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NaNoWriMo Software Lineup (Novel Writing Software Reviews)

Yes, it's that time of year again, boys and girls, the time when all of we would-be writers put aside sanity for the sake of a 30 day dash to 50,000 words: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). This is the marathon of novel-writing, to produce a readable 50,000 word story in a single month. Some of the truly crazy people have even begun fundraising… Continue

Added by Q on October 25, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Epic F(l)ail!

So the economy is crap. Don't ask me what that means in the long run; I'm not financier. I'm not even very good at balancing my checkbook. However, I've got some theories, I have a laptop and I have a blog, so here goes: George W. Bush, Jr. is a very, very bad president. He's lousy at it, in fact, but that's not the point. Bush is a lousy president, but he's a fantastic Viking! Think about it: in the time of the Vikings, you had the head-of-the-league-boards, MVV (Most Valuable Viking) squads… Continue

Added by Q on October 17, 2008 at 11:35am — 1 Comment

MacBook: My Four Part Tragedy

In September of 07, it was time to upgrade from my 800MHz G3 iBook. I thought I'd avoided the problems by waiting for not the second but the third release of the model. (A dear friend had the MacBook Pro 1.0 and I learned a lot from his story.) She was beautiful! So gorgeous, in fact, that I named her Inara Serra, as I'd become enamored of the Firefly series a few months before. Things were great for about three months. Then one morning, my MacBook failed to boot up. I tried all the tips and tr… Continue

Added by Q on October 17, 2008 at 1:26am — No Comments

Apple Update!

Yes, like always, they are getting mixed reviews -- but I'm lusting after an aluminum 13" MacBook like nobody's business. Point 1: No mouse button. I adore that they've ditched the button. I have a year old MacBook and I never use my button. I have taps enabled and I use the gestures, so I almost never actually click the physical button. Point 2: No FW port. I'm not upset about that either. Yes, target disk mode is out the window and that's sad. But in the 7 years I've been a loyal Mac user? I… Continue

Added by Q on October 14, 2008 at 3:57pm — 1 Comment

I'm a geek in my Second Life, too!

I signed up yesterday for the infamous SL. No, it's not WoW -- but to me, that's a benefit. I don't want to be roaming around killing things and hunting orcs. Not my thing. No, I'm pretty much just in it to be a pretty pixelated princess with a fabulous wardrobe and the ability to fly all over creation. ^_^ Continue

Added by Q on October 14, 2008 at 3:51pm — 2 Comments

Sadistic Crap Legitimized By Florid Prose

That's the quote that came to mind while watching almost every recent address of the McPain cyborg to the greater Republican party. "Terrorist!" "Ay-rab!" "Traitor!" and my personal unfavorite: "Kill him!" ... this is the "religious right"? Don't get me wrong: I'm Christian (and unapologetically so), but I don't believe that any of this is Christian. (Actually, I believe Republicanism is, in many, many ways, very UNChristian, but that's a post for another time.) I'm voting for Obama and I'm… Continue

Added by Q on October 13, 2008 at 12:47pm — No Comments

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Finally, a home for the geeks! Geeks do tend to gravitate toward certain fora and I think that's why places like LJ are hyper-populated with geeks. Anyhow, I'm enjoying the site quite a bit. The stupid has followed here, though, as well. I saw a place advertising Web hosting and a drawing for a MBP. That's all well and good, but when I visited the site, I knew immediately that I would not trust these people with my Web hosting. First, the style is very 1997 "my first Web page." It's intensely… Continue

Added by Q on October 12, 2008 at 10:03pm — No Comments