{"id":1349,"date":"2007-01-20T02:22:13","date_gmt":"2007-01-20T02:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2007-01-20T02:22:13","modified_gmt":"2007-01-20T02:22:13","slug":"closing-tabs-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1349","title":{"rendered":"Closing (tabs) time."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to close a ton of tabs in order to reboot a suddenly unstable MacBook Pro.  I have not read all of these yet, but they all look interesting, so I thought I would share.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a title=\"BioWare embracing episodic content for all future projects - Joystiq\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2007\/01\/18\/bioware-embracing-episodic-content-for-all-future-projects\/\">BioWare embracing episodic content for all future projects &#8211; Joystiq.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edge-online.co.uk\/archives\/2007\/01\/inside_bungie.php\">Inside Bungie &#8211; Edge Online.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/diamonds\/d4.html\">Ban conflict diamonds.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/diamonds\/index.do\">Conflict Diamonds: Amnesty International&#8217;s Human Rights Concerns.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cyoastore.com\/product\/show\/5773\">Choose Your Own Adventure on iPod.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cozmo.tv\/main\/main.html\">CozmoTV.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/technology\/ihnatko\/215441,CST-FIN-Andy18.article\">Andy Ihntako: You Could Call iPhone Perfect.<\/a> Or not &#8212; more on that later.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalscape.com\/tim\/\">Tropism: Tim Pratt&#8217;s Journal.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sfbay.craigslist.org\/eby\/ofc\/261245054.html\"><i>Locus<\/i> is hiring.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/news\/wiredmag\/0,72506-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1\">Why Joost is Good for TV.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dm.net\/~theswan\/elliott1.html\">Kate Elliott: Why Writing a Fat Fantasy Series is a) really easy, b) very, very hard, c) fun, and d) not much better than beating your head against the wall until it&#8217;s bloody \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all at the same time.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ozymandias.com\/archive\/2007\/01\/16\/Your-Thoughts-on-the-Future-of-Live_3F00_.aspx\">Ozymndias: Your Thoughts on the Future of Live?<\/a> Open-source R&#038;D, niiiice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirchersociety.org\/blog\/\">Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society.<\/a> God bless the bizarre.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.newsarama.com\/showthread.php?t=96960\">Write or Wrong 19: Likeable Characters &#8211; Newsarama.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2007\/01\/18\/comparing-xb-live-ps-network-and-wiiconnect24-as-is\/\">Comparing Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network and WiiConnect24 as-is &#8211; Joystiq.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/creatorcon.com\/\">Creatorcon.com.<\/a> Another comics-creator MySpace clone.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rossdawsonblog.com\/Trend_Blend_2007_map.pdf\">Trend Blend 2007 Map.<\/a> Hottt.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.newsarama.com\/showthread.php?t=97865\">Taking the Novel Approach with Greg Cox &#8211; Newsarama.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/playmagazine.com\/rocket\/index.html\"><i>Rocket Magazine.<\/i><\/a> More on this later &#150; this may be my new favorite magazine.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivyfilmfestival.com\/application.php\">Ivy Film Festival.<\/a> Oy, Shannon!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storytellersunplugged.com\/2006\/09\/great-secret-to-writing-novel.html\">Storytellers Unplugged: The Great Secret to Writing a Novel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.almanac.com\/astronomy\/moon\/index.php\">The Old Farmer&#8217;s Almanac: Monthly Sky Highlights and Moon Phase Calendar.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.igda.org\/join\/discounts.php\">IGDA Member Discounts and Promos.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2007\/01\/19\/xbla-file-size-limit-raised-to-250mb\/\">XBLA File Size Limit Raised to 250MB &#8211; Joystiq.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2007\/01\/19\/ea-offering-fifa-for-free\/\">EA Offering FIFA for Free? &#8211; Joystiq.