From the monthly archives:

June 2008

from xkcd, by the brilliant Randall Munroe

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I don’t really enjoy shopping (my husband loves that about me), but I am mildly addicted to buying things online. For most of my books, music, and movies, I use Amazon.com. I have their Prime shipping subscription, so I can almost convince myself that 2-day shipping is “free.”
After seeing Indiana Jones and the [...]

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Crafty creation posted at PoshTidbits

by GeekMom on June 10, 2008

Here’s a gift I made for a girlfriend, but I ended up making her something else, so this bracelet is in need of a home. I’ve posted it over at PoshTidbits, if you’d like to see the details. I call it a “Luscious Lime Glass Bead Bracelet,” because it reminds me of sparkling lime [...]

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Clearly, I’m obsessed with Twilight…

by GeekMom on June 6, 2008

Yes, I’m thirsty for more vampire romance! I stayed up late last night to finish off Eclipse, and I’ve pre-ordered Breaking Dawn (the fourth and final book in the series by Stephenie Meyer). It won’t be here until August, so I suppose I’ll be able to get some real work accomplished while I’m forced [...]

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Howdy out there! I had an opportunity to test drive the Nyko Energy Pak for the Wii balance board (comes with WiiFit), and the review is running at My Wii News as a guest post. If you’re interested, please take a look: Save Batteries With The Nyko Balance Board Energy Pak. Cheers!

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I was recently loaned a Sony Reader Digital Book to try, and I liked it more than I thought I would. At first, I was skeptical. I wasn’t sure I would be able to adjust to reading from a screen instead of paper pages.
Sure, I’m a technophile, but I couldn’t imagine replacing the [...]

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