Feb

17

When is the best time to have a baby?

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Much like my post about diamonds, this is no indication of my future life as barefoot and pregnant.

But it’s a good to know. As I’m about to turn 25, I know the years the flying by and I guess it’s kind of good to know for all women, when it’s healthy and unhealthy to have one.

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Feb

16

How to save a wet cellphone & fix the "red dot of death"?

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My life never ceases to give me things to write about, I swear. I guess you can probably determine why it is I need an answer for this one. And PS, if anyone has an old cingular phone with a SIM slot that i can have, give me a holler at: amander(at)thingsiask.com and we’ll be BFF.

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Feb

15

What is Open Source Software?

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As a tech nerd, I already know the answer to this. But I certainly don’t know everything so here goes.

Wikipedia defines open source software as software that is made available under a as computer software for which the human-readable source code copyright license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that meets the Open Source Definition.

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Feb

14

What are the Best Romantic Songs?

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I’ll make this one sort of a poll and I hope people speak up. Comment with your own favorites! I’ll add them to the player as they come up :)

These happen to be my favorite lovey-dovey songs of all time. Some of them might be depressing. I dedicate these all to you (tracklist below):


  1. Author – Karima Francis (missing track, listen to it here)
  2. Luckiest – Ben Folds
  3. I’ll Wait for You – Connie Francis
  4. Sampson – Regina Spektor
  5. Night is the Day Turned Inside Out – Beulah (missing track, listen to it here)
  6. Amber – 311
  7. Strange and Beautiful – Aqualung
  8. Life, In a Nutshell – Barenaked Ladies (missing track, listen to it here)
  9. It Had to Be You – Frank Sinatra
  10. The Blowers Daughter – Damien Rice
  11. We Belong Together – Gavin DeGraw
  12. Oh, It is Love – HelloGoodbye
  13. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
  14. Save Room – John Legend
  15. Comfortable – John Mayer
  16. The Nicest Thing – Kate Nash
  17. If You Only Knew – Maroon 5 (missing track, listen to it here)
  18. Nothing Better – The Postal Service
  19. You Could be Happy – Snow Patrol

Added via comments (and to playlist):

  1. El Scorcho – Weezer
  2. When you Say Nothing At all – Allison Krauss
  3. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
  4. Making Love out of Nothing at All – Air Supply
  5. Something in the way she moves – The Beatles
  6. Tiny Dancer- Elton John
  7. It must be love – Madness
  8. Alive with the glory of love – Say Anything
  9. Walk with You – Dispatch (forgot i LOVE this one.. but it’s a missing track so listen here)
  10. You and Me – Lifehouse
  11. L.O.V.E. – Frank Sinatra
  12. Hands Open – Snow Patrol
  13. “baby it’s fact”–hellogoodbye
  14. “someone, somewhere”–jason reeves
  15. “no air”–jordin sparks
  16. “this is for real”–motion city soundtrack
  17. “Sweetest Thing”–U2
  18. “Wonderful Tonight”–Eric Clapton
  19. “The Way you Look Tonight”–Elton John
  20. “Breath me”–Sia
  21. Add yours

Happy Valentines Day everyone.

Feb

14

Who is on the 50 Dollar Bill?

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Our 18th President, Ulysses S. Grant is the president who is on the 50 dollar bill.

On the newest bill, Grant is freed from the oval frame to which he’s been confined since 1913, appearing instead before a stylized red, white and blue American flag backdrop. There’s a small, metallic blue star near Grant’s left shoulder, and on the reverse side the image of the U.S. Capitol is flanked by clouds of small yellow “50″s. [source]

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