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2007\/01\/19\/herman-miller-planning-desk-of-the-future\/\">Herman Miller planning &#8220;Desk of the Future&#8221; &#8211; Engadget.<\/a> The Future&#8230;  The Future&#8230;  The Future&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perceptiveautomation.com\/indigo\/index.html\">Indigo Macintosh Home Automation.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/content\/478646\">Right Hand of Doom: A Study of Hellboy.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationarchitects.jp\/slash\/iA_webtrends_2007_a3.pdf\">Web Trends 2007 Map.<\/a> Also hottt.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/property\/main.jhtml?xml=\/property\/2007\/01\/06\/pdrac06.xml\">Vlad the Impaler&#8217;s castle up for sale.<\/a> Anyone got 40M quid I can borrow?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-daily-record.com\/\"><i>The Daily Record.<\/i><\/a> Man, my hometown is weird.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storytellersunplugged.com\/2006\/09\/i-really-hated-writing-query-letters.html\">Storytellers Unplugged: I Really Hated Writing Query Letters.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Writing-Horror-Handbook-Writers-Association\/dp\/1582974209\/sr=8-1\/qid=1169075163\/ref=sr_1_1\/104-8013339-6468731?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books\">On Writing Horror &#8211; Amazon.com.<\/a> Rule #1: don&#8217;t open with &#8216;Boogedy boogedy boogedy.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdconf.com\">2007 Game Developers Conference.<\/a> Hmmmm.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.com.com\/2300-1017_3-6151080-1.html?part=rss&#038;tag=6151080&#038;subj=news\">Where MySpace Meets the Mall.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2007\/01\/19\/slew-of-new-nike-gear-leaked\/\">Slew of New Nike+ Gear Leaked &#8211; Engadget.<\/a> May 1st for my iPod-controlling watch, woo!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2007\/01\/18\/switched-on-apple-tv-deletes-dma-deficiencies\/\">Switched On: AppleTV Deletes DMA Deficiencies.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendowiifanboy.com\/2007\/01\/18\/mystery-sequel-to-be-announced-shortly\/\">Mystery Sequel to be Annouced Shortly.<\/a> I&#8217;m pulling for Kid Icarus.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/images.darkhorse.com\/dhpressbooks\/downloads\/dhpress_submission.pdf\">Dark Horse Press Submission Guidelines.<\/a>  How the heck does one get a Hellboy novel approved, anyway?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jayallen.org\/journey\/2006\/10\/dreamhost_movable_type_and_fastcgi\">Dremhost, Movable Type and FastCGI.<\/a>  FastCGI, which is apparently enabled in the new MT3.34 by default, is supposed to offer a ludicrous increase in performance.  (They&#8217;ve gone to plaid!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storytellersunplugged.com\/index.html\">Storytellers Unplugged: The Value of Time Off.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/gaming\/microsoft\/microsoft-says-half-of-360-owners-didnt-buy-original-xbox-229512.php\">Microsoft Says Half of 360 Owners Didn&#8217;t Buy Original Xbox &#8211; Kotaku.<\/a> I sure as hell didn&#8217;t.  The original Xbox was one of the ugliest things I&#8217;ve ever seen and aside from <i>Halo<\/i> didn&#8217;t have any killer games for me.  XBLA changed that &#150; although I&#8217;m still waiting for <i>Castle Crashers.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deltorofilms.com\/\">Del Toro Films &#150; The Official Guillermo Del Toro Fansite.<\/a> How can you be an &#8216;official fansite&#8217;?  I&#8217;m hoping to catch <i>Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth<\/i> sometime this weekend.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storytellersunplugged.com\/2006\/09\/rumination-on-genre.html\">Storytellers Unplugged: A Rumination on Genre.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pa.gigavox.com\/\">Podcast Academy.<\/a> For a little gig.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Woof.  I think I now understand why my MacBook is unstable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to close a ton of tabs in order to reboot a suddenly unstable MacBook Pro. I have not read all of these yet, but they all look interesting, so I thought I would share. BioWare embracing episodic content for all future projects &#8211; Joystiq. Inside Bungie &#8211; Edge Online. Ban conflict diamonds. 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