Sam Woodfin's Micro

How to Get Your Way Without Making a Stink

I've been bathing in dog shampoo for a while, now. As dog shampoos go, it's rather nice. Hell, it's nicer than most human shampoos. It smells like green tea and bergamot and feels like posh. But I ran out a few days ago. I texted my SO to ask if...

Even the Domestic Partnerships Aren't Created Equally

This is a screenshot from the website of California's secretary of state: For those of you with tiny screens or visual impairments: The text above states that filing for a domestic partnership in the state of California costs $10. Unless it's a same-sex partnership. Then it costs $33. Yep. More...

Three Easy-Install Apps You *NEED* for Your Kindle Fire

The Kindle Fire is nice, right out of the box (especially for the price), but there are a few improvements you can make over the stock applications, without rooting the device. And the first improvement you should make is installing Opera Mobile. In order to do this, you'll need to...

Marta Szemik's Marked: A Two Halves Novella

Not only is this the first book I've read on my Kindle Fire, it's also the first bit of fiction I've read in years that wasn't based on Xena: Warrior Princess, in some form or fashion. Marta Szemik's Marked: A Two Halves Novella doesn't have any of the lesbian subtext...

Box on Wheels

Good News Coming for TypePadders on Fire?

Glory be! There's a post up on Get Satisfaction where a TypePad employee asks about people using TypePad on Android! And it specifically mentions the Kindle Fire! I'm the only person who's responded, so far -- boo, y'all! -- but this isn't an issue of small concern. Blogging has become...

Settling In (It's Not What You Think)

Being poor is worse than being homeless. That may be the biggest lesson I've learned in the journey I started last November. I used to sit at home, flat busted, wondering how I was going to feed my mom, my dog, and myself, and I'd comfort myself with the thought...

Testing TypePad with Dolphin on Kindle Fire

Still no rich text editor, but it's very, very different from using TypePad via Silk. Sorry for the unwieldy title and lack of screenshots. Bigger fish, y'all!

Test posts. They happen, sometimes.

Like right now. I'm writing this post from the Amazon Kindle Fire I picked up at Walmart, today (complete with a $50 Walmart card included in the standard Kindle Fire price). So far, it isn't going smoothly. I'm writing in raw HTML mode because Typepad's rich text editor won't let...

How Do I Spell Relief? R-O-D-E-W-A-Y

We've stayed at several hotels and motels since coming to Orange County last November. We stayed at a Super 8 in Tucson (where we were allowed to keep Jerry, even though it was a pet-free motel). We stayed at the Red Roof Inn in Santa Ana (where the local wildlife...