June 2007
1 post
The insidious danger of danger →
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.
March 2007
6 posts
50 Free Vector Grunge Corners | BittBox →
“This is most wonderful. It is true, free vector grunge elements are the unicorn of the design world.”
— from a commenter.
So you want to be a better writer
Don’t we all? I won’t go into the oh-so-very wrongness of referring to one’s self as a “grammar nazi” (ranks right up there with the “parenthetical pogram” and the “comma clan”), but I love to read about how not to butcher the written word. If you liked that run-on sentence, perhaps you should read up on a few writing sites:
Word Wise
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Picnik - edit photos the easy way, online in your... →
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 Craze: 30 + Tools and Hacks for Gmail »... →
Gmail tips and tricks—quite useful for me, since I now must check my email through the browser only on my work computer.
Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Web Worker Tax... →
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?
Trying something new
I’ve decided to give a little service named tumblr a try, seeing as I’ve had little to no time for any of my more lengthy blog updates. Still working on a way to import my wordpress stuff, but I’ll get to that in time. For now, visit the old Distracted Mind for “classic” content. What can I say? This should be fun.