Posts Tagged ‘Fun Stuff’

This week’s Tech Republic newsletter had a geekalicious article I just have to share. Why? Because I am both a low level tech geek (I’d probably be wearing a red shirt, lol) and a writer-type, and this article has a bit of typographic history, too.

What do you call ” @ ” ? Does it have a name, like the ampersand (&) or what? Did you know the ” @ ” has hundreds of names, depending on the language used? Or that it pre-dates email by over 50 years? Learn all this and more Where the action is @ !

Working from home is hard work. Employees who work 8 to 5 are usually given an hour for lunch and two 20-minute breaks throughout the workday. Why should VAs be any different?

Not sure what to do with those 20 minutes?

Check out this spiffy list of 50 websites to waste some time, courtesy of Time Magazine. The article is a couple years old, but the info is still good.

Now, go Goof Off! You’ll feel better for it, I promise!

Time for some ~real~ fun stuff!

Check out CNN’s list of 10 nifty apps for your phone here.

Even more interesting are reports of a shortage of developers for phone applications. So, if you know how to write software for smartphones, even this economy could be good for you. Especially you open source folks

Yep, times are hard.

Gerry and Cindy Mann of Michigan were having such a hard time selling their home they decided to try a brand new gimmick. When their children were young, Cindy’s father created a scale replica of the family home, to scale (1ft to 1in) and all handmade. The dollhouse is worth a couple thousand dollars, but if you pay $169k for it you can have the full-size version, too.

This story broke about a month ago and I haven’t been able to find an update anywhere on the web, including in the local Michigan paper. If you know anything about this, please let us know in the comments and we’ll do a follow-up.

Hopefully you are here today:

Or somewhere equally awesome and won’t see this til tomorrow!

Relax & Have a Great Labor Day y’all!

Intuit has joined forces with rock producer Tommy Silk to put together the newest interactive kitschy website: The Jingle Generator. For more details, check out the accountingweb article on it.

Curious? Check out the OA jingle Candy put together here.

If you use Twitter, you know what the Fail Whale is. He’s been surfacing a lot this week, so I thought it was a good time to mention him. If you don’t know who/what the Fail Whale is, it’s okay, this great article from ReadWriteWeb explains all about it.

I love the story behind the Fail Whale. In an era where we all have CopyScape buttons on our web pages and an attorney on retainer to fight content theft, it shows how web-based communities can band together to do right by the artists who create the media found and enjoyed on the web. You gotta admit, that is much better than the usual exploitation stories.

Ever since I switched to dual monitors I’ve felt like I needed to have a plan for world domination and a big red button.

I even ordered office supplies from Staples this week just to get myself a big red button like the ones in their commercials. It’s awesome, but not quite right.

Patty, one of my rockin’ team members, made THIS one for me. With this I may not be able to take over the world, but I feel totally confident in my ability to take on my clients’ books!

Happy Friday, everyone!

This is just too cool not to talk about!

Most people think of mountain biking/off-road biking as a guy sport. Celia Graterol, owner of Mountain Biking Marin and 2006 US National Downhill Champion, is offering a unique clinic to help women of all skill levels get off the road and onto the trails!

If you’re in the Bay Area, check out her Hot Mamas Mountain Bike Skill Clinic on August 17, 2008.

We all know my idea of roughing it is a 2-star motel, but for those of you who like to get outdoors, this looks too cool not to check out!

Last week was one of those weeks where I was pretty sure Intuit was out to get me.

No, really, they are. Out to get me. Personally. It was just one thing after the other. My poor clients were being beat up. It wasn’t all Intuit’s fault, but still, dude, what’s going on over there in Arizona, folks?

The week before my monitor went out and I decided to bite the bullet and get a dual screen set up. I was joking that I needed a red phone with a direct line to Intuit to complete my set up… one of my team members heard me and sent me this.

Score! Take that, Intuit!

Yes, I will be sharing pictures of my new improved battle station computer set up soon. I just gotta find a red button and missile trajectories–move over, Mr. President, I’ll take care of this!