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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Mort
Book title: Mort Author: Terry Pratchett Originally published: 1987 I finished reading Mort a couple of days ago, and perhaps the way to best indicate how much I enjoyed it is to say that I’ve already requested Reaper Man, book … Continue reading
Doing Something? Ask Yourself Why.
A couple days ago, I was reading feeds in Google Reader, and found Wubi through MetaFilter. Wubi is an application that lets you install Ubuntu through Windows, just like any other application. You download it, you double click the exe … Continue reading
The Crow Road
I recently finished The Crow Road by Iain Banks, sent to me as a gift by Cas (thanks again!). I wasn’t really sure how to take the opening sentence, which left me wondering what kind of book she’d sent me: … Continue reading
Wikipedia in Search Results
I like Wikipedia – love it, in fact. It’s a wonderful resource, and is a testament to what is possible when a lot of people put their heads together and get down to work (even if there is an awful … Continue reading
52 Books in 52 Weeks – Looking Back
We’re halfway into the first month of the new year, and I’ve not said anything about 52 Books in 52 Weeks for a while. What gives? For anyone who was keeping track, I fell woefully short of the 52 book … Continue reading
Server Hop
I’m having my account at A Small Orange moved to a different server, due to how problematic the Tom server has been recently – too much downtime! During the DNS propagation, you all might see the old site or the … Continue reading
Eragon Is So Gone
Over a month ago, my boss at work, who knows I love reading, plopped the library’s copy of Eragon down on the desk I was sitting at. “You said you really enjoy fantasy, I read this, and I’d love to … Continue reading
Why Are These People “Following” Me?
There are so many of them, if the activity weren’t so common, I’d be scared. I’m talking about people “following” me on Twitter. I’ve just logged in and posted a twitter (I can’t bring myself to call them tweets), the … Continue reading
University Students – Some Things Never Change
I recently dusted off Medieval Europe: A Short History, a book which I started reading months ago, but which was put on hold for other books and schoolwork. I’m not quite done with it yet – about 40 more pages … Continue reading