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truepenny (2 ч. на 1-м месте)
Fire Lover: A True Story by Joseph WambaughMy rating: 4 of 5 starsUnlike most post-WWII American true crime writers, Joseph Wambaugh has a prose style. It's a breeze, Chandleresque, tough-guy style: he uses slang, obscenities, metaphors for crying out loud. As an example, here's a paragraph about Ted Bundy:All death-penalty lawyers remembered...
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retro_futurism (2 ч. на 1-м месте)
1. IBM System/370 Model 145, the first general-purpose business computer to use monolithic circuits in all memory and logic functions, and uses semiconductor technology rather than magnetic cores, 1970 Ada Davison (Chrisp) at IBM System 360/67 operator’s console, Newcastle University, ~1973.
[Wolfverse] Alpha Match 2 : Mender (1) –jade_lil (2 ч. на 1-м месте)
Title : Alpha-match 2 : Mender (1)Pairing : Sho/Jun l Ohno/NinoRating : NC 17Summary : Answering this mate-call was Jun’s sort-of last chance to prove to himself – and to his father – that he didn’t need their help. He was going to find his mate on his own, build his own family outside that pack. He was going to prove...
Sales post part 1 –pkmncollectors (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
granted sales permission on 3/17/2013 by - All pkmncollectors Rules apply-My feedback- I only except paypal as payment USD only-All prices include shipping cost and paypal feesShipping- I ship to Canada,UK and USA- I can combine shipping- I recycle shipping materials. If this is a problem id be happy to buy new shipping materials for your...
Unsurprising newsflash –bunn (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
It is bloody nippy on top of Dartmoor on the twelfth of March.I should have taken gloves!Brrrr. Last photo interrupted, not so much by the baying of a terrible hound, Mr Holmes, so much as the whinging of a chilly saluki who felt it was well time to go home.
OSC in the news –james_nicoll (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
Ffrom File770:Last week, we sent out an email to our 26 finalists in the competition asking for written confirmation that they are, in fact, eligible to win the contest. That means that the writer cannot have earned more than $35,000 from professional screenwriting in the past 18 months. While sending out the emails, we noticed one submitter...
AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! –reine_de_coudre (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
Just me freaking out about sewing because that's my coping mechanism for dealing with/ignoring the fact that our country is going to hell in a handbasket.I keep wanting to sew ALL THE THINGS, and while I technically have the time to accomplish what I want, I'm worried about whether or not that's good for my hand...The next event...
Do We All Love the Same Thing? –the_safehouse (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
Well, the obvious answer is 'Probably Not'. We're all different, so our reasons for loving Pros are probably equally diverse.So why am I pondering this?Well several things came together all at once. I've just finished reading Jigsaw Puzzle by hgdoghouse and then the Pros Newsletter #460 - February 27 to March 06 announced an...
Challenge 01 –tvlims (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
Seems like we're not going to get anymore participants, so this will be a short round. Therefore I'd really appreciate it if you could use your skips as little as possible. :)And of course, you can still sign up here until this challenge ends! :)ORPHAN BLACK (click to enlarge)Rules:· You must make an icon using one of the provided...
Interesting Links for 12-03-2017 –andrewducker (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
SNAKISMS - when philosophy meets SnakeNice discussion of what they mean at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13806228(tags: philosophy games viaSwampers )On refugees escaping the USA to Canada(tags: canada refugee usa OhForFucksSake )Trump supporters protest The Man In The High Castle’s anti-Nazi radio stationPhilip K Dick would be proud. Or...
Challenge 03 Results –movieslims (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
Challenge 03: ResultsUnfortunately, the following have been eliminated from this round: with -3 votesSorry to see you go, but I hope you'll stick around for the votings and the comeback challenge. :)People's choice: with +3 votesMod's choice:TALLY:01: +302: -1, +203: -3, +104: -1, +105: -2The voting post and the challenge post has been unscreened.
6. Jaded –iconspirations (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
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welp. –kickthehobbit (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
There's no good way to say this, so: Housefire last night. We're all OK. Cats are fine, Mr. Zed and Leslie are fine, no one got hurt or anything, and the house is still standing. (I'm typing this on my laptop, sitting on our couch, actually. This will be very surprising if you look at the photos.) Right, so. I was dozing on the couch last night...
January Praise Post –iconpraise (1 ч. на 1-м месте)
(75 of the 575 I saved in January, one by each maker) | | | | | | | | | | | | ...
truepenny (2 ч. на 1-м месте)Fire Lover: A True Story by Joseph WambaughMy rating: 4 of 5 starsUnlike most post-WWII American true crime writers, Joseph Wambaugh has a prose style. It's a breeze, Chandleresque, tough-guy style: he uses slang, obscenities, metaphors for crying out loud. As an example, here's a paragraph about Ted Bundy:All death-penalty lawyers remembered...
