May, 2010 | Geek in Heels

Today, Google released a list of the 1000 most popular sites in the world. The list isn't entirely accurate, as they left themselves off the list (they would've been #1). However, it comes to no surprise that Facebook and Yahoo easily take the top two spots by a large margin. Browsing through the list, I couldn't help but notice three things: The most popular category seems to be "Social Networks." We are all connected, people! I was surprised to see that the most popular porn site — http://www.game2.com.cn/ — is at a disappointingly low #135. Then I read that adult sites are excluded from the list...

Baby, Cute, Web

Iron Baby

May 27. 2010

I know this video has been everywhere today, but I couldn't resist sharing...

Art/Design, Asian, Personal

Teabag Coasters

May 27. 2010

Being Chinese, J and his family are the ultimate tea snobs. My in-laws bring with them fancy, expensive tea whenever they come to visit and rarely does a day go by without their drinking at least a few glasses of an infusion. They even specify which types of tea to drink with different dishes, and even the best types of tea to drink at different times of the day! Me? I can't even tell the difference between green tea and black tea. I have never seen J drink tea from teabags ("Tea connoisseurs NEVER use bags!") but I like to think that he would appreciate the beauty of this packaging design as much as I...

Personal, Wedding

Cake Envy

May 27. 2010

When J and I were planning our wedding, we were pleasantly surprised to find that our venue would provide a cake at no extra cost. SCORE! We thought. One less thing to plan, one less vendor to deal with, and one less thing to worry about. We chose our cake from an album of "typical" wedding cakes, chose the flavor and filling, and that was that. photo by Danny Weiss At the time, we thought that spending the extra money for a spectacular wedding cake was a waste of money. Cakes are to be eaten, not admired. We were sure that no one would even notice if we were to spend an extra $1,000 on a cake. And you know what? I'm sure that 99% of our guests...