• Flickr - Moblog - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Dis mai brane on kafeen

    Breaktime! This is my work mug, bought from a little pottery shop near Starved Rock State Park IL – I think in a town called Dixon. Cute place, making a good recovery from a tornado a few years ago. Mai brane needz dis in teh mourningz Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Dis mai brane on kafeen By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 5 Aug ’08, 10.38am CDT PST Breaktime! This is my work mug, bought from a little pottery shop near Starved Rock State Park IL – I think in a town called Dixon. Cute place, making a good…

  • The Road Goes Ever On: 3 Weeks in Britain

    Review: Tewks London Tube iPhone App

    This little app won’t be that useful on our upcoming trip to Britain, but we should be able to access it via hotel wifi. It’s called “Tewks London Tube.” The first screenshot shows our closest station as the crow flies. A Londoner might find this feature useful, especially when deciding between several nearby stations. For us, it’s just a little frustrating, as it’s several thousand miles away at the moment. The next screenshot is a close-up of the London Bus map, which shows plenty of detail as to routes and gives an idea of where to catch one of the…

  • Home Improvement - Hot Off The Presses

    Suburboddity

    The local suburban paper/news site apparently has a little fun with the police log – they publish a “best of” column they like to call “Suburboddity.” Here’s the most recent one, found when I was checking for local news after a big storm in the area. Updated 8/4: Suburboddity :: Latest News :: PIONEER PRESS :: Mental cruelty for a high tech age BUFFALO GROVE, July 31 — At 3 p.m. a resident of Chaucer Way told she had been upset with her husband, so she disabled and put away the TV, DVD player and the DVDs. When she returned…