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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Sunday Salon: Lyrical
The other day I stumbled across this hilarious blog post about all the once-glorious adjectives that book reviewers have over-used to the point where they have lost all meaning. Words like compelling, lyrical, luminous, poignant. I’ve been laughing to myself about this for the past few days; I had it in mind when I did that Zemanta thing, and I was still thinking about it when I picked up Gilead.
Upgrade to WordPress 2.5!
Normally I would wait a few weeks before upgrading, to give the bugs a chance to sort themselves out. But I couldn’t wait to take WordPress 2.5 for a spin — so here it is, on the very day it was released. So far, everything seems fine. My plugins are working, as far as I can tell, and the site looks normal — except for the admin area, which is quite different. It will take some getting used to.
Zemanta: a tool for lazy bloggers
I just learned about this new service that “enhances” your blog’s content, called Zemanta. You type in your blog post and it does your research for you, resulting in a selection of relevant links, articles, and photos that you can then insert into your post. When I first saw this (via Weblog Tools Collection) I thought the whole idea was pretty goofy. But then I guiltily remembered all the times I haven’t bothered to add Amazon links to the books I’m writing about, let alone links to support my arguments. So I decided to try out the demo.
And now for something completely different
Well, my last few posts were pretty bookish, so I thought for a change of pace I would tell you about my dear husband’s favorite website, instructables.com. Billing itself as “the world’s biggest show and tell,” this site offers instructions for all kinds of DIY projects. Some, like the aluminum siding made of beer cans, are very useful. Others, like the zen garden rake for your ashtray, are perhaps less so. All, however, are extremely entertaining.
Sunday Salon: Baudolino
So, lately I’ve been noticing these Sunday Salon badges popping up all over the litblogosphere. I figured that since today happens to be Sunday, and I happen to be in the middle of a book that I can’t wait to tell about, I might as well add myself to the network.
My reading plan
I’ve tried — and given up on — numerous reading plans over the years. All those “challenges” that seem to pop up around the blogosphere that sound so enticing? Now I just ignore those posts, much as I’d love to read six non-fiction books this year, twelve books by authors I never heard of, three books in genres I don’t like, five books in translation, ten Booker prize-winners…
