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Another 10 bizarre disappearances – if you enjoyed reading this check out part 1
Gaping hole halloween costume – this is the most creative costume i’ve seen in awhile
The world’s deadliest spider – It’s been awhile since I had a spider link!
A guide to dim sum – dim sum can be such an intimidating meal if you don’t know chinese. good thing I have lots of chinese friends.
This is why you’re fat – I know I should be grossed out at some of these images but some of them just make me hungry
SXSW 2009 torrent – 5GBs of this year’s showcasing artists. one day I will attend this festival!
This is a picture of some kids in China who have to ZIPLINE to school because a bridge collapsed in an earthquake last year. Reminds me of Costa Rica!
Oops I forgot to blog about the free tacos from Jack In The Box yesterday but hopefully some of you guys got in on it!
BUT I have another deal, and one that is even better in my opinion! It’s the free quiznos sub deal! Just go here to sign up. They’ll send you an email with a link to print out your coupon. I tried it and got the honey bacon club…..mmmmmm. They are only giving away a million, so better hurry up!
Also, if you want something healthier, you can sign up for a coupon for a free Kashi frozen entree. Here is more info on their all natural selection of entrees.
I love how all of these deals have been coming out because of the recession!
This article from The New York Times has some great hacks for fixing “high-tech” problems.
My favorites:
- keep your cellphone in the fridge (or other cool temp) to slow down the battery draining
- if you are running out of ink, run a hair dryer on the ink cartridge for a few minutes
- if you drop your cellphone in the toilet, remove the battery and stick it in a jar of uncooked rice
- if your harddrive crashes, try sticking it in the freezer overnight
To read the explanations on these hacks and also a few more tricks, check out the rest of the article.
Inspired by the Daily Routines blog. Unfortunately, mine is pretty boring hehe.
~8:15am – alarm goes off
~8:30am – get up, shower, and leave for work
~9:30am – arrive at work. circle around the parking lot a few times looking for a parking spot.
~9:45am – start up my computer and open any applications i might use that day
~9:50am – make some instant oatmeal and hot tea. consume.
~10am – usually i have a meeting. if not, i catch up on the day’s news.
~11am – start coordinating lunch with coworkers.
~12pm – go to lunch
~1pm – return from lunch
~2pm – everybody in my bay takes a break for “stretch time”. we have someone lead us in doing stretches for different parts of the body so we don’t get carpal tunnel syndrome and sue the company.
~3pm – sometimes we have “story time” in the afternoons. yes, we really call it story time and it just means we sit around and gossip.
~4pm – attend more meetings, try to do some work
~5pm – go climb stairs at the tallest building on campus. this is my daily form of exercise!
~6pm – start snacking. my bay is like a 7/11. we have a ton of food and it’s all free.
~7:30pm – leave work.
~8:30pm – eat dinner. play with boyrobot’s nephews who are the cutest!
~10pm – finally come home. read up on my rss feeds. blog for tomorrow.
~1am – sleep.
sometimes these things fill up my evenings on an otherwise typical day:
- usually on wednesdays or thursdays, we go to our friend Andy’s house and catch up on our weekly tv shows (Lost and 24). sometimes we’ll even play a boardgame
- mondays i go watch boyrobot play flag football. tuesdays i go watch him play basketball.
- every once in awhile I’ll go to Target or Trader Joe’s, my two favorite stores in the whole world.
- sometimes we meet up with friends for dinner
- if a good movie is out on DVD, we’ll rent a redbox movie for free
Dan Meth’s Trilogy Meter – I agree with most of his ratings!
Police use wii to create wanted poster – only in Japan
Earth album – I forgot if I posted this before but it’s a mashup of flickr and google maps and lets you explore pictures of the world
Layoff Daily – a blog tracking the layoffs that happen everyday. pretty depressing.
Google maps car hits a deer – and it’s all recorded on google maps
Interview with a cannibal: Issei Sagawa – this was so creepy to read
Very cool idea for a business card if you run a business
We’ve all heard about high fructose corn syrup being bad but now they’ve also found out that it contains mercury!
I’ve really been trying to cut back on HFCS, including my beloved COKE, but it’s so hard since that stuff is in almost everything. Check out this list. Yes, I pretty much eat everything off that list.
And there’s also the fast food list. What, I’m supposed to eat my chicken mcnuggets plain?! ugh.
Anyways, just a reminder to read your labels and eat smarter and healthier! (this means you too boyrobot! :P)
Time just put out a list of the top 25 blogs of 2009. Check out the full list here. My faves from the list:
Lifehacker – they offer really great tips for making your life more efficient and simpler
Metafilter – you can pretty much find the answer for anything here
Official Google blog – yes, google is taking over the world and you can follow them on their blog!
Detention Slip – a blog about the mishaps in the education system…and yes, there’s enough of them to make a whole blog around it! scary.
and I love how perez hilton got on their list of most overrated blog. with all of the new gossip blogs out there now, I find perez hilton doesn’t really dish up the latest but rather just makes up immature comments about the people he doesn’t like in the industry. WWTDD on the other hand. hilarious. :) (NSFW by the way)
Also, Times Online (not to be confused with Time) did a list of the world’s 50 best food blogs. Get ready to drool!
Here are the top 5:
Orangette – her journey from no-name blogger to a column writer for Bon Appetit, as well as a soon to be author for her first book is pretty amazing!
The Wednesday Chef – this one is a new blog for me so I dont know much about it
Delicious Days – one of the most popular food blogs out there
David Leibowitz – his pictures, writing, and recipes make me drool. Just look at his post on braised short ribs!
chez pim – when it comes to a food blog for me, good photography is so important and this is definitely one of the top blogs in that area
Since I just got back from vacation, I still have traveling on the mind. I discovered this cool mind map of things not to forget to pack when you travel. You can download the full version here.
It even has an “other” branch that you can add your own unique items to. One thing that I always forget to bring when I travel, and which was inspired by my old roomie, is to bring house slippers! It’s great and so much more comfy to have your own slippers to walk around in your hotel or wherever you are staying at.
Also of note, the LATimes has just released their travel guide for 2009 including their top 10 destinations. It’s definitely worth checking out if you plan on traveling this year!
I had a really great Valentine’s Day.
It started out on friday night when boyrobot surprised me with tickets to my favorite comedian, Demetri Martin!! It was the best show ever. We proceeded to repeat every joke from the show for the rest of the weekend and cracking up. If he’s ever in your town, GO SEE HIM.
Then at midnight, he surprised me with a box containing a few things in it:
a mix cd – and it’s so good. i can’t stop listening to it!
a message in a bottle (inspired by my earlier post which I thought was hilarious!) – and the note inside was SO sweet. it made me cry. i can’t believe the boy can still tug at my heartstrings the way he does!
tickets to see O in vegas when we go next month – we’ve been wanting to go since forever. i can’t wait!
and lastly a really cute menu that he created from scratch – It included a list of appetizers, main entree, dessert, and a late night snack. Each category had a few options for me to choose from of things to do/eat for the whole day. Is that not the sweetest thing ever?
Overall, the day was filled with good food, laughter, and most importantly quality time together. This is the recipe for a perfect Vdays don’t you think?
Lastly, I just have to plug one of our favorite dessert places of the moment and the “dessert” I chose that day: tutto amore. They are located in Laguna Beach, so quite a drive if you’re not from OC but if you’re in the area it’s well worth it! They sell an assortment of gelato with some pretty interesting flavors. I like to order this special they have where you get a scoop of gelato in an expresso. It’s YUMMMMMM. They also sell it with hot chocolate instead of expresso.
Overall, it was a great way to end my my most excellent week. :)
