While this "pink turd" (to borrow and slightly tweak Gruber's lovely turn of phrase) is truly, truly hideous, it actually is pretty much on par with the kind of clueless-about-half-the-species sort of whiz kids who named the iPad. Just my two thoughts on an item at digitaldaily.com

Last weekend, I went up to New Hampshire to coach my mom on her new iMac. The highlight of the trip was spending time with Maddie, a/k/a Trouble, a/k/a the cutest-tongued fluffiest puppy in the entire world. Note her little-lamb legs! Also, that her face looks like a Muppet! I had been warned that Maddie pees when she is excited to see… Continue reading

I'm there, too. It's what my whole master's degree and thesis project are about. Utterly LOVE this image. Steve exceeded all expectations. Love that, too. via Gizmodo

I had a lot of fun with the first project for my video class, and am really enjoying digging back into FinalCut Pro. Continue reading

Why is your iPhone app free? It shouldn't be. Continue reading

I've only had my iPhone—has it really been just?—two weeks, and I already can't fathom life before it. This device isn't a luxury item, but a basic necessity for me. Continue reading

In the meantime, look at how pretty the case I got to protect my darling is: speck products | fitted case

Noteboek from Evelien Lohbeck on Vimeo.It's rare that I come across a piece of art that I'm jealous I didn't make, but this is definitely one of those moments. (via gizmodo)This might be a good moment to teaser the fact that the boy and I are deep in the plotting-out phase of a joint website filled with collaborative film and animation projects—it's due to launch sometime… Continue reading

I've been a little bit off-the-grid over the past three weeks. My classes are insanely time-consuming, my sister will be a married woman exactly two weeks from now, and I've got some exciting new things in the pipeline.I've also got some exciting new things in my life: my boyfriend and I have been very acquisitive lately. It's cute; it's like we're nesting. Here are some of our new… Continue reading

I explained two weeks ago that when I first learned about Ada Lovelace Day back in January, I was about halfway through drafting this post, my response to—and in some ways, retaliation against—the many "best"/"most influential" people in tech list links that were flooding emails, facebook pages, delicious networks, and print publications right around the turning of the new year. Continue reading

Completed my final animation project on Friday. You can see it right here; just make sure to have the volume turned up on your computer. The animation was done in Maya, which is the same software that Pixar uses! I mixed the audio in Audacity, and did all of the post-production work in FinalCut Pro. Continue reading

In the spirit of my recent "Things that I bought that I love" tribute post, and with a nod to Arianna Huffington's "Bye-Bye 2008: Things I Want to Forget," here's a list of things which all sane and rational humans should resolve to avoid in this young year. Some are altruistic, some are practical, some tongue-in-cheek. But I'm deadly serious about them all. Continue reading