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My Favorite Videos of 2009

  • Dec. 19th, 2009 at 5:39 AM




Of course you've seen some of these before, and I've posted a few on Facebook, but I just wanted to share my favorites of 2009 again. Enjoy!









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[bunkermentality] tweets o' the day

  • Dec. 19th, 2009 at 12:00 AM
- 06:29 hey everyone, please check it out!
www.projectforawesome.com/ #P4A /via @lilyandstaginn #
- 06:34 Someone hacked Twitter. Here's what we know:
bit.ly/4RqPxj /via @mashable #
- 06:42 Google Docs Template spotlight: Holiday newsletter
bit.ly/8kONWl /via @GoogleAtWork #
- 06:54 Can an e-reader do this? @BPLBoston shows off books made when
beauty mattered more than speed: bit.ly/6cW4nz /via @mitaliperkins #
- 06:56 RT @timoreilly Learn to Build iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, &
Javascript: Free Online Course in Jan bit.ly/8pfJZk /via @ericrumsey #
- 07:09 RT @KirkusReviews Good news, 01/01/10 issue of Kirkus will be
published and website is working fine. /via @mitaliperkins #
- 07:10 Domestic violence victim from Guatemala granted asylum in US
tinyurl.com/y8tvph3 Mobile: tinyurl.com/y9uzhv8 /via @StarNet #
- 07:14 Sipping coffee and watching my yard turn pink with the sunrise.
Feel like were the only ones w/o snow on twitter. High in mid-70s
today! #fb #
- 18:01 Question: If ebook sales rise to 20%, what percent of booksto
res go under? 20%? 60%? 80%? /via @librarythingtim #
- 18:17 Tell City government what you think and learn more about the
City budget: www.tucsonaz.gov/dialogues #tucson /via @mayorwalkup #
- 18:18 Tell us how you wave: share your Google Wave stories with
wavestories@googlewave.com bit.ly/5i02ge /via @googlewave #
- 18:21 @Josee_Madalia Where did you find your elf shoes? #
- 18:50 ReadWriteWeb: Using Google Apps? 5 Ways to Avoid Getting Hacked
bit.ly/7Zx5W7 /via @RWWRSS #
- 18:52 The Arizona Legislature is considering the destruction of
Arizona State Parks with HB2001 bit.ly/5V74ob /via @azhistory #
- 18:57 BIG changes coming to fbook pages: bit.ly/8OB7Gr
(via @CarriBugbee) /via @jennIRL #
- 18:59 Tasty lunch at the new Seoul Kitchen! good addition to #Tucson
restaurant scene. bit.ly/5hjw44 /via @juliegraphics [def'ly going!] #
- 19:03 "A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you
the less you know." | Diane Arbus bit.ly/84HOR7 /via @WixPhotography #
- 20:29 @thegooddrlaura So glad you're OK! And in case you were
wondering, yes you *will* stop having flashbacks. #
- 20:31 PastryKit: A Tip-Off To Apple Plans to "Reinvent Publishing"?
bit.ly/6eJEtH #ebooks /via @timoreilly #
- 20:32 50 Open Source Tools for Writers and Bloggers - bit.ly/7rUn7d
(via @webdesign_news) /via @deuhlig #
- 20:34 @mosylu When do your visitors arrive? #
- 20:35 Usa tu iPhone para encontrar en Gran Bretaña las locaciones de
Harry Potter bit.ly/4P9PBF /via @HarryLatino #
- 23:11 @missy1975 *shudder* My deepest sympathies. Is she better at
least? #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

Goodbye to Sgt. Pinback

  • Dec. 18th, 2009 at 10:14 PM
RIP Dan O'Bannon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Og_YsaXt4&feature=related

He'll be best remembered for ALIEN, but DARK STAR has a fond place in my heart as well. I hope somewhere he's surfing down like a meteor as "Benson, Arizona" plays on the cosmic soundtrack.

Dec. 18th, 2009

  • 6:57 PM
♛ 72 icons ♛
--15 sherlock holmes
--15 starry ☆ sky
--30 axis powers hetalia



here @ [info]haptisms.

A Rare Day Off!

  • Dec. 18th, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Had today booked as a day off weeks ago, luckily, or I'd be working 7:30am to gone 11pm with approx 1 hour's break same as I have been doing the rest of the week - (but only because I'd booked a hair appointment in Cheltenham, and planned on finishing the Christmas shopping) - this week has been unbelievably exhausting - but hey, at least I'm getting paid for all of these extra hours (though no overtime) which pays for the kids' birthdays and Christmas, which are all within a five-week period.

