Old media via new media

Someone should adopt this typewriter. Or loan me $25. (I do not need another typewriter. I already have three: My grandmother’s electric typewriter, my mother’s manual typewriter and a 1920s-ish typewriter a co-worker was giving away. But this one is so pretty and white and shiny!) And while we’re at it, someone should adopt this… Continue reading Old media via new media

Craving cupcakes

Back in December, I started making cupcake scarves (because they’re so darn cute) and I finally got around to posting them on Etsy. This purple one is my favorite (so far). When I get a little time to shoot decent photos, I’ve got a at least two more scarves to post (That pattern is called… Continue reading Craving cupcakes

Wyoming? Why not?

I had a very strange dream Thursday night in which I seemed to be interviewing for a job in Wyoming. I don’t know what the job was. I don’t know why Wyoming. I don’t know why part of the interview took place on a swing set. But I’m pretty sure I was offered this mysterious… Continue reading Wyoming? Why not?

Live & Kern store: Now open

Smart people convinced me I should try to sell my nerdy ornaments. I’m working on completing ornament No. 20 (not including the six I’d made for myself) (yes, I went back and made a Tumblr version), all without the official “the shop’s open” announcement. (Unless you count a tweet.) So: The Live & Kern shop… Continue reading Live & Kern store: Now open

2010 ornaments: Web icons

This year’s Christmas ornaments are done! Every year I add an ornament (or, in this case, five) that reflect something that’s happened in the last year. This year I became the Post-Dispatch’s social media editor, not to mention several social media endeavors not related to work (like STL Hacks/Hackers, SND STL and @newsroomcake), so the… Continue reading 2010 ornaments: Web icons