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Little Big Planet Sackboy Crochet Pattern
Wednesday at 3:12 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
These would make great tree ornaments. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
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“Ginger is shaking 2 oz. of Vanilla Smirnoff with 1 oz. of Chambord and 1 oz. of pineapple juice.”
Sunday at 6:56 pm - Link
That sounds scrumptious! What do you call it? - Lindsay Donaghe
ah, that sounds pretty nice... - edythe
She's not answering so I am going to dub this drink "Ginger's Pleasure". :) - Lindsay Donaghe
It's a French Martini -- one would usually use unflavored vodka, but vanilla sounded good. I'll call it a French Vanilla Martini. But Ginger's Pleasure sounds good too. - Ginger Makela
Is this a workday drink? - Chris White
I wish, Chris, I wish. - Ginger Makela
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November 18 at 8:13 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"So far, about two-dozen staffers from the two companies have spent weeks participating in each other's staff training programs and sitting in on meetings where business plans get hammered out." --- Interesting. - Bindu Reddy via Bookmarklet
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"One of the first results of the collaboration between the two companies was an online campaign inviting people to make spoof videos of P&G's "Talking Stain" TV ad and post them to YouTube. The original ad, aired during the Super Bowl, shows a job candidate being drowned out by a talking stain on his shirt that babbles nonsense every time the man tries to speak during an employment interview. Spoof campaigns can be risky. What if people post something rude about your product -- or don't participate at all? This "never would have happened" previously, says Mr. Stengel, who left P&G last month to start his own firm. It's "something [P&G is] really wrestling with: How does a brand morph from one-way to two-way communication with the consumer?" P&G tried to enforce limits. It provided prospective spoofers a toolkit of official logos. And it demanded that any stains appearing in mock ads must come from an approved list, ranging from a mai tai to spinach dip. (Grease, blood or ink was forbidden because the Tide - Roshan Vyas
..."Tide to Go stain-removing pen doesn't work on those stains.) In the end, of the 227 spoofs submitted, a handful were deemed good enough by P&G to air on TV. The campaign was successful enough that Tide plans to use more consumer-generated content in the future, P&G says." - Roshan Vyas
A copyrighted article cannot be entirely copy-past on a website, but thanks to the "right to quote" (or "faire use" for the US), we can all quote a part of this WSJ article (10 lines per person) and share the all article legally. I may be wrong, but it's so cool to be able to read unaccessible content without hacking author rights in the process. Thanks Friendfeed! - Jérôme Flipo
Wait, did I go over 10 lines? - Roshan Vyas
Hello Jess - click on digg icon for the article. Now click on the url of this article on digg site. It allows you to see the full text. - Atul Arora
@Atul: Neat workaround! Does WSJ have some kind of partnership with Digg or something? Thanks :-) - Jess Lee
@jess - digg/wsj partnership is about a year old according to techcrunch - http://www.techcrunch.com/2007... - Atul Arora
thanks for the tip Atul - Adam Kazwell
Atul, you rock. Thanks. - Ginger Makela
Subscribe now to read complete article -- no thanks WSJ - maybe they should find some way to spur innovation? - Brian Sullivan
great tip atul. google news search has a similar arrangement. - don loeb
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“Ginger just got back from Game Stop with Little Big Planet.”
