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Claire, Comang, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal

Business Trip

Jul 05. 2011

No, not for me. I wish I could go on a business trip. I was only sent on 1-2 trips per year when I worked, so I actually quite enjoyed them and would LOVE to go on any sort of trip right now. The business trip is for J, who will be shipped off to Silicon Valley next week for three days. I hadn't realized that "mid-July" is literally next week, so I had been putting off on making any sort of plan for our household while my better half is on the other side of the country. Option 1: Stay home and stick to my normal routine as much as possible. Comang will have to be walked while I push Claire in the stroller...

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Art/Design, Personal, Twitter, Web

Tweets and Stripes

Jul 04. 2011

To my fellow Americans, Happy Independence Day! As usual, the web is filled with Fourth of July celebrations and dedications. My favorite for this year is Code for America's Tweets and Stripes: The site aggregates twitter avatars from users who tweet about #July4 and beautifully mashes them up into a mosaic representation of the stars and stripes–again representing the diversity and unity of the original flag. The best part? The ever-changing mosaic is interactive in that when you mouseover an avatar, the user's tweet is nicely displayed, as such: Coincidentally, one of my first mouseovers displayed the above Star Wars-related tweet.  :mrgreen: I hope everyone reading this is having a great Fourth and that you're enjoying your holiday weekend! Via Boing Boing....

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Baby, Cute, Funny, Web

Need a Pick-Me-Up?

Jul 03. 2011

I know that I certainly do. The past week hasn't been the easiest on me, mentally as well as physically, and today I felt the accumulation of the stress come crashing into me with the force of an eighteen wheeler. Here's to hoping that the next week will be better. And that whoever's down in the dumps with me will appreciate and benefit from this video as much as I did. [vimeo video_id="23607973" width="500" height="281" title="No" byline="No" portrait="No" autoplay="No" loop="No" color="00adef"] Via Mashable....

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