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ICON 35 Report: Day Two
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A refreshing night’s sleep –in my own bead– and then back to the con. I started off the day listening to Cory read from the new book he’s working on. It’s another young-adult novel, dealing with social-technological issues and sounds pretty interesting. After the reading was over Cory took questions for a bit and somebody […]
ICON 35 Report: Day One
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
Not the best night’s sleep I’ve ever had, but a bit of coffee and I was I alright. We met up with Cory around 1 and took him over to Panera Bread for lunch. Unfortunately I don’t think he particularly cared for it, probably because the seasonal salads have changed since I was last in […]
ICON 35 Report: Day Zero
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
Cory Doctorow’s connecting flight from Chicago, IL to Cedar Rapids, IA was delayed. Originally scheduled to arrive at 9:44pm, the flight did not get in until 11:17pm. Cory seemed kind and gracious, if a bit tired. The heated car seats in my wife’s VWwere a big hit. As was the procuring of an electric kettle for […]
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Unexpected Consequences
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
For having the iPhone, I got a fitness app.For having the fitness app, I took walks.For taking the walks, I noticed the hole in my shoe. For the hole in my shoe, I bought comfy shoe inserts.For the comfy shoe inserts, I walked farther than before.For walking farther than before, I tweaked my ankle. I’ve started walking […]
Thanks iLounge & Mobile Line!
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
Sometime back (long enough ago that I’d completely forgot about it), I was visiting iLounge looking for iPhone app recommendations and noticed they were having holding a giveaway for some pretty nifty looking headphones. To be exact, they were giving away the RF3 ENVi Natural Wood stereo earhook cell phone headset. As I’d recently broken my […]
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