britne's notebook

Amazing how much I learn abt tech support by watching the it guy remote into my computer. :-)

Jul 31st

I hate being the only one with a car. That means I have to run all the errands after working all...

Jul 31st

Early start to vacay- meetings done early! Bumped into boss’s boss’s boss- awkward :-/

Jul 31st

Hungry early today. Meds, what’s up w/ you?

Jul 31st

Lies I've told my 3 year old recently

Jul 31st

shoddywiring: walpaper: antikris:frangry:brianvan

Jul 31st

topherchris: bjornstar: Tumblr Savior saves you from ever...

Jul 31st

topherchris: Don’t hate, they missed their forecast badly....

Jul 31st

If You Can Find This Cooler, Walmart Will Sell It To You

Jul 31st

Starbucks Gossip: Starbucks reports its first...

Jul 30th

Zimbabwe currency on eBay - Boing Boing

Jul 30th

confessionizer: Confessionizer IS way more boring since you started filtering them more. We wait...

Jul 30th

datainsightsideas: The Web Science Research Initiative.

Jul 30th

“Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from...”
— Jim Horning (via enquotations)

Jul 30th

thommy: If you are working as a web professional you should...

Jul 30th

gawd i wish i remembered music theory...

http://www.apassion4jazz.net/transposition.html ...

Jul 30th

i

really i do. seeing bunnies in my dashboard every day makes me smile. http://dailybunny.tumblr.com

Jul 30th

lomo: via fc07.deviantart.com

Jul 30th

dailybunny: Via

Jul 30th

but i love your “wacky stuff on the internet”!...

Jul 30th

riotrepublic: Word up, Mr. Wilde.

Jul 30th

(via dailybunny)

Jul 30th

lomo: 97265786_9zkMz-M-3.jpg (JPEG Image, 600x402 pixels)

Jul 30th

(via dailybunny)

Jul 30th

You're delightfully complicated.

playnice: It’s a lucky person that gets to spend time figuring you out.  There are many facets to...

Jul 30th

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent,...”
— Ursula K. LeGuin (via...

Jul 30th

saramcpherson: Ooh, best Word Of The Day I’ve gotten in a...

Jul 30th

Complaint #256

whitewhine: “Come on, Pennsylvania. Three toll booths open and not a single one is EZPass Only?” ...

Jul 30th

Waitress: What would you like to drink?
John Caparulo: Can I have a Coke?
Waitress: Oh, is Pepsi okay?
John Caparulo: Is Monopoly money okay?

Jul 29th

"needs to be removed as soon as possible...

feedbackfail: Now I remember why I hated middle school.  It’s a good thing you had to know how to...

Jul 29th

Worst Company In America: Countrywide Home...

Jul 29th

“Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something...”
— Bill Watterson (via travors)

Jul 29th

Unicode Characters as Named and Numeric HTML...

Jul 29th

saramcpherson: OMG - BACON BRIEFCASE!  Wooooooo!  Perfect...

Jul 29th

(via riotrepublic)

Jul 29th

riotrepublic: UV Tattoos - I’ve always thought these were...

Jul 29th

“I’m absolutely dumbfounded to learn that contributing...”
— Coding Horror: Is Money...

Jul 29th

The Gas Tax and the New Economics of Shame -...

Jul 29th

Chicagoist: Bob Barker to Come on Down (to...

Jul 29th

Dummy text goes here. - The Daily WTF

Jul 29th

Chicagoist: Watch Out For (Stories About)...

Jul 29th

indexed: Well, my dog’s not testing it for you.

Jul 29th

hahanotfunny: My Senior English teacher had the clock on...

Jul 28th

antoinettejcitizen - Antoinette J. Citizen

Jul 28th

“I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you...”
— Bill Watterson (via...

Jul 28th

“Too many people put form over function, and that’s what...”
— Patrick Thornton (via...

Jul 28th

lomo: We heart it / Visual bookmark for everyone

Jul 28th

saramcpherson: ‘Education’ is the best word to misspell. ...

Jul 28th

“Dude, I can’t talk, I’m being chased by the police.”
— Grayson Clevenger, alleged...

