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Two weeks’ linkage, ah, ah, ah

For two weeks' worth of links, there aren't very many. Then again, I do still have 173 unread items in Google Reader. glenscott.net » Restore an Eee PC 701 back to factory Xandros from a USB stick with no ASUS Support DVD - This proved quite handy last ...

New Witches Story: “Esteemed Relations”

"Esteemed Relations" is the fifth piece of the Witches of Ming Ung tale: "Did you really need to wear that?" Hardi whispered to Robert. "You look like a clown." Robert straightened his lavender shirt. "I, my dear, am a peacock in a field of pigeons." One of the soldiers ...

Quasi-daily linkage

My God—it's full of unicorns! - Meta Stack Overflow - This is hilarious. I'm going to have to play around with this in WP. Dynamic Dummy Image Generator - DummyImage.com - C/o my darling, this is a pretty cool way to generate placeholder images. Alex Payne — On the iPad - ...

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 ...