{"id":1781,"date":"2009-11-01T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/updates-for-the-week-of-2009-11-01\/"},"modified":"2009-11-01T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T08:00:00","slug":"updates-for-the-week-of-2009-11-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/updates-for-the-week-of-2009-11-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates for the week of 2009-11-01"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"aktt_tweet_digest\">\n<li>Google Docs Batch Export (<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/48sECL\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/j.mp\/48sECL<\/a>) &#8211; Most excellent. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5149587824\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Newest arrivals on my to-read pile include The Road, Boneshaker, Leviathan, War of the Oaks, Before they are Hanged, and Powerless. You? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5161057128\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If I say: &quot;ironically, she was wishing so hard for him to stop that she didn&#39;t notice when he did&quot;, is that actually ironic? #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23stupidsong\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">stupidsong<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5161534513\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>My current #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23win7\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">win7<\/a> hitch is making the Start menu *default* to &quot;All Programs&quot; and not &quot;Kinda\/sorta most recent stuff you&#39;ve opened&#8230; &quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5174132385\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Adrift: Deirdre asks if she&#8217;s staying on the ship. Again. The tone of her voice&#8230; she&#8217;s.. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3xTSw4\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3xTSw4<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5185866259\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jumprope. Ninjas. Omigod. Seriously guys. <a href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/4DCOc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/is.gd\/4DCOc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5193421571\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>People read more than books (<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2h6Ttl\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/j.mp\/2h6Ttl<\/a>) &#8211; I see his point, but at some point, you just have a distraction-maker, not a reader. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5199337988\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Adrift: The &#8216;lock sensors tell me the air inside the station is good. Better than the air in the B.. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/f99b8\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/f99b8<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5217589897\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Revisions&#8230; done? Wow. One more read-through, aloud, and back it all goes to Agent S. Happy friggin&#39; Halloween, indeed. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23amwriting\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">amwriting<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5222726261\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Writer\u2019s Block Is For Hippies And Slugabeds (<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/TOjwb\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/j.mp\/TOjwb<\/a>) &#8211; &quot;Brain teeth go chompy.&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5223001623\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RT: @ChuckWendig: In case you missed it: I spit in the face of your Writer&#39;s Block. Ptoo! <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yk83rub\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yk83rub<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5233322205\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Estributors (<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1rtUIJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/j.mp\/1rtUIJ<\/a>) &#8211; A niche in the publishing world that no one, currently, lives in. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5238393286\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Decided I&#39;m (finally) going to rip the rest of my CDs to mp3 and trash the&#8230; trash. I want an utterly DRM-free ripping tool. Suggestions? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5239010692\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Every wrecked vehicle I&#39;ve seen today has been 4wd. Idiots: It&#39;s not 4-wheel stop. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5239579428\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Adrift: The airlock cycles. We step through. Sweet, fresh air puffs in our face. Turret mounted particle.. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/5sUj9\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/5sUj9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5240613133\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Warming up for Halloween. Don&#39;t ask me to explain the ensemble. I cannot. <a href=\"http:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7bqgSC\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7bqgSC<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5262049749\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Adrift: Figured it was too good to be true; every enviroment has hostile elements. Though in this case, .. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cfb6f\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cfb6f<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5269320867\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Back at proper revisions. 76% reduction in &#39;shrugged&#39;. Now to see about all the nodding. Fucking bobbleheads, these guys. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5278569949\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I&#39;m on google wave (no invites, relax), and digging all the RPG stuff going on, but I want to see any writer co-op stuff. Pointers? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5290066426\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I don&#39;t think horror should BE a genre. It&#39;s an *element* of a story &#8211; it&#39;s like calling &quot;blue&quot; a genre w\/in paintings. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23scifichat\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">scifichat<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5294480035\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Q4: The best sci-fi monster (for me) was the bat-thing in From a Buick 8. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23scifichat\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">scifichat<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5294674613\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>#scifichat I have to confess that Cthulhu has never scared me. C&#39;s just&#8230; too big. I think stuff my size or smaller is creepier. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5294906616\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>#scifichat Like Cloverfield. The main thing is scary like getting almost hit by a bus is scary. The LITTLE critters deliver horror, though. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5294941697\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I wonder if an element of humanity is *necessary* in a horror monster &#8211; to turn &#39;scary&#39; into &#39;horrible&#39;. See: Alien. HAL. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23scifichat\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">scifichat<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5295554968\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>My takeaway from today&#39;s #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23scifichat\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">scifichat<\/a>: horror comes out of &#39;natural&#39; turned unnatural, or the threat of our nature being stripped. Good stuff. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5295935613\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>My first #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23scifichat\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">scifichat<\/a> today &#8211; first chat of any kind on Twitter, actually &#8211; and it was very cool. Thanks, all! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5295971857\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>WHEN I FIND OUT WHO LEFT THESE CASHEWS IN MY HOUSE I&#39;M GONNA KI&#8211;mfff rrfff mmrrrff mff ommff nom so go-mfffgodsodeliciou&#8211; *food coma* <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5301456464\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Adrift: The &#8216;do you have pie&#8217; voice reassures us this is basic security &#8211; a formality. Step .. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1zyxz9\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1zyxz9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5302614665\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>This pretty much sums up my Win7 upgrade. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2m06Xq\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2m06Xq<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5308517247\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you can&#39;t walk, you crawl, and if you can&#39;t crawl&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7bNqzU\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7bNqzU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5308841278\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>4 hours before the next con event. Comfy booth with a power outlet. No wifi to distract me. Surrounded by strangers. Hell yes I #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23amwriting\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">amwriting<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5322661097\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Crap. Flashback scenes in the WIP are supposed to be PRESENT tense. Dammit. Crap crap crap. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5324558661\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I might rethink\/undo this flashbacks-in-present-tense thing; a conceit from a long time ago that I don&#39;t know if I still like it. #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23amwriting\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">amwriting<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5327070121\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Just realized one of the players at my gaming con table-an airforce cadet-was 1 year old my junior year in college. Who moved my cane? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/doycet\/statuses\/5331618388\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Docs Batch Export (http:\/\/j.mp\/48sECL) &#8211; Most excellent. # Newest arrivals on my to-read pile include The Road, Boneshaker, Leviathan, War of the Oaks, Before they are Hanged, and Powerless. 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