Feb 1, 2012  •  In Art/Design, Geek, Personal

Cubicleism: Amazing Office Whiteboard Art

At my very first full-time job, I had a huge whiteboard hanging in my cubicle. I used this whiteboard to mostly write reminders for myself and coworkers, but sometimes we would leave messages for each other (à la whiteboards on the doors of college dormrooms), and once in a while they would become spaces for […]

Jan 26, 2012  •  In Blogging, Bloggy Thursdays, Geek, Web, WordPress

Bloggy Thursdays: Backing Up Your Blog

Welcome to this installment of Bloggy Thursdays, where I share with my fellow bloggers tips and tutorials to maximize and better your blog. While I do not consider myself an expert, I do like to think that after 10+ years of blogging — in addition to my technical knowledge — I know more than the average […]

Jan 19, 2012  •  In Funny, Geek, Web

Apologies

Because love means never having to say you’re sorry….right? Via Bonkers World. You may also like: 3 Things I Found on the Internet Today Browser Girls Because Sharing is Caring [Memos from Nick Fury] If Superheroes Had Instagram

Jan 17, 2012  •  In Art/Design, Books, Fonts, Geek

Word as Image

I am loving the Word as Image project and the accompanying book. Started 20 years ago as an assignment in typography class in art school, Ji Lee creates images out of words by contorting the letters that form the word itself. Anyone can create a word as image. It doesn’t require any design or drawing skills. […]

Jan 16, 2012  •  In Books, Funny, Geek

Reading Technology [Comic of the Day]

This comic would not be complete without the following caption from its creator: I’m working on another new entertainment concept.  It’s called “Outside”. Via Doghouse Diaries. You may also like: Imaginary Book Covers for Harry Potter’s Middle-Aged Life 3 Flowcharts [Sleep, GoT, and World Cup Edition] Once Upon an Internet Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine!

Jan 15, 2012  •  In Geek, Web

Demon Fever [A Daily Dose of Zombiepocalypse]

For each day of 2012 thus far, Redditor Vidzilla has been posting mock-screencaps of various websites “in real time” in an effort to demonstrate what might happen if World War Z were to really take place. You can be sure that I will be checking in every day for all the nitty gritty updates. 😀  My only […]

Jan 12, 2012  •  In Blogging, Geek, Web

The Geek in Heels’s SEO Tips for Beginners

I have stated numerous times that I don’t really believe in SEO (search engine optimization) tactics. Sure, you can painstakingly devote many hours (or even pay someone) to optimizing your site for search engines, but in the end, what helps the most is good content. That being said, roughly half of my traffic comes from […]

Jan 8, 2012  •  In Blogging, Geek, Reviews, Web

Site Downtime, and a New Host

If you tried to visit this site yesterday or earlier today, you were probably met with a big fat error message. 🙁  I thought that the problem had resolved itself by Saturday evening, when the site briefly came back online after my web host reset the server, but the reprieve only lasted a couple of […]