Grass Crown

A blog by Sally. The blog gets its name from a rare military decoration dating back to Roman times called the Grass Crown, which could only be awarded by soldiers to their general.

Entries for May, 2006

Amazon.com Associates Products Preview Beta

I’ve been a member of the Amazon.com Associates Program ever since I built a website for a book called The Golfing Machine during college. Every now and then I put a link on a website using my associate ID. Today, I checked in on my account to find no activity, but an invitation to join [...]

A Mobile Living Room

Here’s a mobile living room to go with that space-saving kitchen. The name of the living room is BOB and it was created and designed by Andrew Maynard.

Hat tip: Inhabitat
Technorati Tags: bob, andrew+maynard, prefab

Fun with Google Trends

Pronet Advertising has an in-depth post about Google Trends. The search results are fascinating and something everyone should be able to have fun with. Here’s a few search results to get started with:
WMA, AAC, OGG - Format battle with WMA in the lead.
MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG - Add MP3 and the rest look like peanuts.
Halo, [...]

Space Saving Kitchen

The makers of the Circular Kitchen say it takes up less than 1.8 square meters while offering the same bench and storage space of a conventional kitchen. Just some places to put this unit include exhibition halls, showrooms, offices, and penthouses.

Hat tip: Boing Boing
Technorati Tags: kitchen, circular+kitchen, space+saving

iPod Wallets

The latest copy of the J&R Computer World catalog is advertising two cool wallets for the iPod nano, the Marware CEO Card Wallet and the Tunewear PRIE TUNEWALLET. Unfortunately, it looks like the wallets that will fit my old 15 gig iPod are more purse than wallet. It looks like I’ll need to downsize my [...]

Is NY Tech Meetup Really Showtime at the Apollo for Geeks?

An article in the New York Times about the New York Tech Meetup’s monthly meetings made the audience sound a bit intimidating with references to “Showtime at the Apollo for geeks” and “a ‘Gong Show’ thing.” Tonight, I went to the May event to see it with my own eyes and the audience was actually [...]

Ask Internet: How to Make Rice

I made basmati rice on the stove for the second time tonight and consulted the Internet heavily before diving in. My first batch ended with an unedible pot of gooey, overcooked rice and a trip to my local Indian restaurant, so much care was taken this time around. I combined advice from a top Google [...]

Pepe Deluxe Super Album Cover

Going through my CD collection today, I was reminded that the Finnish DJ trio, Pepe Deluxe, have good taste in architecture. Check out this image from their 1999 Super Sound album.

Technorati Tags: architecture, album+art, pepe+deluxe

Right Motivations Behind RIM’s Multimedia BlackBerry?

In covering an announcement about Sona Mobile’s upcoming BlackBerry Media Player, PDAStreet dished out some info about a rumor that RIM is working on a 3G BlackBerry device that is being built specifically to support multimedia capabilities, possibly including music playback.
As a new owner of the BlackBerry 8700c, I’m not going to worry about [...]

Grape and Avocado Dip (or Salad)

Yesterday, I found an enticing recipe with grapes and avocados as the main ingredients. Being a huge fan of grapes and avocados, I would never have thought to put them together, but they are the perfect match. The mix can be served over a bed of lettuce to make a salad or with chips as [...]