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Bathed In Pink

An entry from November 1, 2007

This is precisely what I love about Martha Stewart -- she and her people know great color! I received my second issue of Blueprint Magazine (Issue #07) in the mail this afternoon and I'm in love with the pink color scheme and photography of the Sugar Cookies article beginning on page 42.

Doug and I have been brainstorming for a suitable color scheme for a developing web project and we haven't felt inspired with any of the colors we've put together. Sugar Cookies has changed all that. Bravo! The website shall be bathed in pink!

(Images courtesy of Blueprint Magazine, pgs. 42, 44, 46, 48)

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reCAPTCHA

An entry from November 3, 2007

ReCaptcha

Tired of receiving PuglyFeet form mail about "One XXX Night in Paris", dicks, and blowjobs, I've been aggressively on the prowl for a Movable Type captcha plugin. I tried the following to no avail:

Captcha by Hirotaka Ogawa
MT-Scode by James Seng
Scode by Arvind Satyanarayan

Each claimed *ease of use* liberally. Uh-huh. Right. Since the thought of writing my own captcha was out of the question, I persisted and persistence sure has paid off. I thank my guardian angel, Saint Google, for leading me to reCaptcha and the author of the MovableType plugin for it, Josh Carter.

ReCaptcha

Okay, I encountered a minor bump in the road: After I rebuilt the site, the "Show Settings" option was not available from the settings page. I thought, "Shit -- another lousy plugin." Before giving up completely, however, I inspected Carter's Recaptcha.pl file and learned that the default setting for the plugin's enable value was 0 (or false). I then set it to 1 (true), rebuilt the site and lo and behold, the sweetest feeling of joy came to me thereafter. It worked -- the "Show Settings" option became viewable from the reCaptcha plugins page!

So, if you're looking for a captcha plugin for MT, go to Carter's page: http://multipart-mixed.com/software/recaptcha.html and follow all the instructions before proceeding further. If you 're unable to see Recaptcha.pl's "Show Settings" from the MT Plugins' Settings page, do the following:

Open MT/plugins/Recaptcha.pl
Go to Line 64 and change the hash value for settings[enabled] from 0 to 1
Rebuild your site
Now you can enter the public/private keys into Recaptcha's settings
Refresh your comments page
Voila, you're done and beaming with rapturous joy

Fun fact:
CAPTCHA is an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart". If you're unfamiliar with Alan Turing, the father of computer science, you owe it to yourself to get acquainted with his life and his work. If it weren't for Alan Turing, the landscape of our world would be very different -- it'd be ruled by the Nazis.

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Gavin Newsom

An entry from November 4, 2007

Katrina's SF Ballot

After reading only a few lines of this article at sfgate.com, I flared into full fledged panic. SHIT SHIT SHIT!! Did I miss Election Day? SHIIIIIIIIIT!!! November 6? Okay, good. But where's my absentee ballot? Don't worry, Gavin! I didn't forget, Gavin, see?!!! Like that scene from the Fellowship of the Ring, when Bilbo panicked about having misplaced the Precious, I unearthed piles of paper work and effing homework on my desk and ravaged for that damn ballot that I could've sworn I just saw recently... somewhere. Then, AHA! Thank God! There it was, hidden underneath a mountain of scrap paper...

First Choice = Second Choice = Third Choice = Gavin Newsom all the way, baby!

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That Wicked Skirt

An entry from November 5, 2007

JCrew Window Fall 2007

Right after my work out at the gym, which is conveniently right smack inside the mall, I stopped by Starbucks for a small (or *Tall*, as they call it) cup of coffee and embarked on a little window shopping. Working out early in the morning has its benefits -- although the retail stores are still closed for business, short of the people who work there, I practically have the entire mall to myself.

So I passed by JCrew's window display and was enamored by the cutest outfit: a mustard 'n black plaid mini-skirt topped by a lovely cozy green sweater over a blazing red shirt. The outfit would look really fantastic with opaque tights and dark mary janes. So cute...

Call me strange or whatever, but knowing myself -- or my history, rather -- as much as I can see that it's an outfit that I absolutely adore, I also know it's an outfit that I wouldn't actually wear. It's not so much the entire outfit, really. Quite frankly, it's the mini-skirt. I love the mini-skirt but wouldn't be so inclined as to wear it or to even try it on. I can easily shirk off such feelings by calling it too *girly*, or go so far as to say that "It's just not me." But, don't I define *me* and can I not change that definition any time I see fit? Perhaps it's because the mini-skirt resides a bit beyond my cute outfit comfort zone or maybe perhaps it's simply because I'm afraid to try new things or what if these feelings of discomfort arise from my ever so butch tomboy inner child who is just gagging from nausea at the mere sight of that mini-skirt... AAAAh!!

Oh hell, whatever the case may be, that's one wicked skirt!

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Adoring Scarlett

An entry from November 10, 2007

Scarlett by Pear Threads

It all began with the Oct/Nov Issue of Bust Magazine. Under the Indie Finds section on page 54 was Margaret, Pear Threads' tortoise messenger bag with coral trim. That was perhaps the most adorable messenger bag I have ever seen. As I did for most -- if not all -- of the ads in that issue of Bust, I visited their website (pearThreads.com). "Wow", I thought, "Beautiful stuff!"

Scarlett by Pear Threads Pear Threads was founded by a pair of sewing enthusiasts, twin sisters, Mary and Tracy Kruger. Though Tracy lives in Denmark, Mary and the business is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They create a wide variety of products from messenger bags to headbands, clutches to diaper bags and skirts. Their signature look is apparent in each item and each is consistently gorgeous. Everything -- and I literally mean EVERYTHING -- is adorable.

There was no doubt about it -- I was resolved to get a Pear Threads messenger bag... but which one? There were 17 styles to choose from. Margaret was cute... but so was Analisa, oh and how about that Leah?!? After much debate, I chose Scarlett (pictured above and below). Adorned by a cute vintage pin, Scarlett was constructed from brown faux alligator vinyl and chartreuse decorator fabric with rust piping. It even came with a matching mini-clutch. Whoo-hoo!

Beautifully handmade in the USA, Scarlett was my first indie purchase. Since it arrived, I've worn it daily and have received dozens of compliments from those who can't help but adore Scarlett.

Pear Threads → http://www.pearthreads.com

Below are detailed pics of my lovely Scarlett:

Scarlett by Pear Threads

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