August, 2013 | Geek in Heels

I know I've been blabbering on about my recent web host transfer and related maintenance issues, and that most people reading won't even care. But. Yesterday, a parenting Facebook group linked to one of my old, more controversial posts. Which led to tons of new visitors. Which led to more people linking to that same post from other parenting boards (like GBCN, which is apparently a message board for former Nesties). Which led to even more traffic from angry parents who didn't agree with my parenting choices. In simple terms, this blog received a whooping 172,616 hits yesterday. (And the stats continue to stay higher-than-normal today.) My new web hosting account received a total of 381 (as of this writing) 508 "Resource Limit Is Reached"...

Blogging, Cute, Funny, Web

This Will Be the Best 11 Minutes and 38 Seconds of Your Day

Aug 09. 2013

I'm still working on some back-end stuff for the blog post-transition, so posts will continue to stay light through the weekend. But before I go, I wanted to share two things — First, a compilation video of some of the best 2013 Vines so far. I know that at 11+ minutes, it's longer than your average "I want to waste some time online" YouTube video, but I guarantee it's worth it! Next, I wanted to remind you that today is the last day to enter my It Can Wait giveaway. Have you entered yet? You can win a BlackBerry Q10, contract-free! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! ETA:It seems that the original video was taken down by a copyright troll, and will remain inaccessible...

Blogging, Personal, Reviews, Web

Buh-Bye, HostGator! Hello, Hawk Host!

Aug 08. 2013

You may have noticed that this blog was down this past Friday. In fact, you may have noticed that a bunch of sites were down that day, and I'll tell you why. When I first switched to HostGator, everything was fine and dandy. HostGator is was known to be one of the very few RELIABLE web hosts with affordable "UNLIMITED!" shared hosting plans. But in the past few months, I started noticing more lagging and time-outs. There were even a few downtimes, and then...

Art/Design, Entertainment, Science

The Character Elements of Breaking Bad

Aug 07. 2013

There have been so many life-changing, and potentially life-changing events going on lately that I’ve been one big ball of emotions. I’ve even taken a pregnancy test because I can’t remember being this emotional and not being pregnant! (And no, I’m not pregnant.)

Additionally, this blog is currently in the process of moving to a new web host. (More on why in a later post.) This has been going on since Friday — 5 days ago! — but my old host is being a dick and making the migration process as slow as possible. And I don’t have the time or energy to fight them. So please bear with me as the transfer continues.

But wait! My It Can Wait giveaway, featuring a prize pack worth $600(!), is still underway. Have you entered yet?

And, to celebrate the return, and mourn the beginning of the end of Breaking Bad, I wanted to share with you these pieces from Shutterstock, where stock artwork from various artists are used to create Bad Chemistry: The Character Elements of Breaking Bad. While I don’t exactly agree with all the analyses (e.g., I don’t think Skyler is that innocent), you can see that some of them are supposed to be humorous generalizations (see: Walt Jr.). Enjoy!

Art/Design

Former Walmart Transformed into a Modern Library

Aug 03. 2013

When most people look at 124,500 square feet of abandoned warehouse space, they probably see nothing more than the establishment it once contained — a Walmart, in this case.

But when the architecture firm of Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle saw the building, they saw potential.

Take a look at these stunning photos from the end product. The McAllen Main Library (of McAllen, TX) is not only functional — with separate community and meeting rooms, a space dedicated to computers, and a staff area — but beautiful as well. The design is clean and modern, yet warm and inviting at the same time. It is a library built for today.