July 2008
Wordscraper Hurts My Eyes →
Yesterday, one day after taking down Scrabuluos in the U.S. and Canada in response to a lawsuit from Hasbro, the Indian brothers behind Scrabulous, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, released a…
Scrabulous Relaunches Under A New Facebook App... →
Amit Chowdhry / Pulse 2.0: Scrabulous Relaunches Under A New Facebook App Name Called Wordscraper — Pulse 2.0 commenter, Adam Rinkleff pointed out that Scrabulous has…
Merlene - closing date on house August 18. Let the... →
Dr. Horrible Not So Horrible, And It’s Now On Hulu... →
Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog is a 40 minute musical that stars Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, a bumbling, video blogging super villain who’s trying to get into the Evil…
All is right in my world today. I will be attending Blog World Expo in September after all. I had my doubts there for a while.
I’m utterly exhausted. It’s been a rollercoaster week (month, season, year). *smooches* Love you all.
Hello Kitty Motorcycle Racing Leathers →
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Yep… can see him strolling into the biker bar now…
From Hello Kitty Hell, which has outdone itself with this one. How much does Sanrio have to pay a cycle racer to wear…
Quick thank you for all the twitter mojo today. House is now sold at 2k above asking price with closing date in 20 days. It’s almost over :)
I need some good vibes, good mojo, good karma from you Twitterbugs. I have two offers on my house tonight after a very long frustrating time
I’m off to do some more packing - How can I possibly have this much stuff?
We already know that both offers will only have condition of home inspection. Neither has a house to sell and fiances are pre-approved
Wall Climbing Furniture →
Lila Jang’s quirky wall-climbing sofa Canape was part of the Parcours Saint-Germain exhibition in Paris last month. Perfect solution for getting a full size couch into your tiny room, if…
Milk crate culture →
Milk crate benches and shelving systems we’ve seen; a milk crate chandelier (via Curbly), we ain’t. Also, fans of milk crates and the objects they spawn should check out the Milk Crate…
Perspective: Changing Attitudes of Women Working... →
Men and women often have preconceived notions of what is women’s work. Women breaking into the automotive industry, a traditionally male-dominated field, may face many challenges. This…
Well this is a change of pace - thunderstorms expected throughout the day </sarcasm>
Dell debuts Studio Hybrid line of... →
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Ooooooh, this could become my media center PC. How big is the hard drive, why won’t you tell me, Engadget?
Filed under: Desktops
Like most product from Dell these days,…
Color-Coded Cutting Boards Save You From Fishy... →
Being an amateur chef with kitchen obsessive compulsive disorder, I’m glad that someone thought of these color-coded Index Chopping Boards, which are not only purty but smart and extremely…
Download That Ikea Manual [Furniture] →
So you’ve taken apart that Ikea desk, moved it into your new place, and now have no idea how to get it back together. When the paper manual is long lost, hit up the IKEAFANS’ site…
The Name's Wreck. Cake Wreck. →
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Love the cake. However… knowing how most marriages I’ve attended have finished… might have been more appropriate to have a train wreck instead of plane wreck.
This…
Up: New Pixar Movie Has Us Completely Puzzled... →
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Intrigued.
The hero of the film is a 78-year-old man named Carl Fredricksen, who walks around hunched over with a tripod cane. When he was a kid he met a girl named…
Comic-Con: Stars banter at 'Dr. Horrible's... →
Things are changing,” said Buffy
the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon at his Comic-Con panel on Friday
afternoon. He was talking about the success of Dr. Horrible’s…
Mahna Mahna [Aardvarchaeology] →
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Probably my favorite Muppet performance.
When was the last time you saw the Muppets perform “Mahna mahna”? Read the comments on this post…
#18236 →
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I love portobello burgers. Looks great.
Portoblello and Havarti Burgers with Caramelized Onions - you don’t always have to use meat to make a great burger!
How to Look Good Dancing →
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Steff, she looks like she’s pretending to be a velociraptor to me. Maybe a velociraptor having a seizure.
Sneak attack grind up on someone.
