Life is a mashup of toys and gadgets, hobbies and recipes, kids and odd socks, all held together with love and duct tape.
Even though I’m annoyed by the suspicious pervasiveness of Google in my life, I still use iGoogle as my homepage. One of the things I enjoy about it is that I can customize it with themes. Until now, the typical iGoogle theme has consisted of a big header and a coordinating color scheme for modules [...]
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Sony Online Entertainment is sponsoring a $10,000 scholarship to encourage women in the field of video game development. If you’re currently enrolled in an undergraduate program related to video games, you should check this out! Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 G.I.R.L. (stands for Gamers In Real Life) Scholarship to help educate and [...]
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Well, I love these JibJab videos that you can customize with your own photos. They’re hilarious and electronic, so all the time I might otherwise spend reading and rejecting paper cards at the drugstore can be spent (double) working on this nonsense. Anyhow, here’s one for St. Patrick’s Day, or as my son called it [...]
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I’ve been a big fan of Dancing With the Stars since it began, but I’m even more excited about this season, because Steve Wozniak will be dancing! From the DWTS site: DANCING WITH THE STARS – STEVE WOZNIAK — A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, a.k.a. “The Woz,” [...]
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I snapped this fuzzy photo with my phone, while waiting for an extremely long time, in a very short line (yes, it’s possible) at the party supply store. I love gadgets and new tech stuff, but I’ll pass on this one. Click photo for a larger view. Okay, it’s really for Assorted Light-up Easter Pencils, [...]
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I love my family! And I love to cook. Check that. I used to enjoy cooking. Or… I enjoy cooking for people who will eat and appreciate whatever I prepare. Unfortunately, that is not the situation in my home these days. Two of my three children have or had food allergies, which made feeding times [...]
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