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The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted

07.07.2008 13:52    stillhq.com
This book is another Stainless Steel Rat prequel, although it was written well after the original book. This book takes up from where A Stainless Steel Rat is Born ends -- with Jim arrested (of course), on a surprisingly low


Sydney redeems itself, if only a little

07.07.2008 13:52    stillhq.com
On the way home from our awesome soup dumpling dinner in Sydney we dropped into Elizabeth's Bookshop entirely by accident. We'd deliberately walked a block offset from where we do normally to avoid boredom, and just got lucky.The second hand

On the potentially sorry state of second science fiction hand book stores in Sydney

07.07.2008 07:57    stillhq.com
Following a recommendation from Danny, I went and checked out Galaxy Books on York Street during one of my lunch times. The review says they have a good second hand section, and I am still hunting for some old Asimovs.

v4l2 webcam software?

07.07.2008 07:57    stillhq.com
I have a fancy Logitech 2 megapixel auto focusing webcam which uses the UVC USB class. The camera is well supported by the linux kernel (via the uvcvideo) module, but for some reason there still seem to be very few

RunningBlog

07.07.2008 07:45    web-goddess.org
I've just finished Week 2 of my training for the Melbourne Half-Marathon. I'm feeling good!Week 1 distance: 10.8mi (17.37km)Week 2 distance: 12.4mi (20.01km)Fastest mile so far: 10:41That's a distance increase of 15%. I know that's higher than the 10% most

Taste of Chicago

07.07.2008 01:54    web-goddess.org
At the BBQ on Saturday, I met a guy from Chicago and we were reminiscing about missing the Taste festival. Now? Not so much.

Dirigibles

07.07.2008 01:54    web-goddess.org
He thinks it's the future of air travel. I think he's been reading too much steampunk.

50 States, 50 Bands

07.07.2008 01:54    web-goddess.org
A list of the best all-time band, solo artist, and new band from each state in the union. I was all excited about this til I saw the Indiana selections. Sure, the Jacksons are from Gary... but they're hardly representative

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