2008

Oct

30 Beautiful Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials...

30 Beautiful Photoshop Illustration Tutorials...

Sep

I love that I know font nerds. benjamind: Star Wars Dress...

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency |...

Yummy Link: Are Those Lollipops? No They're...

That's why they call me "Bad Manners"...

Why does the Compare People app on Facebook consistently say I rate high on the “best to be...

“Plants start to freak me out when they start to show signs...”
— My coworker Suzette, in a new...

We’re trying to be more fiscally conscious, so we are...

It would take me over 6 years to pay for the...

Charles & Marie: The Quintessential Lifestyle...

Aug

The Stefani-Rossdales took my baby's name...

I’ve found our next house… this mortgage thing...

What Drumstick may look like, minus the beard (thanks, Zach)

Top 10 CSS Table Designs | CSS, Events |...

My new best friend, now that my stomach is apparently in my...

“A lasting memory of a lovely Monet cannot be formed in 20...”
— A skeezy (it is alleged) UI...

In case I seem particularly stupid lately...

7 Fonts that should die :: 10,000 Words ::...

Blind Taste Test Results- 8/1/08

The most recent blind taste test results are in. In case I haven’t explained this before, I...

Excel can be Exciting : 15 Fun things to do...

Jul

Netflix Community

Hello, my two dear readers. Are you Netflixers? If so, please let me know so I can add you to my...

ABC: Without ‘creative White House...

Thanks to Alfredo Parrish, this is going to be a long...

“I like the sound of breaking glass / and if you don’t...”
— Huey Lewis, lyrical genius...

Drumstick’s progress so far…

Table of Contents: Creative and Beautiful...

Huey's new song-- the theme song to...

Jun

Veerle's blog 2.0 - Webdesign - XHTML CSS |...

Photoshop tutorial: make an old fantasy map...

“George Bush understands the severity of the Iranian threat...”
— Israeli PM Ehud Olmert (June...

Not that I want the baby to arrive early, but how *perfect*...

Daily Show (6/19/2008)— George Bush Doesn’t Care About White People

Temporary Language t-shirts-- adorable!

This bridge leads to the place at the Coralville Reservoir...

http://flickr.com/photos/lyonbriggs/2570703223/

St. Jane of the Drain

May

Frustrated With Corporate Course-Management...

OMFG-- BRILLIANT!!

No matter what kind of bad mood I’m in, this song breaks me out of it. I do so love Huey.

Strongly considering this as an impulse buy…

Playing with Impressionism - Emulating...

All of Inflation's Little Parts (NY Times)

Recipe for a random Saturday night

45 minutes of watching Anarchy Bear on roller skates 30 minutes of our neighbor’s movie about...

Apr

My co-workers obviously think highly of my...

Gratitude

I’m in a really weird, Oprah-like state of gratitude right now. Not sure what precipitated it,...

The Odds for a Retirement Nest Egg,...

“QotD from Gawker: “Forbes has a slideshow of...”
— http://gawker.com/379416/

What Ransom & I have been up to lately…

“WOAH… From a 1992 campaign stop: (Cindy McCain,...”
— The Raw Story | Book: McCain...

A little Huey for all of us. *sigh*

I will now see "The Pineapple Express"

“Faffing - The art of doing something without achieving...”
— Lifehack.org

“You have been a joy to us always (or most of the time...”
— My mom, reflecting on my...

“Academic fights are more brutal than our fights in the real...”
— Henry Kissinger, as cited by...

Harry Briggs: Fierce Protector of the Homefront.We learned...

Feb

EDUCAUSE Quarterly | EDUCAUSE CONNECT

Huey! Fast forward to 2:28…

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/21/234359/830/75/461653

Acie Earl working in Iowa City!

Illustrator Tutorials, Illustrator CS...

Jan

“What counts in our leadership is not the length of years in...”
— Teddy Kennedy endorsing Barack...

