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I’m a Chowhound convert. I used to use Yelp for all of my foodie selections but after being disappointed again and again, I started using Chowhound…the well known website for FOOD SNOBS! I’m not a food snob, but I’ve found that the reviews and suggestions are a lot more on target there. The only bad part about Chowhound is that it’s a forum rather than a review site. So it’s harder to find places by category/location. I usually just use their search tool to find types of food I’m interested in. It’s always interesting to look at the most recent posts….sometimes you’ll find an interesting topic and discover a restaurant/type of food that you never even knew existed in Los Angeles (or wherever you live). Anyways, for all the foodies out there….I present you some useful Chowhound links (for the LA area since that’s where I’m from. Bookmark it! if you’re from out of town…you never know when you’ll be visiting!)
FYI: For some reason, 99% of the time I can’t reply to comments at work. I think it has something to do with the firewall. GRR. Anyways, I was going to reply to Hakushaku’s comment but I kept forgetting/or being too busy when I got home to congratulate him. I didn’t know my praise meant so much to him! So I looked on someecard for an appropriate card for him but all I could find were these:
This is a bit too late seeing as how he’s graduated:
And this is too early. Maybe in a few years I can send him this one again:
JK. I know you’ll pass the first time!
This one would have been so perfect but I think you’ve already deluded someone into hiring you:
Ahhh, that leaves this one:
Congratulations Hakushaku. There…are you happy? :P
The current set of extra capabilities fall into six categories:
a. Enhanced ways of recording images - you can capture still pictures in RAW format (as well as JPEG), and for video images you can have increased recording time and length (1 hour or 2 GB), and a greatly increased range of compression options.
b. Additional data displays on the LCD screen - histogram, battery life indicator, depth of focus, and many more.
c. Additional photographic settings that are not available on the camera by itself - longer exposure times (up to 65 seconds), faster shutter speeds (1/25,000 sec, and faster in some cases), automatic bracketing of exposure, etc.
d. The ability for the camera to run programs (’scripts’, written in a micro-version of the BASIC language) stored on the memory card - these programs allow you to set the camera to perform a sequence of operations under the control of the program. For example, a camera can be programmed to take multiple pictures for focus bracketing, or take a picture when it detects that something in the field of view moves or changes brightness.
e. The ability to take a picture, or start a program on the memory card, by sending a signal into the USB port - you can use the USB cable to take a picture remotely.
f. The ability to do a number of other more useful (and fun) things, such as act as a mini file browser for the memory card, let you play games on the LCD screen, etc.
Ok…I ate SO much for dinner that I’m literally too stuffed to think straight and make a real brain dump post so this is sort of a copout. Have you ever eaten so much it hurts? uhghgh. Never again. So anyways, this past weekend I went to my friend Andy’s graduation party from UCLA Law and it made me realize that a lot of people in my life deserve some sort of congratulations right now. So a tribute to some people in my life:
Congratulations Andy on graduating from UCLA law…that’s quite an accomplishment! Even though he has no plans on practicing law.
Congratulations Christine, my cousin, on getting into UCSB!! I really am so proud of her.
Congratulations Fong who just found out she got into UCLA’s very prestigious business school!
Congratulations to my little niece for celebrating her first birthday! I can’t wait to see her in a few months.
And lastly, congratulations to my good friend Cheryl who just got engaged!!! I have someone to talk wedding planning with :)
All pictures via someecards (the best ecard site ever)
Not all new but I failed to mention them before so people who read my blog through an RSS reader might not have seen them:
1. Chat with me - on the sidebar there is a link if I’m logged into my gmail, it will display that I’m online and you can talk to me in real time! In fact, I just had a chat with reader Lori today and I’ve met a few other readers this way in the past. Fun!
2. Share This - I’ve finally fixed my Share This link so it’s not showing up twice and isn’t hard to read. You can now share any of my posts on a variety of bookmarking/social sites as well as emailing it to a friend. Very simple to use….try it!
3. Random post - I used to have this but somehow it disappeared. Now it’s back! Click on Random Post (found at the bottom of each post next to the Share This link) to be magically transported to a random post on girlrobot. ha ha.