Jul 28th

“Why is it that when christians come to me with a computer...”
— Master_Rux (via brigno)

Jul 28th

Asperger Test

Jul 28th

“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at...”
— Albus Dumbledore Harry Potter...

Jul 28th

datainsightsideas: superamit: But unlike desktop sig...

Jul 28th

riotrepublic: Clever!

Jul 28th

“If you’re good at something, never do it for free.”
— Heath Ledger, playing the...

Jul 28th

(via brigno)

Jul 28th

“70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last...”
— Jeff Jarvis (via peterwknox)...

Jul 28th

lalalalalalala! You're not listening.

playnice: People don’t always think before they speak.  They also can give some pretty heinous...

Jul 28th

(via lessonsinloneliness)

Jul 28th

britne checked in @ North Chicago, IL 60064, USA

Jul 28th

System Administrator Appreciation Day

Jul 25th

Oil paintings of computer cables — show in Asheville,...

Jul 25th

Meet The Fun-O-Meter | ZOOMDOGGLE

Jul 25th

*cry* < -- all i can do.

how the hell do i explain to my boss (or other necessary parties at work) my medical problems? ...

Jul 25th

“Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”
— Groucho Marx (via...

Jul 25th

BIG GIANT HELVETICA

Jul 25th

handa: Trees (via bbjee)

Jul 25th

sarazucker: some men are slower than others. for them, this...

Jul 25th

(via featureorbug)

Jul 25th

(via lessonsinloneliness)

Jul 25th

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most...”
— Dale Carnegie (via...

Jul 25th

azspot: Benson

Jul 25th

workgrrs: i obviously am not being paid to think

Jul 25th

Paper misspells its name on front page

Jul 25th

The George W. Bush Memorial Library

(via: hahanotfunny:rockuboff:toddwickersty:azspot) The George W Bush Presidential Library is now in...

Jul 25th

playnice: Ah, the gateway to the west.  i miss st. louis....

Jul 25th

mylifeinacube: Definition of sheer panic.

Jul 25th

(via garfieldminusgarfield)

Jul 25th

“24,000 children died today from starvation. What makes you...”
— Bumper Sticker (via brigno)

Jul 25th

Chicagoist: Today in Hurricane Prognostication

Jul 25th

The Five Dollar Comparison

Jul 25th

Every Design-Related Job Classified...

cfetherston: We are an agency from a different planet. We do not do anything wrong, our process is...

Jul 23rd

Watch

riotrepublic: contemptslot: Weezer - “Say It Ain’t So” with over 100 musicians in one jam ...

Jul 23rd

Watch

via: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/23/tortoise-hates-cats.html

Jul 23rd

The Librarian - Home - WowStead

Jul 23rd

after yesterday's possible diagnosis...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572244348/ ...

Jul 23rd

Mouse Potato

travors: Someone who spends all their time on the computer surfing the net or playing games....

Jul 23rd

“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees,...”
— Bill Vaughan (via...

Jul 23rd

“Did you know that they’re closing hundreds of starbucks...”
—  four customers today. NO SHIT...

Jul 23rd

poppytalkhandmade

Jul 23rd

travors: pixelatorytheme: this is how you do it.

Jul 23rd

Newspaper Web sites shouldn't allow comments

Jul 23rd

rodmitch: Lifehacker: Layered Desktop Wallpaper Organizes...

Jul 23rd

pilnick: I love this picture of an octopus with 96...

Jul 23rd

“No matter how much you think you love somebody, you’ll step...”
— Chuck Palahniuk (via...

Jul 23rd

wow video stuff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love%2C_Not_Warcraft http://www.machinimafordummies.com/ ...

Jul 23rd

azspot: Moral Hazard…

Jul 23rd

52books: #36: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff I am...

Jul 23rd

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that...”
— George Bernard Shaw (via...

Jul 23rd

too cool! Cyber Clean - Expert Verdict Cyber Clean’s...

Jul 23rd

Chicagoist: Spoofing Satire?

Jul 23rd

Conference calls should go better working from home- i’m in pjs on the couch w/ a smoke. Less...

