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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:23:58 GMT

Oops I accidentally found out where the out of print 90s Doctor Who novels are hiding.

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real amazon customer review excerpt

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:59:24 GMT

"Haruki Murakami’s Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche is not a classic beach read"

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the microsoft e-book store closes next week

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:56:27 GMT

"Here is how to de-DRM the books you damn well paid for, and convert them to ePubs."

https://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/606164.html

Calibre, like every other program on the planet, occasionally makes me scream at things, but it's super handy for backing up books and changing their formats to whatever devices you use. Also great if you buy books from Humble Book Bundle.

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everyday, it's a gettin' closer

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:57:28 GMT

The Good Omens script book is pretty neat, with a bunch of stuff that got cut or changed. Buddy Holly's "Everyday" was going to be the main musical theme at one point, and it is suggested that Episode 1 end with a boys choir singing it in the style of Carmina Burana. I can't quite make my brain do this, and it annoys me because it would be funny as fuck. Alas, insanely talented bastard David Arnold came up with something everybody liked better.

Also, today I saw an antidepressants commercial starring a turkey.

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oh god i'm going to have to look for the other volumes in the basement

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 00:54:24 GMT

Classic manga Mai the Psychic Girl was released in two editions by Viz, the first in four volumes and the second in three. If you want to go completly mental, try buying separate volumes from separate dealers who don't know the difference and don't care which cover(s) they use in their listings.

Anyway, you know the bit where Mai (accidentally) causes an ultraviolent 70-car pileup with her mind?* I'm doing that inside my head right now because today's mail brought vol 1 of the four-book version and vol 2 of the three-book version.

*She did it to save a puppy. She and John Wick would totally get along. The puppy's name is Ron.

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Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:10:22 GMT

Thursday

Amazon: HI ANN YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE MONTH'S FREE PRIME!
Me: Well okay I need a new Kindle cord anyway and some bird-a-way stickers for the big window and oh hey some paperbacks...

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Amazon: Go look in the mailbox!
Me: Sweet!
Amazon: Also the stuff you pre-ordered back in January the last time you had free Prime is shipping now.
Me: Er...
Amazon: The second Andy Weir arrives Tuesday.
Me: Oh...neat?
Amazon: It's pre-Christmas so basically you should wear a helmet and not buy food.
Me: Fuck.

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