Are you a verbose social media enthusiast? Do you feel constrained and suffocated by Twitter’s 140-character maximum? Do you ever start a tweet, only to be rejected by its imposing character maximum, shake your fists to the Twitter gods while shouting “Eff it! Who needs Twitter? I don’t!”… only to sheepishly return a mere hour […]
I have always had a fascination with the Hope Diamond – not because I like jewels (I don’t), but for the gruesome deaths and bad luck in its history. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Harry Winston’s donation of the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution, the infamous diamond will be reset into a […]
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Those crazy folks at the MIT Media Lab have created a web application called Personas which maps out your online persona in the form of a stacked bar chart. WHAT IS PERSONAS?Personas is a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, currently on display at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media […]
Perhaps there is something wrong with me, but I think it’s fascinating that some people are color-blind. Can you see the number in this Ishihara color vision test plate? I’ve always wondered how different people perceive color – even those with normal vision. Taking this into consideration, a color-blind person would be a treat for […]
We had our first OB appointment today! Before I get to the fun stuff, check out this lovely conversation I had with J en route to the doctor… Geek in Heels: So are you excited? The Sperm Donor: Yes!!! Geek in Heels: The Sperm Donor: I have one next week, and another the week after […]
Remember the adorably geeky baby Link outfit I wrote about last week? Well, there was much rejoicing in the geeky craft world today as the knitting pattern was released at Happy Seamstress! You can download the detailed PDF here. The bad news is that my knitting abilities are limited to simple scarves. The good news […]
Does anyone else lay out their art supplies – whether it be tubes of paint, pastel sticks, or colored pencils – and organize them by color? And after they’re all prettily arranged by their color families, then hue, then shade…do you ever just sit back and admire your collection? Because I don’t. The Felissimo Design […]
Back in the early 90s, I had heard of CDs but dismissed it as an expensive fad… …until one day when I visited a friend. Her parents had bought her a CD player for her birthday, and I quickly became enthralled at its superior sound quality over cassette tapes. The best part? You could skip […]
How many times have I read the words “Jenny has died from dysentary” in my formative younger years? Well, my favorite web comic xkcd has done it again with their interpretation of 19th century Oregon: Do you remember playing The Oregon Trail when you were younger? Did you love it as much as I did? […]
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