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Recent Reads

Like a dumbass, for the longest time I used to manually update the information in my sidebar under "Reading Materials" so you could see what I was currently reading and go to the reviews on BiblioBlog of the last books I read. Since I read a book every few days, this was a major pain in the ass to do.

I had a "Eureka!" moment today and figured out that I could use the MTOtherBlog plugin to get these links to display automatically.

Now I don't have to go through the hassle of updating the sidebar manually and you can get to the reviews just as easily. I even have it displaying the date I finished the book so you can see just how fast I really read.

Be sure to glance down there often and see if there's anything that ought to be added to your to be read pile.

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Comments

I'm all about pulling content from other blogs! I wondered why you were doing it manually, but I figured you must have some reason for it! *grin*

.: Christine said on November 2, 2003 05:00 PM :: link it :.

You're too early! Come back at November 2, 2003 02:52 AM to see this post.

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