Sara Bareilles - Love Song

March 25, 2008 | 8:29 pm

While quite popular after her free Apple iTunes debut many months ago, I’m a bit late in stumbling upon Sara Bareilles’ latest tune entitled “Love Song”. I’m pretty much at a loss as to how she came across my surfing travels - but nonetheless, this tune has been stuck in my head ever since.

Be sure to check out the usual places - Wikipedia, her own Web site, or even MySpace if you need even more material.

I’m a casual listener of Maroon 5, which she actually has some history with - hanging around in the same circles while working on their music degrees at UCLA. But there’s just a really natural, soulful sound to Sara’s voice, similar to another favorite singer of mine, Norah Jones. (I might put Vanessa Carlson in there as well, but her music is becoming more hit and miss to me lately…)

For the important part, the song sample…

Download Play Play Low Fidelity Sara Bareilles - Love Song - (Song Sample)

While I was visiting Sara’s Web site for more info, music clips and what not, I found the video to this song being actually quite good in it’s story telling as well. Feel free to play a bit of it on YouTube (the embedded video is disabled for some reason…) Not the best quality for sure - but you get the idea.

Of course while there’s plenty for the ears to enjoy, you can’t help but not enjoy Sara’s visual appeal as well…

Sara Bareilles - Love Song Capture

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Home Office Furniture

March 06, 2008 | 10:42 pm

I’m almost a week into my new job with HP and it’s been going pretty good so far. Mostly getting organized, filling out paperwork, getting my training scheduled and underway… You know - the normal points of a new hire. (I will say, I’ve been overly impressed with how easy everything has gone including a working laptop and VPN on my first day of employment…)

One of the other items I’ve been wrapping up this week if figuring out my home office needs. Since I’m essentially a telecommuter in the full time sense, having an efficient and organized home office was needed. I was already “sharing” one of our bedrooms as a project music studio - slash - wrapping station - but with being now being stationed at home, the bedroom is now officially an office.

Scouring the Web for some insight into SOHO requirements, I’ve now settled into essentially modular furniture. It’s sturdy, easy to assemble, can be shipped and brought upstairs easily, and is actually pretty cost effective. Granted - I’ve dreamed of having a large bookcase-lined office made of mahogany with an executive desk right in the middle. The thought of engineered fiberboard with laminate tops doesn’t necessarily scream HGTV style, but I’m okay with being practical for now. Actually - I’m pretty excited since my new furniture from Office Depot is arriving tomorrow!

Now even though I ended up ordering my furniture from Office Depot, Staples actually has a very cool Web site called Master Plan Office Simulator that lets you “design” your furniture layouts with a simple CAD type flash application. After putting in my room dimensions, windows & doors - I just moved some furniture pieces around and came up with these pretty cool designs:

Home Office Design 1

Home Office Design 2

I know it’s only furniture - but I’ve been in an 8×6 foot cubical for the last 9 years. It was time to spread out a little bit with some extra storage and desk space. It should make for an extended assembly weekend for sure. I’ll get some real pictures up after everything is put together… What was on my list?

  • 361821 - Bush Components Bow-Front Desk Shell
  • WC24461 - Bush Components 60″ Credenza
  • WC24424 - Bush Components Return Bridge
  • WC24462 - Bush Components 60″ Hutch
  • WC24412 - Bush Components Open Single Bookcase
  • WC24453 - Bush Components 3-Drawer Pedestal
  • 456040 - Bush Universal Utility Drawer
  • 362451 - Bush Universal Keyboard Shelf
  • 883108 - Bush Light Pack

You can peruse the Bush Web site for little thumbnails… Fun little guys huh?

wc24412wc24424wc24446wc24453wc24461wc24462

Too bad those little pieces of furniture don’t look like my Heart Attack Grill girls…

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What’s Your Balance Sheet Look Like?