November 8 at 4:38 pm - Link
What do you think? I've been contemplating getting this game too. - Nathan Johns
Nathan, it's a blast. It's like playing a Pixar movie. - Ginger Makela
Good description Ginger! I also love the game. - Rachel Lea Fox
So bummed this isn't available for Wii. Then again, maybe that's a good thing :) - Adam Lasnik
Ginger, that's the way it looks to me in the videos... I'll have to wait a few years for when the PS3 is getting old and outdated and seriously discounted to get the system and the game, the same way I did for the PS2. - Kamilah Gill
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Retailers Invest in Energy-Saving Buildings - NYTimes.com
Retailers Invest in Energy-Saving Buildings - NYTimes.com
November 8 at 8:23 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"In new Wal-Mart stores, the baseboards and moldings are made of plastic left over from diaper manufacturing. Chipotle, the burrito chain, has installed an energy-producing wind turbine outside a new store in the Chicago suburbs. And a Florida chain called Pizza Fusion reuses the draft from its ovens to heat water. cross the country, a race is under way among stores and fast-food restaurants to build environmentally friendly outlets, as a way to curry favor with consumers and to lower operating costs. Most chains are focusing on prototypes at the moment, but the trend could eventually change the look and function of thousands of stores. One of the latest participants is McDonald’s, which recently opened a revamped restaurant in a gritty industrial area on the South Side of Chicago, across from a food manufacturing plant and next to the Swap-O-Rama flea market." - RAPatton via Bookmarklet
" The newly rebuilt restaurant is crammed with energy- and water-saving gadgets as varied as high-efficiency appliances, pavement that filters rainwater, and tables and chairs made out of recycled material. It even has a garden on the roof." - RAPatton
Go Chipotle! - Ginger Makela
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Pecan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
November 8 at 8:17 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Pecans rule. I didn't know this: "Pecans were one of the most recently domesticated major crops. Although wild pecans were well-known among the colonial Americans as a delicacy, the commercial growing of pecans in the United States did not begin until the 1880s. Today, the U.S. produces between 80% and 95% of the world's pecans, with an annual crop of 150–200 thousand tons." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
neat picture - Kamilah Gill
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Clare Dibble posted a link
November 4 at 4:58 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Amy, 58, once bought a $32,000 Toyota Tacoma in cash; now her $1,200 mortgage saps her dwindling pay. Some weeks, she could make more flipping burgers than flirting under a made-up name. Marisol's daughters think she works at a resort; she struggles to keep up the ruse. It now takes months, not weeks, to bring $5,000 back to Southern California." - Ginger Makela
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Graham and Brown Marcel Wanders Audrey Wallpaper at Velocity Art And Design
November 5 at 12:05 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
it's like living in a blanket or something. Also adore the grey. - JoEllen via Bookmarklet
so pretty! - Ginger Makela
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November 4 at 12:44 am - Link
Drool. - Ginger Makela
yum - RAPatton
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James Ferguson posted a message on Facebook
“James has voted. Did you?”
November 4 at 5:26 am - Link
yep - RAPatton
Yep...through absentee ballot - Shevonne Polastre
Yes. Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos! - Mark Trapp
Mark, that line never fails to make me laugh. - James Ferguson
Yes. Weeks ago. :) - Jeff Jones
Voted via mail-in ballot a couple weeks ago. More convenient, but anticlimactic. - Ginger Makela
si si oui oui - Lindsey
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“Ginger just endured Rachel Getting Married.”
