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So I probably should've mentioned this *before* being away from the internet for four days...
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zuluWe moved! We are in a New Location! The internet guy was here this morning and now we are Restored To Connectivity!
I am at skip=120 on dreamwidth, and skip=4 on livejournal...how the times have changed. Also, I opened so many tabs that I lost this one for a while and couldn't finish the post until I read a bunch of other stuff first.
Anyway, if awesome things have happened lately, link me! Looks like things got crazy while we were away--Tumblr and Amazon are freaking people out, to mention the least of it. But I shall plow my way through and onwards!
Also tonight is my first ultimate game, if the rain lets up. That seems doubtful at the moment, but we'll see.
I missed you guys! *HUGS ENTIRE INTERNET*
I am at skip=120 on dreamwidth, and skip=4 on livejournal...how the times have changed. Also, I opened so many tabs that I lost this one for a while and couldn't finish the post until I read a bunch of other stuff first.
Anyway, if awesome things have happened lately, link me! Looks like things got crazy while we were away--Tumblr and Amazon are freaking people out, to mention the least of it. But I shall plow my way through and onwards!
Also tonight is my first ultimate game, if the rain lets up. That seems doubtful at the moment, but we'll see.
I missed you guys! *HUGS ENTIRE INTERNET*
My thyroid hates me
May. 23rd, 2013 11:22 amharukaThe hypothyroid I've controlled easily with meds for 43 years has decided to rebel. It's been doing it for about a year now, while we've tried to juggle the damned pills to get the dose right again, but it's still screwing up.
Here are the numbers. Normal range is:
TSH 0.35-5.50
T4Free 10.0-19.0
In December, my numbers on 125mg of Synthroid were:
TSH 0.03 (too low)
T4Free 23.5 (too high)
In February, my numbers on 112mg were:
TSH 0.04
T4Free 23.7
Hardly any change, right? My new test results on 100mg as of last week:
TSH 0.07
T4Free 20.7
Still hardly any change, but this time we also tested T3. Mine was 7.3, high range is 6.5, so I exceeded that, too.
This time we're doing the next blood test in a month, and I'm reduced to 75mg (I've NEVER had such a low dose - my lowest was 88mg at one time years ago.) Also, she's sending me for a sonogram of my thyroid, and to an endocronologist. Whee.
Here are the numbers. Normal range is:
TSH 0.35-5.50
T4Free 10.0-19.0
In December, my numbers on 125mg of Synthroid were:
TSH 0.03 (too low)
T4Free 23.5 (too high)
In February, my numbers on 112mg were:
TSH 0.04
T4Free 23.7
Hardly any change, right? My new test results on 100mg as of last week:
TSH 0.07
T4Free 20.7
Still hardly any change, but this time we also tested T3. Mine was 7.3, high range is 6.5, so I exceeded that, too.
This time we're doing the next blood test in a month, and I'm reduced to 75mg (I've NEVER had such a low dose - my lowest was 88mg at one time years ago.) Also, she's sending me for a sonogram of my thyroid, and to an endocronologist. Whee.
Oh, this day
May. 23rd, 2013 04:40 pmmarinaYesterday was... a thing that happened, and I am so extremely exhausted today, again :/
But during lunch I went out and enjoyed my university's Student Day. Basically a giant party the Student Union throws once a year on campus, and all classes are cancelled. There's tons of stalls, street food and concerts from leading israeli artists.
So, HaDag Nahash were performing at lunch. I've mentioned seeing them at Student Day 2011. I love their music so much, and they played some old stuff and some new and I sat on the grass, in the shade, and enjoyed the breeze and got myself a glass of champagne and a hamborger and just... spent 40 minutes taking everything in. It felt like sticking my head into a tub of medicine for all the things that ailed me. Just... music and food and nature and fresh air. *Happy sigh*
I've shared their music before but really, I can never have it posted enough times on my journal. As they tend to be extremely political in their songs I won't even try to translate or explain the meaning, I'll just leave these here and are you not to want to dance your ass off when you hear the beat.
At 7pm Ivri Lider, the dude who did this amazing cover of "I Kissed A Girl" is going to perform, and I plan on seeing him withcesy and shedonit.
But during lunch I went out and enjoyed my university's Student Day. Basically a giant party the Student Union throws once a year on campus, and all classes are cancelled. There's tons of stalls, street food and concerts from leading israeli artists.