Amazingly we didn't get much snow - the landscape looks truly beautiful, slightly frosted but icy cold and hard - definitely unfriendly for all of it's superficial appeal.

I managed to get virtually everything I went into town for - so that's shopping finished, and my hair is now best described as 'fuzzy elfin' (Well, since it snowed as I was leaving the hairdressers, make that flattened fuzzy elfin - but I'll hopefully be able to perk it up later since it's girls' night out tonight). And no, I'm not posting a photo - us old hags don't like having our photos taken :) - maybe I'll post my baby and first school photos eventually, then at least you can all see proof that I once had 'normal-ish' hair.

So that just leaves the staff Christmas meal,  my daughter's birthday party and sleepover, and our annual Christmas party to organise this week.

[bunkermentality] tweets o' the day

  • Dec. 18th, 2009 at 12:08 AM
- 07:43 RT @TucsonFoodDude: New Food Fight: What's your favorite coffee
house? AZNightBuzz.com bit.ly/90FIkn //Avenue Coffee /via @AZW88 #
- 20:00 4th Generation iPhone Will Have Lots of Room for eBooks, By
Craig Morgan Teicher | eBookNewser is.gd/5rQw6 /via @jafurtado #
- 20:04 Sony Ebook Boss: DRM Needs To Stay And Ebooks Should Cost More
Than $10 ff.im/-d4qP9 /via @jdscott50 #
- 20:09 @neilhimself How do you know you're not walking a polar bear by
mistake? #
- 20:11 VIDEO: Senator Al Franken cuts Lieberman off on Senate floor
bit.ly/7XfNMo /via @CoOpweb, @thereisawayjose, @GottaLaff #
- 20:19 More Google Sites updates: Preview PDFs in Google Docs & Set a
default location for a page template bit.ly/5Dglps /via @GoogleAtWork #
- 22:11 "Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished.
Tell about it." — Mary Oliver /via @mitaliperkins #Automatically
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01/25/09 Homepage Spotlight

  • Dec. 17th, 2009 at 5:33 PM
[info]stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

Dec. 17th, 2009

  • 3:44 PM
1 - 10 Cartoons: Batman Beyond, Dexter's Laboratory, Gargoyles
11 - 22 Death Note
23 - 84 Gundam 00
85 - 96 Macross Frontier
97 - 104 The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix
105 - 106 Misc: Valkyria Chronicles, etc.

Previews:


HERE @ [info]stone_rose_door
Two pieces of extraordinary news:

1. My hair is growing back. Not just the "I cut it all off and now it has to grow" way, either. All of the hair that started falling out in July of 2006 is growing back. It's actually thicker by the day.

2. Yesterday I caught myself singing Christmas carols. Go figure.
"Drown me! Roast me! Hang me! Do whatever you please," said Brer Rabbit. "Only please, Brer Fox, please don't throw me into the briar patch."

Please, please said the insurance companies. Please don't pass a law requiring everyone to buy my insurance policy at whatever price I want to charge. Please don't do this to us they pled.

Dec. 17th, 2009

  • 6:50 PM
Icons
Tv shows: Doctor Who, Lost
Actors/Actress: Ewan McGregor, Melanie Laurent, Johnny Depp(1 with Tim Burton), John Simm
Movies: Inglorious Basterds(Shosanna)
Music: Robbie Williams, Janine Jansen










HERE@WONTDOTHAT PUBLIC 2 DAYS.