In other news, I’ve started a new wedding blog called One Red String. I basically highlight the cool wedding posts/ideas I come across on the web. I realize that most girlrobot readers aren’t really interested in boring wedding stuff but if you are going to get married anytime in the future, check it out for some unique and fun ideas for your wedding! I post craft links, tips, and even hot deals related to weddings.
Lastly, I’d like your opinion on some possible future changes:
That’s weird…I had 2 polls but the other one won’t show up. It was about Brain Dump Mondays and if I should continue them or not.
Any other suggestions or changes you’d like to see? Thanks!!!
The other day I was watching that South Park episode called Logging Off, which spoofs what would happen if the internet died. It’s hilarious if you are as internet dependent as I am. It actually made me feel kind of…lame. I really use the computer way too much! I don’t know what to do with myself without my laptop. In fact, at this very moment I’m in my usual position with my two roommates. We are all in the living room on the couch with our eyes glued to our laptops haha. Anyways, I was reading about Shut Down Day which is an experiment to see if people can live without their computers for 24 hours. It’s on a Saturday (May 3rd), so it’s actually doable for me. I’m not sure what one day would prove, but why not….I’ll be shutting down my computer that day. I related WAY too much to that South Park episode! hehe.
Edit: Ok, it’s not true. Thanks to Hakushaku for clearing it up. I figured the original source had checked it. Blah, I hate it when I fall for these things!
I can’t believe this story is actually true????
In the 2007, the ‘artist’ Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, took a dog from the
street, he tied him to a rope in an art gallery,starving him to death.
For several days, the ‘artist’ and the visitors of the exhibition have
watched emotionless the shameful ‘masterpiece’ based on the dog’s agony,
until eventually he died.
He’s been invited back to the Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008 (a
huge art event in South America) to recreate this ‘exhibit’ this year.
You can Google his name for confirmation of story, it’s not for the
faint of heart and truly despicable.
Did you know these people have blogs??? I know celebrities are just like you and me but it’s hard imagining them sitting in front of a computer, uploading their photos and talking about what they ate for breakfast that morning.
hergraymatter (11:03:59 PM): when do you think you’ll have kids?
Dustofconfusion (11:04:13 PM): i have no idea
Dustofconfusion (11:04:15 PM): maybe 31?
Dustofconfusion (11:04:19 PM): that’s 3 yrs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hergraymatter (11:04:22 PM): lol
hergraymatter (11:04:32 PM): man
hergraymatter (11:04:35 PM): it’s going to be SO weird
Dustofconfusion (11:04:38 PM): yeah
hergraymatter (11:04:41 PM): when you have a kid
hergraymatter (11:04:45 PM): it’s like
hergraymatter (11:04:48 PM): a kid having a kid
Redbox is awesome. I posted about them on my Qeeper website when they were giving out free rentals every monday but I just found out that there’s a bunch of websites out there with free Redbox codes! In case you don’t know what Redbox is, it’s those video rental boxes you find in supermarkets. It costs $1 a day to rent from them and I think they are pretty cool. If you want some free movie rentals through Redbox check out these websites for some free codes:
So I’ve moved onto the annoying part of a cold…the cough that won’t go away. For some reason, it’s way worse when I’m trying to go to bed. After about an hour of coughing, I finally give in and go get some Nyquil. That stuff is strong. And it gives me weird dreams. But since listening to other people’s dreams is really boring, I’ll spare you.
Anyways, I’m still immensely tired and not in a blogging mood so this is the best you’ll get from me. Here’s some links to make up for last week though:
There have already been some April Fools jokes starting up since yesterday. If you want to see every April Fools joke ever played on the web, check out this website:
Congrats to Elise (check out her cute little blog!) for winning my first ever giveaway. I will be mailing out her box of asian snack goodness as soon as she emails me back her address.
Thanks to everybody else for entering and sorry your name didn’t get picked. :( I was quite amazed at the number of people who entered and the awesome messages they wrote to me. There was some great feedback on things people liked and didn’t like. I will try to incorporate them more into my site.
I hope Elise enjoys the package and I hope to hold more giveaways in the future!!
Qeeper - this is my shopping blog I run with my sister. Cute finds for under $30!
Tickets - Viagogo is an online ticket marketplace for live events.
Artificial Christmas Trees - Bring a Treetopian Christmas to your home with Treetopia's artificial Christmas trees