November 3 at 4:40 pm - Link
that bad? - RAPatton
Was it uppers or downers? - Kevin D. White
It had great acting and skillful direction, but it was an emotionally draining experience, with a self-destructive main character and lots of dysfunctional family drama. An hour of therapy should be included in the ticket price. - Ginger Makela
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Shey posted a message
“Saturday night meme: Shey's liquor”
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November 1 at 7:24 pm - Link
We love making Amaretto Sours -- need to get some more Disaronno soon - Shey
Amaretto sours are NOM! Can only have a few, though, otherwise the sugar gets to me... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
@Tina The sweeter, the better! Love me some tequila too...mmm - Shey
I've had a couple of beers here. Going to a Sunday Brunch Meetup tomorrow around 1pm. It could be a wet afternoon. - Ian May
Here's our drinks tonight. Great idea, Shey. http://friendfeed.com/e/c16232... - Ginger Makela
Actually Ginger I think it's Tina's meme :) - Shey
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“Shey's Saturday night drink meme”
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November 1 at 8:07 pm - via mail2ff - Link
Tito's handmade vodka w/ Bing Cherry Energy Drink (for Jason), Orange Mango Naked Juice + Tito's for me. - Ginger Makela
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Super Punch: Genuinely glamorous Eve costume
October 31 at 5:48 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Brilliant. Hadn't seen any WALL-Es + EVEs yet. - Ginger Makela
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James Ferguson posted a link
October 31 at 5:48 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Thirteen has proven not-so-lucky for Fox's veteran animated comedy "King of the Hill." After several previous brushes with cancellation, the network has opted not to renew the series beyond its current 13th season. In April, Fox picked up 13 more episodes from the 20th Century Fox TV-produced show, which are wrapping production." - James Ferguson via Bookmarklet
I didn't even know the show was still on. - James Ferguson
That's a shame because it has really been good the past few seasons. - Derek Coward
Boo. It's one of my favorite shows. Totally underrated. - Ginger Makela
Awww. Not really surprised but still sad. I love that show. - Rochelle
wha? *sigh* - JoEllen
Arguably one of the best family sitcoms ever. - Roger Benningfield
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Kids Halloween Candy Code
Kids Halloween Candy Code
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October 31 at 5:57 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
From Cockeyed: "Growing up in the Bowling Green neighborhood of Sacramento, I was taught how to read and mark houses with the Halloween Candy Code. For kids with an early curfew these codes were invaluable. Once we tagged a house, our peers could use our marks to reap the best full-size chocolate bars while avoiding Chex mix and dried apricots. Most marks were left in bright chalk at the bottom of the driveway." - Mark Trapp via Bookmarklet
I like that the sign for Reese's looks kinda like the infinity symbol. - Ginger Makela
Ginger, that would be because they are the best candy ever. The garbage symbol is classic though. - Rob Diana
Were you hobos? - Chris Rivait
Funny. They just hit our neighborhood with buses. Seriously. I took video a few years ago of the bus that parked at the end of the street to drop off the aliens. - Robert Owens
This is kind of liking tagging a house. Del.icio.us for the elementary school set. - Hutch Carpenter
If we are teaching kids hobo symbols then we really are in a depression. - Tödd Nëmët
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Blogging For Dollars: TechCrunch heads for the deadpool
October 24 at 7:32 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
I've never noticed this before, but Michael Arrington and Michael Cera have the same facial bone structure and eyes. - Ginger Makela
@Ginger, wow you're right! - Jess Lee
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October 23 at 3:48 pm - Link
Nice alternative to jello brain. - Ginger Makela
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“Ginger is a bit rusty.”
October 23 at 8:18 am - Link
Is there some irony there? - Brian Sullivan
new hair color? - RAPatton
Man, it took me 3 hours to get that joke, Brian. Touché. - Mark Trapp
:) ginger! - edythe
Hee, Brian. I didn't even think of that pun. Rusty, meaning I had to give a presentation this morning, and my brain felt like it was full of seized up gears. - Ginger Makela
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An interview with 2D BOY, the two guys behind World of Goo
October 20 at 8:54 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"The art was inspired mostly by Dr. Seuss. The music was inspired mostly by Danny Elfman and Vangelis. And the story is a giant metaphor for the story of 2D BOY - a naive and curious new indie game studio hoping for the best, facing the reality of cold publishing and distribution corporations. Except, it’s naive and curious Goo Balls colliding with World of Goo Corporation and their global network of distribution pipes and delicious processed Goo Product." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
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Project Runway winner Leanne Marshall's fav stuff on Etsy
October 16 at 8:03 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Huh, that's cool: Pre-Project Runway, Leanne was able to quit her day job as a graphic designer and do her clothing line full-time because of her Etsy store. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
getting her *first* job would be a dream for me... - Kamilah Gill
kamilah, yeah. - edythe
i knew she was gonna win - Caroline
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JoEllen posted a link
October 14 at 9:30 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
why is it so consistently cool and so unbelievably expensive. - JoEllen via Bookmarklet
I've never heard of this brand. Cute, cute, cute dresses. - Ginger Makela
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Steve Isaacs posted a message
“What was your favorite candy to get while Trick or Treating on Halloween?”
