Pages Tagged “NaBloPoMo 2015”
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- 20 Days of NaBloPoMo 2015
Things I learned by trying (and failing) to write a blog article every day for a month.
- Tablet Blogging is Actually Convenient!
For short posts, I’m actually more comfortable sitting on the couch and writing on my tablet than firing up my computer and sitting at my desk. This is something I discovered during NaBloPoMo. My workflow typically went like this: Write the post in the WordPress App. Set categories/tags and upload as a draft. Switch over […]
- Oddly Specific Advertising
A Casper billboard on PCH advertises the ‘perfect mattress for furries.’ I assume it’s part of a series. Either that or they’re into really niche marketing.
- Too Many Notifications
It takes forever to get a new phone’s alert settings just right. Every app is configured separately, and they all want your attention.
- Is the ransom note look obsolete?
I remember countless mystery movies, TV shows, comics and stories where a kidnapper or other extortionist of some sort sent a ransom note using letters or words cut from multiple newspapers and magazines to defeat handwriting analysis and prevent matching the quirks of individual typewriters. The jumble of different fonts made for a distinctive look. […]
- Panorama Fail: Chalk Edition
The kiddo was drawing with sidewalk chalk today, after looking at a round-up of panorama fails. So he drew one.
- AAAAAARP!
When I first spotted this sign, the ampersand in the middle looked like just one more A.
- Coin Slot For Your Cell Phone
The 5YO had an interesting idea tonight: “Devices should have slots that you can put real-world money into.” I explained that it wouldn’t be practical because someone would have to go around collecting it, and meanwhile your phone or tablet would get weighed down by all those quarters or bills. Then I brought up Square […]
- Symbolic Costuming: Stage vs. Screen
We took the kiddo to see his first live theater play today, A Year With Frog and Toad. It’s a children’s musical based on the Frog and Toad books, with each song adapted from one of the stories. The costumes in this production tended toward symbolic representation rather than realism. Frog and Toad themselves just […]
- Epi-pen How-To
A diagram of how to administer an epi-pen to someone experiencing severe anaphylaxis as a result of a food allergy, bee sting, etc.
- Les Mis / Chess: Cosette vs Florence (and Eponine)
Judy Kuhn sings both Florence on the Broadway cast album of Chess and Cosette on the Broadway cast album of Les Misérables. My recent Chess-listening binge got me thinking about the two roles, how much stronger a character Florence is (at least when looking at the stage version), and how Eponine’s greater degree of agency […]
- Listening to Chess
I recently went through a few weeks listening to Chess over and over again. This happens every few years when I find a new (to me) recording of the musical, and then I forget about it for a few years until I stumble on another version and the cycle starts again. I’ve never seen the […]
- Genre TV Update: Fall 2015
Somehow I’ve managed to end up watching mostly shows based on comic books this year. And amazingly, there are enough of them out there that I have to pick and choose. It seems I’m able to keep up with about 3 shows on a weekly basis, and still fit in family, work and other hobbies. […]
- So that’s where Vaporware comes from!
This sign pairing has been there for years, and we finally picked up enough round tuits to snap a photo of it. Usually we try to catch funny signs like this as soon as possible. You can bet M’hael’s wasn’t up for very long. But sometimes, as in this case, it’s not something broken, it’s […]
- Gloom ahead, blue sky behind
I went for a walk around the block a few afternoons back. From the office window it looked nice and sunny. That was on one side of the building. I walked out into gloom and wind. But the glass covered buildings ahead reflected the blue sky behind me. The rain started on my way back.
- WiFi is the new Color TV
When I was a kid, motels still advertised “COLOR TV!” on their signs to entice weary drivers to choose their facilities over the next one down the road. I’m pretty sure color TV was standard by then, but the signs remained. These says, every motel I drive past has “Wi-Fi” on the sign, for the […]
- Phone vs Camera
Over the past year I’ve found myself using my camera less and less, and my phone more and more. There are good reasons for it, but something’s missing.
- I “Liked” Twitter Favorites
It shouldn’t make any difference that Twitter renamed Favorites★ as Likes♥. It’s a coat of paint. But labels do matter.
- So much for SudaSudafed
Surprising no one, it turns out the replacement for pseudoephedrine in most over-the-counter cold medication doesn’t actually work.
- Fruit Basket Case
In addition to chips and candy, we have healthy snack options in the break room at work. In some cases it’s a matter of buzzword compliance: Sorry, but using non-GMO organic natural ingredients does NOT make potato chips, popcorn, Cheez-it clones and cookies “healthy” by any stretch of the imagination. But in some cases it’s […]
- Mixed Emotions / Halloween / Comikaze
I haven’t been to Comikaze Expo since their first year. It’s always been close to Long Beach Comic-Con, and I’d choose Long Beach every time. This year, though, LBCC was in mid-September, and Comikaze was Halloween weekend. And since we missed out on San Diego, it seemed like a good plan for a family comic-con. […]