January update

[mbernardi]

I've seen a three films at the cinema since the new year. These included: Megamind 3D, this animated feature was the first 3D film shown at the Orion Cinema, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the continuing Narnia series with mostly the same cast but a new studio.
Lastly Tangled, a retelling of Rampunzel, which mostly makes sense.
I also watched a couple of films on Sky Box Office: Knight and Day (I think) and Scott Pilgrim vs the World. This was fun but not as great as everyone has said.

I've seen my doctor re aches in my arms and fingers and numbness in my feet. So far I've had a negative blood test. I'm still visiting my chiropractor regularly, but need to do more walking.

I've recently downloaded the Audible App for my iPod, and am now downloading and listening to a number of audio books. Withe the current membership subscription they are cheaper than hardbacks and only slightly more than paperbacks.

I'm still currently unemployed, but I've final started to make a significant effort to actually find a job.

At the end of the month the toilet started leaking again. Luckily D was able to fix it.

Comments

[nlbarber]

Hmm...don't like the sound of that numbness. Here's hoping the walking will help shake it off. And good luck with the job hunt. I haven't had to do that in many a year, but I do know it's no fun. May something come through quickly now that you're putting extra effort into it.

I'm having Issues with the Audible app, perhaps because I'm always using it to listen to books that are in my iPod library instead of direct downloads. (All my audiobooks are in my iPod library already, thanks to auto downlods into iTunes and a smart playlist that syncs over.) The app routinely jumps back to some previous spot in a book--not a bookmark, just some spot it picks out. For those books I know well enough to skim back through and find my place this is just an annoyance, but it's going to be fatal (for the app) when I try listening to a new book and have to re-listen to a big block.

[mbernardi]

I've been waiting for the Audible App to appear since I got my iPod Touch. There was a native Palm app, though it used sync with the PC to update. That the iPhone one uses wifi is excellent. I just download those books I want to listen to via wireless and once I've listened remove them. Much more convenient, especially as I had to install window in a virtual PC just to run iTunes! (Main OS is Linux Mint). I haven't had any fatal issues so far. But book marking your position might help (unless you can't do that for library books).

[nlbarber]

I do sometimes bookmark, but i'd really just like the app to work correctly. <g> These are my books--my library's system requires the Overdrive app for both download and listening. Most annoying is when I use the Sleep function to have it read me to sleep--I could bookmark it before setting the sleep timer, I guess...

[filkferengi]

In re: audiobooks, I have several you might be interested in. I could upload them for you. Email me.

Have you tried librivox? They have free audiobooks, including several Andre Nortons.

Walk, mbernardi, walk!

[mbernardi]

Librivos, the audio editions from Gutenberg sources. I've actually got a large number of Audible books I haven't listened to yet, including most of the Vorkosigan novels.

I have actually done some walking recently, despite the mud! It seems to have been raining almost every day. The lake at Bedelands is overflowing BOTH it's exits (first time I've seen this).