Distracted Mind

Think that being a woman online means that you have to be a shrinking, anonymous, violet? WRONG.

If you’re one of those people who thinks that women need to protect themselves more than men for the sheer reason of their sex, turn off your television, read this opinion piece and do some soul searching.

“This is most wonderful. It is true, free vector grunge elements are the unicorn of the design world.”
— from a commenter.

All I can say is wow. This little web-based photo editor is very nice for those photos that just need some touching up, or some special touches.

Picnik offers a free account, with promises of a premium (read: paid) version later on. It allows you to upload to your flickr account, or use Picasa, and does an excellent job of giving your photos some extra oomph.

Gmail tips and tricks—quite useful for me, since I now must check my email through the browser only on my work computer.

File under the “would be nice, but so would unicorns and teleportation” category. Seriously, how cool would it be if we could actually write off some of our telecommute expenses?