links for 2006-02-28

blummy – The bookmarklet management bookmarklet Okay, I’m impressed. I have so many bookmarklets that I need a bookmarklet manager … and one exists! And it’s good! (tags: bookmarklets) One Bag (all about packing, luggage, and travelling light) (tags: travel packing)

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Posted on 28 Feb 2006 | 1 comment

but first

Thanks, birthday-wishers! I had a lovely day that continued on into the weekend, including dinner with friends on Friday, seeing Will Durst on Saturday, and meeting a friend’s brand-new puppy on Sunday, not to mention all the fabulous home-cooked (made-to-order, even) meals from the MSG, or all the EverQuest II. It was a stellar birthday weekend. I really don’t have a lot to say except that the 71 Haight-Noriega bus riders are almost as aggressive as those on the 1 California, except the riders of the 71 all seem very close to losing their shit entirely, right there, right on the corner of Market and Van Ness, if you can call that sort of angle a corner which I really don’t, but still these people are so practically unhinged that I gripped my...

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Posted on 28 Feb 2006 | 1 comment

birthday

Some number of years ago today, I was born. I’m still here. Go me. Thanks for all the love, folks. This life thing just gets better and better. Technorati Tags: birthday

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Posted on 23 Feb 2006 | 17 comments

syndication note

If you switch to my FeedBurner feed in your RSS reader, you will be 4 times happier when you wake up in the morning. It contains no trans fat and is completely biodegradable. Well, not really, but it is pretty neat. Sorry, LiveJournal readers. You can’t switch feeds with LiveJournal’s RSS syndication. But you can sign up for email updates instead! While we’re mentioning LiveJournal, I’ll repeat it once more: I do not receive any comments you leave on my feed there. Ever. Your comments stay up on the site a few days — I am never notified of their existence — and then they disappear into the ether. So just don’t. Comment on my website instead. It’s not that hard. I’ve even set it up so you can login with...

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Posted on 22 Feb 2006 | 2 comments

of beauty and birthdays

Something beautiful happened in the library this morning: a student came into the I.T. department with a dozen pink tulips. She walked up to the I.T. help desk manager, said, “God told me that you were going through a lot today, so I brought you these,” and gave them to her. The help desk manager’s sister underwent chemotherapy this morning. The help desk manager had never seen the student before this. ._.-. For my birthday this year, I want you to tell me a story or sing me a song! (This idea has been shamelessly stolen from Jason.)

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Posted on 21 Feb 2006 | 2 comments

unicorn-scented daffodils

Just over 48 hours until my birthday! Right now, I’m listening to Miles, practicing calligraphy, sipping tea and feeling utterly grateful for my good little life. Not that it’s all happy puppies skipping in rainbow fields of unicorn-scented daffodils. It’s also politics and food and biology and poetry and … okay, okay, extremely cute puppies which may or may not be skipping. I can’t help it; I’m...

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Posted on 20 Feb 2006 | Comments Off

links for 2006-02-17

La Culture des Idées: Book Cover Design and the Spirit of Magritte – Boston College Neat book exhibition displaying book cover designs based on Magritte’s works. (tags: magritte books design) Playlist: Libraries turning to iPods and iTunes Just as the iPod transformed the way individuals connect with their personal media collections, so too is it changing the way libraries help the public connect with mass media collections. (tags: ipod itunes libraries) Podbop Enter your city and state and receive the url to a podcast that not only tells you which bands are going to be playing live in your area (as well as when and where), but also lets you listen to music by said bands. (tags: music mp3 events local podcasting) LibriVox » LibriVox...

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Posted on 17 Feb 2006 | Comments Off

links for 2006-02-14

Goldfish + Mountain Dew + 9 Volt Battery = Lives – Google Video This isn’t for real, is it? (tags: video weird) Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies A short definition of humiliation from Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS). (tags: humiliation humandignity academia responsibility compassion) Welcome to HiddenPassageway.com – There is no fantasy. Real hidden passageways! So neat. (tags: architecture) Things My Boyfriend Says One of those simply funny concepts that translates well to the web: a woman blogs various funny quotes/anecdotes from her boyfriend. It makes me laugh out loud sometimes. (tags: humor people relationships...

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Posted on 14 Feb 2006 | 2 comments

grazed knees

That Johari/Nohari stuff certainly is thought-provoking, both as the window and the windee. I drove home today, instead of taking the ferry, just because I felt like it. It took me 40 minutes, door-to-door, instead of 100. I listened to Snow Patrol for a little while, and then I didn’t listen to anything, but practiced being present. The gloaming never fails to amaze me as it encounters the bridge and those first few breaths of the City. Just now I gave myself a homework assignment: discover the difference between humility and humiliation. I know in my brain there is one, but my heart isn’t quite there yet, and it needs to be for me to be happier, calmer, and less afraid. I would like to know what you think about this, so please leave your thoughts...

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Posted on 13 Feb 2006 | 1 comment

links for 2006-02-13

Chessboxing In a chessboxing fight two opponents play alternating rounds of chess and boxing. The contest starts with a round of chess, followed by a boxing round, followed by another round of chess and so on. (tags: chess funny)

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Posted on 13 Feb 2006 | Comments Off