Browsing Life
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 [...]