So, HaDag Nahash were performing at lunch. I've mentioned seeing them at Student Day 2011. I love their music so much, and they played some old stuff and some new and I sat on the grass, in the shade, and enjoyed the breeze and got myself a glass of champagne and a hamborger and just... spent 40 minutes taking everything in. It felt like sticking my head into a tub of medicine for all the things that ailed me. Just... music and food and nature and fresh air. *Happy sigh*
I've shared their music before but really, I can never have it posted enough times on my journal. As they tend to be extremely political in their songs I won't even try to translate or explain the meaning, I'll just leave these here and are you not to want to dance your ass off when you hear the beat.
At 7pm Ivri Lider, the dude who did this amazing cover of "I Kissed A Girl" is going to perform, and I plan on seeing him with
cesy and shedonit.
Daily Happiness
May. 23rd, 2013 02:24 amtorachan1. I got the books I ordered for my mom's birthday from Amazon today and then was like, crap, I have nothing to wrap them in! In a pinch I could go out to the garage and get some Christmas wrapping, but I didn't really want to do that. Then I decided to check in the closet just in case there was something in there and there was a whole bunch of (non-Christmassy) gift bags and tissue paper, huzzah.
2. I had totally forgotten I had a grocery store coupon for $3 off my next purchase, so that was a nice surprise when I stopped at the store after work. (I knew I had some coupons for this store in my pocket, and took them out to see if they were for anything I wanted to buy tonight, and then surprise, $3 off!)
3. It was really nice to sleep in today. Though even though I got plenty of sleep, I was still super tired at work. -_-
4. A couple people came in for interviews today at work and they decided to hire one of them, so hopefully she can get started soon.
2. I had totally forgotten I had a grocery store coupon for $3 off my next purchase, so that was a nice surprise when I stopped at the store after work. (I knew I had some coupons for this store in my pocket, and took them out to see if they were for anything I wanted to buy tonight, and then surprise, $3 off!)
3. It was really nice to sleep in today. Though even though I got plenty of sleep, I was still super tired at work. -_-
4. A couple people came in for interviews today at work and they decided to hire one of them, so hopefully she can get started soon.
Wednesday Reading
May. 23rd, 2013 12:55 amtorachanWhat are you currently reading?
This week's tumblr book club theme is to "read a story you've already experienced once as a film, tv series, or other media.
As soon as I saw this theme I knew exactly what I was going to read. It is in fact one of the books I briefly considered reading for the first round as it's also something I bought aaaaaaages ago and then never read. The book is Ao no Jidai by Komatsu Eriko and it's a novelisation of a drama, written by the same person who wrote the screenplay for said drama.
1. How do you feel about the film/tv series/etcetera? When did you see it?
Well, I don't feel anything about this drama because I watched it about fifteen years ago and I'm not even sure I ever watched the whole thing! In fact, I'm pretty sure I didn't watch more than an episode or two, because I really, really don't remember anything about it, even more than I usually don't remember much about things I watch or read. ^_^;; (If I can find it to download, I might watch it after reading the book, just to compare.)
2. Are you aware of changes in the adaptation? What are you expecting from the book?
Considering both the screenplay and book were written by the same person and it's a novelisation of the drama rather than the drama being based on an already existing book, I don't think it's very different, but as I said in answer to the first question, I really can't judge.
3. Do you watch a lot of adaptations? Do you normally try and read the book first?
Usually I prefer reading stuff to watching, so if I see that something interesting is based on a book or manga, I will often go read that instead of watching. (Oddly enough, I'm actually watching two anime right now that are based on written works, but I chose to watch the anime instead of reading. In the case of Shingeki no Kyojin, I will probably read the manga as well, but just have so much other stuff on my plate, I decided to watch the anime first. With Hataraku Maou-sama, it's based on a series of light novels and generally the writing in light novels tends to be pretty dire, plus I dislike never-ending series and thus would prefer to just watch the anime.)
Anyway, the new round started Monday and I've been good about reading every day, so I've already read two and a half chapters. I'm really enjoying it so far. It's very much a drama plot, though. XD Very melodramatic.
I also started reading vol. 19 of Meitantei Conan. I only read a couple pages last night before getting too sleepy to continue, though.
Oh, and I'm reading this week's Jump. So far I just read One Piece, which was okay. It's been in the middle of a long fight for a few chapters, so kind of boring right now, but Luffy in a fake beard never gets old.
And I'm still reading All I Asking for Is My Body, since I didn't manage to finish before the new book club round started (in fact, I only read two chapters). It's on hold for the time being, though. Not sure when I will get back to it.
