Monthly Archives: January 2009

to-read

On my last count, there were 74 books I own that I haven’t read. Some I’m planning to, some I’ve half-read and given up for whatever reason, some I have just put away for so long that I’ve forgotten about them, and some are short story collections (I can never finish those, short stories exhaust [...]

copy-editor

Via the ever-helpful Wikipedia: [copy-editing] is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy of a manuscript. […] Copy editing is done prior to the work of proofreaders, who handle documents before final publication. Bloggers aren’t professional writers. Most of us don’t even re-read our posts once before publishing. We [...]

Camera

After painful deliberation, I’ve finally ordered my own digital camera. I’ve ordered it via Amazon, because I love their customer service; and they’re cheap. Amit’s going to receive it in the ’States and carry it to India for me. I decided to get a Panasonic DMC-TZ4. It has an amazing Leica lens that provides 10x [...]