Sep 10, 2010  •  In Blogging, Personal, Web

Are You Interested in Guest-Blogging?

I have been thinking about what to do with this blog when I go into labor and during the precious few weeks following the birth of our baby. I know that my readers will completely understand a maternity break from blogging; but at the same time I am hesitant to put this site into hiatus […]

Sep 8, 2010  •  In Funny, Music, Twitter, Web

Justin Bieber Has Dedicated Servers at Twitter

Reading this post at Gizmodo made me LOL. But at the same time, I was a bit confused, because I thought that most teens were not into Twitter. I guess it only goes to show the immense popularity of the Biebs. P.S. — I still don’t really *get* Justin Bieber. Are any of my readers a […]

Sep 6, 2010  •  In Art/Design, Geek, Movies, Web

Evil Movie Corporation Websites

Web designer Mikko Vartio took it upon himself to research several evil movie corporations and develop representations of what their websites would look like, modeling them after real-life corporation websites. Enjoy!   Company:  OCPMovie:  RobocopReal-Life Inspiration:  AppleDesigner’s Notes:  “OCP is the nasty corporation from Robocop, but Apple does much better job succeeding in the path of evilness. My vision of OCP […]

Sep 3, 2010  •  In Infographics, Personal, Web

Spam Infographics

This is why whenever I share infographics, including this one, I (1) upload it to my own site; and (2) never use the embed/share code that is included with the infographic. Whenever I do use a particular site’s embed/share code — which is usually the case with videos — I go through each line carefully to make […]

Aug 26, 2010  •  In Cute, Web

Kitten Nom Nom Nom

This is the cutest video I’ve seen in weeks! I’m currently dog-sitting my sister’s dog Dante, and when I played this video for the first time both Dante and Comang ran over to investigate. I wish I had a camera on hand to capture their confused looks as they stared at the computer screen, but […]

Aug 24, 2010  •  In Funny, Web

Hungover Owls

And now for today’s website of the day: Hungover Owls. A highly-specific Tumblr site that focuses on…well, owls that look hungover. This may just beat out Disapproving Rabbits. What do you think? Via Geekosystem. You may also like: 13 Reasons Why Humans Are the Cutest Animals Website of the Day: Sad Animal Facts Mr. Men, […]

Aug 22, 2010  •  In Touching, Web

Who Says Animals Can’t Feel Love?

I have seen my guinea pigs mourn, and even become severely depressed after the death of their cagemates so I have no problem believing that humans can’t be the only species that feel attachment and compassion. The following is a series of photos by a photographer chronicling the sad love story of a couple of […]

Aug 17, 2010  •  In Books, Funny, Web

Better Book Titles

Dan Wilbur of Better Book Titles aims to “improve” book titles by distilling them to their essential elements: This page is for people who have trouble slogging through the information on book jackets or feel intimidated by the title and cover itself. How many times have you perused the cover of a novel only to rub […]

Aug 12, 2010  •  In Web

How to Get 5 Million People to Read Your Website

Watch his hilarious and informative presentation by Matthew Inman, the mastermind behind one of my favorite sites, The Oatmeal. The advice isn’t anything I haven’t heard before (ie, use creative headlines, create content that anyone can relate to), but the 5-minute video is still worth watching! Via Geeks are Sexy. You may also like: Secret […]