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Monthly Archives: November 2006

A flinging story

30-Nov-06

This past summer, I went through my dresser, bathroom counter, and my jewelry box and picked out a bunch of things I no longer wanted or wear. Most of it was jewelry, from my high school and college days, when I was younger and didn’t need to present a more “professional” demeanor. I put everything [...]

November 2006: Book Reviews

30-Nov-06

This is an archive of my shorter book reviews and notes, which historically have been posted over at the 50 Book Challenge on LiveJournal, but which I’m starting to move over here. I’m posting them with altered date-stamps, but they might show up in my LiveJournal cross-post anyway. Bear with me, please.
Note: Many of these [...]

Help me with my wishlist

30-Nov-06

If you want to help me with Item #1 on my wishlist (get rid of stuff), and you do crafts (or know someone who does), comment below (screened) with the package you’d like to receive and your mailing address:
1. Assorted yarn, grab-bag. Fiber unknown (Edit: I still have 2 left, plus one that has a [...]

Random bitching about YouTube

29-Nov-06

Why I don’t like or use YouTube:
Every time I open a YouTube video on my PowerBook G4, it’s choppy, grainy, and even if I pause and wait for it to download the whole video, it stays that way throughout the whole video. Why? Because YouTube wants people to use their proprietary viewer to watch videos, [...]

I really don’t get BitTorrent

28-Nov-06

I’m attempting to get something via torrent right now and it says it has “14 days remaining” to download.
I really, really, don’t understand the draw.