[bunkermentality] tweets o' the day

  • Dec. 17th, 2009 at 12:01 AM
- 06:45 Very saddened for all of the library branches closing across
Ohio. #saveohiolibraries Follow @olevia for more
details/news. /via @infowidget #
- 06:51 Send your photos to help us with a special multimedia project
to document the decade. Please RT. bit.ly/6HtzCZ /via @nytimes #
- 07:19 10 Predictions: eReaders & eBooks in 2010 "Anything But Boring"
(Forrester: by @srepps & @jmcquivey) - bit.ly/5080RP /via @ericrumsey #
- 13:59 A writer, @maureenjohnson, won most interesting person to
follow on Twitter according to @Mashable.
bit.ly/6aCycR /via @ChrisKubica #
- 14:03 .@thehpalliance 's goal is 1,000 Harry Potter fans taking a
stand against genocide. bit.ly/7ZTLD1 /via @TheHPAlliance #
- 14:08 698 Online Retailers Unite for Free Shipping Day -
bit.ly/6R3Ui4 /via @mashable #
- 15:10 Appolicious Lands $2 Million For [social] iPhone App Directory
is.gd/5qeUv by @leenarao /via @TechCrunch #
- 15:12 3 New Types of Twitter Spam to Watch Out For ow.ly/MKVS
Thanks @GuyKawasaki ! /via @Caroline_Palmer # 15:26 Popularity of
texting edging out cell phone calls bit.ly/6kiRMM /via @libraryfuture #
- 15:30 Do you know an artist, business, or community project that has
impacted the Arts in Az? j.mp/8OjL2V Nominate! /via @AZartsCitizens #
- 15:36 RT @TucsonFoodDude: Ouch. Karaoke costly to Tucson restaurant
chain | www.azstarnet.com ® bit.ly/8ea0ls /via @HereInTucson #
- 15:40 First Official "Alice" Trailer Hits the Web -
bit.ly/4IHwC3 /via @mashable #
- 15:54 Horn Book Fanfare book list announced
www.hbook.com/newsletter/index.html /via @HornBook #
- 15:59 What Would Jane Austen Have Twittered? via OReilly Radar
bit.ly/6U2JQJ /via @MorganLibrary #
- 16:11 eBook Readers: Stink, Stank, Stunk - Kindle, Sony, Nook Not
Ready for Prime Time (ZDNet: @jperlow) -
bit.ly/4LTVm4 /via @ericrumsey #
- 16:17 "Go Mobile" bit.ly/mobilelibs about mobile strategies, for
libraries & more by @lisacarlucci & @libraryfuture /via @libraryfuture #
- 16:21 I discovered @pictory today. It rocks. Hard core.
bit.ly/8gRT3g /via @jaredmcfarland #
- 16:22 Fake Steve Jobs Waffles on Plan to Take Down AT&T -
bit.ly/8sB4QG /via @mashable #
- 16:36 Twitter, Texting Enhance Writing Skills, Says Expert.
bit.ly/5QsDbe /via @kishizuka #
- 21:23 Now trending on Mashable: "How a 40,000+ Employee Company
Trains its Employees on Social Media" - bit.ly/7OlOWS /via @mashable #
- 21:30 @missy1975 I'm so sorry to hear that Missy. Is it the
flu? #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

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Thanks, again, for joining us. Until next time, stay snug!

Dec. 16th, 2009

  • 3:56 PM
Icons from Raymond Briggs. Father Christmas (including Santa on the toilet).



The rest are here.

Seven Sevs A Snapin'

  • Dec. 16th, 2009 at 3:11 PM

Happy Christmas Season!

  • Dec. 16th, 2009 at 5:26 AM
I have wanted to post here on Livejournal every day, but I have been ill with the cough that wouldn't leave, and living in a house where all we do is pass around the kleenex box. Basically, I've been living on Advil and Decongestants for days now. My Christmas Tree is up, but only because my daughter has a ton of energy and the Christmas Spirit.

My husband, who is an eternal optimist even when the money dries up and we have to eat hamburger every night, keeps saying "Christmas is a Season Not a Day." That is our Kimsey Family Motto this month, but I'm having trouble seeing it. So I've had to look for comfort from my fantasy world.

I made Seven Sev's A Snapin' Icons on [info]nettlebrew ~ Enjoy!

One thing that has cheered me up is this poem by TreacleTartlet on Chamber of Secrets Forum:


Christmas Alphabet
C is for the cloak which billows with his every pace.
H is for the hair of black that hangs about his face.
R is for the Roman nose distinguished and sublime.
I is for the icy stare he gives if you step out of line.
S is for the snark dispensed with wit and ease
T is for the thin physique I'd dearly love to squeeze.
M is for the mistletoe needed to steal a kiss.
A is for Avada Kedavra duck and he might miss.
S is for Severus Snape no fangirl can forget.
Be good and you'll get everything in my Christmas alphabet.

~by TreacleTartlet


She also made this beautiful Video for us to *SQUEE* over:

Seven Sevs A Snapin'

  • Dec. 16th, 2009 at 4:47 AM
I meant to have a blizzard of icons done in time for Christmas, but due to illness I just haven't been up to it.

Here are Seven Snapes for Christmas, and I hope to do more Winter and New Year's Icons in the coming weeks.




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