Tag Archives: coffee
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet
It has been almost six months since I last reviewed a Pride and Prejudice spinoff, so this weekend I read The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick. This is a novelization of the TV series, … Continue reading
SxSW Summary
Got a little while between sessions? Here is a sponsored docking station with couches, free artisan cupcakes and free-trade fresh roasted coffee, gluten-free breakfast tacos, and organic champagne, and a promo model from another sponsor stops by bringing free beers every … Continue reading
Go Miss Your Flight, Because You Need A Time Machine
There’s kind of a trend for writing and talking about how great events used to be, because the only thing cooler than being at an event is being in the middle of things while being unimpressed by it. Like being … Continue reading
Tumblr evangelist, SEO rulebreaker and coffee connoisseur
I wrote about the sameness in tech hipster pitches when I was at TechCrunch Disrupt a few years ago, so I found this auto-generator for tech hipster Twitter bios hilarious. Have you noticed that there’s a certain sameness to tech … Continue reading
Still Life With Tardis
Harold is at my parents’ house, after driving up for a meeting and then getting caught into the snowstorm. I’m really glad he’s spending the night there, and not on the road in a blizzard, but it’s sad to be … Continue reading
“Alice In Tumblr-Land”
Tim Manley’s Alice in Tumblr-land: And Other Fairy Tales for a New Generation tells the stories of fairy tale princesses and heroes, as twenty-somethings navigating relationships, friends, sex, careers and social media. The Tortoise and the Hare Facebook-stalk each other … Continue reading
Geek Girl Con Adventures
Short recap: Geek Girl Con was an amazing group of female game developers, science fiction writers, and comic artists, all running into each other to say “I love your dress / hair / blog!” So great. Long recap: I spoke … Continue reading
Monorail Espresso | You Gotta Eat This!
While I was in Seattle for Geek Girl Con, I finally went to Monorail Espresso, instead of just running past it on my way to the convention center. It was amazing, even in a city with great coffee everywhere, and … Continue reading
Good Manners
At the airport gate for my flight north, the cultural division of good manners is terribly pronounced. Smiling and chatty Southerners spill their bags across the aisles, taking over extra chairs for purses and fast food bags, resting their feet … Continue reading
Brakes and Clutch
Whenever someone asks me for a ride, I feel like an alien pretender trying not to be unmasked. Oh! This is a thing adult humans do for one another when they are all going from one place to another place together! … Continue reading
