Archive for July, 2008

  • Feeling Blue

    I finally got some …. and found that, sadly, it wasn’t really all that it’s cracked up to be.
    It was the perfect setup: a gorgeous day, a long weekend ahead of me. There, on the corner of Wabash Avenue and Lake Street, I was finally presented with an opportunity … and I excitedly Accepted it. [...]

  • Dashwire is a solid mobile synch solution

    Dashwire is a free service that seamlessly synchs content between your mobile phone and the web. You download a little app to your handset and sign up for a (password-protected) account on their website, and after a really smooth setup/installation process on your device, and about an hour of initial synching time, it just works. It handles [...]

  • Trader Joe’s Vegetable Masala Burger (Yum!)

      Had the opportunity to pick up a box of these from my local Trader Joe’s this past weekend.  Was quite glad I did. 
    I wasn’t quite sure what to expect – I’ve had mixed success with other non-meat-based burgers in the past, but given my faith in the Trader Joe’s brand, I thought I’d give it [...]

  • Baby Cthulhu

    Check out this Cthulhu. Scary, eh? No? Well, he’s just a baby, so what do you expect? I made him out of yarn using nothing but a crochet hook, some fimo clay, and this excellent book which I found at  a yarn store in Evanston. No, I don’t  like go shopping at yarn stores or [...]