gee, can you vague that up for me?
Sep 18 2008
… and damn straight, it rocks. How Wikipedia Works now in stores (though I have not actually seen any evidence of this; but it’s in stock at Amazon and other online booksellers). See the publisher’s site for more information; and my wiki to leave feedback and get updates. You can even join the Facebook group! [...]
Sep 15 2008
I have been out and about a lot more than usual lately, with my dad visiting. Today we went to Monterey to see my cousin. It’s a long drive back, I’ll tell you that. All is well, re: visit. More later. Anyway, it’s making me look forward to being lazy. So, for this fall, what [...]
Sep 06 2008
My new desk is awesome, but it is quite a bit taller than the old one. Now I need a new office chair so as to be in an ergonomic position whilst typing (I just finished hooking everything up last night). Of course that will mean I will be substantially higher than the TV, the [...]
Sep 05 2008
Today I had the misfortune of answering a reference question that involved looking up medical equipment. Somehow in the process I stumbled on a seller of autopsy equipment. This includes, for instance, “brain knives” (it looks like a butter knife) and “autopsy saws” (they look like the flex-shafts I used to use to polish jewelry [...]
Sep 03 2008
I am somewhat indignant that [[breast cancer]] (and related pages) is such a truly terrible article. I know, I know, there’s nothing to do but fix it. Sigh. It’s probably one of the most visible articles I’ve worked on this year, linked to by thousands of other pages and about a subject that people are [...]
Sep 03 2008
I really like the new Queen Bee bag. (And no, I haven’t gotten one yet. Maybe if my dad asks what to get for Christmas…) I’ll have to check, but I think it would hold my small laptop nicely, which would be sweet. I like purses that double as laptop-holders.
Sep 01 2008
Or: The Great Beach Read, 2008 Or: Reading Genre Fiction So You Don’t Have To, Part I I have always liked mysteries, particularly as summer reading. But I haven’t read extensively in the genre, and am unfamiliar with some of the most popular authors. I especially enjoy stories featuring female detectives, and this gave the [...]