On Life and Love
Whatever is making or breaking my day.
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“The welcome goodbye” posted
Well, it’s not quite still Saturday, but as promised, here’s a new Witches story, called “The welcome goodbye“: “Harding.” Hardi stopped pacing. “Why are you so hot under the collar for this project?” Jim asked quietly. Hardi opened and closed her mouth. “I just… I want to do something about this.” Now I’m going to bed. Zzz.
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Feeling way behind
I came down with a cold two weeks ago, and the next thing I know, I’ve missed three of my own deadlines for posting stories, haven’t danced in two Mondays, and haven’t done a lick of the design work for the non-profit I’m trying to work with. In good news, I can sleep soundly through the night again without choking on my own phlegm. It’s times like these that remind me not to try to “catch up”, but just to keep moving. It’s not like I fell off a bandwagon; I can’t make up for two weeks of missed productivity. That said, there will be a story this Saturday. It…
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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 – This is the best damn commentary on the iPad that I've seen yet. A Toronto Data Guy, I want privacy because I break the law – This is a good essay on privacy and how that related to purposefully and accidentally breaking the law. I like that he doesn't once go into copyright violation (which isn't law breaking, although…
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“Entering Valhalla” posted
Moving a bit in the timeline of the Transhuman Congress to the late 25th century with “Entering Valhalla“: “There’s no way you finished Mueller’s game already! Sweet kittens, that fifth scenario is ridiculous!” Nana whined. Viktoriya sighed and pulled a short blue dress from her closet. “Just use a slingshot around Cyrus. That’ll get you out of the system with your money. Since you know the secret, can we please go out to finish shopping? You’ll have time tomorrow morning to finish that one.” She touched a panel on her wall and held the dress up against herself as the wall shimmered into a mirror. Perfect.
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Quasi-daily linkage
Robert Sapolsky: The uniqueness of humans | Video on TED.com – Finally, details on the human-female-ovulation-synchronization idea that I was taught back in Gender Studies. It's a good and funny talk, and not just about that. The League of Moveable Type – Wow. Gorgeous open-source fonts. Race Card: If Successful White Women Can Find Love, Then So Can Successful Black Women | Bitch Magazine – Clients From Hell : Client: “This is absolutely wrong. Where’s all the… – Clients From Hell : Client: “I want my website to have a forum, and a… – All day and twice on Sundays.