May 2009
65 posts
We had a release scheduled for last night. Because, you know, I like to have SOME time for myself, I didn’t check my email after 9 p.m. I watched TV, chatted with Dan, and went to sleep.
This morning, I woke up at 6 a.m. to work my 6–9 a.m. shift… and an email was sent out at 10:45 saying to release was canceled. Gah!
“When you have a 16-year-old and he’s excited about doing something, you...”
– Summer Break? I’m Working on It - NYTimes.com
Caribbean scuba program eh? Sounds both service oriented AND educational. Ahem.
Whatever happened to working at a summer camp and smoking pot?
“Preserving food cannot be considered new and trendy, no matter how vigorously...”
– Can It, Preserve It, Pickle It, Savor It - NYTimes.com
Best line I’ve read in a food-related story in some time.
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“Mr. Foxman, whose group fights anti-Semitism, is not easy to impress. On a...”
– [ American Girl’s Journey to the Lower East Side, in the New York Times via laurao ]
Whoa! Not only is Samantha gone, but the new doll almost overlaps her (Samantha was 1904; Rebecca is 1914). I knew they were retiring Samantha, but it didn’t hit home till I saw the NYTimes article with full lineup...
“Hair color was a big issue, debated for years. At first it was a dark auburn,...”
– American Girl’s Journey to the Lower East Side - NYTimes.com
“Mr. Foxman, whose group fights anti-Semitism, is not easy to impress. On a...”
– American Girl’s Journey to the Lower East Side - NYTimes.com
I wonder where you can order these dolls. I’ve been thinking of extending my doll collection to include money-counting men dolls.
Saturday morning ritual
One of my favorite things to do on the weekend when I inevitably wake up two hours before I want to (today it was at 7 a.m.) is to turn on the Food Network and zone out.
The interesting thing is that have a bunch of shows that air in the early morning hours on the weekend that don’t seem to air at other times.
One that I’ve really been enjoying is Five Ingredient Fix. It’s sort...
Tweeting Your Way to a Job - NYTimes.com →
Too bad they didn’t include @lauraoatning in this piece. I could have been famous!
National Theatre Wales Community →
I can’t say enough about how much I love the design of this social network. A great example of the power of CSS in customizing an “out of the box” website.
“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve...”
– Woody Allen
Reflections on how to get great customer support
I’ve been at Ning for about 10 months now (can you believe it?) and in those 10 months, I’ve helped a lot of people with a lot or issues; from bugs, to feature requests, to missing data, and on and on.
I’ve also learned that there are some things you can do that will guarentee that you get great customer support. Since you can’t control who will be helping you, all you can...
“I guess it goes with alcohol,” deadpanned Ms. Lam, who, like David Tran, the...”
– Hot Stuff in a Squeeze Bottle - NYTimes.com
“1. jeepster
What one is in response to a girl who slides so good with bones...”
– [ definition of “jeepster”, via the Urban Dictionary ]
Yes. Thanks, Urban Dictionary.
(via timoni)
I wonder if I’m allowed to add an entry in Urban Dictionary for this to read “one of Laura’s favorite drinks at Beretta.” Because the Jeepster is delicious.
I want to go on a short, four-day trip this summer. Preferably somewhere that is condusive to getting in a bathing suit and being by water, but also somewhere that perhaps could have some good restaurants and/or a museum or two. Any ideas?
“These truffles ROCK! My husband bought 4 truffles from him on a sunny weekend...”
– Truffle Guy - Castro - San Francisco, CA
Oh Yelp. Oh Dolores Park. Oh the Truffle Guy.
WatchShe’s back! Juniece!
flour + water →
An email that sounds like spam but isn't.
“…also, lance and i have a new neighbor who is in the wine business and he’s flooding us with bottles of wine that are left over from his tastings. this is ridiculous, but we can’t keep up with all the wine! do you and brittin want to take some bottles off our hands? if so, you should come over and take them now, because they are open and dying to be...
Caltrain is destroying my will to live this morning. That is all.
I need to be more organized
I just found a rebate check in one of my 8 million messenger bag pockets for $30 from Motorola for my modem and router. It expired on May 5. So there’s that.
On the positive, a check from Time Out Chicago that I had to fight tooth and nail to get mailed to me was also next to it. For $238.
That’s more than half of the cost of getting my parents’ car un-towed. Score!
The best damn web design I've ever seen →
ernie:
laurao:
marcovhv:
I realize now that I’ll never be able to reach this level of excellence… (via tshannon)
That’s just mean.
As someone who works in an industry where we focus on user customization, all I can officially say on the record is: good for her.
<glare>
To clarify — Marco’s post isn’t mean. The webdesign is mean to the rest of us.
“Bay Area residents tend to have peculiar ideas about burritos, which they regard...”
– Los Angeles - Ask Mr. Gold: Battle Burrito — L.A. vs. S.F. - Squid Ink - LA Weekly
Yum! I love Mission style burritos! I usually get mine without cheese and sour cream though. Sometimes sans rice, too.
The best damn web design I've ever seen →
marcovhv:
I realize now that I’ll never be able to reach this level of excellence… (via tshannon)
That’s just mean.
“Beard Team USA competes for the United States at the biennial World Beard and...”
– Beard Team USA
Tipping Rules for Takeout and Delivery: The Bon... →
I tip a dollar or two when getting carry out, but definitely do not tip 15–20 percent on delivery. Am I a stingy bastard?
“It’s tempting to recognize the symbol as a “P for paragraph,” though the...”
– ¶
A wonderful post all about the form and origins of the pilcrow at Hoefler & Frere-Jones
(via benw)
