Browsing Life
5 Places I’d Go with a Time Machine
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
In no special order: January 3, 2032 – to talk to myself on my 50th birthday and see what I could have done better. March 2000 – So I could tell myself to not half–ass my last year of baseball November 1620 – so I could teach the pilgrims about arch support in shoes October [...]
My Horoscope this morning
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Every once in a while when the morning news is slow I’ll head over to Yahoo and check out my horoscope. Most of the time they’re so absurdly general you can apply it to some aspect of your life. But today’s was just a bit too off base: You can plow through mountains of work [...]
Tracking Beverage Consumption
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
As some may know I’ve been trying to stop drinking coffee lately and I’ve been substituting in other sorts of drinks like tea, soda and water. Well, I’m failing miserably in my attempt to be coffee-free so I’m going to try and document what I’m drinking every day and see if that helps. It’s the [...]
HTML5 Comments
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
I forgot to post it on here, but I had an article go out on Smashing Magazine last week about HTML5. It was really cool to write; I learned a ton and I can’t wait to do another (already signed on for a 2nd one with them). I’ve done 7 official articles outside of by [...]
My Last Meal
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
I forget what I was watching but I got to thinking what my last meal would be if I were sentenced to death. Being a person who likes to leave some humor behind I’d want to give people something to talk about when they went home afterwards. So, keeping that in mind, for my last [...]
Tapatio v. Louisiana Hot Sauce
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Today, I’m going to address hot sauce, and to two brands that I’ve encountered quite a bit lately: Tapatio Louisiana Hot Sauce Judging on 4 criteria: Flow out of the bottle Consistency Flavor Web site (just because) Meet the Team Tapatio Louisiana Hot Sauce Flow out of the bottle Tapatio takes this one, it comes [...]
Something I Learned about Baby Carrots
Monday, May 25th, 2009
Last week I was at Ralph’s to buy some some baby carrots and dip. I figured I’d eat the first one pretty quick, so I decided to get a second bag, freeze it and eat it maybe next week. Apparently when you freeze baby carrots they lose all consistency and turn into a gross rubber-like [...]
5 Minute Chocolate Cake
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
I got this in an email forward and I thought it was so great that I needed to share it here. I give you… the 5 minute chocolate cake: Ingredients 4 tablespoons flour 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons cocoa 1 egg 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons oil 3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) A small splash [...]
CSS of Life
Monday, April 27th, 2009
I promise to not put too much geek stuff on here… CSS of Life: #marriage { min-age:30; }…. well, more like .marriage { min-age:30; } #wisdom Twitter The HTML <div id="life"> <div class="school"> <li>Study too much</li> <li>Drink too much</li> <li>Graduate</li> </div><!–/school–> <div class="job"> <ul class="promotions"> <li>You deserve it!</li> <li>You don’t deserve it.</li> </ul> </div><!–/job–> <div [...]
Number 2 Pencil
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Many pencils across the world, and almost all in Europe, are graded on the European system using a continuum from “H” (for hardness) to “B” (for blackness), as well as “F” (for fine point). The standard writing pencil is graded HB. According to Petroski, this system might have been developed in the early 1900s by [...]
My Progression into Coffee
Friday, April 17th, 2009
I started drinking coffee in 2005, with my first real office job after college. Before that, I absolutely HATED it. It started off as a social thing, I was the new guy in the office and I wanted to get to know some people in what was a relatively small office. Everyone seemed to hangout [...]
Merging Traffic with the Zipper
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
“The zipper” is a traffic concept I came up with in high school, shortly after I started to drive. It’s basically a way to alleviate gridlock and constant stop & go traffic by creating a more fluid flow to the traffic pattern when there’s any merging involved. It’s a pretty easy process and I’m sure [...]
Worth their Weight in Gold
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
There are certain things in life that I think are worth spending money on: Organic milk A haircut A good shirt Why? Organic Milk I went through a period where I was only eating organic food; I won’t lie, I felt pretty healthy. But there’s a lot of stuff I just don’t think it’s worth [...]
