the world is your acorn

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Via BoingBoing: It’s a pencil eraser… that looks like a delete key! Seriously though. I want it.

The Little Red Haired Girl’s not-so-little sister just launched her blog Project Beltway this past week. She’s a DC girl, and is doing an amazing job capturing some of the styles and fashions around town. Her writing is fun and just as bubbly as her personality, and her pictures are stellar. From the press release (via fishbowlDC):

Contrary to popular perception, D.C. is much more than basic black, grey, and beige. It’s colorful city with as many fashion choices as political factions. In a city where power dictates fashion, instead of the other way around, Project Beltway will aim to go beyond the power suits and prove that the nation’s capital has a style as interesting as the people shaping its unique culture.

The site will feature profiles, photo essays, reader submissions & forums, local designer spotlights and local product features.

“Project Beltway will celebrate style in Washington,” insists Cothran. “There will be no ‘don’ts.’”

A friend directed me to this website called CoolPeopleCare, which is all about ways that we can help to make the world a better place. They have a daily “5 minutes of caring” suggestion for easy ways to contribute to a better world. They also have a lot of postings for volunteer opportunities, benefits, and whatnot. It’s Nashville specific, but I believe they are trying to expand to other areas of the country. Give them a visit every once in a while, and maybe get inspired!

It’s called booksling. Keep your pens and pencils with your book, and mark your place. Genius. I must have it. No, I must have 7.
Little Red Haired Girl? Lady E? Hello? Anyone out there? Can you hear me? I must have it.

I have a paper due on Friday. My schedule has been pretty light since Monday night, but I’ve managed to do this much [0] of my paper since then. I’ve even presented it already, so it should be a pretty smooth write-up. So wtf? Well, I have a new addiction: word puzzles at Tanga’s Daily Fun page. Tanga is kind of woot-ish in that they sell a severely discounted item each day. Woot leans towards technology stuff, and Tanga leans towards game stuff. So there are also these daily puzzles at Tanga, which are really quite hard for me, but enough people talk about them on the blog that I can be nudged in the right direction. An it’s just so darn satisfying to get an answer, especially if I figure out most of it on my own.

I know, you’re thinking to yourself, if it’s just a puzzle a day, what’s the problem. Well the problem is that I just discovered Tanga, which means that I have a puzzle a day since mid-September to make up. Yeah. They take me between 15 and 45 minutes each. I have about 14 left to go. I can’t stop doing it. I’ve been staying up late, getting up early, working on them during meals and at other inappropriate times. I get irritated when something disrupts my puzzle-solving, and I’ve had to force myself to leave the house to meet commitments. I know that when I finish the archived puzzles I’ll be fine, but at this point, with my paper due tomorrow, I can’t afford the time.

ARGH. I just have to stop myself from clicking on a new one. Seems easy enough. Maybe I’ll just reward myself with a little puzzle after a little bit of writing…

OhGizmo! is giving away a bunch of great stuff to a single lucky winner for the holidays. All you have to do to enter is blog about the contest! Here are the prizes so far:

Gift Certificate, From Vaja Cases
Vaja make some of the most beautiful cases on the market. They’re all handcrafted Italian leather, and are available for almost any gadget out there. Our own Andrew reviewed one right here. Well, the company will be giving away a $100 gift certificate.
[ Vaja Cases ]

Nexus Laser, From Wicked Lasers
If you’ve been reading this site for some time, you’re aware of Wicked Lasers. We’ve reviewed their products here and here. They make the most powerful green laser pointers on the market; anywhere from 10 to 50 times more powerful than a traditional red laser pointer. The model being given away is a Nexus, rated at 95mW, and about 20 times stronger than a regular pointer. It’ll burn through paper, cut through electrical tape and has a range of 38 miles. A value of $370.
[ Wicked Lasers ]

The Biohazard Watch, From Tokyoflash
Again, if you’ve been reading this site for any amount of time, you’ve probably become aware of our love affair with Tokyoflash watches. They’re the coolest, most impossible to read watches, and will instantly turn you into a conversation piece. Well, the company sent us advance info on their upcoming model called “Biohazard”, which features an advanced LCD to create an extremely detailed multi-colour LCD watch. It’s a little like the type of display you expect to see on a car stereo. We’re the very first ones to display its picture, and its also up for grabs. Value of $140.
[ Tokyoflash ]

ID Messenger Bag And Accessories Package, From Tom Bihn
If you’re going to be carrying your gear around, you’re going to need somewhere to put it in. Tom Bihn makes some very nice bags, and they’re giving away their redesigned ID Messenger Bag, along with a Brain Cell or Soft Cell of the winner’s choice, and the Absolute Shoulder Strap and Quick-Adjust Messenger Strap. That’s a $235.00 prize package.
[ Tom Bihn Bags ]

Neuros Recorder 2 Plus
If you were around two weeks ago, you know what this is. For those of you first reading this article, the Recorder 2 Plus allows you to digitize any analogue video content, and instantly convert into several formats for playback on mobile devices, be it iPod, PSP, Smartphones, etc. It’s a value of $130.
[ Neuros Recorder 2 Plus ]

Abacus Smart Watch
The Abacus Smart Watch is cool for a different reason that the Tokyoflash offering. It syncs with MSN Direct service, and through it you have access to a variety of content, such as the weather, the news, sports scores, traffic, Microsoft® Office Outlook® calendar synchronization*, and even MSN Messenger personal messages*. It comes with a 12 month subscription to the service. Value of $180.
[ Abacus Smart Watch ]

The Ice Jacket
Some time ago, we looked at a device that allowed you to encase your liquor bottles in ice. It was called the Ice Jacket, and was not yet commercialized. Well, the company recently contacted us, and let us know that the product is finally coming together, and should hit the shelves soon. So, one of these is up for grabs as well. That’s a $40 value.
[ Ice Jacket ]

HP Printing Mailbox With Presto
It’s not everyone that wastes their entire days reading blogs. Your grandparents for example might waste them watching TV instead. That might be because they’re technologically challenged, but it doesn’t mean that they can’t receive emails. With this HP Printing Mailbox, pre-selected email addresses can send directly to the printer. Your loved ones just have to pick up the paper, and read your email. Presto is giving a printer away, along with three months of service. Value: about $180.
[ Presto ]

IncipioBud With Apple iPod Shuffle
The IncipioBud is a cool, $6 gadget that allows you to connect your Shuffle directly to your computer, bypassing the dock altogether. It’s useful, cheap, but doesn’t work without a Shuffle. So, the company is including one! Value: about $100.
[IncipioBud]

As mentioned earlier, we’re talking to a few other vendors, and waiting on confirmation. We’ll let you know as the list gets longer.

ick. In case you don’t know how the Google search engine works, it depends on outgoing links to rank sites. So if more webpages link the string “friedapplepie” to this site than any other, then I’d be the top search hit. Well, some asshole has managed to google bomb the phrase “martin luther king” for evil. Here is my contribution to the side of good:

Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King

BananaGuard.

This I do not need.
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