6/28/2006 05:58:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Depending on your view, this is a very hilarious or disturbing video of a girl who is afraid of pickles. Maury practically tortures her to tears. Heartbreaking, really

read more | digg story|W|P|115149233844389708|W|P|Girl who is acutely afraid of pickles|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com7/04/2006 01:11:00 AM|W|P| Anonymous|W|P|Double post?6/27/2006 10:46:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Depending on your view, this is a very hilarious or disturbing video of a girl who is afraid of pickles. Maury practically tortures her to tears. Heartbreaking, really

read more | digg story|W|P|115146637044785238|W|P|Girl who is acutely afraid of pickles|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com6/26/2006 03:36:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|This guy talks about who you really can negotiate with the companies you do business with. He uses the example of getting 50% off his mom's cable bill. This is really good advice. And he points out that "15 minutes earned [him] the same amount that $4,500 in a 5% account would have earned in a full year." I want to try this out, but of course my mom would have got the cable company to pay her for the service. You might think that sounds great, until you realize we are always seated next to the kitchen at resurants. There is economic karma out there.

read more | digg story|W|P|115135420128673657|W|P|This would never be my mom!|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com6/22/2006 09:28:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|I have added the pictures from Chris and Kat's wedding I promised. I have also added several other sets, including this very large one of miscellaneous pictures I could not really sort into their own groups. Take a look through and if you think some should be elevated to their own group let me know.|W|P|115103005526141495|W|P|Lots of Photos|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com6/21/2006 08:54:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P| I have uploaded some recent pictures. First are some from Jos and I at Pritzker Pavilion last week trying to see the Joffrey Ballet for free. They are in the set Summer 2006 In The City. I hope to keep this set growing as the summer goes on. I have also added pics to the First Home set. These are of the inside of Ainsle. My favorite is this glamour shot that George posed for on the counter. He is not supposed to be on the counter. Schlechte Katze! (Ja, Er spricht Deutsch.)|W|P|115094173915760639|W|P|Sexy Cat!|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com6/21/2006 03:03:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Another reason I am glad Orbitz provides ThinkPads.

read more | digg story|W|P|115092022722789489|W|P|Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com6/21/2006 09:48:00 AM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|This post was on the in-house Orbitz design forum. I think I have seen a variation of all of these at the companies I have worked for, and I am sure you have too. The forum even pointed out that we use #2 "The Flirty Customer Service Gal"|W|P|115090131018947888|W|P|Top Ten Stock Photography Cliches|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com6/20/2006 10:42:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Saturday Jos and I went to Southern Indiana to attend the wedding of a couple of our old friends and former floormates from IU. It was an outside wedding near a lake at a retreat/conference area in Henryville, IN. It was a little hot, but the ceremony was only 15 min long. The receptions was nice. Good food, nice music, and a great time to catch up with some friends we had not seen in 4 or 5 years. Chris and Kat currently live in NYC while Chris attends Fordham, pursuing his PhD in History. Kat is running your own business called Imagine: Health & Wellness. They are enjoying New York, but I think their plan is to move back to Indiana. There were two interesting instances of how small the world can be at the reception. First, the bar tender was a woman named Jes who we are acquainted with through Nina and David Alcorn, who were also there along with Mel and Zach). Also, my friend Ryan Amtmann teaches at the high school my friend Ryan McHale graduated from in Derry, NH. I took some pictures, I will have them posted in the next couple of days. Update: I have added the pictures from Chris and Kat's wedding I promised. I just noticed I did not get any of the bride or groom.|W|P|115086266099920062|W|P|Congrats to Chris and Kat|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com6/19/2006 01:27:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|Hilarious story about a somewhat creepy but funny usb drive.

read more | digg story|W|P|115074167745801473|W|P|USB Teddy Beat Holds Data, Scares Children|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com6/21/2006 06:48:00 AM|W|P| Anonymous|W|P|Jacob,

Don't get any ideas of creating a bear of your own from my collection!8/21/2006 10:42:00 AM|W|P| Rob|W|P|I am Ted's detachable head...

If Kavitha could find this, she would buy it for me. Thank goodness it's not actually in production.6/06/2006 04:15:00 PM|W|P|Jacob|W|P|What I into this Tuesday is gCal. Google Calendar has been around for a few months now. I have tried to play around with other internet calendaring applications and none of them ever took. The 6 months before gCal what released was filled with nerds speculating about its release. Finally it was let out and it rocked. You can set up multiple calendars and expose any number of them to the public or family and friends. I have two, right now. One is my normal personal calendar, like what I have going on after work. The other is an Out Of Town calendar. This includes when I am not going to be in Chicago (because I am among the people, my lovely readers) or when I cannot be out of town (because work demands I be near a computer, or because the people, my lovely readers, are coming to me). This one is shared with Joscelynn and what is amazing is that not only can Jos see this one, but she can update it. More often than not we leave or stay in town together. So if she cannot leave, I cannot leave and visa versa. You can also include public calendars from Google and other users. I currently have 3. US Holidays because ...well... I live in Illinois which is a US. German Holidays because, ich bin Deutschnerd. I also have a Chicago Event calendar so I can see what is going on in Chicago. (If you all know of some great calendars I should look into let me know. If they are cool I will blog them.) Obviously, there are some things I don't like about it. For instance, how am I supposed to know if people have commented on an event? There is no email notification. Check out Google Calendar. I think all you need now is a Google Account to get calendar, which you can get from the login page. I am guessing it works best with gMail. If you need a gMail account and do not want to give Google your cell phone number, let me know. I am always looking for good Grease Monkey Scripts and Firefox extensions for the stuff I am into so send those my way if you have them. And if there is something you think I should be into in the future pass it along.|W|P|114962853483349755|W|P|Put it on the Calendar|W|P|jacob.tomaw@gmail.com