I must be getting old, because the way that many internet sites present things bothers me. When I search for recipes, I often find myself clicking on a Yummly link, only realizing a split second later that Yummly is basically Pinterest for food - it just plasters the page with a grid of photos, which 99% of the time is useless - I'm often looking ( Read more... )

In less stressful news, I was able to rinse alot of tension out of my brain yesterday by reading the Mark Reads blog entries for "John Dies at the End" and "My Immortal." I may be in danger of actually reading My Immortal for the lulz at this point, because since our lab is packed, I am stuck with alot of time at work spent at my desk. I should be ( Read more... )

I've been trying for the last few hours to set up the wireless router I purchased last week. So far it's a no-go, and I can't tell if it's a bum router or just not set up properly yet.

What's weird is that I kind of gathered that it should work easily. I've tried inputting my PPPoE settings from my DSL modem, which seemed like the right thing to do ( Read more... )

Someone on OB linked to MorphThing.com last night and I spent like 2 hours just coming up with permutations of babies. Here's mine and Chuck's:

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Facebook is frustrating me lately. In my attempt to find a way to summon together nerdy types in the Green Bay area, I've been trying to search for people on Facebook by interest and location (this is how I located xhezachanx waaaay back in February). However, it seems searching by interest is no longer possible!

With exhaustive searches in their Help ( Read more... )

Well, looks like my work decided to renew the content filters on the company network - no more LJ at work, for a while at least. Also, apparently no more personal email access, for network security reasons, under penalty of... um, penalty: "up to and including termination," they said. At least this time they sent out an announcement rather than ( Read more... )