Round Robin: TiPb vs. HTC FUZE Final Review

I thought my review last week for the Palm Treo Pro would be my toughest, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 17:00:20

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I Must be Delirious

I was sick today. Technically still am, I suppose, though I’m skirting the edges of denial at this point. Which is, in and of itself, so bizarre a circumstance that it simply must be blogged about. You see, me and sick? We’re pals, we are. I love to be sick [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:18:31

Yes, We Can - Stay Home for the Inauguration

Living in the Washington DC metropolitan area, one gets used to the tourists, the protesters and the celebrants.  We Washingtonians realize that there are certain times that downtown, particularly the National Mall, belongs to visitors, and those are the times we stay home and let them have the place [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:19:42

productive weekend.

i had a very productive weekend.. i don't want to calculate how much money i spent though ... tvs.. one 40 inch sony bravia and one smaller one for the basement, it's something in the 30" range ... to screw it back on saturday. we put all the tvs in their new homes (basement, living room and brick room [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:21:00

At Frontline of Foreclosure Crisis, Counties Go It Alone

Image by: Matt Mahurin With graffiti-scarred walls, ... properties like the Irongate townhouse — the damage left behind by the subprime mess. Unlike banks ... to buy up and repair foreclosed houses. But since the Hope for Homeowners program launched [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 11:01:40

Frozen Balls and the Best Presentation

Frozen Balls and the Best Presentation 19th January, 09 We have two KFF-presentations at the same school this day, and are scheduled to meet at 10:45 in front of the school. I look on the temperature indicator on my laptop, and it says “Montreal:-25C”. I put on all my thick winter clothing and step outside. Not that bad, actually [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:05:44

Trying to Paint Your Camera is a Stupid Idea

Trying to Paint Your Camera is a Stupid Idea 18th January, 09 Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite filed under Drawings, You can say You to Me | . Comments (1) Nordic Skiing 17th January, 09 The day after the party, Michka and me ar going nordic skiing. We step outside, -15 degrees Celsius (roundabout 5 degrees Fahrenheit) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:55:42

Home Improvement Resolutions for January 2009

We decided not to make a list of New Year's Home Improvement Resolutions for 2009. Our list of uncompleted projects at the end of 2008 was just too depressing. Instead, we're going to do a month-by-month list of goals that we might reasonably be able to accomplish in a 30-day period [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:08:00

Studio Snapshot - Libby Mills

Artist name: Libby Mills Location: Connecticut Website: Libzoid ... space? Yes, I am lucky to have a studio all to myself Where is it located? In the basement ... to mind because it’s a basement studio.  I don’t have any windows for natural light, but the space [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:40:32

laminating done and an awesome home cooked meal

laminating done and an awesome home cooked meal Filed under: random crap — beerorkid @ Jan 20th, 2009 We did stovetop mac and cheese for an easy meal while we continued to organize the kitchen and wash all the dishes that were stored in the basement. We basically ate munchies and fast food [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:57:54

Transcript: DICK Cheney on Fox News Sunday | The Exit Interview | December 21, 2008

(Source: CQ Transcriptswire) Editor’s Note: This portion of the show transcript contains only the Cheney interview. Mr. Chris WALLACE: Mr. Vice President, welcome back to “Fox News Sunday.” Vice-President Dick CHENEY: It’s good to be back, Chris. WALLACE: The president has announced a $13 billion short-term loan to the U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 20:13:21

(Orange and) Blue Light Special

This sounds like a joke. Brian Cashman and Hank Steinbrenner walk onto a car lot and immediately head over to the brand new 2009 Lexus ... basement. Throwing money at players and increasing salary does not guarantee a post-season [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 11:09:41

The Downside Proof of being a Stay At Home Mom

I'm a stay at home mom. And when someone is a stay at home person, they basically stay home all the time ... was busy working on our basement project. Unfortunately, the incompetent delivery men truck ... was installing in the basement. And if you don't have the installation kit, basically you can't install [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:23:00

See Through Heart

So sorry for the long delay since my last creative post ... in our 25 below weather....and since my office is in the basement, it's a bit chilly down here ... to the inside of the card. Since you could now see through the front of my card, I had to finish off the inside [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:14:00

Sleep Blogging

Today's LinkWildflower ThinkingSaying for the DayIf a man had as many ideas during the day as he does when he has insomnia, he'd make a fortune ... at the journal of Sleep Science. News from Pigeon FallsThe little town in my basement where the trains [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:00:00

allisonweiss: I got this awesome little program the other day....

allisonweiss: I got this awesome little program the other day. It’s called REC and it’s free from Apple ... I am ready to record a single track of audio through the mic on my computer. Finish, save it, done. It’ ... not too shabby for a tape recorder basement recording? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:47:17

It's Burger Week (again): High Dive Bar and Grill

About 2 years ago, the "High Dive" opened in our neck of the woods. And from the beginning this "not so divey" bar has drawn some pretty good crowds ... with fries. With a bargain basement price (for a pub style burger) of $6, I decided to add [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:34:28

The Malahat Summit, and I shanghai the group into Colonial Life!

