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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 02:26pm on 2005-07-17 under

Recovery: Visible bruise on face is fading, but my face is still tender. Everything else seems to have healed. Not currently feeling a need tor painkillers other than ibuprofen. Writing about what was making it hard to sleep a few days ago seems to have exorcised that (so now I'm down to just my usual sleep problems, which are enough of a pain but at least don't involve torturing myself with "shouldas").

Current status: Headache, tired. Resting. Stayed at [livejournal.com profile] anniemal's a day longer than I'd planned to because I didn't feel up to driving Friday, but I'm home now (and there was pudding waiting for me in the fridge when I got here along with a nearly-intelligible note. Perrine demanded a lot of attention when I got in.

Plan: Rest, watch recorded television shows (I'm out of blank tapes again), rest, look for more free ebooks to download (I just read On Basilisk Station and now I understand what the fuss is about regarding Honor Harrington), rest, try to write up at least one of the 'real' LJ entries I've been putting off, rest, answer some LJ comments, rest, try to make this headache go away, rest, take out the trash and scoop the litter box, rest, sort out my to-do list for tomorrow, and maybe rest.

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posted by [identity profile] deor.livejournal.com at 07:19pm on 2005-07-17
You can find more Baen downloads here as well as at their website. These are from the CDs they published with certain hardbacks and are free for personal use.
 
posted by [identity profile] doubleplus.livejournal.com at 07:39pm on 2005-07-17
 
posted by [identity profile] cyan-blue.livejournal.com at 08:02pm on 2005-07-17
Glad you are on the mend!
 
posted by [identity profile] dmk.livejournal.com at 09:09pm on 2005-07-17
Plan: Rest, watch recorded television shows (I'm out of blank tapes again)

Is being out of blank tapes a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? I've now got a bunch of stuff on DVD and hardly ever tape shows since we got the DVR.

 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 01:38am on 2005-07-18
Being out of blank tapes is a bad thing, but not as much so in summer rerun season than when I have a lot more that I want to tape. (Lately I've either been not home or not feeling patient enough to sit in front of the tube, so the "I don't want to miss this" and "I'll want to see this later" piles have been growing.

I don't have a DVR (yet ... it's something I'm looking into how to afford). The thought of random-access storage appeals to me, because currently I can only free up large blocks of tape by watching a bunch of contiguously-stored shows. And also because it'd be easier to catch up on all the back episodes of a show I'm in hte mood to watch if I didn't have to hunt across several tapes for the next episode.
 
posted by [identity profile] blumindy.livejournal.com at 01:29am on 2005-07-18
I had to page back quite a way to get a load of what is up with you. Damn -- I'm *glad* you are relatively okay! If there is anything I can do.....just let me know.

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Is it easier to read ebooks than paper ones?

Many {{hugs}}
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 01:48am on 2005-07-18
I thought about linking to the initial entry but figured (incorrectly) that everyone had heard by now ... Thanks. (I do still have more to write about it, but am procrastinating.)

Paper books are mostly easier to read, certainly easier to lend, and more satisfying to own ... and don't consume batteries, but ebooks do have certain advantages. Most importantly, they're easier to carry (assuming I get them in MobiPocket-compatible format (for PalmOS)) because I can fit a handful into my PDA at once and I've alrady got that with me wherever. (There's not enough room in my purse for even a single paperback.) They're also easier to read in the dark. And I don't lose track of which room I've left them in.

With paper books, even considering only the free ones, I've got a larger selection. With ebooks, I don't have to leave the house to obtain them.
 
posted by [identity profile] rendancer.livejournal.com at 04:59am on 2005-07-18
*Huuuuuuuuuuuug* glad to hear you're doing better. email sometime.
 
The Magic Smoke has gone mainstream... *grin*
 
If you call The Bastard Operator From Hell 'mainstream', anyhow ...

(Wow, I remember reading the BoFH a long, long time ago.)

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