I recently discovered that a blogger has taken to using the "Geek in Heels" moniker for her own site. (Thank you, Google Alerts, for giving me the heads-up!) The blog is relatively new and does not seem to have many readers. However, the writer is Asian like myself and our blogging topics are bound to overlap sooner or later. It is precisely for these reasons that I began to wonder if I should protect the "Geek in Heels" name by grabbing all the popular top-level domains (.com, .net, .org, etc). Currently, I only own geekinheels.com. I don't think my site is that popular, but it has been featured on popular sites such as BoingBoing and Neatorama....
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I received an overwhelmingly positive response to the Geek in Heels DVD Player Giveaway, so thank you to all who entered! Unfortunately, I could not count all entries as they did not adhere to the following rules: Only one comment entry per person would be entered, however...
Continue readingAlright, I know that DVDs are on their way out but I still cling onto my 500+ DVD collection because I love movies that much (I have no taste and will watch anything). Our old Toshiba DVD player was decent, but all that changed when we upgraded our television to a widescreen HDTV LCD. With no upscaling feature, my DVDs looked like crap on our 1080p screen. So last winter, I added the Sony DVP-NS710H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player to my Amazon wish list...
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Google Reader (or RSS in general) has become so indispensable in my internet experience that if a site does not offer an RSS feed, it's likely that I'll never return again. And although I do my best to keep my Google Reader subscriptions to a minimum, I still subscribe to hundreds upon hundreds of feeds. This is precisely the reason I am an avid supporter of full RSS feeds. I use an RSS reader to make my life easier. Having truncated feeds defeats that purpose in my — the reader's — eyes. A few days ago, I, in addition to thousands of horrified readers, noticed that Gawker Media (the company behind popular sites such as Gizmodo, <a...
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So perhaps this is the reason I have NEVER heard of the über-popular blog Sea of Shoes until tonight. Jane Aldridge, the 17-year-old blogger behind Sea of Shoes. I found the site intriguing, much like a 5-car pileup on the LIE. You want to not look, but you can't. Here is a 17-year-old girl — a thin, attractive one at that — flaunting her wealth and entitlement through a blog that consists mostly of pictures of herself flashing her latest luxury purchases. And what about the mom, who obviously supports these spending sprees? And has her own blog to showcase her own fabulous lifestyle? A bit of web sleuthing revealed that Jane, through her blog, has become a fashion darling and...
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