February 2010
34 posts
Have any of you been to the Highway 99 blues club in downtown #Seattle? If so, would you recommend it?
#WTFacts Kurt Vonnegut said “Don’t use semicolons. All they do is show you’ve been to college.”; but I think he should reconsider.
#WTFacts If your mouth was completely dry you wouldn’t be able to distinguish tastes. But you sure would be thirsty.
#WTFacts The average human blinks almost 4 milllion times a year. People with allergies raise the curve a bit on that stat.
I want DreamHost to give me a new iPad.
“Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
Aaaaand now I want popcorn.
RT @DesignerDepot: Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is ‘Bullshit,’ Adobe Is Lazy: Apple’s Steve Jobs: http://bit.ly/algs1W
#WTFacts Corn kernels contain a drop of water, which, when heated, expands and “pops” the corn kernel. Butter and salt optional.
Who’s watching the Grammys tonight? Who also thinks that the name #Grammys sounds like an old lady prize?
It’s bacon and eggs for brunch, kids. I’m about to get my *yum* on.
January 2010
300 posts
#WTFacts Donner Memorial State Park commemorates the Donner party (yeah the #FML Donner Party). I bet BBQing there is considered bad form.
My 5yo just told me if he took his hat off his hair would look “totally ridiculous”. #KidsSayTheDarnedestThings #KSTDT
fux0r. The GD disposal just shit itself. No idea why, either. *grumble*
RT @iizLiz: And ebooks? Walking dinosaurs? RT @atomicpoet: It is inevitable. Netbooks will die, only to be replaced by tablets and smart …
I scored a 55.02959% (Extreme Geek) on the Inner Geek Test: http://bit.ly/d50Y1K
RT @Minervity: Stealth MacBook Pro - http://bit.ly/6RtnB
RT @Brunetteinc POP www.pop.us is looking for a Director of Social Media http://tr.im/M6a3www.pop.us is looking for a Director of Social Media http://tr.im/M6a3
#WTFacts The oldest known living tree (~4800yo) is a Bristlecone Pine in California (“Methuselah”). That old & it’s still got wood… lucky.
RT @unmarketing The Apple-Amazon Ebook War Begins: Amazon Deletes Macmillan Books - Gizmodo http://bit.ly/bQRe9H
#WTFacts Hummingbirds have the highest metabolic rate of any animal & eat 3x their weight in food every day. There are no fat hummingbirds.
I want a new Timbuk2 bag…
My new blog post: 10 “Gotta Have” Wordpress Plugins for Your Blog. http://bit.ly/d4iN1k Please RT.
#WTFacts In 1911 Professor M. F. Foch at Ecole Superieure de Guerre said “Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.”. Idiot.
#WTFacts In 1974 Margaret Thatcher said that there wouldn’t be a female Prime Minister in her lifetime. She became PM 5 years later. Idiot.
#FridayFollow #FF @ambergcs because she’s probably smarter, and wise assy-er, than you. And she sews capes for her kids, which is AWESOME.
*whew* That was a lot of personalized #FF’s for you fine folks. More next week… I follow a LOT of awesome peeps, just check out my lists.
#WTFacts “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” Said by H.M. Warner (of Warner Brothers fame) in 1927. Idiot.
RT @carissang Taken out of context ‘tweeps’ sounds more like you’re insulting the group rather than identifying them as a cool posse.
FYI: Shaun of the Dead = Win. Carry on.
#FridayFollow #FF @OmletMama because again… girl gamers FTW. Also check out her @EndersGames account.
#FridayFollow #FF @badasian because she’s fighting the good fight to go to #ECCC10.
#FridayFollow #FF @tackyspoons because she’s a kindred spirit, and if you’re following me, you’ll wanna follow her, stat.
#FridayFollow #FF @gabbycat, who was teased with getting an iPad and needs support to enforce the buying of one for her. :)
#FridayFollow #FF @seattlewinegal b/c she’s so good at tweeting about wine that she makes me, a non-wine drinker, want to pick up a bottle.
#WTFacts In 1943 Thomas Watson, chariman of IBM, said “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers”. Idiot.
#FML moment of the day: i set the alarm last night… but forgot to turn it on. Now I’m running late. I hope YOUR day is going better. #TGIF
RT @wendy93639: “…the Constitution doesn’t apply to private corporations at all.” Can Bosses Do That? As It Turns Out, Yes They Can h …
I finally got my custom code library playing nicely with Wordpress with minimal updates to any given template. YAY for me! #php #wordpress
Any #Wordpress pimps out there have any documentation and/or links to sites w/ details on running WP across load-balanced servers? #Help
#WTFacts Margaret Thatcher became the first female British Prime Minister in ‘79. Also, Saddam Hussein became the Iraqi president that year.
RT @girlandcoconut: I did not slap you, I simply high fived your face. (via @BklynRunner)
#WTFacts Shannon Tweed (wife of KISS bassist Gene Simmons) grew up on a mink farm in Newfoundland. Hmmm… a fox raising minks. Sexy!
In case you hadn’t noticed… I like to use ellipses and smileys a lot. :) #JustSayin
#WTFacts The electric eel can create up to 500+ volts of electricity. Like an iPod it also cannot have it’s batteries replaced by the owner.
RT @tripwiremag: Most Essential Best Practices to Improve and Optimize Your Markup and CSS http://ow.ly/11x3w
Terrible sound quality, but here’s a video link to Woz discussing the #iPad, via @guykawasaki http://bit.ly/bwOLAc
RT @anniecolbert J.D. Salinger dies at 91 http://post.ly/L27q > So sad!
“How to Suck at Facebook” http://theoatmeal.com/comics/facebook_suck via @oatmeal > “… and it’s shaped like a mountain lion.” Classic.
RT @MadameTwit: Wrapping Up a 12-Session Blog Post Journey - Take home message: Start where you care. http://ow.ly/11rO4