away with posting this on the ME comm, I would so do it.

Disneyland for Deon fundraiser, hosted by my friend aberdeen.
 

(h/t to gotsparkly)

LinkedIn confirms password leak, encourages users to update passwords
 

With a h/t to skellington1, a really interesting article from the Boston Globe, Why fiction is good for you.

Is fiction good for us? We spend huge chunks of our lives immersed in novels, films, TV shows, and other forms of fiction. Some see this as a positive thing, arguing that made-up stories cultivate our mental and moral development. But others have argued ( Read more... )

Big fat The Avengers spoiler here, but it came up in conversation in my review thread from last week and again talking to lynthia on Tuesday and I feel I would be remiss not to share it.

[io9 asks Whedon about something happening to a certain character in The Avengers that has caused some controversey]About Son of Coul's death, bolding what amused me so very much. :)

Q: Are you worried about perpetuating the "Joss Whedon kills your favorite character" stigma, with ( Read more... )

I doubt I'll do this, but:

NTS: Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker in SF
May 24, 2012 @ 7:00 PM