On Saturday, having a sunny day WITHOUT snow, Linda and Cheryl bundled me up (frostbite in fingers, overheating in torso) ... Empress Cruise Line Hotel) to call Linda on the payphone as I was living in a unheated basement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:31:00

The Making of a Home Office - Part 1

(Image Credit: slrw82) I never intended to work from home.  My commutes were always easy ... in with us and taking over the basement - the one place that I could have possibly made into a real office [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 12:00:00

Thursday Thirteen #75

Thirteen Things Twisted Cinderella wants to changeI want to lose weight ... yucky and fat) is that I have PCOS and I want to have another baby.I want to organize my basement. I want to finish one side of it so that it can be used as a playroom or something similar.I want [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:07:00

Blast from the Past

I am OCD about cleaning out my email inboxes.  Well, not cleaning out, but I hate having new, unopened email, ... what seemed like hours talking in my basement… at some point she picked up my hunting knife off the coffee [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:03:01

Vapor Barrier Crawl Space

Do not insulation crawl space walls if the crawl space is wet or ventilated with outdoor air. Poly vapor barrier crawl space ground is covered with a poly shield as a barrier to rising ... space is to seal and insulate the foundation walls rather than the sub floor. Remember, your crawl [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:46:14

People Do Things They Shouldn’t In California

A report from the Salinas Californian. “Laura Beltran, 22, said she wasn’t surprised to learn that the house she rents from her mother in-law ... the help of a housing counselor isn’t enough, Beltran said. After the value of their house dropped [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 20:45:59

Space Opera odyssey, Chapter Three

Frank Gutch, Jr. has posted the third chapter of his Space Opera musical history, and has moved the whole story to a new website, www.rockandreprise.netHere's Chapter Three:CHAPTER THREE:WE'RE SINGERS AND WE'RE SAILORS...“We played three songs for (Clive Davis) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:25:00

DHA Lahore Bye Laws

CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS Whereas after repeal of the Defence Housing Authority Lahore Ordinance 1999 (Punjab Ordinance LI 1999), Chief Executive’s Order No. 26 of 2002, for the reconstitution of Defence Housing Authority Lahore, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 20:34:33

The 2008 Movie Blog Awards

There is only one honor this awards season that really means anything at all. It’s not the Golden Globes. It’s not the Oscars ... to finish. For our money, the funniest movie of 2008. Honorable Mention (in no particular order [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 09:12:04

Working Out at Home With the Perfect Pushup (Mobile Unit)

I’ve been kicking around the idea of a Qwowi Home Fitness series for a while now. While it sounds like an awesome idea ( ... me the new super duper home fitness product, I used it twice and now it’s in the pile in the basement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:10:14

Head to Head: Palm Treo Pro and AT&T Fuze

The Palm Treo Pro and the AT&T Fuze are probably the two most anticipated Windows Mobile releases this Fall ... the same “fingerprint attractive” finish, not only with the casing but also with the screen. The Fuze ... the countless comments on this type finish and CHANGE [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 14:37:19

sneak peek: leah hennen

our first fabulous sneak peek comes from d*s reader and freelance writer leah hennen, of the blog more ways to waste time ... a satin finish for the paint, because I wanted the walls to literally glow at night. (We have 70-year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:00:21

Sundance

Sundance One of the first things I see off the shuttle in downtown Park City – it has one main street, ... the place, called The Hideout, is packed upstairs. The hostess invites me to go down into the basement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:38:01

when freelance writers get the christmas spirit…

last week’s contest. And for those of you who loved Diana’s guest post as much as I did, ... FISHES IN OUR HOUSE For those of you who don’t know, once upon a time I created, along with artists [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 06:10:54

DCist Listening Party: The Oranges Band Are Invisible

Baltimore's The Oranges Band have been plugging away for the better part of a decade, ... like a frenzied, basement Arcade Fire single. In short, The Oranges are back with an album of tunes to prove [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 17:27:39

Do Women Need Turbulence Training?

Do women need different weight loss tips? Well, we could debate that all day, ... , we do 20-minutes of superset resistance training, usually doing 4-6 exercises per workout.Then we finish with 20 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:29:00

2009 In Gadgets, Gadget Freaks Picks For 2009, Part 1

The Olympics are over, the 3G iPhone, MacBook Air and first phone with a Google Android operating system has been released.2008 is officially over ... and the first wave of countries converted is expected to finish the process between 2012 and 2013.A map [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:13:59

the dailies: martha from uniform studio.

Eek! Another year, another set of smashing Dailies. For those of you who are new to Design for Mankind, The Dailies are ... . I open up the windows so the cats can sit in the window sill and then I make coffee and sit down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:00:28

Light Sabers and Dog Turds

Jonah and I were outside having a light saber fight this morning in the snow ... and even let loose in the basement in front of our building superintendent once, much to my horror [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:41:00

MLB Top 10: Next Year's Free Agents

We're reaching the final stretch of the offseason, with a few marquee free agents still available for bargain basement prices. While we wait for news about those free agents (guys like Ben Sheets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:13:36

The Importance of Hip Rotation in the Golf Swing

There are almost as many theories about the golf swing as there are instructors ... and in my basement “lab”, I have found that hip rotation does indeed put the club on a more powerful [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:45:04

Evergreen Christmas

1970 It’s four days before Christmas, ... , erected in the basement rec room. We aren’t a family prone to cultural or ethnic traditions: Like many [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 14:28:28

A tribute to the VCR - The VHS era is winding down BUT there are many things you can do with a VCR and the tapes!

VHS era is winding down - Los Angeles Times.. ... , the once-ubiquitous home-video format that will finish this month as a creaky ghost of Christmas past [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 07:02:49

Homemade Scrabble Comfort Keyboard

This geeky comfort keyboard was the basement project of online artist Datamancer. Scrabble Comfort Keyboard ... to del.icio.us Post tags: basement project, comfort keyboard, keyboard mod, mac environment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:15:46

YOUR SCHOOL’S UNIQUE AROMA

They’re creating designer fragrances for each school ... , beer, cheese, and a finish on the nose of beer and cheese with beer and cheese. Beer. Cheese. George [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 18:01:18

Blagojevich, Burris and More Problems for Illinois Dems

Blagojevich, Burris and More Problems for Illinois Dems Illinois Gov ... he had no plans to step down and insisted he was innocent of the corruption charges against [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 20:10:00

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