March 04, 2008 | 9:21 am
Rank
Country
Current account balance
1
 China $ 363,300,000,000
2
 Japan $ 195,900,000,000
3
 Germany $ 185,100,000,000
4
 Saudi Arabia $ 88,890,000,000
5
 Russia $ 74,000,000,000
6
 Switzerland $ 67,890,000,000
7
 Netherlands $ 59,280,000,000
8
 Norway $ 55,820,000,000
9
 Kuwait $ 51,490,000,000
10
 Singapore $ 41,390,000,000
11
 United Arab Emirates $ 36,110,000,000
12
 Algeria $ 31,500,000,000
13
 Sweden $ 30,190,000,000
14
 Canada $ 28,460,000,000
15
 Malaysia $ 25,930,000,000
16
 Taiwan $ 24,700,000,000
17
 Hong Kong $ 19,870,000,000
18
 Iran $ 19,000,000,000
19
 Finland $ 17,120,000,000
20
 Venezuela $ 17,020,000,000
21
 Nigeria $ 14,610,000,000
22
 Angola $ 13,640,000,000
23
 Austria $ 12,610,000,000
24
 Libya $ 11,710,000,000
25
 Luxembourg $ 11,300,000,000
26
 Belgium $ 11,040,000,000
27
 Indonesia $ 10,210,000,000
28
 Brazil $ 10,200,000,000
29
 Thailand $ 8,619,000,000
30
 Chile $ 8,184,000,000
31
 Iraq $ 7,802,000,000
32
 Qatar $ 7,733,000,000
33
 Azerbaijan $ 7,535,000,000
34
 Argentina $ 7,438,000,000
35
 Philippines $ 6,700,000,000
36
 Korea, South $ 5,950,000,000
37
 Israel $ 5,941,000,000
38
 Denmark $ 4,699,000,000
39
 Trinidad and Tobago $ 3,884,000,000
40
 Oman $ 3,785,000,000
41
 Egypt $ 3,115,000,000
42
 Uzbekistan $ 3,045,000,000
43
 Botswana $ 2,231,000,000
44
 Peru $ 2,045,000,000
45
 Bahrain $ 2,009,000,000
46
 Burma $ 1,676,000,000
47
 Gabon $ 1,626,000,000
48
 Bolivia $ 1,325,000,000
49
 Congo, Republic of the $ 1,094,000,000
50
 Namibia $ 1,065,000,000
51
 Cote d'Ivoire $ 1,056,000,000
52
 Turkmenistan $ 689,300,000
53
 Bangladesh $ 683,000,000
54
 Morocco $ 433,900,000
55
 Papua New Guinea $ 314,000,000
56
 Equatorial Guinea $ 250,000,000
57
 Yemen $ 178,000,000
58
 British Virgin Islands $ 134,300,000
59
 Cook Islands $ 26,670,000
60
 Palau $ 15,090,000
61
 Macedonia $ 5,000,000
62
 Tuvalu $ 2,323,000
63
 Samoa $ -2,428,000
64
 Tonga $ -4,321,000
65
 Comoros $ -17,000,000
66
 Kiribati $ -19,870,000
67
 Swaziland $ -26,710,000
68
 Lesotho $ -28,000,000
69
 Vanuatu $ -28,350,000
70
 Gambia, The $ -31,690,000
71
 Micronesia, Federated States of $ -34,300,000
72
 Anguilla $ -42,870,000
73
 Belize $ -54,000,000
74
 Sao Tome and Principe $ -58,000,000
75
 Paraguay $ -73,000,000
76
 Antigua and Barbuda $ -83,400,000
77
 Tajikistan $ -102,000,000
78
 Burundi $ -137,300,000
79
 Seychelles $ -141,000,000
80
 Chad $ -144,500,000
81
 Togo $ -165,500,000
82
 Rwanda $ -172,800,000
83
 Guinea $ -175,000,000
84
 Malawi $ -180,000,000
85
 Haiti $ -184,800,000
86
 Cape Verde $ -218,000,000
87
 Guyana $ -229,700,000
88
 Uganda $ -241,000,000
89
 Benin $ -278,800,000
90
 Eritrea $ -343,100,000
91
 Laos $ -355,000,000
92
 Uruguay $ -400,000,000
93
 Cambodia $ -410,000,000
94
 Malta $ -411,000,000
95
 Armenia $ -440,000,000
96
 Honduras $ -446,000,000
97
 Fiji $ -465,800,000
98
 Cameroon $ -501,000,000
99
 Zimbabwe $ -538,000,000
100
 Mauritius $ -552,000,000
101
 Moldova $ -569,000,000
102
 Ecuador $ -600,000,000
103
 Kyrgyzstan $ -677,300,000
104
 Mozambique $ -726,000,000
105
 Cuba $ -750,000,000
106
 Burkina Faso $ -752,000,000
107
 Nicaragua $ -754,000,000
108
 Zambia $ -856,000,000
109
 Panama $ -861,000,000
110
