Clanwolfer: Nextgen Reader is an excellent Metro (or Modern UI, as it is called now) interface Google reader.





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Watched this a few weeks ago and loved it. Total Indiana Jones Jr. vibe to it and looking forward to the sequel.

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1. Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll by Charles R. Cross (book)
2. Desert Places by Blake Crouch (Kindle)
3. Phantoms by Jo Nesbo (Kindle)
4. Ratlines by Stuart Neville (k)
5. Abandon by Blake Crouch (k)
6. The Last Child by John Hart (k)
7. The King of Lies by John Hart (k)
8. Down River by John Hart (k)
9. Iron House by John Hart (k)

Now reading:
Horns by Joe Hill (book)

Nothing yet... but I did get a Surface and HTC 8X from work! Will post more tomorrow.

Edited to add:

$20 gc to Amazon
$15 gc to Best Buy
refurbished Toshiba BluRay player
Old Navy jeans
kid-painted coffee mug
big fleece blanket made by my son

Nothing terribly special, but a fun day with the family nonetheless.

I'm up to about 30+ books this year. My favorite so far is an oldie, Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Live By Night by Dennis Lehane was a goodie as well.

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Staples and Best Buy, here we come!

Here I am.

There's a video game themed episode coming up today or tomorrow. Haven't seen it yet, but looking forward to it. In the meantime, here's a clip from a previous episode:

http://youtu.be/jngqI1la27o

And here's an article Boing Boing about that episode:

http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/upcoming-episode-of-gravit.html

And here's a picture of Mabel after eating way too much Fun Dip (banned in the US):



Did I mention there's a secret message in the intro? Seriously, check it out!

Friday nights, Disney Channel. They pumped it this summer and it is delivering.

GF is the story of pre-teen twins, Mabel and Dipper Pines, who are sent to Gravity Falls, OR, to spend the summer with their Great Uncle Stan. Gruncle Stan, as he is known, owns the Mystery Shack, a tourist trap where he has weird odds n ends that, well, tourists like.

I've been telling people to watch, that it's like Scooby-Doo meets the X-Files. Dipper is Mulder, and Mabel is Scully, if Scully had braces, crushes on boys and wore light up sweaters with her name on them.

In other words, this show is fantastic. The artwork is hilarious, and I simply can't get enough of Mabel.

Also, there appears to be an overarching story arc, where, if you Bing Gravity Falls secrets, there are dozens of pages dedicated to deciphering things.

Do check it out.

Hmm. My wedding anniversary falls on 9/15. You know what this means!! 

Am I the only one bothered by a cool album cover that happens to have an hour hand that doesn't reflect the actual time?  That hour hand should not be pointed directly at the 9 spot, but should have already moved past according to the minute hand.  It's a small error, but one you can't ignore once you see it.

See rshetts2 post above.

What's that saying? I forget the wording. Just sometimes it's more about what you do when there isn't a spotlight around.

It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you?

I see what you did there.

I saw you finished Boy's Life. What a wonderful book, huh?

lildrgn, I love it so far. We definitely have similar tastes!  You need to stop keeping these things to yourself.   Are you on good reads?

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I just finished Snow Crash, now onto Boy's Life by Robert
McCammon.
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Boy's Life is probably my favorite book of ALL TIME. Coming-of-age tale wrapped in a murder mystery. It is excellent and I hope you enjoy it!

RUSH!

Ok.

?? Kiss Maiden Yes ?? Metallica AC/DC Korn ?? Def Lep ??

HAY GUISE,

New Rush this Tuesday! But, through the magic of the INTERNET, I have heard the entire album.

I'm pretty confident that in this fan's estimation, this is the finest record they've put out in a darn long time. The playing is top notch, the songs are impressively complex and attainable, and it just sounds GOOD.

The fact that it's a concept album just takes the cake. There's no real oddball songs here that stick out; instead, everything is quite cohesive without sounding similar.

Very pleased!

What do you have left and for how much??
thanks!

I read. I play bass in bands. I try to hang with the family as much as my retail schedule (and meager income) allows. I would like to do this:

I taught myself to cook a few years ago and have gotten pretty good at it.

Talk to me.

If I was a bachelor, I could survive on cooking for myself. After all, my expectations are quite low. However, as I am a married man, my wife does 99.99999% of the cooking. She does it because she is good, and also because she has dietary restrictions (gluten free, no dairy, no red meats).

Due to a recent health diagnose for my wife (MS), she's been told she needs to lessen her stress to help the situation. As some of these stresses are unavoidable (work, kids, $$$), I've told her that I'd love to learn to cook to help her have less stress, but I don't know where to start.

Tips? Pointers? Maybe a dedicated thread???

Holy cow I am listening again and I am near tears. This is so great! When I last saw them on the first S&A tour, I got a bit misty eyed. These guys have been with me since the mid-80s and it's such a pleasure and joy to hear/see them. Listening to them regularly is one thing, but to be moved in person or with NEW FUCKING AWESOME MATERIAL gives such joy that I am having DUST IN MY EYES.

EPIC.

GUYS GO NOW!!

OMFGGGGGGG I HAVE CHILLS SHIVERS AND CAN BARELY TYPE THIS.

I DIDN'T FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT VAPOR TRAILS.

I DIDN'T FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT SNAKES AND ARROWS.

I HAVEN'T FELT THIS WAY SINCE EVER.

THIS IS EPIC.

GO NOW NOW NOW AND PAY ATTENTION AT 4:00. I HAVE TO GO CHANGE MY PANTS!!!