What did you recently finish reading?
I read vol. 12 of Yotsuba&! (or rather, read the last chapter of it, since I had actually read the rest of it as the chapters were released) and it continues to be the most adorable, wonderful series and I hope it never ends. I also got caught up on Silver Spoon, which is another heartwarmingly awesome series that I want to go on forever (but I know will probably end with graduation, as school stories often do). And I read vol. 12 of Aozora Yell, too. Which is also really great? That's pretty much it, though. I didn't really do a lot of reading last week.
What do you think you'll read next?
Nothing new, just continuing to read the stuff I'm reading. I know for sure I won't be finished with Ao no Jidai in one week.
This week's tumblr book club theme is to "read a story you've already experienced once as a film, tv series, or other media.
As soon as I saw this theme I knew exactly what I was going to read. It is in fact one of the books I briefly considered reading for the first round as it's also something I bought aaaaaaages ago and then never read. The book is Ao no Jidai by Komatsu Eriko and it's a novelisation of a drama, written by the same person who wrote the screenplay for said drama.
1. How do you feel about the film/tv series/etcetera? When did you see it?
Well, I don't feel anything about this drama because I watched it about fifteen years ago and I'm not even sure I ever watched the whole thing! In fact, I'm pretty sure I didn't watch more than an episode or two, because I really, really don't remember anything about it, even more than I usually don't remember much about things I watch or read. ^_^;; (If I can find it to download, I might watch it after reading the book, just to compare.)
2. Are you aware of changes in the adaptation? What are you expecting from the book?
Considering both the screenplay and book were written by the same person and it's a novelisation of the drama rather than the drama being based on an already existing book, I don't think it's very different, but as I said in answer to the first question, I really can't judge.
3. Do you watch a lot of adaptations? Do you normally try and read the book first?
Usually I prefer reading stuff to watching, so if I see that something interesting is based on a book or manga, I will often go read that instead of watching. (Oddly enough, I'm actually watching two anime right now that are based on written works, but I chose to watch the anime instead of reading. In the case of Shingeki no Kyojin, I will probably read the manga as well, but just have so much other stuff on my plate, I decided to watch the anime first. With Hataraku Maou-sama, it's based on a series of light novels and generally the writing in light novels tends to be pretty dire, plus I dislike never-ending series and thus would prefer to just watch the anime.)
Anyway, the new round started Monday and I've been good about reading every day, so I've already read two and a half chapters. I'm really enjoying it so far. It's very much a drama plot, though. XD Very melodramatic.
I also started reading vol. 19 of Meitantei Conan. I only read a couple pages last night before getting too sleepy to continue, though.
Oh, and I'm reading this week's Jump. So far I just read One Piece, which was okay. It's been in the middle of a long fight for a few chapters, so kind of boring right now, but Luffy in a fake beard never gets old.
And I'm still reading All I Asking for Is My Body, since I didn't manage to finish before the new book club round started (in fact, I only read two chapters). It's on hold for the time being, though. Not sure when I will get back to it.
What did you recently finish reading?
I read vol. 12 of Yotsuba&! (or rather, read the last chapter of it, since I had actually read the rest of it as the chapters were released) and it continues to be the most adorable, wonderful series and I hope it never ends. I also got caught up on Silver Spoon, which is another heartwarmingly awesome series that I want to go on forever (but I know will probably end with graduation, as school stories often do). And I read vol. 12 of Aozora Yell, too. Which is also really great? That's pretty much it, though. I didn't really do a lot of reading last week.
What do you think you'll read next?
Nothing new, just continuing to read the stuff I'm reading. I know for sure I won't be finished with Ao no Jidai in one week.
Battle Lines
May. 23rd, 2013 04:56 amsarkenI kiiiind of thought I was going to be sick to death of the first two episodes of Dallas season two. I mean, I have watched them at least six times, and I've watched the Ann and Sue Ellen scenes many more than that. I was going to skip them in my rewatch.
But I just finished with the first one, Battle Lines?
Ohmygod, it is so good. I am excited all over again about season three. This show has such incredible potential; this season would have been fucking amazing if Larry hadn't died. I can't. I really, really cannot. Fucking flawless.
I didn't notice it before, but the oil guy Elena makes mentions his first job at WestStar, which was one of the companies from the original. And I loved Harris taking a grape from the bowl in Sue Ellen's kitchen; it was a nice precursor to the nuts. And Ann telling Bobby he can hate her later kills me, knowing what happens.