Jul 22nd

No Free Lunch, Even for Royalty

Jul 21st

“The vast majority of our imports come from outside the...”
— George Bush (via travors)

Jul 21st

Pew Political Quiz

Jul 21st

“If you ever want to lose faith in humanity, read any...”
— New York Times commenter (via...

Jul 21st

“If you can’t get your kids to eat vegetables, why is it my...”
— Jim Skinner, CEO of...

Jul 21st

travors: I like the sound of this guy.

Jul 21st

eatsleepdraw: Nerd Accomplishments -Hunson N.

Jul 21st

so i screwed up and waited til the weekend - no time to order online. best brick-and-mortar to buy a...

Jul 19th

Omgolly full list of sbux closings!

Jul 19th

Crazee Cat Ladee « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats -...

Jul 18th

scout: i am seriously addicted to fla-vor-ice.

Jul 18th

topherchris: THEGOODMEDOMAINSAREALREADYTAKEN.ME is available!

Jul 18th

toomuchawesome: I officially have a problem when this causes...

Jul 18th

bullshit:

Jul 18th

travors: peterwknox says: How have we not come up with a faster way to toast things by now?

Jul 18th

(via catbird)

Jul 18th

Domain News: .ME Domain Opens Today

catbird: Cool! fuck.me TAKEN bite.me TAKEN eat.me TAKEN blow.me TAKEN ok…. kiss.me TAKEN call.me...

Jul 18th

“The hardest part of creativity is getting one hundred...”
— Unknown (via shutupinternet)

Jul 18th

Complaint #250

whitewhine: “When are you going to announce all the stores you are closing, Starbucks? The...

Jul 18th

Army will shoot live pigs for medical...

Jul 18th

britne checked in @ Lake Zurich, IL 60047, USA

Jul 18th

workgrrs: hey coworkers - my calendar lists me as unavailable from 1-2p for a reason: i’m eating...

Jul 17th

Watch

cakeface: tv dinner - simon tofield

Jul 17th

Just wondering

doree: Why do you get a tax credit if you buy a hybrid car, but you get no tax credit if you don’t...

Jul 17th

5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G - Free Software...

Jul 17th

hydeordie: Zoo Welcomes Seven White Lion Babies “There are...

Jul 17th

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte (via...

Jul 17th

‘Then, why do you even give a shit?’

riotrepublic: jonic:emmas: I recently picked a new primary care doctor. After two visits and...

Jul 17th

tumblrfail: Mr. Hammers

Jul 17th

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,...”
— E. F. Schumacher (via...

Jul 17th

Complaint #249

whitewhine: “I understand that these energy efficient fluorescent light bulbs are good for the...

Jul 17th

topherchris: Coming soon. Unless I decide to stop blogging...

Jul 17th

“If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading,...”
— Muphry’s Law (via jstn) (via...

Jul 17th

hydeordie: Good morning Takashi Murakami.  How are you...

Jul 16th

Chinese restaurant called TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR - Boing...

Jul 16th

One issue McCain has problems with

Reporter: Health insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control. Do you have an opinion on this issue?
[Monstrously long, eight-second pause]
McCain: I don't know enough about it to give you a[n] informed answer.

Jul 16th

“When you’re taught to love everyone, to love your enemies,...”
— Marilyn Manson (via...

Jul 16th

pilnick: Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes! I’m going to have...

Jul 16th

(via riotrepublic)

Jul 16th

Man cuts off own head with chainsaw

Jul 16th

“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
— Aesop (via gina) (via cowboyo)

Jul 16th

gina: via i38.tinypic.com

Jul 16th

mylifeinacube: Some days seem to inch on forever.

Jul 15th

Vegan zombie shirt - Boing Boing

Jul 15th

britne checked in @ North Chicago, IL 60064, USA

Jul 15th

WorldChanging: Imagine What Comes After Green

Jul 15th

13 Things Your Waiter Won't Tell You

Jul 15th

You've got your shit together.

playnice: It is a challenge to make good decisions and manage your own daily life.  You’re...

Jul 15th

“John McCain is aware of the internet.”
— Mark Soohoo, a McCain aide,...

