I stopped in at The Book Barn in downtown Bend today, looking for a particular book or two, and I have to say, I was a little disappointed. They have a nice space (formerly occupied by the Chelsea Lane wine shop), but it just seemed, I don’t know, sparse. I can’t really quantify it more… Continue reading The Book Barn
Month: January 2005
Emergent
This is interesting: Sims 2 hacks spread like viruses, where hacks that people have made to their Sims 2 game has unintentionally spread among unsuspecting users. In-game virus? Entire neighborhoods of Sims are being mysteriously graced with eternal youth, while some characters are finding all their needs fulfilled by a single shot of magic espresso.… Continue reading Emergent
Jury duty recap
Jury duty was interesting—I skirted being on a DUI trial by that much. How it works is about 30 people show up for the jury summons. Of those, 12 are randomly selected and interviewed. I was one of the 12. Several potential jurors were excused, and after an hour of jury interviews they finally selected… Continue reading Jury duty recap
Jury Duty
Yup, that’s what I got tomorrow. Never been summoned for jury duty before, so I’m anxious to see what it’s like, but I hope I don’t end up on some big trial or a sequestered jury or anything like that.
Bend Centennial
Happy birthday to Bend! Today is the 100th anniversary of Bend, Oregon, marking the beginning of the year-long Bend Centennial celebration. Just a quick post while I’m thinking about it; I might have more to say later. Also, check out Bend.com’s article from November.
Ebook notes
A couple of things related to ebooks. First, Palm Digital Media—the main ebookstore for the Palm Reader format ebooks, and the one that offers (offered?) up the tool for making your own ebooks for free—is now apparently eReader.com. What’s the difference? Well, eReader.com is entirely commercial, it seems; they offer their “eBook Studio” for a… Continue reading Ebook notes
2004 Zeitgeist
In the spirit of the Google Zeitgeist, I’ve pulled together some interesting stats from chuggnutt.com for the year 2004. On to it! Number of blog entries: 306 Approximate total number of words: 45,537 Average words per blog entry: 148.8 Total visitors: 242,433 (includes bots, spiders, aggregators, all that junk) Average visitors per day: 687 April… Continue reading 2004 Zeitgeist
2005!
Happy New Year everyone. So far 2005 is turning out uneventful: we cleaned the office, watched some movies. What to expect for this new year? I don’t know, maybe for it not to go by so quickly. My grandma was right, the older you get, the quicker time passes. At any rate, I’m not making… Continue reading 2005!