http://breebop.com Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:08:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love old ads. Found via Crooked House. http://breebop.com/2008/04/18/better-than-fresh-perk/ Glitter Graphics (Via BoingBoing) Blogged with Flock http://breebop.com/2007/12/23/a-kitschy-christmas-to-you-too/ This morning I poured coffee into my cereal bowl. It took me a moment to notice, and when I did, my first thought was, 'Why is the milk brown?' Wesley has declared 6 a.m. to be the most fitting time for a gentleman to arise. I wheedle and plead, but he ... http://breebop.com/2007/12/21/the-unwilling-early-bird/ At the same time that we have an increasing use of interruptive advertising and more incidents of misuse of personal data we also have fluff going and growing big time, the best examples being YouTube and Facebook. While there is definite value to both, they are overwhelmingly about brief, ... http://breebop.com/2007/12/21/is-the-web-killing-itself/ Handmade 2.0 (NY Times) - Interesting summary of DIY culture online, including Etsy and stitch 'n bitch parties Google and the Wisdom of Clouds (Business Week) - Fascinating story about tapping Google's 'cloud' computing for research and business How to ... make felt from cat fur (getcrafty.com) - gross, but kind of ... http://breebop.com/2007/12/20/cloud-computing-buying-diy-felting-cat-fur/ 1. When you walk in your front door, which room do you enter? A hallway. 2. Do you have a dishwasher? Yup. It's old and verrrrry loud. 3. Is your living room carpeted or does it have hardwood floors? Gross, grungy carpet, which we will endure until we move or can afford hardwood. 4. Do you ... http://breebop.com/2007/12/20/meme-home-sweet-home/ Some good career advice from Kiplinger.com (via Free Money Finance): If the personal growth industry had a motto, it would be "Follow your passion" or "Do what you love and the money will follow."Sure, if your passion is a rare one, like entomology, or even a moderately common one like accounting, ... http://breebop.com/2007/12/19/if-you-cant-do-the-work-you-love-love-the-work-you-do/ crooked house: Printable Gift Tags with Built-In Clarifications Yay Christmas! My favourite is,  "Shopping for you is so hard you should give me a gift for even trying. I mean that in a loving way." Blogged with Flock http://breebop.com/2007/12/19/how-awesome-are-these/ Will and I favour all things non-battery-powered when it comes to Wesley's and Solomon's toys. We're not nazis about it, but we try to buy toys with more imaginative value than lights and sounds. I've had many a daydream about the day when Wes will build (and knock down) big ... http://breebop.com/2007/12/19/simple-blocks-may-make-kids-smarter/ Okay, this looks hilarious. And it's got Michael Cera and Jason Bateman from Arrested Development. Plus, the ultrasound picture looks just like Wesley's! Embedded VideoBlogged with Flock http://breebop.com/2007/12/18/another-good-movie-coming-up-juno/