Seriously...

How freaking cute is this kid?


(via The Sartorialist)

Tracking an epidemic

I realize that in the US it is a health emergency and not an epidemic, but if you want to keep track of where the swine flu outbreaks are occurring and the status of them, Google Maps can show you. Of course, I wonder where they are getting their updates. If it is directly from the CDC and WHO then great, otherwise, who has the job of tracking them all?

You can now outsource your own work...

Or so the Onion reports.


More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas

The Daisies Will Be Pushed...finally

How excited am I? ABC just announced they WILL show the remaining Pushing Daisies episodes this Spring!!! Here's the deal, they will show them on Saturday nights (thank goodness for TiVo and for ABC.com) beginning May 30th through June 13th.

And for anyone who watched Eli Stone or Dirty Sexy Money - these shows' remaining episodes will be shown on Saturday's as well. Eli Stone will air between June 20th and July 11th. Dirty Sexy Money will air between July 18th and Aug 8th.

What will I create today?

I think I need to read or watch this speech on a regular basis. It is just a very lovely little reminder of the power of creation that exists within every person. Creating in all of its forms brings us closer to happiness. Have you ever said a funny joke that brought a smile to someone's face who was previously sad? That is creating. Finished or completed a project at work? That is creating. As we create we feel value in ourselves and a purpose in our days. So everyday I want to ask myself: "What will I create today?" And at night when I ask myself "What did I create today?" I better have an answer.

I ate...

...the last of my licorice from Amsterdam.



I love this stuff. I brought back several bags in my luggage and have been diligently rationing them out over the last 4+ months. Well, yesterday, the last drop in the last bag was consumed. I now need to go on a hunt for more. And if anyone ever goes to Amsterdam and wonders what to buy me? You now have your answer. :)

I like...

...this house. Bet you won't guess where this home is located.






If you guessed Croatia, then you are correct. The war has left their landscape a blank page with which to write on. And what beautiful writing it is. This home is designed by the firm 3LHD Architects. Don't worry, you don't have to know Croatian as the site is in English.

(via Design Sponge)

I have...

...these Weck jars!!!!! I was walking home on Saturday after watching Coraline when I decided to pop into the always cool store Canoe. Wouldn't you know it that less than I minute after I stepped in, I saw them. They were so lovely there in 4 sizes. Of course I had to buy a couple in 3 of the sizes. The bonus...I had found a visa gift card a few weeks ago and so I didn't have to spend any of MY money to buy them!

Happy Up Here

Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.

This video makes me happy. Given the stress of work right now, it offers a nice few minutes of calm. While I don't think I have just listened to their music, I do often find myself watching Röyksopp's videos over and over again. They are just the right amount of quirky and fun. Apparently the Norwegian duo is coming out with another album later this year. You know what that means...more videos!!!



(Reminded of them via Black Eiffel)

Hotmail is sucking the life out of me

Anyone out there use Hotmail and had their "windows live" page go through a recent upgrade? If so, I need your help. It looks like they are trying to compete with Facebook and other social networking sites but I don't want anything to do with it.

MSN News Story updates - I used to get nice MSN News Story updated, but they appear over on the bottom of the right side instead of where I want them. Whenever I try and modify this or add sources for news, nothing happens.

Network - Is there a way to remove this completely? If not, can I instruct it to permanently ignore people? I really have no interest in being asked each time I go into my account if I want to invite a guy I went out with a year ago to be in my network. Because I can tell you, the answer to that question is "No" and it will ALWAYS be no. Just the sight of his name each time I open my account makes me annoyed.

If I can't find solutions to these issues, I may have to find another email company to handle my junk mail and less personal mail communications.

Long live my true email provider of Google. May they continue to impress me with their service.

Friendly anchors

I wonder how much time it took them to practice this routine? I especially like the end when they have to hurry before they go back on the air. :)



(via swissmiss)

Who's who?

While reading the weekly wrap up on A Cup of Jo from yesterday, how could I not click on the link? Wouldn't you if you read "Christian Bale looks like Kermit"? I dare you to not look. But if you do, you MUST click the further link for additional photos. Somebody spent a LOT of time doing this.

I want...

...these Weck jars. Supposedly Heath Ceramics sells them, but I can only find the small 80ml size on their site. I want the bigger ones for leftovers. I really do like them. It's a little ridiculous exactly how much. :)

Update: I just had to keep looking and eureka! Apparently searching for Weck Canisters only gets you to Heath Ceramics but "weck canning jars" gets you to the company's website. Yippee!!!!

Do you like it like this?

Why don't we get the good ads? T-Mobile did their own flash mob on 15 January 2009 at the Liverpool Street Station.

Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8lLP4DP0w

This too makes me smile.

(via SwissMiss)

Now that's how I roll

If there was any doubt how people around the world feel, this photo by Andrew Gill sums up England's opinion. Well, and the photo below (which was an ad campaign in Tube stations earlier this year for the London Times (a fairly conservative paper).



(via London-Underground)

Who needs a gym

Did anyone see the NY Times article on the Hong Kong apartment of an architect yesterday? It is the 344 square foot apartment he grew up in with his parents and three younger sisters. You would get a workout just moving the walls around to get stuff.

Why didn't they tell me?

I just found this video on how the Japanese fold their shirts. Why didn't any of my Japanese (well half) cousins tell me this trick? It will make folding laundry so much faster. I've eased up, but in high school and college it would take almost an entire tv show to fold laundry. I was that meticulous. But hey, it saved me from ever having to use an iron.
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Flickr

Chelsea's Portland guide (and subsequent link to my flickr account) has done the trick. I am resolved. I will update my flickr account tonight. First up will be photos from Amsterdam. Give a girl some slack...I've only been back for 2 1/2 months! What, you think I was sitting at home in December with nothing to do for days on end? Wait, don't answer that. I so was doing that. But when I was snowed in, the last thing I really wanted to be was productive.

More Ants

Now these ants are cool in a non-squirmy way for me.



Actually, the whole Type as Image is cool. It is a typographic experiment where the words reflect and represent their own meaning.



(From Swiss Miss, sent to her by Petar Pavlov)

Lovely

I would love to be able to stay in this guest house designed by Portland's very own Allied Works. Unfortunately, I don't know the New York homeowners, so it isn't likely to happen in this lifetime.