Entries from August 2009

August 31, 2009

Pensive yet chocolaty

 
 
 

August 29, 2009

Persona(s)lly speaking

This is fun. From the Personas web site:
Personas is a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, currently on display until Sept 09 at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab. It uses sophisticated natural language processing and the Internet to create a data portrait of one’s aggregated online identity. In [...]

August 23, 2009

Polyvore is making me speechless

Too much fun. My Polyvore set (yes, I’ve succumbed) for Speechless:

Speechless by CharityT featuring James Perse

August 12, 2009

Today’s lesson in evocative imagery

Andrew to me: What do you call the little punching bag that hangs at the back of your throat?

August 11, 2009

Geek Girl in Publishers Weekly

Or more accurately, in Barbara Vey’s YA Saturday Morning Breakfast Club Book Blurbs.
I love the write up the teen reviewer gave Geek Girl. We did aim to be both funny and scarily accurate. I’m so glad she enjoyed the book.

August 7, 2009

John Hughes, RIP

August 2, 2009

The Wii generation

Yes, we’ve finally succumbed and bought a Wii yesterday. So far, the kids love it. Andrew worked up enough of a sweat that he had to change from jeans into shorts. Miss B (which is Kyra’s Mii avatar name too) is exceptionally good at Wii bowling and … wait for it … boxing.
Andrew’s created enough [...]