A Time to Make Your MOVE →
Thinking about doing something is not the same thing as actually doing it. You will find there is never that “Perfect Time” to make a move that could change your life. Sometimes you just have to…
Food Bloggers are Abuzz About The Right to Post a... →
A few days ago, food blogger Melissa from Alosha’s Kitchen wrote a post about her Fourth of July dinner, including her first potato salad, one she made using a recipe she had adapted from Cook’s…
Merlene Look out world! I have a case of Red Bull... →
Merlene is remember all the times I sang Rain Rain... →
chocolate hazelnut biscotti →
Last week I stumbled into my new favorite coffee shop for The Latest Morning Coffee, Ever because I am still adjusting to this new schedule of having “everything” but also “anything” to…
Italian Pine Nut Tart (Schiacciata) - Food Network... →
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For all my foodie friends…
Neil Patrick Harris Casts a Gay Spell as Sesame... →
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I just love NPH so much.
And by “gay” I mean “happy”… If you thought Feist was cute, watch Neil Patrick Harris play a Shoe Fairy on the 39th season premiere of…
Awsome Tattoo, Man! →
It’s probably not a good idea to get a Japanese or Chinese character tattoo if you don’t speak the language, but something in English is safe, right? Well, perhaps not if you can’t spell:…
NPH talks about Dr Horrible →
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““Joss has some strange, giant master plan that includes much more than a sequel,” Harris said. ” - Oh yes. I love me some Joss. And some NPH.
Neil Patrick Harris talks Chicago…
Cake Wrecks →
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This brought to mind a farker or two.
Cake Wrecks is an entire blog dedicated to those occasions when professional cake decorating goes horribly wrong. Sad to say, they…
Yankee Stadium Bans Sunscreen: Security Threat or... →
It is really hard to promote the idea that people should get outdoors, be part of their community, go out to the ball game or whatever when we read things like this. At Yankee Stadium, the…
Narrow Modular Pavers by Stepstone →
Sometimes a new proportion is all that’s needed to bring a breath of fresh air into a common material. These pavers by Stepstone Inc. are a fine example… Stepstone’s Narrow Modular…
Take a Walk With Google Maps →
Google added walking directions to its Google Maps product today. The walking directions ignore one-way streets and Google Maps tries to give pedestrians the most direct and flat route…
A Time to EXTEND Yourself →
There comes a time when you need to extend yourself outside of your comfort zone and push out beyond your personal boundaries. This is something only YOU can do for YOU. You can not buy this and…
Registering for SxSW 2009? Read This First. →
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Funny as Hell, and some very valid points too!
* Best read out loud with a few of your colleagues standing within earshot.
Dear God, it’s happening again.
People are…
nectarine, mascarpone and gingersnap tart →
So far, the summer in New York City has been relentless–hot, sticky, humid or rainy just about every single day, and often a combination of all four, so I wasn’t kidding when I said this…
Great ways to get coupons →
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Leigh… this might be of interest to you. Pass it along to Amy too!
I love coupons. But sometimes, I get so frustrated making sure I have the coupons I need. So here are my 2…
Weight Watchers Italian Zero Points Soup Recipe →
Today’s Weight Watches recipe: The new Weight Watchers zero points soup recipe, the ‘Italian’ soup. The mildest of the new soups, with lots of Italian-style vegetables. Low carb. Weight…
How To Get Refunded on Prepackaged Vista [Vista] →
Buying a PC can come along with some unwanted preinstalls. And now with Microsoft mandating that third party hardware manufacturers bundle Vista (not XP), that unwanted preinstall can…
The web doesn't care →
When I first started talking about Permission Marketing ten years ago, marketers asked, “sure, but how does this help us?” A decade later, marketers look at Wikipedia or social media or the long…
Who Does This Look Like? →
Hmm, this ancient Egyptian sculpture resembles someone, but I can’t quite put my finger on who it is. Do you know who it might be? This photo was taken by Flicker user mandalariangirl, who…
Thirteen Year Old Boy Survives Three Weeks... →
My thirteen your old Boychild returned home last evening after 22 days away from home visiting with my family on the east coast of Canada.
Other than the occasional sleepover at a friend’s he’s…
New Blog Post: Thirteen Year old Boy Survives Three Weeks Unplugged! http://tinyurl.com/6gub9a
Would You Like to Borrow an Egg? →
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My neighbours and I borrow and lend things on a regular basis from each other. Eggs, pasta, milk, powerwashers, shop vacs, ladders, books, you name it.
The days seem to be long…
This is Sand (dot com) →
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When my kids and I are homeless and living on the streets I’ll say… it was Stephanie’s fault. I didn’t get any work done and lost all of my clients.
This is Sand (dot com)
Thirteen Year Old Boy Survives Three Weeks... →
My thirteen your old Boychild returned home last evening after 22 days away from home visiting with my family on the east coast of Canada.
Other than the occasional sleepover at a friend’s he’s…