Some silly, some serious things today:

1. Mobile Usability for Cats: Essential Design Principles for Felines. By Jakob Nielsen. Favorite quote: "Given the average cat's paw size, we recommend tap target zones of at least 3 cm (slightly larger than one inch), although a Maine Coon might need more due to their unbelievably enormous mitts."

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1. Cheap movie date night tonight! Will probably go see Oz the Great and Powerful2. I had pudding for lunch, because a) I'm totally an adult, and b) Reasons ( Read more... )

This is the third LJ post I've written today, but the only one I decided to post >.< Go figure ( Read more... )

1. I have an inbox full of emails (and LJ comment notifications) from excellent friends I need to reply to.

2. The Festival run of Cracks has a goodly number of signups after the first round--I just need more menfolk! (Eight more, in fact. Six, at minimum).

3. Trying out a new (to me, at least) restaurant in the Leominster area, Rye & Thyme, with ( Read more... )

Last minute prep for Intercon going on today, but I'm going to try to do one last Five Things before I head out the door for the weekend.

1. I seem to have started a groan-worthy series of "pea" jokes on the Intercon staff list. To quote juldea, "Oh, the staff is holding up QUITE well given there's less than 12 hours 'til con! We've all just gained ( Read more... )

1. Warm Bodies was excellent -- I found it a really clever movie, at times beautiful and insightful, at other times hilarious. Now, it's utterly ridiculous in its premise (the power of love makes zombies human again!), but I'm okay with that--zombies themselves are pretty ridiculous. I liked it as a story about the human condition; as a zombie ( Read more... )

In an effort to post more often, I'm going to (once again) attempt to post five things each day that interest me, enhance my life in some way, for which I am grateful, or which just plain make me happy.

So, here's today's:

1. Working Girl, an article by Kate Bolick about my favorite poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay. Is it vain of me to say that I ( Read more... )

1. I love how I can still find new meaning and interest in Millay's poems, even after reading them again and again. This time around I'm enchanted by "The Poet and His Book"(also, how great is it that much of her poetry is on Gutenburg now? I did not know this ( Read more... )

1. Edna St. Vincent Millay. I am re-reading her collected poems, from start to finish, staging a dramatic reading right from my bed. Her words are always such a comfort to me ( Read more... )

I've gotten out of the habit of writing daily--and so quickly! The mad lead-up to Venezia kept me busy for a while, and I'm still recovering. I have several topics I want to write detailed posts about, too, (Venezia, my Venezia costume, the continuing state of my sleep apnea) but work has been busy enough that I haven't had time ( Read more... )