Hacking Movable Type (ExtremeTech), by Jay Allen Yeah, I might have to invest in this book, too. I think I may be entering an exalted stage where all the cool crap comes out and a more minimalist aesthetic comes in. Or something.
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Well Blow Me Down: A Guys Guide to Talking Like a Pirate, by John Baur, Mark Summers Another book for the pirate-obsessed: Well Blow Me Down: A Guy’s Guide To Talking Like A Pirate. I can’t add this to my bookqueue yet (error: something about the ISBN number makes the baby Jesus cry) and I’m happy to say that Erik Benson is gradually bringing Allconsuming.net back from the dead, so I’ll stash it there. I use both Bookqueue and Allconsuming.net because sometimes one works when the other doesn’t. Also, I just like the way Allconsuming encourages happy bloggy goodness between…
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Very soon now, I’ll upgrade to MT3.whatever, and then I’ll be able to install BookqueueToo. When I do, I’ll be upgrading my Bookqueue page and adding one for the Holy Moly blog. Currently it’s basically a static page with each division of books (reading, read, to be read) in a standard blog entry div, with a right-aligned sidebar. And all the books are in one long vertically aligned list. I’d rather go with a block of images from left to right for the next iteration, rather like at kwc blog: Reading List, but with a short amount of text associated…
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First, I see this: Get Fuzzy And I think, "Marmot? We've got one around here somewhere." And then I see this, and think: One of our marmots is missing. And that, all three of you who aren't spamming my referral logs, is how my mind works. Thank you, I'm here all week.
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The recaplet is up: Adventures in Botswana continue as the teams start with a clue hunt that sends Brian and Greg into a spin. From there, they head to a Detour that includes goat-milking and the fine art of carrying stuff on your head. Ron and Kelly bicker their way through the goat-milking, while Lynn digs himself into a controversial hole with a crack about Uchenna and Joyce being “born to” carry things on their heads. Oh, and Rob and Amber are highly functional and work their way into first place again. The Roadblock involves dragging logs and driving through…
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Dammit. JUST… dammit. TWOP: “Houston, We Have An Elephant.” Something went horrible-pearsheaped with the Brothers, who weren’t that far behind the two trailing teams at the outset, but went wrong and wandered around aimlessly for a little too long. The editing made it clear that all the preceding teams watched carefully for little yellow-and-red route markers attached to roadside bushes, and the Brothers Awesomeov never remarked “oh, there’s a marker,” so I think they took a wrong turn. As they remarked on discovering their error, “We are idiots.” Where the hell was the damn bunching?? Where the hell was flying…
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I just bought this and now I must wait several days for the arrival. You must visit Manolo’s Shoe Blog to understand the super-fantastic fashion item that I await. Also it is the WordPress blog that Manolo is now writing and not Blogger so very much “kudos to Manolo” for making the fashion-forward leap of Internet savvy. You can find it and much more of great style and humor at Manolo Loves the Shoes! : CafePress.com and of course you must find the original love of the Manolo in the things he says of those things that are of the…
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Local NPR station WBEZ is having a spring pledge drive today, which is apparently no joke. Local “listener supported” rock station WXRT is also having a pledge drive. XRT’s pledge drive is definitely more entertaining, but I do hope that BEZ’s is successful. 😉
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Eccleston quits Doctor Who role HUH? 1 episode aired, but he apparently fears being typecast. So just one series with Eccleston, and then yet another new Doctor. Huh.
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That pretty much says it all for tonight’s double-barreled TAR7 episode – it turned out to be a non-elimination episode first, with an elimination second. Gretchen took a terrible spill and cut up her face something awful, plus they had wandered around looking for the clue before that, so they came in last. In yet another “new twist,” this time in addition to losing all their cash, they had to hand over their backpacks and all their possessions except for the clothes they were wearing. You can tell who the nice people were from the not-nice people at the beginning…