Who Needs Sleep? Some fun tidbits about that thing I wish I could get more of.
Turns out that blogging every day is hard work. Even when I skip a day or feel like slacking and sharing pictures instead, I…
by Jewels August 3, 2013
by Jewels August 3, 2013
Timber! Fest Preview
Sometimes all I can hear is Car Talk, “well folks, it’s happened again. you’ve wasted yet another hour…” And so it goes. As such,…
by Jewels August 1, 2013
New in Tech: There’s a line for the women’s restroom
I first encountered this phenomenon at BarCamp Portland and again at Open Source Bridge – both this year. Finally, all that “Where the Tech is…
by Jewels July 30, 2013
Future Homes and an (un)Associated String of Consciousness
I can’t remember how the conversation started. My new housemate has a coffee sense about him and knows just when to wake up and…
by Jewels July 29, 2013
Why you should check out Timber! Fest Next Year
After a whirlwind weekend, I’m finally home and semi-breaking the rule of no computers in bed as I type this post into my phone…
by Jewels July 28, 2013
Family Band
I’m writing from I-5 on my way to the first ever Timber! Fest. (The exclamation is important, otherwise folks may get confused with the…
by Jewels July 26, 2013
Food Experiments – Non Recipes for the Daring
One of the benefits of community living, or having several housemates over the years, is the food culture that’s brought in and shared. Hands…
by Jewels July 23, 2013
My 30 Day Challenge
Early July I decided to resurrect my Personal Board of Advisers and bribed someone I considered influential, inspirational and vocal with lunch. I then…
by Jewels July 22, 2013
Animated Gifs: an iPhone App Review
Remember when animated gifs were what we used on the web, for real, alongside (and typically inside) tables? Thems were boring times compared to…
by Jewels July 22, 2013
Falls Creek Falls
Not much to say other than OH MY LAWDY I just saw the most beautiful falls that I’ve ever seen. Better than the one…
by Jewels July 21, 2013
Reluctant Home Owner Inspired, or what I learned from planting pampas grass
A former colleague of mine, Erin, shares his and his wife’s incredible home improvement projects on ReluctantHomeOwner.com. While I had not purchased my home…
by Jewels July 20, 2013
I Spy: a fresh look around a space that i see every day
Having lived with myself forever, I rarely stop to think what it must be like to live with me. Turns out “it’s an adventure”…
by Jewels July 19, 2013
IndieWebCamp and a Safari
IndieWebCamp happened and I missed it. However, I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Here’s what I’d heard at Open Source Bridge (as quoted on…
by Jewels July 18, 2013
A Need for Speed: How I sped up my WordPress Admin and WordPress (.org) Blog
To prep for my 30 Day Blogging Challenge (#30dc), I started to give my old blog a make over. This included upgrading WordPress, my…
by Jewels July 17, 2013
leather works: wedding gift fun and inspiration
As we head into prime wedding season, I figured it fitting to share a few recent wedding gift ideas that were extremely fun to…
by Jewels July 16, 2013
Yahoo: may you do to Tumblr what you did to Flickr
Make it Better I recently found myself tired of having so many experiments out in the wild of the internet – sites I’d created…
by Jewels July 15, 2013
2 cents on opening an Etsy shop
It’s been a crafty autumn and while I can’t quite share all of the details (since the gifts have yet to be given) I…
by Jewels December 13, 2012
OMG This Site is Still Here
Sorry to have left this in disrepair. It’s been a year and I’m not sure when I’ll pick up the pen again. Well, that’s…
by Jewels September 12, 2012
How I fixed my Canon 2Ti Card Reader
It’s what’s on the inside that counts. – Krispy Kreme founder. It took me a few hours to disassemble and tinker with my Canon…
by Jewels September 9, 2012
Find Summer Scavenger Hunt 2012
On June 30, 2012 my friend, Melissa, and I decided to send our friends out on an epic and rainy scavenger hunt, only to…
by Jewels July 4, 2012