Oct 15, 2011  •  In Gadgets, Geek, Music, Personal

Music Typewriter

I love typewriters. I have studied music since the age of 5. So how can I not fall in love with this Keaton Music Typewriter, which allows the user to type musical notes on blank sheet music? According to musicprintinghistory.org: The Keaton Music Typewriter was first patented in 1936 (14 keys) by Robert H. Keaton from San […]

Oct 11, 2011  •  In Cute, Funny, Geek

The Seven Deadly Keys

Simply brilliant! (And 5 points for anyone who can tell me the Mac equivalent of Ctrl+Alt+Delete!) Via Sticky Comics. You may also like: The Secret Lives of Superhero Toys “3-CPO” Lego Representations of the 50 States Disney’s Hollywood Studios Star Wars Weekends 2012 Posters

Oct 7, 2011  •  In Claire, Cute, Geek, Personal, Star Wars, Toys

Cloudy: The Good and the Bad

Remember Cloudy? No? Let’s see if this picture of Claire crotch-punching Cloudy rings a bell: I keep forgetting how TINY Claire used to be! She is now more than twice Cloudy’s size. You can read all about Cloud’s origins here, including the hilarious story behind her name. 🙂 Lately we have been keeping Cloudy near Claire’s diaper […]

Oct 6, 2011  •  In Apple, Geek, Personal

Eternal Flame

I remember that the first computer I ever used was a Mac. I remember learning Photoshop on a Mac. I remember buying my first Mac. I remember lining up for Apple OS X “Panther,” and how this was the very first geek-related launch party I ever attended. I remember squealing like a little girl when […]

Oct 5, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Food, Funny, Geek, Video Games

Video Game Character Butchering Charts

Today, I am the featured blogger over at the BlogAds Blog! I have never been interviewed for anything like this before so I’m pretty excited. Click on over to read the interview — including the one thing my readers do not know about me — and a discount code for 50% off my regular ad […]

Oct 4, 2011  •  In Books, Entertainment, Funny, Geek

Harry Potter vs. Lord of the Rings

My Harry Potter vs. Star Wars post has been one of the most popular to date, garnering over 3,000 “Like”s on Facebook alone! Today, I share with you the Lord of the Rings version. And I gotta admit — Harry Potter seems to have more in common with LOTR than with Star Wars. Enjoy! Via Reddit. You may […]

Oct 3, 2011  •  In Blogging, Funny, Geek, Giveaways, Personal, Reviews, Shopping, Web

Giveaway: Win a Halloween Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com!

This giveaway has closed. Congratulations to Kelly Stadium, who entered by commenting! Please stay tuned for more giveaways in the future! It’s October! The weather has cooled down, the leaves are changing colors, Starbucks is serving Pumpkin Spice Lattes again… …and we are nearing one of America’s favorite holidays. That’s right — Halloween is coming […]