• Super sick. I might be out of commission for a while. #

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• I've been here all day. Just thought to check-in now. (@ Betaloft SLC) http://4sq.com/5oPss8 #

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• http://twitpic.com/16mn5p – Success! I captured the ghost Ms Jean Carver with my ARGH ghost goggles http://arghgame.com #
• It's finally open!! (@ Smashburger) http://4sq.com/cLTobB #

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• http://twitpic.com/17nleg – Success! I captured the ghost Lady Rebecca Tibbitts with my ARGH ghost goggles http://arghgame.com #

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• http://twitpic.com/17qm2t – Success! I captured the ghost Lady Rebecca Tibbitts with my ARGH ghost goggles http://arghgame.com #
• Come into BetaLoft today! (@ Betaloft SLC) http://4sq.com/5oPss8 #
• Developing for mobile phones: Should U use the web or native code? Jason and Matthias rap battle here: Hilarious! http://tinyurl.com/y9x5nl8 #
• My heart is broken. :( 'Lost Boys' star Corey Haim dies at 38 http://bit.ly/b1finc (via @cnn) #
• The top 10 geek anthems of all time http://bit.ly/axSM4h #

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• Arthouse Movie Night at Daybreak. We're watching Rear Window. (@ Daybreak Community Center) #

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• Arthouse Movie Night at Daybreak. We're watching Rear Window. (@ Daybreak Community Center) #

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• Took my dog out to poop… a bird pooped on her. /via @kittygutz That's supposed to be good luck! Maybe she'll win the lottery! #
• 1962 Barbie Dream House: Brilliant design in a small package. I need to recreate this in plastic canvas. http://tinyurl.com/yjwmmjw #
• Original furniture for the Barbie Country Living Home. Great photos so I can remake furniture of my own. http://tinyurl.com/ylj8lb2 #

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• http://twitpic.com/18iec5 – Success! I captured a ghost with my ARGH ghost goggles http://arghgame.com #

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• Moving computers donated by East High School. (@ ElectroRegeneration Society) http://4sq.com/7QTix4 #
• Returning books. Did you know that the SL County Libraries have tons of manga and comics to choose from?! (@ South Jordan Library) #

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Can a motorcycle pull a tablecloth off a table without breaking the china? What if the table seats TWENTY-FOUR people?! Check out this awesome commercial for BMW motorcycles to find out.

I first thought that this was a Myth Busters thing because that’s the level of AWESOME it is! I wonder how many times they had to do that before they got it to work perfectly.

Video Via: * Your daily gif blog *: BMW Motorcycle Pulls Tablecloth

This morning, there are snowflakes on my porch and lawn chair.

It’s the same lawn chair I sat on yesterday in the warm weather, wondering whether I should change my welcome sign from “Winter Greetings” to “Spring Greetings.” I am sick of this bipolar weather. Yesterday it was spring, today it’s winter again. I thought we were through with you, Mr. Snow Miser.

I’m sure I’ll be wishing for warm snow that melts within a day when it’s August and the heat is barreling down on me, but for now, I’m ready to say goodbye to winter.

These photos are from the December 1985 issue of Seventeen Magazine.

Check out the clothespin earrings on this model. That must have hurt!

I have had these pictures in my mind for the last twenty-five years and they have finally wrapped around and become cool again. When you compare them to the newest Rihanna video, it looks like they were cut from the same cloth.

This frame shot is especially good:

I was waiting for the light on 400 West. I looked up at the apartments above me and saw a man looking out his large sliding glass door. He was flossing his teeth and enjoying the view of the cars below him. Behind him, the television flashed commercials and talking heads, but he was oblivious to them. The long string of floss flew gracefully in the air after cleaning each tooth.

He couldn’t see me watching him, but I saw him watching me.

Although the speakers from Ignite Salt Lake City weren’t invited by the prestigious TED Conference to talk, they all had something interesting to say and did it all with only a few minutes and a couple of slides.

