Archive for the 'life' Category

Absorbing Feeds

Friday, April 30th, 2010

This afternoon I saw this tweet from @MaggieConv:

I see statements similar to this all the time from my peers. Personally, I tried out Google Reader a few years ago, but I was never able to routinely check it, and just left the feed count to surpass “(1000+)”. Over the past few years I’ve tried out [...]

Dream: Jim Carrey & Conan O’Brien

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Last night I had a dream that I went to see Jim Carrey on stage. I got in line really early and thus made it in to the intimate event were only about a dozen fans got to meet him. I had him sign my Goosebumps “Ghost Beach” book.
Note: I actually had Johnny Cupcakes sign [...]

Johnny Cupcakes Tour 2010

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

You know about Johnny Cupcakes, right? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight?!
I certainly hope so! He’s a bloody awesome dude! I’ve made many great friends the vast online world I encapsulate myself with, but ‘bloody awesome dudes’ are few and far between.
So, if you don’t know about Johnny and his giddy ways, then go here now.
Johnny (and his crew) is [...]

Driving is Serious Business

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Before humans are ever born we experience the sounds of automobiles and are subjected to their dangers.
Once we enter this majestic world we’re handed all sorts of automobile-related toys. This isn’t just a ‘boy thing’. Girls that are interested in Barbies always want the Barbie Minivans, Convertibles, and other things that Barbie can ride in. [...]

Hugs-only at SXSW 2010

Friday, March 12th, 2010

I’ve mentioned before that I don’t like shaking hands with people. In short, it’s stale and some men crush my hands. So, I prefer hugs.
The conversion from shaking to hugging hasn’t moved as quickly as I’d have liked it to, but it is moving.
Thus, I’ve decided I’m going to only be giving and accepting hugs [...]

I need an online calendar that supports multiple timezones

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Every time I go to Google Calendar (gCal) it asks me if I want to change my default timezone to US Central Time. I don’t click ‘yes’ or ‘no’ because I don’t want it to mess up all my past and future calendar entries.
My current calendar workflow is as follows:

I enter in data on [...]

My last Sydney Adventure

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Howdy friends, readers, and muppets!
This weekend is my last in Sydney for quite a while — SHOCK HORROR!!
Why won’t I be in Sydney? Well, I’m moving to America!
I really want to catchup and hang out with anyone that I haven’t seen in years or even months, so I’m dedicating this weekend to you.
Yes, [...]