I'm really, really not over the scene with Ann going to Sue Ellen to ask for the tape back, which I thought I was going to want to fast forward after having seen it so many times. I just want Mitch, Brenda, and Linda to have all the scenes together always. I suspect at least one of those people would support this.
But I just finished with the first one, Battle Lines?
Ohmygod, it is so good. I am excited all over again about season three. This show has such incredible potential; this season would have been fucking amazing if Larry hadn't died. I can't. I really, really cannot. Fucking flawless.
I didn't notice it before, but the oil guy Elena makes mentions his first job at WestStar, which was one of the companies from the original. And I loved Harris taking a grape from the bowl in Sue Ellen's kitchen; it was a nice precursor to the nuts. And Ann telling Bobby he can hate her later kills me, knowing what happens.
I'm really, really not over the scene with Ann going to Sue Ellen to ask for the tape back, which I thought I was going to want to fast forward after having seen it so many times. I just want Mitch, Brenda, and Linda to have all the scenes together always. I suspect at least one of those people would support this.
meme
May. 23rd, 2013 11:39 ammarinaI currently have 103 works archived on the AO3. Pick a number from 1 (the most recent) to 103 (the first thing I posted there), and I'll tell you three things I currently like about it.
IDK what I'm weirded out by more, the fact that I've apparently posted 142k on AO3 all in all or that everyone else who's doing this meme seems to have way more stories than I do! I didn't know so many of my friends had written so many stories :D
IDK what I'm weirded out by more, the fact that I've apparently posted 142k on AO3 all in all or that everyone else who's doing this meme seems to have way more stories than I do! I didn't know so many of my friends had written so many stories :D
15 tweets for 2013-5-22
May. 22nd, 2013 11:55 pmazurelunaticIn the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter:
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- Wednesday, 0003: RT @anildash: Thanks to @bradfitz @lisaphillips @dormando & so many others for memcached, without which the modern social web wouldn't run.
- Wednesday, 0831: @semanticist Indeed so. The light is useful to me as a driver to know the state of the other light.
- Wednesday, 0834: @semanticist Some of them trip on legal right on red turns.
- Wednesday, 1238: RT @oakandsage: A poorwill is arguing with a rooster.
- Wednesday, 1251: RT @ajaromano: Basically currently all fics are transformative until proven derivative in a court of law (which has only happened once ever… ( read the other 10 )
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Conference!
May. 22nd, 2013 10:25 pmazurelunaticConference is over, and entirely possibly a success. Logistically, it went smoothly enough that the biggest thing affecting my full functioning on day 1 was that the charger I'd brought wasn't working, forcing me to fall back on the emergency battery charger.
Topped off the day by calling my BFF. ♥
Topped off the day by calling my BFF. ♥
Wiscon!
May. 22nd, 2013 10:50 pmfairestcatI am in Madison and have been chilling at lovelokest and izzy's for the last couple days, in the aftermath of crazy-awesome concert and travel adventures!
I saw Fall Out Boy three times in four days in three cities, and it was AMAZING, three awesome shows with three different but overlapping sets of awesome people. Thenoliviacirce and trinityclare and I spent an extra day being touristy in Chicago and had a fabulous time together, including seeing Iron Man 3 again and flailing about ALL our Tony and Pepper feels.
Tomorrow I'm borrowing Izzy's car to run errands during the day and will be checking into the Concourse at some point in the afternoon.commodorified and I have a hotel room through Monday, sharing with dira and iulia again.
I'm on four panels this year. ( details behind the cut )
Things to know about me:
This is me:
- I'm an introvert, and kind of shy. At this point I know a lot of people at Wiscon, but I don't actually trust that just because I've met someone before they actually remember/like/want to have anything to do with me now. So, if I seem standoffish or don't introduce myself I assure you, it's not you, it's entirely me.
- relatedly, I'm in the process of changing some of my psych meds right now and am somewhat more fragile than I'd really prefer to be, so if I slip off on my own or seem distant, that's what's going on.
- I completely fail at making con-meal plans in advance, so I'm always up to get dragged to lunch/dinner with people.
- I used to live in downtown Madison, so I'm fairly familiar with the area around the
hotel.
- I can reliably be found at most transformative-works-fandom-related panels during the day, and in the lobby-con most nights.
- I really LOVE fandom and talking about fandom.
- Having just watched the finale, I am actively seeking people to flail and squee about Elementary with.
