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December 01, 2010 | Wednesday | 609 Comments
Hanukkah oh Hanukkah, you’re early as what the hell now this year! Which means… it’s fun and games time here at the Hot Pink Palace of Bitchery! Tonight begins the festival of Hanukkah, wherein Jewish folks light the menorah, consume fried things, and celebrate for eight nights. And since the Jewish folks are known as The People of the Book, I figured, let’s celebrate reading, eh? I’ve been saving up items all year for the festive merriment to celebrate reading, both paper and digital. Are you ready to rumble? I hope so! These contests are super easy. All you have…
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September 03, 2010 | Friday | 50 Comments
Yesterday was the Sony Reader Meet Up in New York City, and a very awesome crowd of people were in attendance, which was awesome. There were passed hors d’oeuvres and refreshing beverages, or grog, if you’re me, and there were giant TVs all over the place that didn’t fit in my purse or else I’d have one now. What *did* fit in my purse but what I alas do not have with me now are the new Sony Readers. The new line was introduced to the crowd at the Meetup, after which we talked about what books we’re reading, which…
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November 30, 2009 | Monday | 28 Comments
Sony Style has a very cool page called Words Move Me, where users submit short passages from written works that they find memorable, moving, or personally important. They’ve come up with a rather neat promotion and have asked me to take part in helping spread the word about Words Move Me.
Oh look! A widget! Here are some examples:
So let’s get to celebrating the words that move us and have us a contest!
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September 11, 2009 | Friday | 8 Comments
Tony was Eustace and useless as well, Until his whole family went to hell. He became a thief to make a living, Now that he’s older, he works for the king Constance is a widowed duchess, Since her duke died, she’s in a big mess. Her skill set comprises curtsies and babies, To keep up appearances and be a lady. Now she’s in a lot of distress, Because the foul villain wants a mistress. He slaps and snarls and gets his hand on her deed, In the midst of printing up the money he’ll need. (You must pay the rent!…
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August 31, 2009 | Monday | 4 Comments
Pt. I: Meet Cute So Sony 700 showed up on my front porch in a plain brown box, with none of the exotic fairy-tale wrapping of his distant cousin Kindle. That didn’t stop my teenage daughter from squealing “SOOOOO CYUUUUTTTE!!!” at the sight of him, and despite my embarrassment, I privately agreed. Short, sleek, and slim, he was almost everything I love in a hero; I only hoped he didn’t exhibit the psychotic tendencies I also had a fondness for – in fiction. I’m not much of a one for small talk, so after a cursory tussle with the unwieldy…
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August 07, 2009 | Friday | 16 Comments
Behold! A video review!
First: I want to play with her Lego collection.
Second: the DRM visual analogy at the end made me howl.
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March 01, 2009 | Sunday | 13 Comments
Inspired by a comment from Felicia Day on Twitter, I present my first ever eBook LOL.
Enjoy.
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February 09, 2009 | Monday | 50 Comments
A nice person over on my Twitter feed asked my why I call my Kindle “Sir Kindle the Fusspot.” Well, the short answer is, Sir Kindle is very fussy and requires some delicate care in file transfer and management. The longer answer is, I’m embarrassed to say, the honeymoon of me and Sir Kindle is over, and I’ve recognized some serious flaws both in the unit itself, and in the way Amazon is electing to do business as a purveyor of ebooks and ebook readers. First, the Kindle itself: I like the unit, I’m used to holding it in a…
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April 23, 2008 | Wednesday | 40 Comments
What, more links? Why, yes, indeed! James Patterson discusses his new book, a “romance” with the Palm Beach Daily News, and says that romances are “hard to do,” though he cautions that this isn’t a “real romance novel” (What does that mean, precisely, no sex?) Mysteries, for Patterson, are “easy.” Now, what struck me is his accounting of his collaborative process: Sundays at Tiffany’s was written with North Carolina-based children’s author Gabrielle Charbonnet in the collaborative style that Patterson developed about 10 years ago. It has been a key element in his increasingly prolific output. “We’re hung up in this…
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