AND AT ROLLING STONE, NO LESS:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-stream-rush-return-with-heavy-headlong-flight-20120418
 

More importantly, has anyone heard the 30 second clip?

 

http://video.billboard.com/services/player/bcpid1400487104001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAEMcC3Y~,NII8yi9nN4ynl0GkUz0DOed2OFVYoRVU&bctid=1555647634001

Just finished reading The Art Of Racing In The Rain by Garth Stein.

LOVED IT.

Dog, cars, set in my own back yard, how could I not love it. Though I didn't shed any tears, those of you more sappy types better watch out.

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Never played any ME, but for $10 at the employee store for ME1, I'm thinking about it. But I'm afraid it'll go the way of Fallout 3: started with a bang, then fizzled out and never finished.

Full disclosure:

I work for a place that sells PCs only.

I choose Windows. We service Macs all the time though; people come in wanting to BootCamp their Macs (dual boot iOS/Windows) and the Apple store won't help them as they don't support Windows. Even if you want your iPod/iPhone to sync with your PC? Sorry, out of luck. You want to use your 10 year old Hotmail account with your iPhone? No support at the Apple store.

Anyway, there are lots of sweet, sweet options (Samsung 9, Acer UX series, HP Folio 13, Toshiba Portege) that may not be AS slick as the MBP (which, admittedly is a gorgeous piece of hardware), but come close. Plus, they're waaaay less expensive.

Bob Ross Solo

 

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Cool! Been wanting to watch Raiders again. Watched 1/2 last week. Then saw this and watched about :40. Pretty well done and some cool tidbits in the documentary.

Eco, sounds right up my alley. Will check it out.

I am sick of the snow. Right now it's like this:

snow
-----
ice
-----
snow

So every step you take, it's crunchy. I haven't dared get in a car yet, though I'm scheduled to work tomorrow at 9:00am. Should be interesting.

I deregistered it from me and added it to her account. I'm able to borrow books now though my Kindle is now in my wife's name.Apparently I can only do one book a month, though.

Question:

Wife and I have separate Amazon accounts. Her account has Prime on it. She shared it with me so now I have it, I suppose. I also have a Kindle 1st gen. Can I borrow books via Prime now? When I go to the Amazon store, I see I can buy the books, but they are not at $0.00.

Any help?

I can relate.

I work with a bunch of young bucks and I often wonder, "What happened to simply shaking hands??"

Must get Live gold membership.

Last year's list, all 31 of 'em.

Books read (all on Kindle unless otherwise noted):

1. Carte Blanche by Jeffrey Deaver
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
4. Run by Blake Crouch
5. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
6. Dead of Night by Jonathan Maberry
7. Gideon's Corpse by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
8. Sanctus by Simon Toyne
9. Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (book)
10. The Hanging Tree by Bryan Gruley (book)
11. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
12. Shopgirl by Steve Martin
13. Sleepwalk With Me: And Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia
14. Ghost Story by Peter Straub
15. The First Rule by Robert Crais
16. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (AWESOME)
17. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
18. Hannibal by Thomas Harris
19. Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist
20. Meg by Steve Alten
21. The Basement by Stephen Leather
22. The Sentry by Robert Crais
23. 61 Hours by Lee Child
24. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
25. Already Dead by Charlie Huston
26. No Dominion by Charlie Huston
27. A Sight for Sore Eyes by Ruth Rendell (book)
28. The Vault by Ruth Rendell (book)
29. The Haunted by Bentley Little (book)
30. A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron (book)
31. The Worst Thing by Aaron Elkins (book)
32. The Skeleton Box by Bryan Gruley (book)
33. Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham (book)
34. Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
35. Broken Harbor by Tana French (book)
36. The Black Box by Michael Connelly
37. A Very Simple Crime by Grant Jerkins (book)

Now reading:
Phantoms by Jo Nesbo

On Hiatus:
Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson
14 by Peter Clines
Walking the Amazon by Ed Stafford (book)
Trapped by J.A. Konrath and Jack Kilborn
Dream Team by Jack McCallum
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

Dance Central is huge at my store. I haven't seen Just Dance, though.

Well, I showed the wife last night, and she LOVED it.  Spent the rest of the evening (and this morning when she first woke up) playing around with the box browsing what's available.  So far so goode

I'm liking the sound of this. But I think we have at least a year to go on our Dish contract.

[Spoiler]

The calender on it sucks..

Hope it gets fixed or upgraded sometime.

I thought the changes in Mango were really good.  I certainly don't think it sucks.  The only issue I have, really, is that the month view doesn't make the details clear.

I see the calendar as more of a "jump to date" feature than a "read my tasks" type thing.

I had Android for 10 months or so and got my WP7 almost 2 weeks ago, going from a HTC G2 to a HTC Radar 4G. I love the smoothness and snappiness of the Radar, as well as the slim, no keyboard size of it. The simplicity of Mango is beautiful as well. However, I miss the apps (and the daily free Amazon app) on the Android.

All in all, I'm really pleased with the WP7.

Spoiler for Hiden:

*full disclosure: I work for MS.

ARISE!

Just watched this tonight and I loved it! I thought all the kids were fantastic actors; none of that annoying, precocious stuff. The scene in Charles' house the next morning when they're watching the news? My family had that TV growing up. Awesome

I loved the soundtrack and just how natural the kids were with each other. Nothing seemed forced to me. The kid with the braces was hilarious, too.

Highly recommended!