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29
Oct
Videos, videos, videos! That’s our goal for next month. I’ve made an election video that will be up on the site hopefully in my next post, and I’ve got some other videos planned that will be uploaded next month, sort of combining the work I’ve been doing on Pinky Miranda and the issues discussed on [...]
Tags: , election, goals, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, NBF, November, pictures, server, Site Updates, TNF, vidoes, website, writing
25
Oct
We never hear about Biden in the news. We’ll keep it that way. Palin is getting ambushed by the media. From numerous satires about her wardrobe and her claims about being an average American, to people saying that she’s not experienced, she must be feeling the pressure. A specific tidbit in the news today caught [...]
Tags: , Biden, clothing, controversy, go rogue, humor, issues, McCain, Obama, opinion, Palin, senior Republican, SNL, wardrobe
17
Oct
The day we swap our tree-eating newspapers and magazines for a sleek, colorful e-reader will be a fine day indeed, and not only for environmentalists! The bad news? It will be awhile yet. Although new e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle or the Sony Reader are fancy, they are still bulky pieces of metal that can’t fully [...]
Tags: , e-books, e-reader, electronic books, electronic readers, Kindle, LCD, Liquavista, problems, Sony Reader, Technology
14
Oct
Yes, that’s right, be jealous of my awesome badge telling the world of my participation in what has to be the greatest month in the history of the universe. National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo. It’s the month where us writers spend 30 days in a harried attempt to write 50,000 words of [...]
Tags: , 2008, 50000 words, coherency, learn something, Mo, Na, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, No, novel, Participant, rika, Wri
12
Oct
And the results for the staff contest are in! Congratulations to Piratical Lord of the Guitars for winning both the overall contest and the Staff Contest! Oh and good job Nero for winning the contributor’s contest by a 7 point deficit! Overall Results: PLOTG- 11 votes Nero- 10 votes Jala- 5 votes Rika- 5 votes [...]
3
Oct
The staff contest is almost over! If you haven’t voted already, vote now! http://www.thenearbyfuture.com/the-2008-nearby-future-staff-contest-is-here/ PLOTG is in first, with Nero in close second!