Well, I had looked at it before, but I decided to look again. I loaded GeekMomMashup.com and waited for it to load. Then I scrolled down, which took quite a while, because the three-column design was forced into a very long single-column view. The flow of content and widgets was nearly unrecognizable, and the overall effect was messy and disorganized. I could hardly find anything, and I know exactly where to look! Not good!

I did some quick searching on “how to make a mobile version of a blog,” and other variations on those terms, and I ended up at MoFuse. It took just a few minutes to set up a free account, plug in my feed, and claim a MoFuse location for my mobile version. Easy!

And for even more mobile blog fun, I designated a new subdomain of my blog (m.geekmommashup.com) and pointed it to my MoFuse site. Then, I added a snippet of automatic mobile detection code (provided by MoFuse) to my blog, which sends visitors on mobile devices directly to the clean, lean, mean, mobile layout. Finally, I added a mini-mii version of my blog header, and voila!

It seems to be working, and it was quick, easy, and free. You can take a look from your mobile device at m.geekmommashup.com, or by taking a picture of this code (yes, that’s how it’s supposed to work, but I haven’t tried it myself). Or, you can enter your number here and have the link sent directly to your phone.

I decided to go with the vertical front design and horizontal back. Your suggestions were incorporated by adding white space to the back of the card, and only using the glossy coating on the front. The position of the blog address was also moved so it doesn’t look like a mustache anymore.

Thanks for all of your input! I really appreciate it, and I love the way the cards turned out! Also, a huge thanks to Jason at GorillaSushi, for his patience, design skillz, and willingness to tweak the details until they were just the way I wanted them. (I made him change the color of the hair a couple of times. I’m annoying like that.) If you need something printed, go ask Jason.

P.S. – And don’t forget to enter our contest to win a free month of advertising on a whole bunch of blogs! It used to be 10 blogs, but now it’s up to 35!

UPDATE: Hey, I just found out my card design was selected as one of the “30 best business cards of August 2008.” Yaay!

EDIT (7/21/08): Thanks for all of the wonderful suggestions and comments! I have finally decided on a design, and my new cards are on their way! I’ll post the winning design, which incorporates some of your excellent ideas, once they arrive. I can hardly wait to see them for real!

this is the front of the card

back of card

And there’s more!

Also, this is exciting news: My previous PoshMama feature (on the Asus eee PC) was picked up and published at ComputerShopper.com. And the one before that, on the WiiFit, was run by Reuters and the Southtown Star (part of the Sun-Times group).

So if you happen to be visiting through one of those sites, I’m sending a big, geeky hug your way! Welcome, and thanks for stopping by!

In other news, I’ve been tagged by Jolene, for the Seven Weird or Unique Things About Me meme. Here we go!

1. I love to put peanut butter, applesauce, and maple syrup, on my pancakes and waffles.
2. I’m terribly afraid of heights. I freeze up and can’t move. For this reason, I don’t like stairs with spaces between the steps. Yikes!
3. I used to be allergic to red food dye, which would cause me to break out in hives. No cherry Kool-Aid, popsicles, or Twizzlers for me.
4. I am a darn good pianist.
5. As long as I’m bragging, I was also valedictorian of my high school class.
6. I’m just 5 feet tall. I can only touch the ground with my toes when I sit in this chair.
7. I went to Space Camp in junior high, and loved every minute of it. But you already know I’m nerdy like that.

Now I’ll pass this on to five lucky people, so we can learn how fascinating they are behind their blogs! techfun, mumsgotta, tipidmeals, fiveblondes, lisa365 Gotcha!

I love playing with avatar creators, because I’m no good at drawing, and I’m too cheap to hire someone to make me a custom caricature. Now that WordPress has built-in gravatar support, you might be looking for a new image to use when you’re out and about in the bloggy neighborhood.

Here’s one for you to try, from gamedition. It doesn’t build a whole body for you, but you can customize a cartoon head for yourself. There are even some cute and quirky accessories, like a pirate eye patch and 3-D glasses. [EDIT: I had initially linked this post directly to the flash file for the avatar creator, but GamEdition has redirected that to the main page, which contains thumbnails to games that are not G-rated. Just thought you should know before you click.]

Here’s what I came up with after about 30 minutes of messing around with it. I think I like it!

You see, I try not to be uppity when it comes to language, grammar, and spelling. I know I’m not perfect! However, I am the kind of person who gets annoyed when there are errors in publications. I catch myself thinking, “Come on! Proofread that before you put it on television!” “Why didn’t you spell-check before that magazine was printed?” “Don’t they know the difference between there and their?” And don’t even get me started on the topic of apostrophic abuse (the misuse of apostrophes). Please!

Now, a TEAL team, led by passionate proofreader Jeff Deck of Boston, Massachusetts, is traveling the country to clean up spelling mistakes on public displays around the United States.

This March through May, we, sworn members of TEAL, will be taking a road trip around the country to stamp out as many typos as we can find, in public signage and other venues where innocent eyes may be befouled by vile stains on the delicate fabric of our language. We do not blame, nor chastise, the authors of these typos. It is natural for mistakes to occur; everybody will slip now and again. But slowly the once-unassailable foundations of spelling are crumbling, and the time has come for the crisis to be addressed. We believe that only through working together with vigilance and a love of correctness can we achieve the beauty of a typo-free society.

Armed with markers, chalk, adhesive letters, and white-out, they are circling the US, fearlessly correcting typos on all kinds of signs and labels. You can follow their progress on Typo Hunt Across America, and see before and after photos of their noble work. It almost makes me want to put a typo correction kit in my purse and do a little vigilante editing around my own town.

Keep up the good work, Champions of Correctness!