Comments are now on! Thanks for the heads up.
Go read Mary Lou’s sad story of a stolen handknit baby blanket and share your knitting/yarn-related sob story with her for a chance to win three skeins of deep olive green Misti Alpaca Chunky.
Amy’s having a contest to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the release of her book Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes. Leave a comment before midnight CDT, May 10, for your chance to win a signed copy of Amy’s book and some Minnesota goodies.
Win a (discontinued) gluten-free angel food cake mix from Gluten Free Food Reviews. Leave a comment by 11:59 pm, May 9, for your chance to win.
Don’t forget that you have until May 23 to donate to help send the Olympia Choral Group to Carnegie Hall. Donations are tax deductible and for every $10 you donate, you’ll get an additional entry in Teyani’s contest for your chance to win some pretty amazing prizes.
Frank at Chromewaves is giving away a pair of tickets to the 10,000 Lakes Festival, which takes place in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, from July 22-25. (Let us ponder on a guy in Toronto giving away tickets to a music festival in northern Minnesota…) Anyway, you have until June 23 to send him an email if you’re interested in winning the tickets. Musical guests at the festival include Wilco, Gomez, the Dave Matthews Band, and more.
Have you seen Domesticat’s Sundara Yarn Print cards? Lovely.
Lifehacker has ten tips to help you get more battery life from your gadgets.
If that origami business card earbud winder didn’t work out for you, maybe this one will.
Online social life getting a little hard to keep track of? Here are some suggestions for regaining control.
Yes, there is a science of concentration and understanding it can help you be more productive.
Do you know if your cats are right- or left-pawed? *must go stare at cats to study this and freak them out*
“Mmmmm… yarn label…” -Mayhem
“Thank you for that tasty yarn label, Jeanne. Now, I’ll need to sample the yarn to see if it lives up to the label…” -Mayhem
What a full post!
So, any knitting happening there??
I forgot what I was going to say now. 🙁
OPh yeah – “No Wobbly Totes were injured during this photo shoot”!
Chris- Yes, I must find a way to keep track of my social life. It’s all one big party around here.
Yeah, what Lorraine said! LOL, a full social life…
Mayhem, go and see what kind of bag that is that you are lying in in that picture of you, and let me know. I like it!
these are the yarn labels that put the other yarn labels out of business
I took a look & I’ve only heard of a few of those SN thingies. I live a sheltered life 😉 Blogs & Ravelry is enough excitement for me.
Here I was thinking we were going to get to see a photo of the yarn she altered as I was leaving….
I think Chewy is ambidextrous.
I’m pretty sure the dogs are all left-pawed.
That sunbeam is looking mighty good today. Migraine+dentist appointment = sad me.
Heh – they may even have four left paws!
Why are labels so much more entertaining (and tasty) than anything else? Doggies like labels, too!
So, tonight I’ll be home torturing the zoo with toys and treats to see if they are left pawed or right pawed.
Ophelia doesn’t do left or right.
Cats are left-pawed in about the same percentage as humans are right handed.
How do I know? My seventh grade science project in 1963, where I tested about 20 cats with a small jar concealed in a shoebox with raw liver pieces at the bottom. (The box concealing the jar eliminates the “handed” approach of the tester). Went to the California State Science Fair with that one.
Those cards are awesome! thanks!
I’m not allowed to play with the laser cutter anymore. Good thing the origami business card worked out.
Hez is a leftie.
More productive? More?
good luck freaking them out LOL
I’m surprised Mayhem only asked for a sample of the yarn.
Good set of links!
thanks for the mention of my fundraiser/ Yarn Contest. more prizes will be coming every tuesday – for 2 more weeks 😉
left/right pawed cats. what a hoot.
and I almost totally spewed my cuppa tea all over the screen when I read the link about managing your online social life. it was a riot.
May you find a sunbeam of your very own.
I was totally fascinated by the right-paw/left-paw thing.
*resisting urge to make south-paw reference*
Thanks for the links to the Sundara cards (so pretty) and also the online social life article. I’m not that bad but if you have any tips on sorting overflowing emails, separate from the SN sites, let me know!
Will have to check out my cats to see which paw they favor!
Yeah, we have those poles around this neighborhood, and they’re just not so bad! I think it’s a reverse psychology thing to get people not to complain, like a person who says, this thing I made sucks, and then you say, hey, no, it’s pretty good.