More work posts to myself. Cool timelines on the web:
A Dickens Timeline Nicely realized concept utilizing Flash well. After taking a look at the Vintage Trends timeline, I like the Dickens Timeline better. More information is conveyed in the graphic space, but is easier to access.
Vintage Trends Fashion History Another neat concept, but not intuitive to figure out. I like the pop-up window explaining how to work the timeline, although the instructions need to be clearer.
The Plot: A Web of Connections Excellent graph explaining complex events leading up to the September 11 Attacks from the Washington Post.
Humor day: the latest edition of AdWeak is up. Even funnier is real life. Take, for example, this instant message conversation between TC and his friend Ben.
Sometimes I just get an overwhelming desire to go to the U.S. to shop. Yesterday, I found out about Shoshanna's clothing collection. Now, that is what I had in mind while creating my birthday outfit. I also like Stacia's designs. You can tell she trained at J. Crew, my favorite clothing store in the U.S. I'm also lusting after shoes at Naturalizer and Stuart Weitzman. If anyone has a few hundred (U.S.) dollars ready to drop on shoes for me, send the my way.
The true blog in this site, here are some sites I frequent.
Melissa likes to keep informed via CNN. However, I've always visited the New York Times. Sections I turn to first are Dining, Travel, Health, and Advertising. Forbes keeps me abreast of business' concerns. The Economist has two weekly newsletters on political and business events which keeps me from being an ignoramus even when I am caught up in the minutiae of life. Although in print I never miss the
New Yorker's The Talk of the Town, online I prefer the
Atlantic.
Guilty pleasures. I am a big fan of the WB's dramedy series, Gilmore Girls, now in its second season. My dad is taping the shows
for me while I am in Taiwan. In between videotaped installments of the show, I keep up by reading the scripts and looking at screen captures from GilmoreGirls.net, the best fan site. I am so glad that there are dedicated fans who have this kind of time on their hands who enable me to get my weekly Gilmore Girls fix. The characters are complex, the dialogue fast-paced, funny, and filled with references to literature and pop culture, and the interaction between mothers and daughters at times poignant and reminiscent of my own relationship with my mother.
Fup, the store cat at Powells, is a character I still don't understand, but I always enjoy reading about him in their bi-weekly newsletter. Visiting the bookstore is dangerous, since I often end up making a purchase...
