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Friday Links

girlrobot — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:54:12 +0000

The best part about writing these friday links is knowing it’s FINALLY FRIDAY. TGIF.

Wolf spider covered in baby spiders - this is SOSOSO gross. i warned you.
The world’s scariest runways - the only ones in america are DC’s and JFK’s….both of which I’ve flown into!
On the other end…world’s 10 best airports - not surprising, none of them are in the US.
Mystery on 5th Ave. - this is kind of an old story but so worthy of sharing. as a puzzle lover myself….i find this SO awesome. An architect builds an elaborate scavenger hunt into a family’s apt….it’s amazing!
A photo tour of Pixar - definitely one of those cool companies to work at
The twisted films of Pes - very cool and unique films…check out their latest one called western spaghetti!

This is so true hehe

The Great American Roadtrip

girlrobot — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:36:24 +0000

Wow, these guys are crazy. They did the ultimate roadtrip through all 48 states non-stop. It took them 106 hours but they lived to blog about it. I commend them for doing it but what’s the point if you can’t stop and enjoy all of the stops along the way? Check out their blog for all the details on their trip…sounds like they had a great time! Roadtrips are so fun!

Paperbookswap

girlrobot — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:36:28 +0000

If you love reading books, you might be interested in this website that I just started using called Paperbookswap. To get started, you just upload books that you are willing to give away and in return you receive “credits” that allow you to get books back. I just uploaded some books and I already received a request for a book.

Sending books are pretty simple. They match you up with a person who wants one of your books, you go to the link to print a label. You end up printing out two sheets which have the address already on there and all you have to do is wrap the book up with the papers and tape it up. You can pay for the postage through the website for a fee or append your own postage to the outside (They tell you how much postage is needed for your particular book). It’s a pretty simple and painless process and a great way to get some new books to read!

Forget The IPhone, I Want The Nokia N95

girlrobot — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:43:38 +0000

Ok well truthfully I want both. But the photographer in me absolutely loves the pictures taken with the n95. Since my main camera now is a little bulkier, it would be so awesome if my cell phone had the same quality as my compact digital camera. I’d always have a camera on hand. Anyways, to see what I’m talking about..check out the n95 photo awards from April/May of this year:

You can also check out the flickr group of this 5MP cell phone camera here.

Brain Dump Mondays: Things On My Plate

girlrobot — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:03:01 +0000

- Moving out soon…at the end of this month in fact. Man, I’m going to miss everybody on the west side. I hope living in OC is ok :o/

- Wedding planning…just finished picking out the bridesmaid dresses!! Next step I need to resolve the ceremony location. On the back of my mind: centerpieces, emcee, bachelorette party!

- Cleaning my room/packing. Man, I have so much STUFF. I’m in the process of throwing whatever I can out. I want to just have the “essentials” when I move. This weekend I burned all of my cds (minus about 10 cds that I can’t bring myself to sell) and am in the process of getting rid of them. Does anybody want some free cds? The majority of my cds are from the 90s and range anywhere from Nirvana, Blur, to Red Hot Chili Peppers. Please take these cds off of my hands! If anyone is interested I’ll post some titles.

I think that’s pretty much it. Time for bed!

Friday Links

girlrobot — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:42:45 +0000

Interactive Autopsy - a demo of what happens during an autopsy
How to make butter from scratch - didn’t know it was so easy
Down for everyone or just me? - this website is such a great idea since I’m always wondering that when my website is down
Fuel cost calculator - calculates between major cities and includes your car model/make. It costs me $35 bucks to drive to SD!
A culinary scorecard for 30 major baseball stadiums - Yup…avoid the dodger dog
The accuracy of 10 disaster flicks - I still want to watch The Happening despite the bad reviews

On KROQ it said that LA has the highest gas price in America…I’ve seen some that hit $5+. It’s times like these I’m glad I drive a Honda Civic!

Easy Bread Recipes

girlrobot — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:11:17 +0000

I haven’t blogged any recipes in awhile! I’m always looking for recipes that are fast and easy. Came across these two via Slashfood.

Super quick and easy thin crust pizza dough - mmmm, homemade pizza is so great because you can control the toppings!

Blitz Bread - Nothing tastes better than warm, fresh bread! This recipe takes less than 2 hours!! Pretty amazing for any bread. I can’t wait to try this.

Attempting To Achieve Inbox Zero

girlrobot — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:34:04 +0000

I have 1,306 emails in my gmail inbox. I’m hoping to achieve Inbox Zero, having zero emails in my inbox. With the practically unlimited email space, I got lazy about upkeeping my mailbox and just let emails pile up. It doesn’t help that I get about 10+ emails a day! Here are some steps I’m going to utilize to help empty and organize my inbox:

1. Start archiving! For the longest time I never even noticed that Gmail has an “archive” button at the top. And when I did notice it, I never wondered what the purpose of that button was. Basically, the archive button will remove emails from the inbox without deleting them. It’s a great way to save those really important emails that you don’t want to delete because you might want to refer to them some day in the future but don’t need to see it every day in your inbox. To view archived emails, you can just click on “All Mail” on the left hand side.

2. Labels. There are a few reasons why I keep emails. Some of them are ideas I have for upcoming post on one of my blogs. I’ve started tagging these emails with their respective blog names. Also, since I’m planning a wedding, a lot of my emails are wedding related that I want to keep for reference and I’ve started tagging these as “wedding”. This makes it so much easier to find emails later on when I need them.

3. Star items that I need to read again or need my attention.

4. Unsubscribe myself from useless websites. When i buy things, they auto subscribe me to their newletters and I get lazy about unsubscribing. There’s no reason for me to keep most of these newsletters so it’s time I take the few seconds to unsubscribe

Hopefully I’ll be able to achieve Inbox Zero sometime this year hehe.

Hook Up Your Home Entertainment Center With Wirewize

girlrobot — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:23:37 +0000

This is definitely a website worthy of a bookmark! If you’re setting up your home entertainment center and completely lost with all the different wires and what connects to what, Wirewize can help. You just enter in all of your gadgets and it will spit out which cables you need and how to connect them all. When I finally get a flat screen TV this will be so helpful when I need to hook up my Wii, karaoke system, Apple TV, etc heheh.

Brain Dump Mondays: Still Recovering

girlrobot — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:57:33 +0000

Not much to say because I’ve still been recovering from my vacation. It’s very tiring being around family for an extended amount of time. Especially during a stressful time like my sister’s wedding which I am so glad is over! I’m so dreading my own next year. Anyways, I’ve been sleeping pretty early and still feeling sleepy during the day. I even fell asleep during Wall-E when I saw it on Saturday. It was a super cute movie though! I’m completely in love with Wall-E. BTW check out these Wall-E Easter Eggs if you plan on watching the movie.

Anyways regular posting will commence tomorrow!