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Big Fat Deal » Jay McCarroll On Celebrity Weight Loss - "Because you have an audience, and people rooting you on, and then suddenly that audience feels ownership in your results. And so then you’re like Carnie Wilson or Kirstie Alley, constantly having to publicly humble yourself and beg forgiveness ...

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Welcome! - Okay, nevermind on the link below. This intro provides some good insight into the Tiny Living thing, which is more than just 60 sq. ft houses. Not sure that I want to downsize my house in particular, but it's an interesting movement. Tiny House In Asheville - ...

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A new “onload” scheme - Easy! Reader - This is a really clever way to avoid having page-specific JavaScript files (which I've done on larger projects). Tomorrow’s Women, Tomorrow’s World - A more British look at the decline of women in the IT industry. Clients From Hell : Of course I want ...

Left for Dead (2)? Maybe left behind

Played a quick game of the L4D2 demo last night with Greg. I can't say I was really impressed. I liked the new characters and the melee abilities (geetar!)... and the magnum pistol... But the other weapons didn't stand out and the new monsters weren't memorable. I'll give ...

Left 4 Dead — a gateway drug?

I seem to find an FPS that I enjoy every few years. First, there was Doom 2. Subsequent games within my field of view (Quake (2), Halo) were too complicated for me in their control schemes. Crouching, jumping, aiming. Doom 2 had none of these, was ...

Search-building: custom or Google

Until earlier this week, I had a lousy site search in place. It was one of Google's Custom Search Engines, barely configured and only on its own page, due to it's hefty (and blocking!) JavaScript. I'd long since disabled Wordpress's search since my stories aren't being run in ...

Weekend linkage

Just a few, since I'm so far behind on my reading (down to 425 unread items!) and I just posted a set on Friday. Enjoy. How to Help Your Kids Build $25,000 Stock Portfolios - This is a tempting idea even with regards to something like weddings. "Help us ...

Chapter 10 of Witches posted!

Chapter 10, "Opening Salvo" is posted: "What brings you to my world, little bug?" the colorful woman asked Hardi and Robert. Her glance flitted between both of them before settling on Hardi. "Well?" she cooed, head tilting. Her accent was much lighter than Lucia's. Hardi straightened in her seat. "We're looking for ...