Day 1: 28 Days of Blogging to Find your Voice

by Pia SimeoniFebruary 17, 2010 geek it

I decided to participate in Scott Bishop’s #28DayChallenge, which means I’ll be writing one blog post a day for 28 days. I love the idea, and my goal with this challenge is finding my voice as a blogger, as well as learning how to share and interact with an audience. I’m passionate about a [...]

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Kids and Media: How much is too much?

by Pia SimeoniJanuary 30, 2010 geek it

My 9-year-old daughter lives in a geeky household: at any given time, we have two laptops and two desktop computers with dual 17″ monitors. Two of our computers dual-boot into Windows and Linux. Each of us has a phone, two of them smartphones. A Gameboy, DS, DSi and Wii. On weekend mornings, instead of [...]

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Homemade Big Macs are Amazing

by Pia SimeoniJanuary 17, 2010 eat it

I saw a clip from the movie Food, Inc. about how hamburger filler is made and then treated with ammonia to kill E. coli. After seeing it I decided that, however much I love to indulge in a Big Mac once in a while, I just..can’t…EAT one again. Nor will my 9 year old [...]

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Spotify Improves My Quality of Life

by Pia SimeoniJanuary 13, 2010 geek it

Last night I set up Spotify account without an invite (thanks TechCrunch) because it’s not available yet in the US, and then proceeded to download the Windows version and install on Linux using Wine. I’m using it for the first time tonight, since my fiancee Ron took control last night and couldn’t stress enough [...]

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Foursquare for Businesses, Big and Small

by adminDecember 23, 2009 socialize it

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I work for a large retail company and have been reading the latest hype about Foursquare, one of the top companies to watch in 2010.  I signed up and started “checking in” using Foursquare, and found it to be intriguing. Yesterday I spotted a Twitter post about a Foursquare Holiday [...]

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What Type of Nerd Are You?

by adminSeptember 8, 2009 geek it

Nouveau geek doesn’t appear on the Venn Diagram. http://mashable.com/2009/09/07/nerd-venn-diagram/

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Mixing Drinks with Lime Juice and the Sun Don’t Mix

by Pia SimeoniAugust 22, 2009 sip it

I have been puzzled for days about the strange red and brown splotches that seemed to suddenly appear on my hands. Along with the discoloration, my skin looked scaly and wrinkly.  I considered my age and the possibility that it was due to some hormonal change; or, a reaction to the new steroid nasal [...]

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