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How should I spend my “bucks” (points) on swagbucks?

Posted on the August 29th, 2010 under internet & technology by Sue

Swagbucks is a website at which you can randomly win “bucks” (or points) simply for searching the web. The bucks can be redeemed for a bunch of different prizes. Oh, did I mention that it culls search results from both Google and Ask? It’s a wonderful way to get free stuff for something you do anyway.


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Link me up

Posted on the August 15th, 2010 under internet & technology by Sue

I realize this is mostly very late in the game; I really meant to post this stuff a long time ago but that didn’t work out. Whoops. I apologize to those of you for whom this is all old news.

  • Not only is Iceland’s Prime Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, the first openly gay world leader, but she married her parnter, Jonina Leosdottir.
  • If the above isn’t reason enough to think Iceland is totally aweseome and worth visiting, the Icelandic Tourist Board launched this really cute tourist inititive called Iceland Wants to be Your Friend.
  • And in other unrelated linkage, have you guys seen The Seventeen Magazine Project? Essentially, this teenager decided to spend a month living by the sugestions in Seventeen Magazine and blogging about the experience. I realize the month she spent doing this is long over, but I thought it was worth the plug: this girl sounds very smart and self-aware and I really think she deserves a high-five, or something.

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This is how I spent my holiday

Posted on the July 5th, 2010 under internet & technology by Sue

This is how I spent my Independence Day. Yes, I realize that’s very sad.

Cafe World Level 50


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Farmville fun!

Posted on the July 3rd, 2010 under internet & technology by Sue

I’m sure you wish I’d shut the fuck up about Farmville already, but I wanted to share two things that made me happy today:

  1. They have Swiss items! This mutt-who-has-some-Swiss-heritage approves.
  2. I mastered level 1 of Coffee today.
    Farmville: Level 1 mastery for Coffee

I really do have every intention of posting something of substance here one of these days.


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Facebook Games

Posted on the July 2nd, 2010 under internet & technology,love& life by Sue

One of my problems seems to be that I’m not using my time for any practical or useful thing. I’d consider myself to be doing something useful if I were, say, reading a book. I enjoy reading, but I seem to lack the focus lately to actually sit down and read a book. I know some people read several books a week; I often find myself wishing I could do that because people who are well-read tend to strike me as being really smart (which isn’t to say that other people are stupid; also, just because someone seems smart doesn’t mean they actually are). But then I wonder if they’re really able to enjoy the books they read if they’re speeding through them so fast.

I spend way too much time on the computer, playing Facebook games like Farmville or Cafe World. I find these games addicting, but I don’t think they’re a particularly good use of time. I managed to “master” level three of cupcakes on Farmville, just in time for them to disappear. Here’s the proof:
Level three mastery for Farmville cupcakes

I wish I could spend less time on the computer and more time on things that actually matter.


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