Yearly Archives: 2011

On closing the Center City Philly Borders store

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Went over there at lunch today to check out the store closing deals. As of today, only 20% off most books and magazines are 40% off. Some stuff has been picked over, and the store was very crowded.

All sales are final, but I think they do a dick move by marking the bar code on the books with a Sharpie. So don’t buy anything you intend to give as a gift (I think it looks tacky).

It’s a little sad to see the store closing. They had some good stuff (though over the last year-plus, they drastically cut back the computer book section) and the occasional deal as a Rewards member was nice. Based on the high traffic location (corner of Broad and Chestnut), I am a little surprised that this store was selected for closing, but I imagine that the rent wasn’t cheap.

Hey, look: This is still a blog!

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I now Tweet more than I blog, which really isn’t saying all that much. I was using a plugin called “Twitter Tools” to add my tweets here, but the developer updated it and it broke. So if you followed this blog, it looked like I fell off the face of the Earth (which sometimes, might not be such a bad idea). I have finally gotten around to getting a new way of showing my tweets, the official Twitter widget. I might need to play with the design of it so it doesn’t flow over the right margin, but for now, I rather like it that way. And, yes, I’m too lazy to try to fix it right now.