Kris Colvin

LAST DAY for Twitter’s Basic Authentication

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:02:36 -0500

LAST DAY for Twitter’s Basic Authentication:

Today is the last day for Twitter’s deadline of moving all third-party Twitter clients to a more secure login method, called Oauth. If you are a Twitterface user please read this as it affects your…

This just works. via hunsonisgroovy: Pantone Hotel

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:16:22 -0500

This just works. via hunsonisgroovy:

Pantone Hotel

I love Awkward Stock Photos. This is a CLASSIC! (via...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:09:12 -0500

I love Awkward Stock Photos. This is a CLASSIC! (via awkwardstockphotos)

True dat. 2creativo: Keep your eyes open Via The 8 Most...

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:21:28 -0500

True dat. 2creativo:

Keep your eyes open

Via The 8 Most Insanely Obvious Signs In The World (PHOTOS)

Zagat for iPhone Adds Foursquare Checkins and Foodspotting Photos

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:20:18 -0500

Zagat for iPhone Adds Foursquare Checkins and Foodspotting Photos:

mashable:

Restaurant ratings and reviews service Zagat today released a new version of its $9.99 iPhone app, Zagat To Go, complete with Foursquare and …

BEAUTIFUL illustrations, in @poweredbysteam style. (via...

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:19:29 -0500

BEAUTIFUL illustrations, in @poweredbysteam style. (via dailyfoodles) Follow this Tumblr!! Thanks to joshbeggs who reblogged them and showed me the light!

"Things were all flipped around, because Zuckerberg was a rerun. On so many levels. It was a rerun in..."

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:14:59 -0500

“Things were all flipped around, because Zuckerberg was a rerun. On so many levels. It was a rerun in that here was a huge tech company doing something that was interesting only because of their hugeness. And it was a rerun because it had all been done before, by Foursquare.”

- Scripting News: The Big C vs the Big Zzzz (via fred-wilson)

GREAT points by Fred. Love this post.

Lessons on being cool…. via thedailywhat: Buttersafe.

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:11:25 -0500

Lessons on being cool…. via thedailywhat:

Buttersafe.

My Car Wreck

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:57:00 -0500

I wanted to put all the pics together of the car as I may never see that one again, and give all the well-wishers an update on my status.

For those that don’t know, I had a bad wreck yesterday morning en route to KC. I am not quite sure what happened - another car and I seemed to meet in the middle of the road and the result was not pretty. The other driver was an 86 year old woman who had scratches and bruises like I did - they said there didn’t seem to be much more wrong than that, but given her age she was taken by ambulance to a trauma center. I had my husband pick me up and we went to the hospital for me to be checked out. The worst thing at the time was my right hand, which was x-rayed - most of the fingers and thumb were purple and hurting badly - I think the airbag got them.

Photo by Brett Messinger

The two pics above were at the scene - the next two we took today at the towing place today, where my precious Jaguar is unceremoniously dumped. It feels like the Grave of Dead Cars there - very sad to think of it amidst the other abandoned, no-longer-useful pieces of machinery. (I watch Transformers too much, I think!! Or maybe it’s because of Cars…)

There is a news snippet by KOFO of Ottawa, KS, whose photographer I met at the scene: http://kofonews.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/elderly-ottawa-woman-treated-at-overland-park-hospital-after-crash I did not require an ambulance so that’s why it said I refused treatment. I went immediately upon leaving the accident site to the hospital in Garnett.

Today my neck is sore, left shoulder has a giant bruise, right arm has a deep scrape, knot and giant bruise, and my very purple fingers have lightened considerably and no longer hurt, a big relief. My thumb area does hurt - it’s swollen and bruised and seems tender. That is the hand they shoved a metal bar into when I broke my wrist 5 years ago, so I think that might have something to do with it. I think the airbag did this to my hand, as it was on the wheel when it deployed.

But I’m still here, and aside from feeling a bit sleepy, back to my semi-sarcastic self on Twitter (for better or worse for you folks, I guess.)

Tim & I assume, or rather, we’d be shocked if this car is not totaled when the adjuster sees it Thursday. I want another Jaguar - I was not done with this one!! So we are looking at used vehicles at Carmax where I got it, and beyond. I have my eye on a silver-with-cream interior. Hopefully it will work out.

And that’s how I spent the first day of the Twitter Oauthcalypse. Oy vey!!!

Neigh sayers...

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:35:33 -0500

catalogliving:

Gary, I swear this is the first I’m hearing of your “intense love” of horses, and frankly it’s somewhat troubling.

Beautiful. eatsleepdraw: Sakura (30x27cm) - By Turine...

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:58:12 -0500

Beautiful. eatsleepdraw:

Sakura (30x27cm) - By Turine Tran

Portfolio is here

I want to be here. (via sweethomestyle)

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:55:03 -0500

I want to be here. (via sweethomestyle)

Weighty Issues

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:27:41 -0500

I found an interesting video with some new ab moves I had never seen before, which I planned to post here (and will - it’s below.) But then I also found another video which makes me sad, because I relate to this talk show host all too well (in terms of her daily battle over what to eat.)