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October 13 at 12:24 pm - Link
Sixlets! - Brandon
oh man tie between....5th avenue bars or peanut butter cups and candy corn was my least favorite. - jlt
pez or smarties. 110% sugar psychosis! - Cee Bee
Snickers! - Maria
Snickers + Heath (Heath could really only be had in the ritzy neighborhoods...) - Live4SoccerVacations
Mounds or Almond Joy or Peanut Butter Cups. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Kit Kats! - Shevonne Polastre
Kandy Korn is an 'only on Halloween' treat! - .LAG
Smarties!! or Butterfingers! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
Did you ever label houses, by the trick or treat candy they handed out? - Heidi Jeffers Thibodeau
Carmel Apples, back in the days when people made such things themselves to hand out and there were no razor blade or the like worries - Michael W. May via twhirl
Michael I remember those!! sooo good! Red cinnamon candied apples too! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
ANYTHING Reese's ;) - Tim Hoeck
I don't remember. It might have been Hershey's Special Dark minis. - Nine
Spree! Do they even still make spree? - Michelle Martinez
Winter Mixture or Liquorice. - VickyPearce
Sweet Tarts and any bite-size version of Snickers, Milky Way or 3 Musketeers (which benefits from the "bite size" treatment. - Steve Isaacs
gotta go with kandy korns for the best halloween-specific candy ever - Marco (aureliusmaximus)
peanut butter cups or milky ways - yum! - William Harryman
Bite-sized Hershey Special Dark, Krackel, Snickers & KitKats - Anika Malone
Awesome Iain, thanks! - Jeanine Walters
em en emz - Carlos Ayala
Anything except Necco! - Melissa Kiser
Candy corn (that picture looks delicious! :) ), Hershey's Special Dark miniatures, those Brach's caramels with the different flavors, like raspberry...maybe Almond Joys or Mounds, also. It's hard to remember because I pretty much liked any candy. :) - Cheryl Jones
orange tootsie roll pops. - -.- . -. -.. .-. .- -.-
remember the old lady with the pennies? every neighborhood across america has/had one. - Cee Bee
I hated old penny lady. - Steve Isaacs
@Michael May - OMG! Caramel apples! My mouth is watering now! Gotta go see if I can find some caramel somewhere. Not sure I've ever seen it sold on its own here in Italy, tho. :( - Grey Drane
I hate hate hate candy corn. Reese's Cups or Snickers bars, please... even the fun size ones are fine. - Bill Sodeman
all of it, really, but candy corn was also great, as well as those molasses-ish flavored toffees - Mark Dykeman
Our Penny Guy would make it even worse with a "Don't Spend It All In One Place!" as you walked away. F U Penny Guy. - Renee Pie
I used to love SweetTarts - Anna Haro
Melissa! Necco wafers are gross! I introduced my husband to them a few years ago and it figures, he loved them. - Anika Malone
Choco-lite or Good 'n Fruity. I found Good 'n Fruity the other day and it was NOT the same. - Cyndy
hold up - one bitch gave out otter pops. talking about "you go home and put it in the freezer." Bitch, you just gave me a tube of room temperature kool aid. Why not just piss on me? - Orphan Spinster Librarian
Brandon FTW. I loved getting Sixlets! - Erica Baker
Fun-size Lik-m-Aid, which was very rare. - Ginger Makela
Reese's cups/miniatures and PayDay bars - xero
Whoops, forgot to mention Sixlets in my list...do they make those anymore? - Cheryl Jones
HUGE 2 foot Pixxy Sticks - I gave those out a couple of years ago and the neighborhood was buzzing with kids hopped up on LOTS of that sugar!! ha, ha!! it was funny to see how many kids returned for 2nds! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
Definitely not the candy corn.....hmm....I think I liked suckers or any named brand stuff. Wasn't really much for the candy. I liked to go get it and then give it out at school. :) - dafire
after reading more....yes, the reese's cups...anything with peanut butter nuttiness or peanuts! MMmmmmMMmmm.... - dafire
My grandparents gave us money so we could buy our own candy. That was good. - Katy Southern
I gotta agree with Brandon on the Sixlets. Why is it you only can find them at Halloween? I also love Krackle! - Miranda
The fun-sized SweetTarts with only 3 in the little package. Yummmm. - ::Kristen::
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New Coen Bros movie filming in MN
October 13 at 1:21 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
I've got a friend on the shooting crew. Cool stuff. Saw them on their first day shooting at Keys restaurant in Roseville, on Larpentuer on my way to work! - JoEllen
