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phillustrations
19 yrs ago
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Has anybody read "No Opportunity Wasted" by Phil Keoghan? (Host of "The Amazing Race") There's a mention of Bookcrossing in it!
And, it's a pretty good book too. It's all about taking chances, and living a more excit…
phillustrations
19 yrs ago
If he looked like Brad Pitt, you might have been flattered. But, I'm guessing the guy was short or bald or something that didn't appeal to you.
; )
phillustrations
19 yrs ago
I hate when I hear "anyways" - Where have these people EVER seen this written in books or newspapers??!
phillustrations
19 yrs ago
| 3 replies
The crossing zones in Seattle are getting a little stale. So, I'm challenging those of you in the area to mix things up a bit. Release as many books as you can; or take some books away from a crossing zone if you have no…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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Baskin-Robbins is having a free scoop night from 6-10 on Wednesday the 28th. It's a fundraiser for the "First Book" organization, ...to provide new books to children in need." Maybe this could be a release challenge: lea…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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Breakfast of champions -
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1172183/J_1937148
Fish Food -
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1377730/J_1937156
Supermarket sorcery -
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/137773…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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I'd love to be able to send a group PM out to folks in Seattle. This would be a handy feature. I'd like to contact the Seattle people who may not know about meetup. Our meetups have died! We have only 68 or so people sig…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
What happened to all the Seattle Bookcrossers? We used to have a dozen or more people at every meetup! Lately, we're lucky to get 2 or 3! What happened to everybody??
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
INHO, we need a new voting system to prevent spoilers like Nader from ruining things. With instant runoff voting, you eliminate the spoiler candidate: http://www.chrisgates.net/irv/index.html
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
| 5 replies
I just got 2 big boxes of books yesterday by requesting them from a 'Freecycle' group on yahoo! They have these in lots of cities. It's basically a place where you can get/give free stuff by posting a message on the boar…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
| 2 replies
I like the girlie And the t-shirt ain't bad either.
The simple design is best. I like the url by itself more than the one with the 'freed' slogan. (Not my idea of the perfect catch phrase)
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my 2 cents
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
Speaking as a graphic designer, I like the round design best. Also, text reads best in upper and lower case. (rather than ALL CAPS)
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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< You have to ask?? The one with no turnover of course. The second zone is exactly what we want! Success! ALL the books gone? There are happy readers out there. YAY!!!! >
Yes - but , this could also mean that s…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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I'm not sure what's worse: a crossing zone with no turnover, or a crossing zone where all the books disappear, but no journal entries are made. Oh well. It's still new. So, maybe this will catch on. I started a release z…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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After about 48 hours using the Release Alert feature, I removed my city from it. I had a mailbox full of competely useless "releases," as others have described. I sent a polite message to a couple of these people to let …
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
There are some great statues in Seattle for this. Especially "Waiting for the Interurban" in Fremont. (which will be decorated for Howard Dean's birthday by Sunday)
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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Are you putting cold milk in it? you could always use the microwave! (another terrible little ritual my father always uses; but blasphemous to a true coffee lover)
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
Click 'register book' to get started. You'll enter the book's ISBN number, give it a rating; and it will show up on your bookshelf. Then you can start releasing books; or use the 'go hunting' link at the top to find book…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
For most people, I believe a PDF opens automatically in something like Adobe Acrobat. (or for us Mac users, in Preview) So the new blank window is superfluous. It just causes me to have to close that new (unnecessary) em…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
| 6 replies
Please remove the "target=new" attribute from your labels links, and from the Bookcrossing Zone flyer link. It's unnecessary to launch a blank new window when opening a PDF. The file just opens in Acrobat (or Preview, if…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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I don't think I stressed how big a deal this is. Without an accurate scoring system, the ratings feature of this site is useless. That feature might as well be removed if the ratings are not an accurate reflection of wha…
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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This is a repeat request. Please make the default rating... "Haven't Read" instead of 5 when a new book is registered!! Your default of '5' is curving the scores down because LOTS of people forget to click a rating. They…
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phillustrations
20 yrs ago
Wow- that's a book in itself!
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
Someone from Saudi Arabia wanted one of my books. But, I knew it would be more than a few bucks. So, I told them I couldn't do it. I'm sticking to domestic trades only. (unless the other person wants to pay for shipping)
phillustrations
20 yrs ago
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f.y.i., for most sites, you don't need to type "www." - just the domain itself. (notice that the trademark is "bookcrossing.com", rather than "www.bookcrossing.com") Some servers aren't configured to recognize both forms…