Milkscreen Breastmilk Alcohol Detection...

Adopt Shasta... please

I totally agree, kid…

ICON - D2L support at other institutions -...

Arizona D2L Help Pages

Carmen (OSU) Known Issues

MnSCU D2L Support Services (Find Answers)...

University of Wisconsin Help Desk...

Office Supplies Fetish - Lifehacker

I really wonder who would be going to Kenya now (or ever,...

Nintendo E3 2007 - Wii Fit

I am so proud of Iowa tonight

I don’t tend to write much on here other than quick little comments about quirky news stories,...

There were too many caucus-goers to fit in the...

Once we got through the line and signed in, all 598 of us...

The line of Democrats waiting to caucus ran through two...

Angie (circa 2005): “I hate people who dress up their...

CorrectIon: In my previous post, I attributed blame for my...

First lesson of the year: more than one Strongbow on an...

2007

Dec

Person of the Year: Atul Nakhasi

Sen. Barack Obama's remarks - Politico Staff...

New York Times: “Naming Names”

January 3 is quickly approaching… this answered many of my caucus questions.

http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/

YumSugar Gift Guide: Homemade Goodies |...

The 53 Places to Go in 2008 - New York Times

A pro to today’s weather: photos like this (nice work,...

“Thousands of students, faculty lose some information...”
— Utah Statesman

Nightmarish Christmas gift

Meeting killer

I was all ready to enjoy a vendor presentation today when the salesguy mentioned they had recently...

Spellbound (2002): Where are they now?

Nov

I’m so glad Ransom didn’t see this before our wedding…

The Excel Magician: 70+ Excel Tips and...

A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do...

Reminder to Rove: There’s no memory hole to hide your...

UNLV Teaching & Learning Center - UNLV,...

The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush:...

Ransom’s label-maker funtime

Causes of Death Are Linked to a Person’s...

press-citizen.com | Cooking Class

Very few things are worth standing outside in...

YouTube - Google.Org: 25 Years of AIDS

YouTube - Authors@Google: Steve Wozniak

YouTube - Authors@Google - Jane Smiley

YouTube - Policy Talks@Google: Digital Search...

Oct

“I’m a meat tank looking for magicians to help me out.”
— My colleague Tsvet, discussing...

mental_floss magazine - Where Knowledge...

Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place...

eSchool News - Online-learning patent dispute...

“Learning theories are like toothbrushes: Everyone has one...”
— The Open Learning Initiative

WWBBD?

Due to a combination of stress, dehydration, and bad sleep, I have again started having odd media...

Getting Things Done Guru David Allen and His...

Spring Break 2008!

A coffee mug for Helvetica lovers at...

Our IM conversations since discovering Scrabulous on...

Proximity to event triggers is key for a dog as dumb as...

Today's inspiration, via spam

Subject: munychio “Yo alyon You only live once so why notbe the best that you can be? Gavril...

What happened at work today. via www.marktopia.net

Our new dishwasher arrived today (along with a water...

Project Runway Season 4 Designers | Project...

Sep

Political Radar: Bush's UN Speech Full of...

A new toy for us... thank you, Woot!

DIY: Build an IKEA Charging Station with...

someecards.com -- ecards for when you care...

Possibly the best weekend this year

Friday/Saturday: I scraped paint off the caretaker’s cabin at Pilgrim Heights, the United...

“Rapidly Dying 47-Year-Old Professor Gives Exuberant ‘Last Lecture’”

F&^%ing Perfect

As my previous quotes may demonstrate, today’s been a long and rather emotional day. Instead...

“” I think about my grandpa, my neighbors and my...”
— “Rain on the...

“We’re not going to be sad. We’re going to be...”
— Rose, “A Thousand...

My del.icio.us links...

New blog

I didn’t do well updating my first blog, so why not start a new one, eh? I’ll continue...

Craftzine.com blog: CRAFT 101: Macramé