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The story behind Keane's cover art
The story behind Keane's cover art
The story behind Keane's cover art
October 13 at 12:41 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Keane's new album's cover has artwork from Korean artist, Osang Gwon, who has made a name for himself by creating figurative sculptures covered completely in hundreds and hundreds of photographs of his subject to create an effect seen in the above images of the three members of Keane. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
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An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief - Michael Pollan - NYTimes.com
October 12 at 8:56 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Dear Mr. President-Elect, It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food...with a suddenness that has taken us all by surprise, the era of cheap and abundant food appears to be drawing to a close. What this means is that you, like so many other leaders through history, will find yourself confronting the fact — so easy to overlook these past few years — that the health of a nation’s food system is a critical issue of national security. Food is about to demand your attention." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
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Biking Colorado’s Wine Country - NYTimes.com
October 6 at 1:25 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"No, this isn’t Napa or a wine section of France. This is the Palisade region of Colorado, a dry, sunny area on the Western Slope, and the winemaking hub of Colorado’s fledging viticultural industry. In recent years, the vineyards here have produced award-winning varietals and blends, making Colorado a rising star in the wine-making universe. More important, it’s given active travelers yet another reason to visit this outdoorsy state, a place where you can push yourself to the physical limit by day, and then relax with a good meal (and an even better glass of wine) at night." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
Colorado is so diverse. I miss it. :[ - Brandon
One of my coworkers was just telling me about this literally at lunch. Sounds like a good time. - Clare Dibble
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September 26 at 9:43 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Why am I too big to fail? It’s important to grasp the critical role that I play in a wide-ranging but fragile web of economic relationships. If I go belly-up, I will no longer be able to tip my doorman when he gets me a taxi. This is not a hypothetical situation. I have studiously avoided tipping him for a solid month now. Consequently, he no longer has cash to spend at the liquor store after work, and the liquor-store owner no longer has money to spend on Internet porn. Given that Internet porn is the only fundamentally sound engine of the American economy, we’re playing with fire here. If that stalwart industry is allowed to fail, Asian porn companies will rush to fill the void, offering porn that is both cheaper to produce and way hotter than ours. What will it take to keep this from happening? There are no guarantees, but sending me a check for twenty million dollars would buy us all valuable time." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
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Sarah 'Miss Teen USA' Palin
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September 25 at 7:57 pm - Link
that clip is so classic. - Mark Foundos
simply awesome - Harjeet Taggar
It didn't land on me how awful Palin's response was until now. - Robert Konigsberg
I was thinking the exact same thing as I watched part II of the Couric interview. The comment about Putin and our airspace is a classic. - Wil Witherspoon
... for the children! - Chris Lamprecht
Ah. Tautology at its very best. - Ginger Makela
Holy cow. Damn. - Jason Shultz via twhirl
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Gruyère Fondue Recipe - Perfect for cooler weather
Gruyère Fondue Recipe - Perfect for cooler weather
September 16 at 7:08 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Cool fall weather + saucy cheese + apples + crusty baguette. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
Mmmmmm, sounds yummy - Jason Lowe
[like] :) [like] :) - edythe
Welsh rabbit fondue made with cheddar and beer is one of my favorite dishes to make in the fall. - Chris White
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