I have often mentioned I have gained weight since moving to Kansas from not working out and eating totally differently than I did when single in Texas. So for several months now I have been working out, eating tons better, being more rigorous, cutting out things, running, etc. And I think I have lost a whopping two pounds or something like that. On a bad day, this drives me INSANE. I am the kind of person who MUST get positive feedback or results or I want to give up. Yet obviously, getting back in shape at 44 is different than it was when I was 40 or younger, or maybe I am cursed or something. On a bad day it feels like it.

Most days, I know I have to keep trying, keep doing the right things, and I scold myself internally for forgetting I had banned tortilla chips from my person and eating them when out with people at a restaurant. This is just a never, ever ending battle. What gets to me, watching Wendy Williams here, is when she says “I wake up every morning and think about what I have to dodge that day, what am I going to eat…” (that won’t harm my efforts.) I do that too. Every bloody day. It is so old.

I get so tired of this being my main focus in life: my own self and what I am going to eat or do that day to burn off what I eat. I have been maintaining, on fewer calories than some people eat normally - my average is about 1350. I need to get it down to 1200, or even 1000 to break this plateau, but can I do that and account for going out somewhere to something I am obligated to, or needing to work all day because I am behind… these are the thoughts on my mind at all times. Can I eat oatmeal? All I have is instant at the office and it has sugar, but I am tired of the scrambled egg in microwave and on the other hand oatmeal is supposedly good for you. Can I eat this tv dinner with pasta in it and some freshly streamed veggies or is that too heinous? Yes, I know it’s loaded with sodium but I don’t have time to cook and take food to work always and it’s low calorie and convenient, and in the freezer at work. Should I eat only salad for lunch? Lots of celebs eat salads but as many eat wraps or a turkey sandwich… do I really have to cut out all bread? Should I only eat tortillas? Why do I feel poufy when I don’t seem to have gained? Is it the margarita I had last night? I should really cut out all alcohol, all bread except for tortillas and tortilla chips for the foreseeable future. But the bread I have been eating is 100 calorie, whole wheat - why isn’t that okay? Maybe I should just give up and try to find time to exercise more. But I can’t - I always want to and I miss the second or third round of exercise I have planned because of stupid work. Why did I not have the foresight to become independently wealthy or marry someone who is so I could play tennis and shop all day, which would in itself burn calories?

AGGGGGHHH. STOP. SHUT UP & GET READY FOR WORK!!!!!!

Everyday, this is the running dialogue. I am so tired of it. I feel for Wendy Williams and what she experiences because I do too. I see this woman with her 12-pack of insane abs and think, “Wow. She scares me a bit, but I admire her dedication to rock hard fitness and perfection.” And then I have to get back to work. How am I EVER going to have the time I need to work on myself AND do my work???? It’s just so hard.

But I will keep on slugging away at it. I feel better when I work out. Lately I like the running, though I NEVER thought I would. I do feel better when I eat a certain way (Body for Life.) And I want to be ever cuter in cute clothes. I am a clotheshorse and that’s all there is to it. So maybe this Ab Lady will help.

I am starting a new boot camp today as my old one ended evening classes this week. I’m excited - it is four blocks from my office and they love kettlebells - I have always wanted to do more with kettlebells. This man below is one of the instructors.

He seems SO cool. Thank heaven, for inspiration to keep doing what I know I need to be doing, even though I sometimes feel discouraged because I want faster, more obvious gratification.

This is just how my day goes - the ups and the downs of being me. :-)

INTEFY WINS KANSAS CITY’S JUST FOR STARTERS ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETITION

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:24:38 -0500

INTEFY WINS KANSAS CITY’S JUST FOR STARTERS ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETITION:

KC Roundtable, a group focused on the needs of young entrepreneurs in Kansas City, recently held an event, Just For Starters, which showcased some of the top entrepreneurial business ideas in the…

Beautiful poster design, absolutely love the...

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:06:36 -0500

Beautiful poster design, absolutely love the tagline!!

via baubauhaus:

via www.dutchuncle.co.uk

Tank Top Arms

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:03:00 -0500

This video looks pretty effective and tough, is only 20 minutes long and is focused on arms and shoulders. Cindy Whitmarsh, the instructor, says to do this video 2-3 times per week. I’m going to try it!

What America Eats, Visualized - GOOD Blog This graphic, from...

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:52:39 -0500

What America Eats, Visualized - GOOD Blog

This graphic, from Visual Economics, breaks down the elements of our diet in pounds. If you want to find out your own recommended daily caloric intake, by the way, here’s a calculator.

yearslater: lena wolff

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:59:46 -0500

yearslater:

lena wolff

thedailywhat: Watchless Watch of the Day: The “OOSH” Braille...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:55:53 -0500

thedailywhat:

Watchless Watch of the Day: The “OOSH” Braille watch by designer WinG Li provides the blind with two time-telling functions in a single time piece: A tactile Braille display, and a voice notification system that is automatically triggered when the user raises the watch to their ear.

[thedesignblog.]

Intefy Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:42:37 -0500

Intefy Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25:

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