I was incredibly sick during the last Ignite, so I feel lucky to be able to watch the videos of some of the presentations online. My favorite, of course, was Jason Alderman and Matthias Shapiro’s Mobile Developer Rap Battle.

If you look carefully at the slides, I make a cameo as the Steampunker at the Avatar convention, so I was at Ignite in spirit if not in presence.

You can see all the videos here:

• Ignite Salt Lake City | Ignite Show Video

• God, I love Spider Jerusalem! http://twitpic.com/1a9qlw #
• 2 Days until The Guild comic #1 is out in stores! I need to get to Black Cat Comics! #

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I was driving in the dark of the morning and stopped at a light. The glow from my red taillights illuminated the car behind me. In my rear view window, I could see a man with his head shaved bald in the car. Both of his hands gripped his steering wheel and his face had a flat and emotionless expression.

“He needs to smile more,” I thought to myself. I suddenly became aware of my own face. I could feel that my features mirrored his expression and was like that before I pressed the brakes for the red light. I tried smiling and my mood lifted a little.

I looked in the rear view mirror again, expecting to see the bald man smiling as well, but his face remained as flat as before.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the light turn green. I inched forward, still watching the man behind me, but the second I released the brake, he disappeared from view, no longer illuminated by my taillights.

• Picking up some groceries that are hard to get in the south valley. (@ Whole Foods Market) http://4sq.com/8IcTLp #
• Great weigh-in this week. Makes up for the last two weeks! (@ Weight Watchers) http://4sq.com/4p8uhw #
• Pho for lunch. I only go downtown once a week, so I make the best of it on my way back. (@ Gossip Tapioca) http://4sq.com/8ftrz3 #

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• Plastic canvas dollhouse details http://tinyurl.com/ya5ogkf #
• Better details for the plastic canvas Barbie house. http://tinyurl.com/yaa7nlj #
• Early bird dinners are great! Smaller portions and cheaper. Yippee!! (@ Village Inn) http://4sq.com/daWn1v #

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• Here for the UT Geek/Blogger Dinner! (@ Neil's Halibut Broiler) http://4sq.com/aarVJM #

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Check out my new steampunk necklace from Simply Willow at Etsy. It came in this beautiful box.

The necklace is inset with the innards of an old watch, displaying its quartz crystals. Its easy to forget how much artistry goes into the simplest of timepieces.

• Here for PodCampSLC 2010. Come to the ERGS table to say hi to me! (@ Neumont University w/ @katrinahayden) http://4sq.com/a4Ug07 #

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• just texted 32 WPM in a 60s game of iTextSpeed for iPhone and iPod Touch. Check it out! http://itextspeed.com #iTextSpeed #

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I can’t express how beautiful the moon looked this morning. The tiny camera on my iPhone had no chance of capturing it in its full glory. Even cropped and edited, this photo doesn’t come close.

It was a huge orange disc in the sky, slightly obscured by wispy and ever-changing clouds. Jen and I trailed the dogs to the park and tossed the lacrosse ball against the warm southern wind. Every few throws, I would check the moon again. Yes, it’s still there. Yea, it’s still orange. Yes, it’s still beautiful. For the first time since winter, I could hear birds chirping on our morning walk and it gave me hope for spring, despite the forecast for snow tomorrow.

• Weekly weigh in and motivational talk. (@ Weight Watchers) http://4sq.com/4p8uhw #
• Pho for lunch and a splurge with boba tea. (@ Gossip Tapioca) http://4sq.com/8ftrz3 #
• Here for the Daybreak Book Club. We read Crazy For The Storm. (@ San Gelato) http://4sq.com/4Bd59U #

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So many of my old Barbie clothes are worn out, ripped or in need of repair, so I thought I could just BUY new clothes to keep my dolls from going naked. Apparently, Mattel has changed the chest measurements for Barbie because none of the new clothes fit. On the plus side, they fit my Starr doll, so she has a whole new wardrobe now.