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    Tooting my own blog horn here, but I had to admit Google got me with today's…

    Tooting my own blog horn here, but I had to admit Google got me with today's Doodle 4 Google. It almost makes up for having to sit through the trailer for their movie earlier this week, and now you can, too. Embedded Link OK, Google, You Got Me, Now Something’s In My Eye I’m off this week, I’ve been getting stuff done at home, and today’s the designated “de-clutter the living room and drop stuff off at Sparrow’s Nest day.” But I Google+: View post on Google+

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    Even if you'd never tried Second Life, you could listen to this excellent radio…

    Even if you'd never tried Second Life, you could listen to this excellent radio drama that they're streaming tonight. Also: excellent roundel! Embedded Link Riel Theatre presents: Neverwhere (Episode 1) Tonight Riel Theatre presents the BBC Radio production of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, adapted by Dirk Maggs. When Richard Mayhew stumbles across a homeless woman bleeding on the street, his decision … Google+: View post on Google+

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    Rough Night: Charleyhorses And Such

    Last night was a rough one; I’ve been having some muscle pain lately (probably due to not having my work chair/office desk/keyboard/mouse set up at the right positions relative to each other). But then all of a sudden I got a massive charleyhorse in my left calf. Ow. Ow. Ow. I’d been restless (we saw Oblivion last night, the images were striking), and I was tossing and turning a little. When it hit, the pain was kind of a mental shock, after being mostly comfortable and drowsy and mostly asleep. I thrashed around and groaned and cried out, and David…

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    G+: Teleworking, The Myth of Working from Home

    As a teleworker myself, I’d be angry too. I get more done than I did working in the office. Plain and simple. No myth. Embedded Link Teleworking: The myth of working from home Yahoo has banned its staff from “remote” working. After years of many predicting working from home as the future for everybody, why is it not the norm? When a memo from human resources dropped into the inbox of Yahoo staff banning them from working from home it prompted anger from many of its recipients. “Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions,…

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    This looks really intriguing and is quite charming, too

    It would translate well to the Steamlands in Second Life. Embedded Link The Steampunk Tribune: A Steampunk Walt Disney ImagiNation endeavor Discovered the other day an endeavor titled “Gaslight”, which is a Walt Disney Imagineering: ImagiNation 2013 semifinalist by an intrepid team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. T… Google+: View post on Google+

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    Practice Midi Files: Requiem et Sanctus

    Vivaldi Choir: Practice Files We’re working on several difficult pieces at Holy Moly, including a few out of the Faure Requiem. There’s a site maintained by the Vivaldi Choir that has the whole thing as MIDI practice files, with a lot of other pieces.