Jul 15th

I use my powers for evil.

dkendall: A couple of things right at the top I have to admit: 1.  I am calm and composed most of...

Jul 15th

britne checked in @ Lake Zurich, IL 60047, USA

Jul 15th

ThisIsSand.com

Jul 14th

riazm: Calling someone talented is such an insult to hard work.

Jul 14th

“Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained...”
— Nick Diamos (via...

Jul 14th

toomuchawesome: katiebakes: colestryker: If this offends...

Jul 14th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13)

Jul 14th

A Citizen, but ‘Natural Born’? McCain’s...

Jul 11th

Watch

superamit: A map showing the Growth of Walmart across the United States. Year-by-year, starting in...

Jul 11th

Coffee Quotes and Sayings about Caffeine

Jul 11th

“The vast majority of the nation’s 15 million college...”
— High Cost of Driving Ignites...

Jul 11th

Department of Civil Disobedience: Google Should Deliver Its...

Jul 11th

I hope something else interesting is going on today… Getting super-sick of the iphone stuff....

Jul 11th

Chicagoist: Could the Smoking Ban Affect...

Jul 11th

thisstuffisinteresting: “What was I thinking when I let go of you?”

Jul 11th

another brain-mush-i-fying day. going home.

Jul 10th

why i hate using facebook: 5 friend requests, and i...

Jul 10th

(via lessonsinloneliness)

Jul 10th

merlin: Coding around Internet Explorer is like planning a meal for someone who’s allergic to...

Jul 10th

Sterling Silver Scrabble Necklace

Jul 10th

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what...”
— Albert Camus (via nerdalert)

Jul 10th

adventures in twc fairyland.

time warner cable: you can order your wireless internet online.
me: the reason why I am calling you is I can't get online.
time warner cable: no signals at all, i thought everyone poached in nyc?
me: well if *everyone* poached then who would they be poaching from?
time warner cable: good point. so you've been internet-less since august 06 when you opened this account here?
me: no, i was poaching from gavin degraw. i think he moved. so then i found this faireland network that was solid until the bitch enabled a WEP password or something yesterday.
time warner cable: gavin de-faire who?
me: haha. nevermind. looks like i'm in for $34.95/month when is my 6 hour installation window?
time warner cable: saturday from 2p-6p. if you find a new place to poach before then, call us and cancel.

Jul 10th

eatsleepdraw: Starbucks Order -Hunson N.

Jul 10th

“The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt (via...

Jul 10th

datainsightsideas: joelaz: beach: F GOOGL (in Yahoo!’s...

Jul 10th

workgrrs: Why is everything on my desk due right now? I have enough work for the next 6 months, yet...

Jul 10th

“Why did my car break down? A spark plug failed. Why? It was...”
— “See? Your car broke down...

Jul 10th

"may be unsuitable for liberal-arts...

feedbackfail: This feedback fail was sent to xkcd.  Someone took exception to the warning on the...

Jul 10th

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Text Messages...

Jul 10th

“Note to self: when telling people you’re a Freelance...”
— ronen (via hydeordie)

Jul 10th

'Body Of Christ' Snatched From Church, Held...

Jul 10th

hrrrthrrr: Life and Design (via frank-c)

Jul 10th

pilnick: Bubble Calender, a poster-sized calendar with a...

Jul 10th

52books: Seriously, who doesn’t wish for this? (via)

Jul 10th

merlin: McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out...

Jul 10th

Meteorology

shutupinternet: Meteorology is the only profession where you can be consistantly wrong and not get...

Jul 10th

hydeordie: LASER VISION KITTY!

Jul 10th

“I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it’s made...”
— Brandon Boyd, lead singer of...

Jul 10th

“Newspapers will run a headline: ‘Shark kills human.’ You...”
— Gary Larson (via...

Jul 10th

Hmm… My alma mater has the master’s program I want. Does it look bad to have a BA and MA...

Jul 9th

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so...”
— Joseph Campbell (via...

Jul 8th

Dictionary.com's word of the day:

hydeordie: troglodyte \TROG-luh-dyt, noun:1. A member of a primitive people that lived in caves,...

