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Chris Aldrich is reading “Donald Trump’s Lies About the Popular Vote”

Read Donald Trump’s Lies About the Popular Vote (NYTimes.com)
The president-elect seems to feel threatened that more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton.

📖 57.0% done with Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

📖 57.0% done with Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

We’re starting to go somewhere, but I can sadly already almost predict the ending. In particular, there was a ham-handed mention of a car that gave the whole thing away for me.

Of all of the Fletch books, so far this one seems to be the biggest influencer for the creation of portions of the movie Fletch Lives, which was otherwise made out of whole cloth based on the character.

“I suspect it’s not every man’s dream to discover his son is a cop-killing, escaped convict, racist, hate-group organizer.”

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This revealing quote could have been its own stand-alone teaser text.

Added on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:46:53 AM

Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

🎵 Hall & Oates – Rich Girl

Listened to Rich Girl by Hall & Oates from RCA, January 22, 1977
"Rich Girl" is a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates. It debuted on the Billboard Top 40 on Feb. 5, 1977 at number 38 and on March 26, 1977, it became their first (of six) number-one singles on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The single originally appeared on the 1976 album Bigger Than Both of Us.

Chris Aldrich is reading “York Boulevard restaurant changes name and menu only months after opening”

Read York Boulevard restaurant changes name and menu only months after opening by The Eastsider (theeastsiderla.com)
HIGHLAND PARK — Recess Eatery, the large and ambitious restaurant that opened in January after lengthy delays, has undergone an abrupt transformation. Recess and its Mediterranean-inspired menu have been replaced by 51 Tavern, “a cross between a neighborhood tavern and a small town restaurant,” according to the restaurant website. One diner who tried the 51 ...

Chris Aldrich is reading “10 Great Last.fm Apps, Hacks and Mashups”

Read 10 great Last.fm apps, hacks and mashups (The Next Web)
A look at some of the best apps, hacks and mashups available for music streaming and scrobbling service Last.fm.
Curious about alternatives Last.fm’s broken RSS feeds and what people are doing with their listening data. Some relatively interesting ideas in here, but nothing earth shattering. One or two were focused on visualization, but otherwise nothing I felt I could use.

🎵 Hall & Oates – You Make My Dreams – Remastered

Listened to You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates from Voices (RCA Records, May 2, 1981)
"You Make My Dreams", sometimes referred to as "You Make My Dreams Come True", is a song by the American duo Hall & Oates, taken from their ninth studio album, Voices (1980). The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1981.
https://open.spotify.com/track/4o6BgsqLIBViaGVbx5rbRk

📖 25.0% done with Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

📖 25.0% done with Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

We’re off like a shot. Somehow it doesn’t seem terrifically believable that the escape convicts so easily take Fletch’s advice on where to hide, but he does a fantastic job of coralling them in the opeining.

Some of the overt “Southernness” feels overdone to me, but perhaps it was the effect of Mcdonald’s many years living in Tennessee which had a tarnishing effect.

Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

Chris Aldrich is reading “How to print your posters on fabric”

Read How to print your posters on fabric by Veronika CheplyginaVeronika Cheplygina (Veronikach.com)
My material of choice became fabric. After some searching, I settled on this product, in particular the “vlaggendoek” or “flag sheet” variety. This material weights just 115 grams for 1m2, which is conveniently almost the same size as an A0 (841mm × 1189mm). Printing + delivery costs just over 20 euros, which is actually cheaper than an A0 paper poster with a plastic coating. That’s not all: apparently the material is fire retardant, because you never know when fire could break out at a conference. But the best thing of all? You can fold it and it still looks great when you unfold it!

Chris Aldrich is reading “5 easy ways to do more with your poster”

Read 5 easy ways to do more with your poster by Veronika CheplyginaVeronika Cheplygina (Veronika Cheplygina)
How can you make your poster stand out at the poster session, if you only have a limited amount of time? There are many tips out there on how to design the poster and how to structure all the infor…