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Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 9:01 AM |
Well, it was an eventful week here. It snowed in Texas on Wednesday. I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous, perfect snow to build a snowperson. Alas, the rain destroyed the structure and created a snowblob — which still stands today. You can see photos on Facebook, if we’re connected.
I also had to blow up my computer. You know, reformat the hard drive and wipe everything out. No fun, but computer was not behaving at all. I’ll be glad when I can save all of my work online so I can easily reformat my hard drive without worry about restoring data from a backup resource.
Went to a book club meeting last night. We talked about The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It’s the kind of book you’ll need to read twice because some of the background information just doesn’t come through — the whole book contains letters and telegrams from different characters. Last part of the book was a better, faster read and then I went back and reviewed earlier pages that made more sense.
Next book is a biggie… 700+ pages! The Given Day by Dennis Lahane. We decided to do a big one since we have more time before the next meeting. We have a great lineup for 2010. Will share as we go. Links!
Brain food…
- Twitter: 3 Things That Are Not So Hot: Yikes! I never thought about Twitter lists as a ruiner of reputations.
- eBooks: The False Dilemma: “After the digital transition, we’ll find that certain books fit an eBook audience, while others are meant for print.” Ryan Chapman.
- 8 Secrets to Writing Killer Post Titles: Excellent read. Left vs right brain, power adjectives and more.
- AOL’s new initiative: freelance friend or foe? Is this another content mill or something worthy? Gawker reveals editorial process.
And for fun because we’re allowed…
- 12 Coolest Nutcrackers
- 10 Craziest Calendars: Goats in a tree?
- Things a Magazine Can Do That a Kindle Can’t from Esquire [Link: allanschoenberg]
- 14 Brilliant Minimalist Ads: Well… they ARE brilliant!
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4 comments
Meryl,
Sounds like you had a very interesting week!
Snowblob? Love your new terminology here. Congratulations on your inventing of a new word.
It feels strange now that I am back down under in Australia to hear you guys in the northern hemisphere talk about snow when we Aussies are just coming into summer. But your picture does bring back memories of this time of year in Korea for me.
Bad luck about your computer – one of the unfortunate realities of the electronic world!
.-= Andrew’s blog …Should jumps racing be banned? =-.
snowblob (sno blôb)n. remnants of a snowperson or a failed attempt at one.
I know what you mean… it is weird that we have the opposite seasons, but it’s also fascinating and neat for those lucky enough to travel from one climate to another.
.-= Meryl Evans’s blog …Game du Jour: Week of 6 December 2009 =-.
I would NOT enjoy reformatting! I’m going to replace the whole computer here very soon (it’s the gift I’ve requested this year). It’s over 8 years old and on its second hard drive. It’s time. The old girl’s been good to me with only one serious, hair-pulling crash.
.-= Lori’s blog …Spinning Wheels Require a Slip Differential =-.
Good luck, Lori. Be sure to backup your data — I had mine in three places: external hard drive and two online backup services. Might check out the article on moving to a new computer:
http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/06/30/easing-the-pain-of-moving-to-a-new-windows-pc/
.-= Meryl Evans’s blog …Coming Soon: Gotcha: Celebrity Secrets =-.
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