Monthly Archives: March 2006

IMotD, Web 2.0 Edition

Shaun: that’s just a fun word. Shaun: ogle. ogle. ogle. Shaun: very web 2.0. Maura: ogle.icious Shaun: haha. Maura: oglr (beta) Shaun: brilliant. let’s go find us some VC. Maura: we must include a google maps mashup. Shaun: of course. … Continue reading

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Next Generation

A while ago I gave up pretending Star Trek: The Next Generation isn’t one of my favorite television series, ever. New episodes of current shows have been few and far between recently, so I’ve been catching up with Captain Picard … Continue reading

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Exchange

This is a story about euros. I kid you not. A little over a month ago, I started auditioning text editors for my Mac, for the following two reasons: (a) I wanted a really good text editor for my Mac, … Continue reading

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Killing my inner child

I love fishies. I love kids. So who knew my recent visit to the Shedd Aquarium would extinguish any desire I ever may have felt to have children. The kids! The screaming! The running! The crying! The stroller so large … Continue reading

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The Craze of Wide

When I was working at Best Buy (I know, I don’t like to remember it, either), they took their standard, book-style Sunday ad format and rotated it 90 degrees, creating the promotional “widescreen” ad. (If my memory serves me correctly, … Continue reading

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Ass=kicked

Trying to take in a large city in a couple of days is practically setting yourself up to fail. That I experienced what will hopefully be the worst food poisoning of my life last night hardly helped, though. Chicago is … Continue reading

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The roads in Illinois…

Would so never cut it in Tennessee. Boo, IDOT!

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Wedding pr0n

I’ll admit it: I love a good wedding. The details, the planning, the dresses, the flowers, the cake, the food… Yeah, I’m a girl, and I adore it all. This also means I’m a bit of a critic when it … Continue reading

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Frustration

Something that always makes me nuts and drives me to ridicule is when people “like OMG can’t handle having a site anymore! Closed! Or, better, yet, HIATUS!!!” To be fair, I don’t see this as much anymore, but I don’t … Continue reading

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My dream man…

Will provide me with my very own washer and dryer. Yes, I’m that easy. One of the cons to my cozy little apartment is the lack of washer/dryer hookups, relegating me to trek my dirty clothes down to the “laundry … Continue reading

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