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The Monthly Book Pile

5 days ago, for day 15 by Fiene ⚡

As part of my last performance review, I negotiated an allowance for books with my boss. I have a set budget that I can spend on non-fiction books each month. In some ways, this is the best perk I have ever negotiated. You see, I really, really care about books...

Book cravings

5 days ago, for day 14 by Alicja ✨

I'm riding a wave of enjoying the books I read. I crave them whenever I'm not deeply engaged in another activity. I imagine sitting down and flipping through pages at a steady pace, filling my head up with ideas and a rush of blood indicating the intense pleasure. At the...

On Editing

5 days ago, for day 15 by Yorick Phoenix 🏆

This post is about editing, so I have decided to show you the edits I made along the way. As the version of markdown used on this site doesn't support strikeout I have resorted to Italic for is obviously deleted text and bold for is added new text added during...

Banking

6 days ago, for day 14 by Bartosz Łęcki 🏆

Today my computer rejected my will to work, and various stuff broke on multiple occasions. My system restarted without any notice, my terminal did hang and even after force kill it still was not responsive when run again. Restarting, which is the usual way of fixing things in modern computers,...

Out In The Open

6 days ago, for day 14 by Fiene ⚡

Today, I told the rest of my family that I got married back in October. I also made a tiny announcement on facebook and told S and my mutual friends/colleagues who didn't already know. It feels good to have this out in public. I've been debating how to go about...

Slippery when wet

6 days ago, for day 13 by Alicja ✨

There is snow in Vancouver. I haven't seen fresh snowfall or felt below zero temperatures in a while. Almost forgot how refreshing it is to feel a cold breeze in the morning, while hurriedly walking towards the public transit. Canada is often perceived as the cold, snowy country up North,...

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