- It's much easier to get me started talking about the Avengers than it is to get me to stop.
- The easiest way to reach me during the con is via text. I'll have twitter/email access when on wifi in the hotel but not elsewhere, and I have unlimited texting while I'm in the states, but have to pay for phone calls. My number is 613-720-1561
lovelokest and izzy's for the last couple days, in the aftermath of crazy-awesome concert and travel adventures!I saw Fall Out Boy three times in four days in three cities, and it was AMAZING, three awesome shows with three different but overlapping sets of awesome people. Then
oliviacirce and trinityclare and I spent an extra day being touristy in Chicago and had a fabulous time together, including seeing Iron Man 3 again and flailing about ALL our Tony and Pepper feels.Tomorrow I'm borrowing Izzy's car to run errands during the day and will be checking into the Concourse at some point in the afternoon.
commodorified and I have a hotel room through Monday, sharing with dira and iulia again.I'm on four panels this year. ( details behind the cut )
Things to know about me:
This is me:
- I'm an introvert, and kind of shy. At this point I know a lot of people at Wiscon, but I don't actually trust that just because I've met someone before they actually remember/like/want to have anything to do with me now. So, if I seem standoffish or don't introduce myself I assure you, it's not you, it's entirely me.
- relatedly, I'm in the process of changing some of my psych meds right now and am somewhat more fragile than I'd really prefer to be, so if I slip off on my own or seem distant, that's what's going on.
- I completely fail at making con-meal plans in advance, so I'm always up to get dragged to lunch/dinner with people.
- I used to live in downtown Madison, so I'm fairly familiar with the area around the
hotel.
- I can reliably be found at most transformative-works-fandom-related panels during the day, and in the lobby-con most nights.
- I really LOVE fandom and talking about fandom.
- Having just watched the finale, I am actively seeking people to flail and squee about Elementary with.
- It's much easier to get me started talking about the Avengers than it is to get me to stop.
- The easiest way to reach me during the con is via text. I'll have twitter/email access when on wifi in the hotel but not elsewhere, and I have unlimited texting while I'm in the states, but have to pay for phone calls. My number is 613-720-1561
Several novels
May. 22nd, 2013 08:51 pmkatherineI'm some two thirds of the way through The Lost Prince, although I put another two or three Frances Hodgson Burnett novels from Project Gutenberg onto my reader when I loaded that, and they got stuck together in some buggy way so now more than half the time when I turn on my reader I'm presented with A Fair Barbarian. I don't want to read that one yet.
Initial thoughts on this whole thing
May. 22nd, 2013 10:18 pmthedeadparrotI'm still trying to figure out how I feel about Amazon Kindle Worlds, yet another attempt to make cash on the backs of fanfic. To be fair to Amazon, they're doing something way smarter than most have before, setting up a revenue share program and targeting fandoms that I think are popular outside the rarefied air of Tumblr/AO3/LJ/DW, like Gossip Girl and Vampire Diaries.
I think this is perhaps the result of Fifty Shades of Grey being a huge money maker for them, trying to see who else they can get in the pipe and see if they can find another runaway hit in the fanfic world.
Considering the limitations placed on the fic that can be written (lol, no pornography?), I don't think that this will ever replace our existing slash/het/gen fanfic infrastructure. We're a place that thrives on our own perversity. I don't see how that will ever be fully in line with corporate interests. Our lack of restrictions is what makes fanfic so great, free to let our ids fly where they may.
But hey, I could be wrong, and some significant portion of fanfic could be taken over by the corporate interests we seek to protect ourselves against. Who knows?
I think this is perhaps the result of Fifty Shades of Grey being a huge money maker for them, trying to see who else they can get in the pipe and see if they can find another runaway hit in the fanfic world.
Considering the limitations placed on the fic that can be written (lol, no pornography?), I don't think that this will ever replace our existing slash/het/gen fanfic infrastructure. We're a place that thrives on our own perversity. I don't see how that will ever be fully in line with corporate interests. Our lack of restrictions is what makes fanfic so great, free to let our ids fly where they may.
But hey, I could be wrong, and some significant portion of fanfic could be taken over by the corporate interests we seek to protect ourselves against. Who knows?
