Friday Link Love 8/8

Aug 09 2008

After a bit of a vacation, Friday Link Love is back! For the last week I was in Idaho visiting family and taking a vacation from the grind of every day life. I was born and raised in the great metropolis of Boise, until about the age of 15, when my family packed up and moved to the Chicago area where I still reside.

The vacation also gave me a chance to try out my favorite new third-party native application for my iPhone. It’s called eReader and comes from the same company that runs Fictionwise. I was able to read a complete book during the trip, and even bought and began reading another book. I’ll write a more detailed review later, but I thought it worth mentioning now because I enjoyed reading on my iPhone (1st generation) so much.

Well, the weekend is here and I’m getting back into the swing of things after being gone. It is always hard to come back from a vacation, especially for me, as I’m not one to jump right into my usual routines. I need time to adjust, decompress (yes, even vacations can be stressful, especially if flying the friendly skies is involved), and slowly work myself back into my own little world.

This week’s Link Love post is a little different. Rather than posting the links and then making short comments underneath about what I’m linking to, I’m just going to post the link and leave it at that. It is an attempt to save a little time, but I also want the links to speak for themselves. So please enjoy this week’s Link Love. And as always, have a safe and happy weekend.

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Speedy stories for short attention spans