Jul 8th

The State of the Web - Summer 2008

Jul 8th

“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”
— Peter Steiner, cartoon in The...

Jul 8th

brigno: “Warning! This character biography may contain plot...

Jul 8th

Brain feels like a pinball machine on crack- normally I deal w/ it, but lately so bad I can’t...

Jul 8th

“A Day in the Life of a Middle-Class...

Jul 8th

“So, like, let me get this straight. God got this lady...”
— Overheard at the Beach (via...

Jul 8th

riotrepublic: Very clever human rights posters here. :)

Jul 8th

riotrepublic: These cute kitty keychains are not toys, but...

Jul 8th

heather-rivers: Regina Spektor, could I possibly love you...

Jul 8th

merlin: Click & Clack’s As The Wrench Turns | PBS ...

Jul 8th

playnice: www.cuteoverload.com 

Jul 8th

webmarc: STOP IE6 campaign - A campaign devoted to wiping...

Jul 8th

Chicago 'Jersey Boys' goes smoke-free

Jul 7th

CheatNeutral

Jul 7th

fixing that computer...

http://www.vprmatrix.com/customer_desktops_9150_drivers.asp http://www.wikihow.com/Install-RAM ...

Jul 7th

Listen

hrrrthrrr: [ uh-merica….regina spektor ]

Jul 7th

itcouldbepic: Happy 4th of July!!! is that sushi made out...

Jul 7th

Developer's Note

shutupinternet: Developer’s Note: If page looks messed up in Internet Explorer, switch to a browser...

Jul 7th

riotrepublic: I’ll admit that I’ve keyed someone’s car...

Jul 7th

How Prozac sent the science of depression in...

Jul 7th

riotrepublic: szymon: Show us your desktop, and we’ll...

Jul 7th

bullshit: Proof that friendfeed is made by nerds, for nerds.

Jul 7th

When it needs to be done, you'll do it.

playnice: Did you do your laundry?  NO?!  Jk, I don’t care.   I know that when the laundry is...

Jul 7th

atheistramblings: Currently Scramble is my time waster of...

Jul 7th

Mission Accomplished

azspot: Fears, Again, of Oil Supplies at Risk From an October 2001 NY Times article: He [Bin...

Jul 7th

eatsleepdraw: Colored pencil, scanner beat the crap out of...

Jul 7th

Stone tablet rocks biblical circles.

Jul 7th

(via robotcomix)

Jul 7th

Court Ruling Will Expose Viewing Habits of...

Jul 7th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-6)

Jul 7th

napolux: Piracy is not theft

Jul 3rd

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
— Bertrand Russell (via angad)

Jul 3rd

shutupinternet: I love this xkcd

Jul 3rd

pilnick: livejamie: The AFI Top 100 Movies… In 5 Words Each from Spill.com is amazing. Here are...

Jul 3rd

Sick in the head.

yolanda: I have containers full of beads. I have more beads than I know what to do with. I don’t...

Jul 3rd

topherchris: Casey sent me an E-CARD.

Jul 3rd

hrrrthrrr: Google Checkout vs. Paypal….anyone have any opinions?  paypal is the epitome of an evil,...

Jul 3rd

Walmart won't print my photos

newsroom: Walmart has a policy of not reprinting photos that “look professional.” So even though...

Jul 3rd

omg you CAN do this!

http://drupal.org/project/flatforum http://drupal.org/project/phpbb ...

Jul 3rd

A Y2K Holdover - The Daily WTF Remember a few months back...

Jul 3rd

mylifeinacube: Four day holiday weekend? Where have you been...

Jul 3rd

(via garfieldminusgarfield)

Jul 3rd

onemoretimewithfeeling: Getting caught dancing in my cube should be more embarrassing than it is. It...

Jul 1st

ThinkGeek :: Molecular Earrings

Jul 1st

ThinkGeek :: Caffeine Molecule Necklace

Jul 1st

ThinkGeek :: Broken Image Necklace

Jul 1st

Super Mario Bros.: blik Surface Graphics. Decals, stickers...

Jul 1st