 Albania $ -918,000,000
111
 El Salvador $ -929,000,000
112
 Tunisia $ -935,000,000
113
 Kenya $ -980,000,000
114
 Senegal $ -1,034,000,000
115
 Sri Lanka $ -1,118,000,000
116
 Madagascar $ -1,145,000,000
117
 Slovenia $ -1,165,000,000
118
 Vietnam $ -1,199,000,000
119
 Cyprus $ -1,236,000,000
120
 Costa Rica $ -1,259,000,000
121
 Tanzania $ -1,422,000,000
122
 Jamaica $ -1,573,000,000
123
 Georgia $ -1,582,000,000
124
 Jordan $ -1,690,000,000
125
 Guatemala $ -1,772,000,000
126
 Ethiopia $ -1,851,000,000
127
 Ghana $ -1,885,000,000
128
 Dominican Republic $ -1,993,000,000
129
 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ -2,021,000,000
130
 Syria $ -2,160,000,000
131
 Serbia $ -2,451,000,000
132
 Belarus $ -3,056,000,000
133
 Estonia $ -3,092,000,000
134
 Slovakia $ -3,119,000,000
135
 Lebanon $ -3,337,000,000
136
 Iceland $ -3,384,000,000
137
 Croatia $ -3,836,000,000
138
 Ukraine $ -3,890,000,000
139
 Sudan $ -4,465,000,000
140
 Kazakhstan $ -4,643,000,000
141
 Colombia $ -5,132,000,000
142
 Lithuania $ -5,320,000,000
143
 Mexico $ -5,414,000,000
144
 Czech Republic $ -5,701,000,000
145
 Latvia $ -5,839,000,000
146
 Pakistan $ -6,477,000,000
147
 Hungary $ -6,681,000,000
148
 Bulgaria $ -7,189,000,000
149
 New Zealand $ -9,973,000,000
150
 Ireland $ -12,600,000,000
151
 Poland $ -18,130,000,000
152
 India $ -18,530,000,000
153
 Portugal $ -18,530,000,000
154
 South Africa $ -20,060,000,000
155
 Romania $ -20,950,000,000
156
 France $ -35,940,000,000
157
 Turkey $ -36,270,000,000
158
 Greece $ -36,400,000,000
159
 Australia $ -50,960,000,000
160
 Italy $ -57,940,000,000
161
 United Kingdom $ -111,000,000,000
162
 Spain $ -126,300,000,000
163
 United States $ -747,100,000,000
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My Mom Can Kick Your Mom’s…

March 04, 2008 | 9:10 am

Chuck E. Cheese Logo

A child’s birthday party at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant was cut short after a fight broke out between two mothers. Natick police said the mom of the 9-year-old birthday boy apparently became enraged because the other woman’s son was “hogging” an arcade game.

Sgt. Paul Thompson said Catherine Aliaga, 38, and Tarsha Williams, 33, both of Boston, would be summoned into court to answer charges of simple assault and battery stemming from the scuffle.

Thompson told the MetroWest Daily News that police received a number of 911 calls about the fight Saturday night.

He said what started as a birthday celebration turned into a “birthday melee.”

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Apple GUI Delights

March 03, 2008 | 10:30 pm

Apple has had their Aqua GUI interface for some time now. This is nothing new… But I’ve always been secretly mesmerized by the simplicity of the style. Almost like my fascination with flashing lights! In any case… I came across an image that made me want to brush up on my Photoshop skills (I’ve been really out of practice for the past 10 years!).

I present:

Apple Blue Ball

Can I have one? Perhaps I’ll find it looking for some Photoshop tutorials… Isn’t there just a filter I can download? It’s so sweet to see 3D objects made with 2D design tools.

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