I’m sorry for the lack of updates today. I had heard that first trimester symptoms may resurface in the third…and I’m afraid that with the third trimester starting in just a couple of days, my dreaded migraines have returned. I spent the majority of the day lying on the couch, curtains drawn and lights out, […]
Google’s “Graduation”: A Commercial Guaranteed to Bring Tears to Your Eyes
I may be pregnant and hormonal, but I TOTALLY CRIED watching this Google commercial and I’m not ashamed to admit it. This video holds special significance to anyone like me whose parents sacrificed everything to immigrate to a foreign country — a land where they did not know the language, where they were (and continue to […]
Search Engines of the Past
Which search engine did you prefer pre-Google? I’m happy to report that I (almost) exclusively used AltaVista since I first learned to trawl the web. (Click to view large) Via Geekologie. You may also like: Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine! 3 Things I Found on the Internet Today Two Fascinating, Potentially NSFW Charts How Much […]
The Circle of No Life, Blogger Edition
You’ve all seen The Circle of No Life. Now, check out its blogging counterpart: I must admit that I only use three of the services in this circle: Google Analytics, Twitter, and an RSS Reader (I’m not sure why the RSS symbol is lumped in with the online bookmarking/sharing sites, so I’ll just assume that […]
Never Gonna Give You Up
Will Rick-rolling ever die? Via Weird Animated Gif. You may also like: 13 Reasons Why Humans Are the Cutest Animals Website of the Day: Sad Animal Facts Mr. Men, Millennials Edition 3 Things I Found on the Internet Today
Disagreeing vs Trolling
Among the 500+ sites I subscribe to on Google Reader, there has been much talk about trolls as of late. While I firmly believe that true trollers consist of mean-spirited persons who have nothing better to do, I have also been noticing a trend toward labeling commenters as trolls and jumping all over them simply […]
Social Gaming & Zynga [Infographic]
Even when my Facebook account was still active, I never got into the likes of Mafia Wars, Farmville, and Restaurant City. However, J was — and still is — into his Facebook games and often spends his free time trading weapons, planting veggies, re-decorating his restaurant, and whatnot. While I have never played these games, […]
Travel by Color
Travel by Color is an online tool developed by travel site Explorra that lets you pick a color (or you can choose to go with a random selection) to discover a variety of destinations containing that hue. While I doubt that most users of the tool will actually use the service to choose their next […]
Twitter Wars [A Fun Waste of Time]
DotWar is a Flash-based game that lets you pit one Twitter icon against another in a brutal, all-out war. I quickly decided to sic my Twitter icon on J’s, expecting my little guys to kick some major butt (operating under the false assumption that I would win since I have more followers). Alas it was […]
Classic Books Retitled to Boost Web Traffic
Mike Lacher of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency has a list of great works of literature that have been retitled for SEO purposes. I’ll tackle the first — can you figure out the rest? 7 Awesome Ways Barnyard Animals Are Like Communism – “Animal Farm” The 11 Stupidest Things Phonies Do To Ruin The World 8 Surprising Ways […]