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Granite Boulder
If you ever need a way to waste 20 minutes and you don’t really want to get up or anything, try to remember the name of the paint on your living room wall. We painted when we moved in, in 2008. We tore down a wall in 2011 and now find ourselves in need of…
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Under-delivering
I had a boss once tell me, “Never over-deliver. Why give something more than you agreed to?” I think this advice is good if your primary concern is quantity and not quality (meaning, those extra touches that make your user smile, not general quality). If, however, you want to take the time to create something…
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Co.Design site
I don’t know about you, but I’m really digging the new Co.Design site. Find it here: fastcodesign.com. I call it “new” but I think it’s been active for awhile now. I like the typography; I like the images; I like the big main masthead (you’ll have to go to the site to see that). Check…
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Mensa
I have a Mensa puzzle calendar. It was a Christmas present, as these things generally are. I really like it. But here’s my problem: if I can solve the problem I suspect it’s too easy. If I can’t solve it, I feel like it’s real Mensa-quality (but then I feel dumb for not being able…
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Each morning
Every morning when I get to work, before I do anything – before I take off my jacket, before I put my purse down, before I am even in the door of the building – I miss my children.
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Completely self-indulgent
I’m pretty sure I have a lot of awesome ideas. This blog will help me try to capture them and see if they are, indeed, awesome.
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A matter of five months
So much can happen in five months. Although I viscerally knew the twins were itty bitty when they came home from the hospital, I was just scrolling through some of their early photos and find myself shocked at how small they were. Compare; their first day home from the hospital: After a few weeks at…
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An extended hiatus
So I’ve been on hiatus. But I have a really good excuse! As you probably recall, I was pregnant with twins. Well, I’ve now had the twins. They’re 5 months old. I’ve been very busy. I’ve barely cooked, much less made any new recipes. Fortunately, the twins will begin on solids soon. I plan on…
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Red meat and diabetes
Experts at the Harvard School of Public Health recently had a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on the link between red meat consumption and type 2 diabetes. It’s the largest study of its kind. You can read the abstract here: http://www.ajcn.org/content/early/2011/08/10/ajcn.111.018978.abstract?sid=c3e3247b-e031-48e8-bbb1-8a1fd1c877c9. You can read a review of the study here: http://news.yahoo.com/red-meat-boosts-diabetes-risk-us-study-161043220.html.…
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Jell-o is people (kind of)
We all know that gelatin is made from animal by-products (bones and whatnot) – now they’re making gelatin out of human genes (see the link below for the story from Fast Company). It looks like, so far, it’s being used for stabilizers for vaccines and perhaps in pill capsules. Regardless, I find it off-putting. http://www.fastcompany.com/1767744/coming-soon-human-derived-gelatin-in-your-marshmallows
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