So, I guess I don't like structure. I've been very reluctant to blog and then had blog guilt. This phenomenon was also described by Laura at Shortcake Stamps. So, I thought instead I will just write what I please when I please.
Anyway, I had to post about something that caught my eye. As I was making the 5th or 6th pass through my closet to continue the decluttering of my life I was thinking what can I do with these bridesmaid dresses? Many of them cost 100's of dollars and are very nice dresses, but just not my taste. So, in my research, I came across this organization called the Glass Slipper Project (http://www.glassslipperproject.org/). They take donations of gently used formal dresses and try to match them with prom-going high school students in Chicago who may not be able to afford them. I think I'll give that a try...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Take a Time Out
One of the funniest video shorts I have seen in a long time is called "Time Out" by Robbie Chafitz. It was premiered at Sundance.
Did-You-Know the Best-Selling Personal Computer of All Time?
As many computer geeks of my generation probably assume, it was the Commodore 64. This was the first introduction to computers that most GenXers had in their childhood. While it was a great vehicle for playing video games, the "Sony Playstation" of its time, it was also a good vehicle to program BASIC on or to run word processing software.
The C64, as it is called by the inner circle, is not the best computer for hacking into government defense systems. Instead, that would be the IMSAI 8080 microcomputer, as featured in the geek hero movie, War Games, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Geeky Things: A Cubicle Playset for Adults
I know when I am very bored at work, I have always wanted to have a little cubicle playset of my very own to pass the time. In the spirit of Dilbert cartoons and Office Space, "The Cubes - Cubicle Playset" available at ThinkGeek. lets you enter the fantasy land that might be your very own job. Maybe you are not the "Unix" guy, maybe you have always been the "Windows" guy and you've just always wanted to be the "Unix" guy. Well, now you can PRETEND TO BE THAT GUY with your very own Cubicle Playset.
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