12 posts from October 2009

• 20:59 @redtoffee I like the Snowflake method. Not planning on "planning" for nano; just writing. I'm "unofficial" anyway. 15 mins every day for 30 #

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• 05:36 Great archive of video & audio from Poisoned Pen's 2009 Virtual Mystery Convention bit.ly/21pJsH #

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• 12:01 New Blogpost "Recommended Read: A Case of Chronic Denial by Hillary Johnson" bit.ly/30U27b #CFS #
• 13:14 @rickybuchanan Wow, cool. I'll see what I can do. How long do you want it? Have you heard of Hazel? That's prob. appropriate for atmac too #
• 13:16 @rickybuchanan ahh, so apple have done the work for us. Great! #

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Here's an excellent overview of the new research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and its controversial history from one of the best and earliest reporters on the illness. The most interesting idea for me, and one I haven't seen reported elsewhere in my reading, is the new proposed name: X-associated neuroimmune disease or XAND. At first glance this seems entirely appropriate, even given that there's no proof that XMRV causes the illness, because it's X-"associated".

• 22:10 @redtoffee Good luck with it! I'm hoping to do an "unofficial" NaNo myself bit.ly/3FUeqx #

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I'd love to be able to do NaNoWriMo, but it's a bit beyond me. Every year I think about giving it a go, even if in an "unofficial" capacity; just trying to write every day, no matter the word count I get. Maybe this year. . .

Anyway, here's some NaNoWriMo related links I've found.

A "best of" selection of NaNoWriMo Desktop Wallpapers to use to keep track of where you should be:

• 01:45 @rickybuchanan Feel up to tackling Applescript? Or at least a Google search?Might be a way to do it...ooh, score: tinyurl.com/yj345k4 #
• 01:47 @rickybuchanan I can recommend Butler, btw, which is mentioned in that article. Use it all the time. #

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• 13:33 @rickybuchanan go into preferences and select the template tab. You can add fields wherever you like; just click on the green plus #

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• 14:22 @rickybuchanan Do you want to be able to click on the username/nicks and have them open in your browser? #
• 15:39 Listening to: Andain - Beautiful Things (Gabriel & Dreseden Remix) #

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• 12:32 Working on aurealisXpress stuff today. Let's see if I can get it done in 3 hours, rather than the usual 4. Starting...now. #
• 12:38 All this wind is screwing with my wireless network. Might slow me down. Grr. #
• 16:43 Congrats! RT @crisetta: Wootitoot! Cat Sparks just emailed me that I won the Conflux ninja flash fiction comp... #
• 16:52 Nope, look like it's 4 hours to do aXp. #
• 19:27 @ZenMonkey Or "Pajama Day", at least for me; & pajamas are meant to be untidy, or at least rumpled. #

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