IBM from early 70s –
retro_futurism (2 ч. на 1-м месте)1. IBM System/370 Model 145, the first general-purpose business computer to use monolithic circuits in all memory and logic functions, and uses semiconductor technology rather than magnetic cores, 1970 Ada Davison (Chrisp) at IBM System 360/67 operator’s console, Newcastle University, ~1973.
[Wolfverse] Alpha Match 2 : Mender (1) –
jade_lil (2 ч. на 1-м месте)Title : Alpha-match 2 : Mender (1)Pairing : Sho/Jun l Ohno/NinoRating : NC 17Summary : Answering this mate-call was Jun’s sort-of last chance to prove to himself – and to his father – that he didn’t need their help. He was going to find his mate on his own, build his own family outside that pack. He was going to prove...
Sales post part 1 –
pkmncollectors (1 ч. на 1-м месте)granted sales permission on 3/17/2013 by - All pkmncollectors Rules apply-My feedback- I only except paypal as payment USD only-All prices include shipping cost and paypal feesShipping- I ship to Canada,UK and USA- I can combine shipping- I recycle shipping materials. If this is a problem id be happy to buy new shipping materials for your...
Unsurprising newsflash –
bunn (1 ч. на 1-м месте)It is bloody nippy on top of Dartmoor on the twelfth of March.I should have taken gloves!Brrrr. Last photo interrupted, not so much by the baying of a terrible hound, Mr Holmes, so much as the whinging of a chilly saluki who felt it was well time to go home.
OSC in the news –
james_nicoll (1 ч. на 1-м месте)Ffrom File770:Last week, we sent out an email to our 26 finalists in the competition asking for written confirmation that they are, in fact, eligible to win the contest. That means that the writer cannot have earned more than $35,000 from professional screenwriting in the past 18 months. While sending out the emails, we noticed one submitter...
AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! –
reine_de_coudre (1 ч. на 1-м месте)Just me freaking out about sewing because that's my coping mechanism for dealing with/ignoring the fact that our country is going to hell in a handbasket.I keep wanting to sew ALL THE THINGS, and while I technically have the time to accomplish what I want, I'm worried about whether or not that's good for my hand...The next event...
Do We All Love the Same Thing? –
the_safehouse (1 ч. на 1-м месте)Well, the obvious answer is 'Probably Not'. We're all different, so our reasons for loving Pros are probably equally diverse.So why am I pondering this?Well several things came together all at once. I've just finished reading Jigsaw Puzzle by hgdoghouse and then the Pros Newsletter #460 - February 27 to March 06 announced an...
Challenge 01 –
tvlims (1 ч. на 1-м месте)Seems like we're not going to get anymore participants, so this will be a short round. Therefore I'd really appreciate it if you could use your skips as little as possible. :)And of course, you can still sign up here until this challenge ends! :)ORPHAN BLACK (click to enlarge)Rules:· You must make an icon using one of the provided...
Interesting Links for 12-03-2017 –
andrewducker (1 ч. на 1-м месте)SNAKISMS - when philosophy meets SnakeNice discussion of what they mean at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13806228(tags: philosophy games viaSwampers )On refugees escaping the USA to Canada(tags: canada refugee usa OhForFucksSake )Trump supporters protest The Man In The High Castle’s anti-Nazi radio stationPhilip K Dick would be proud. Or...
Challenge 03 Results –
movieslims (1 ч. на 1-м месте)Challenge 03: ResultsUnfortunately, the following have been eliminated from this round: with -3 votesSorry to see you go, but I hope you'll stick around for the votings and the comeback challenge. :)People's choice: with +3 votesMod's choice:TALLY:01: +302: -1, +203: -3, +104: -1, +105: -2The voting post and the challenge post has been unscreened.
6. Jaded –
iconspirations (1 ч. на 1-м месте)...
welp. –
kickthehobbit (1 ч. на 1-м месте)There's no good way to say this, so: Housefire last night. We're all OK. Cats are fine, Mr. Zed and Leslie are fine, no one got hurt or anything, and the house is still standing. (I'm typing this on my laptop, sitting on our couch, actually. This will be very surprising if you look at the photos.) Right, so. I was dozing on the couch last night...
January Praise Post –
iconpraise (1 ч. на 1-м месте)(75 of the 575 I saved in January, one by each maker) | | | | | | | | | | | | ...
