Posted in Daily Bread, Webstuff on Jan 21st, 2008
I received an iTunes gift card for Christmas. After using about half the amount for long-anticipated Led Zeppelin tunes, and was unsure of what to buy next. The other evening, I was watching a Simpsons repeat, ‘Round Springfield, where Lisa meets Bleeding Gums Murphy for the last time. The episode featured Carole King’s song […]
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Posted in Webstuff on Jan 20th, 2008
Do I like it? Not so much.
I don’t know how it works with any other browser or operating system, but on Sparky (our modest little PC) it can be a very aggravating experience. It loads very, very slowly. I timed it once, and it took about 40 seconds to load. I know that doesn’t sound […]
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Posted in Webstuff on Aug 14th, 2007
I have been tagged by Harlekwin in the Name Game Tag.
The rules:
Go to http://www.google.com/
Click on Google images
Type in your name and search
Repost the picture of the oddest, craziest, strangest, coolest, oldest, etc. person that shares your name.
Post multiples if you find a few you like. Then pass it on to at least 5 other people.
I’m […]
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Posted in Webstuff on Aug 12th, 2007
Time for the weekend linky love.
First up is the Carnival of the Recipes. The theme for this week is Anything Goes.
Carnival of the Cats is going on right now at Momma Grace & Company
Friday Ark is a weekend kinda thing for pets of all kinds at The Modulator.
And don’t forget Tummy Tuesday, like I unfortunately […]
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Posted in Books & Authors, Webstuff on Aug 11th, 2007
What a cool idea! I found BookMooch yesterday while browsing through writer’s blogs. It’s like a community book swap, but for the web community.
It works on a point system. You list books you’d like to give away, and get points for every book you list. You also receive points for every book you send, as […]
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Posted in Books & Authors, Webstuff on Jul 27th, 2007
I just finished this book and it has been very helpful. I have been using it to teach myself CSS design. That is, it’s been helpful when it wasn’t giving me a headache.
In the last lesson, “Bringing It All Together”. Many of the written rules that you are instructed to write in the practice style […]
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Posted in Daily Bread, Webstuff on Jun 30th, 2007
As our home cleaning business has been put on hold for a while, well probably indefinitely at this point, I have been left with a domain and website that has lost it’s original purpose.
With a change in perspective, I think I may be able to do something with it. Here is what I’ve started. I’ve […]
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Posted in Commentary, Webstuff on Jun 9th, 2007
I miss these commercials. I don’t think they show them anymore.
Time to unpimp ze auto.
Peter Stormare. How can you not take delight in his quiet, amiable menace. I mean he was almost charming as Satan in Constantine. He was a chilling villain in Fargo and comical bully in The Big Lebowski. Whatever else you can […]
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Posted in Cats, Webstuff on May 30th, 2007
I hate YouTube. Okay, not really. But lately I’ve been spending far too much time watching videos of kittens, and thus accomplishing a lot less non-kitten watching tasks. This cannot continue.
But, ohmygodthey’resooooocute!
See?
I really love Siofra, but I’m suffering a serious case of kitten envy. I blame YouTube. I want a kitten (or two) and it’s […]
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Posted in Webstuff on Apr 29th, 2007
I have been paging through this site and laughing my fool head off. I had to stop finally, because I was having trouble catching my breath.
Start here if you want to see how I got hooked.
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