Wednesday Reading Meme
May. 22nd, 2013 08:49 pmsinealaWhat I Just Finished Reading
Leonard Herman, Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Videogames: Random self-published book on the history of video games, from the 70s to the mid-90s (when, presumably, this book was written). I am the sort of giant geek who enjoys reading video game histories, but this book was awfully dry and I am not sure I would recommend it even to giant nerds like me; I am hoping the rest of the StoryBundle video game books are better. But at least this one was better than the one by the guy who apparently has a grudge against the entire world regarding the fact that people are not acknowledging him as the father of video games. I gave up on that one within a couple pages.
Tamara Allen, The Only Gold: More free m/m historical romance! I actually liked this one better than her time-travel one, in terms of the characters; this is about a banker in 1880s NYC who is passed over for a promotion when the bank hires a guy from outside. And of course, he just can't get along with the new guy, whom everyone else loves, and then, well... I think you know what happens. Like I said, I liked the characters a lot and the worldbuilding was very immersive. The downside is that the plot was totally predictable and I think at least some of it was supposed to be a surprise. Seriously, I am the World's Worst Mystery Solver and I completely called this one. I think the characters were trying to give subtle hints about some of it, but, uh... they weren't that subtle. (I mean, it's not as unsubtle as The Lost Prince. But still.)
What I'm Reading Now
Cory Doctorow, Homeland: I really appreciate that Cory Doctorow makes his ebooks available for free under a CC license on his site. Unfortunately for me, I keep trying his books and not getting into most of them... and then I read Little Brother and enjoyed the hell out of it. Hacker teenager in SF (that's San Francisco, although I guess "science fiction" also works because reality is a little AU here) outwits evil scary government, with bonus exposition on things like how you too can employ PGP. That was the first one. So I figured I would try the sequel. I'm a few pages in, so it's hard to tell if I'll like it as much. So far the main character's at Burning Man. Yay. I think.
What I'm Reading Next
Probably I should just delete this question; I am clearly never going to answer it.
Today's random discovery: You know how they say hydrogen peroxide gets bloodstains out of things? They aren't kidding! Whoooo! It's like a miracle. A miracle of cleanliness!
Leonard Herman, Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Videogames: Random self-published book on the history of video games, from the 70s to the mid-90s (when, presumably, this book was written). I am the sort of giant geek who enjoys reading video game histories, but this book was awfully dry and I am not sure I would recommend it even to giant nerds like me; I am hoping the rest of the StoryBundle video game books are better. But at least this one was better than the one by the guy who apparently has a grudge against the entire world regarding the fact that people are not acknowledging him as the father of video games. I gave up on that one within a couple pages.
Tamara Allen, The Only Gold: More free m/m historical romance! I actually liked this one better than her time-travel one, in terms of the characters; this is about a banker in 1880s NYC who is passed over for a promotion when the bank hires a guy from outside. And of course, he just can't get along with the new guy, whom everyone else loves, and then, well... I think you know what happens. Like I said, I liked the characters a lot and the worldbuilding was very immersive. The downside is that the plot was totally predictable and I think at least some of it was supposed to be a surprise. Seriously, I am the World's Worst Mystery Solver and I completely called this one. I think the characters were trying to give subtle hints about some of it, but, uh... they weren't that subtle. (I mean, it's not as unsubtle as The Lost Prince. But still.)
What I'm Reading Now
Cory Doctorow, Homeland: I really appreciate that Cory Doctorow makes his ebooks available for free under a CC license on his site. Unfortunately for me, I keep trying his books and not getting into most of them... and then I read Little Brother and enjoyed the hell out of it. Hacker teenager in SF (that's San Francisco, although I guess "science fiction" also works because reality is a little AU here) outwits evil scary government, with bonus exposition on things like how you too can employ PGP. That was the first one. So I figured I would try the sequel. I'm a few pages in, so it's hard to tell if I'll like it as much. So far the main character's at Burning Man. Yay. I think.
What I'm Reading Next
Probably I should just delete this question; I am clearly never going to answer it.
Today's random discovery: You know how they say hydrogen peroxide gets bloodstains out of things? They aren't kidding! Whoooo! It's like a miracle. A miracle of cleanliness!
concerning kindle worlds
May. 22nd, 2013 05:31 pmelliemurasakiI am so furious with Amazon I can't see straight. I'm not going to pull A Dinner of Herbs off Amazon and I'd already agreed with my coauthor that we'd be putting it on Smashwords the moment KDP Select's ninety days expire, but I do not want to publish any future works through Kindle or CreateSpace. Does anyone know of a good print-on-demand place I could publish through instead of CreateSpace? Somewhere that's ethical and won't cost an arm and a leg.