A wretched 'flu-like thing
News, Technical ·Friday April 10, 2009 @ 22:22 EDT (link)
Goodreads documented some more of their API for me (e.g. I'd asked for a way to add the date read to a book review; it was possible, but undocumented). I updated all my books from my database, and also added my reviews, forking my book.notes field into a read.review field: some of the notes entries actually had notes (e.g. about the edition) but others were reviews, so they were moved.
I may be coming down with what Honey had: a wretched 'flu-like thing. So far just a stuffy nose and a wee bit of fatigue.
Stay away from the "Flixter" Facebook app (it shows up as "Movies" with a white F on a blue background for a logo, although they have non-movie related quizzes). I took a British road signs quiz (saw on another bloke's wall) (I got 12/20, he got 10/20; he drives there, I don't…). This is what I wrote when I removed it, with a 1 out of 5 star rating (letting you rate and comment on applications you remove is new; I like it):
Very spammy-looking. Lots of ads trying to get you to submit your information to various disreputable sites.
Also they don't quite force you to send it to friends, but they make it tough not to. Stay away.
Q: How many mystery writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Two: One to screw it almost all the way in and the other to give it a
surprising twist at the end.
(That was one of the great light bulb jokes I found here while looking up British road signs after doing so badly on the quiz.)
Books finished: Galactic Pot-Healer.
