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Birds of Prey Omnibus Vol. 1

After visiting Sequential Noir, I followed up with a scan at Amazon for Birds of Prey books... and discovered an amazing book that was published just a few months ago – Birds of Prey Omnibus Vol. 1 by Gail Simone and Ed Benes. Oooh! A hardcover version of one of my favorite series? Count me in!

I ordered the book last week, and it arrived yesterday. It’s beautiful! The inside pages are brilliant color on glossy pages – much more durable and vibrant than the trade paperbacks I have. The book covers Birds of Prey #56-90, which I do own in trade paperback. But this book is much higher quality. Super happy to have this in my library!

There’s a Gail Simone Birds of Prey Omnibus Vol. 2 coming out in August. This is a no-brainer for me.

Google Chrome is my primary browser – and I certainly have mixed feelings about my dependencies on the Google ecosystem. But I also have mixed feelings about Apple and Amazon, and I have a lot to think about regarding what platforms I use. However, that’s a topic for another time.

For now, all my bookmarks are in Chrome. And while there is a modicum of hierarchy in my bookmarks, a lot of cruft has accumulated over the years. In recent weeks, I’ve occasionally stopped to clean up a folder of bookmarks related to my current task.

Cleaning up a folder is a process of clicking on every link in the folder – and sometimes moving down the folder hierarchy if I have the time and inclination.

Mainly, the first level of cleanup is deleting any bookmark that is a dead URL. That’s easy.

The next test is to see if the site I’ve accessed is active/current. A lot of old Wordpress blogs are still out there but haven’t received any new posts in five or 10 (or 20) years. I then have to make a decision. If I go there intending to see current information, then I’ll probably delete the bookmark.

Sometimes, though, the old content at the site is still worth reading. Depending on the topic/content/nostalgia, I may keep the bookmark for reference. I’m starting to file into separate folders for Active Blogs/Sites and Old Blogs/Sites.

One example of an old blog that I’m keeping the bookmark for is Sequential Noir. Jennifer is a Black Canary / Birds of Prey fan like I am, and she generously has archived her posts for us. I had followed her blog more actively during the Gail Simone / Ed Benes years, and I will always treasure the content. Bookmark – Keeper.

There are a lot of anime blogs I used to follow, and most stopped adding new posts years ago. I’ve ended up deleting all those bookmarks. The situation is similar for some tech sites. The bookmarks cleanup is slow but satisfying. Whenever this all is finished, I still will have way too many bookmarks. But they don’t weigh much and don’t get in my way – so what’s the harm?

Google Chrome does make it pretty easy for me to manage bookmarks. (You can drag and drop in the Bookmarks Manager.) Here’s just a sample of my workarea:

Google Chrome Bookmarks Manager