The episode of the Craftsanity podcast recorded at the Conference for Creative Entrepreneurs with Jennifer interviewing me is now available to listen to. I should warn you my brain stopped working half way through. (I wasn't expecting to record it in front of an audience! I became a bit overwhelmed, I admit.) Many thanks to Jennifer Ackermann-Haywood for the interview, I had fun! (Flickr photo by Maryjanesattic, thanks!)

A Whole Lotta Nothing: Q&A with John Scharffenberger: First wine, then chocolate, and now … tofu? :: The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing..

How To Make Your Own Glow Sticks, at Laughing Squid.

SUCCEED Blog: A collection of the world's most epic, awesome, mind blowing Succeeds. I have not mentioned how much I like Suceed Blog, it is a panacea to the many fail blogs.

Have Family Portraits Taken? Check! | Mighty Girl. Oh wow this made me laugh, and made me feel better about my half hour delay hair emergency for our portraits with Mastin Studio and how gracious and unaffected Kirk was about it.

What can I do for my guys? | Ask MetaFilter. I love the universal call for money or PTO over providing trinkets or paying for a party. As somebody who has worked for silly companies I can say I too found the offer of stuff for my extra time demoralizing.

xkcd: Sample. I find myself getting all Get Off My Lawn style uptight when NPR plays one too many stories with ambient traffic noise that is jarring to hear while you're driving.

The Magic of Fake Ice - Cubes, Slush, etc. (NOTCOT).

Craftzine.com blog : How To: Make Over an Old Bike.

On of the things that happened at BlogHer this year (I didn't go either, we should go next year!) was a celebration of the Voices of the Year and people (one of those was me) were asked to contribute a photograph that corresponded a nominated post, the images were curated by Kirtsy. They photographs displayed at BlogHer and now they are being auctioned off to raise money for The Nature Conservancy for Gulf cleanup.

The auctions are being released by group (Aug. 16-26: Life, Aug. 24-Sept. 3: Humor, Sept. 1-10: Op-Ed, Sept. 7-17: Geek/Nerdy) and the first one are up right now. Beautiful photos, great cause, art for your house.

7 Things to Love About The Stranger: An Illustrated Guide. | Design With Reason. I do love Seattle's free weekly newspaper.

Baby Seal Pinata. So wrong but so funny.

Origin of phrase "don't make me cut you"? | Ask MetaFilter.

How does a restaurant kitchen work? | Ask MetaFilter. The detailed responses from people who worked in restaurants are interesting, even after reading Kitchen Confidential and Heat.

What does it mean to be a "pastor's wife," anyway? | Ask MetaFilter. Interesting, I grew up Catholic so the experience of a church with pastors who have families of their own is very different from what I knew.

How can I help an autistic guy navigate "Facebook friends"? | Ask MetaFilter.

Seattle wants urban farms, but roosters need not apply, at the Seattle PI. Oh I do hope they ban roosters. We had two in our tightly packed neighborhood last summer and those, uh, nice birdies crowed all day long. It nearly drove me crazy, and it must have driven the owners crazy because none of the roosters stayed in the neighborhood for too long. The article mentions that some people claim it's no more obtrusive than a dog barking but I can tell that it really, really is.

More Misery! More Death! More Cruelty!: The Onset Of Dystopia Fatigue : NPR. On why people like Glee. Might I also recommend How I Met Your Mother?

The Ice Bulb, using LEDs frozen inside. At Instructables.

Brand hijacking | Ask MetaFilter.

What digital version of Infinite Jest should I buy? Kindle or iPad? | Ask MetaFilter. Asking specifically about the footnotes support for each device.

This Picture Was Taken 24 Miles In the Air With A Crappy Camera Attached To A Balloon, at Gizmodo. Neat.

Awesome podcasts? I'm looking for some really captivating, funny, and/or interesting podcasts to keep me occupied during a long, boring commute. | Ask MetaFilter.

Help me build an awesome care package for a band on tour. | Ask MetaFilter.

'This American Life' Completes Documentation Of Liberal, Upper-Middle-Class Existence | The Onion.

Tea & Cookies: Morel Mushroom Hunting, and A Life Lesson. That's it, morel hunting is going on my life list, if I ever get around to making one.

I am so sad to hear of the passing of Tobias Wong, I really liked the things he designed. One of the more recognizable things to me was the Sun Jar. Two articles on him: If It's Hip, It's Here: The Work Of Tobias Wong. May He Redesign Heaven. and Remembering Tobias Wong.

Video of a man exposed to total vacuum. At Kottke.

The High Definite » Nothing New To Report. Screenshots of a dozen tv shows where people are reading the same newspaper. And Slate's follow up article with the prop house.

Wasteland of material goods | Ask MetaFilter. "Our stores are full of billions of items. What percentage of these things actually get bought and used? What happens to it all in the end?"

Vintage seed bombing | Ask MetaFilter. Trying to find a better container for seed bombs than latex balloons. I really like the suggestion to use filled eggshells instead.

They're making a Dark Crystal sequel. At Kottke.

smug archive. At Kottke. This is way more important to me than I'm making it out to be right here as I'm all calm and nonchalant. See? Nonchalant.

iPhone Game or Not, 'Portal' is Free and You Should Download It | Touch Arcade. OMG!

What's the middle ground between "F.U!" and "Welcome!"? | Ask MetaFilter. I stumbled upon this response to an etiquette question (from 2007!) recently. Read the comment linked to first, then scroll to the top, read the question and skim your way down through the comments. It's the best lesson in etiquette and behavior I've found in years. And I'm a person who openly admits I find subtext, subtlety and body language completely incomprehensible until I've had a few years to mull it over. Also note the number of people who have favorited that particular comment, it makes me feel less alone.

Fallen Princess. This is the weblog of Christina Kelly. Yes, that Christina Kelly, the one from Sassy magazine. Note my nonchalance (see above), it will indicate how very excited I am right now.

Like playing video games? Here are a few things you might be interested in.

Thing #1: I'm sure you've already heard this but just in case I'm going to let you know that right now Portal is free, gloriously free, for Mac and PC through May 24th. This is a promotion by Steam to help announce that they can now deliver games to Macs. If you've never played Portal I encourage you to do so. Go on. (Portal 2 is coming this winter, I'm so very excited.)

Thing #2: Puzzle Bots by Erin Ryan, aka Lively Ivy is out and available to buy. This is a retro style adventure game where you control a set of tiny robots. It's terribly fun (I'll post more once I've played further), but you can read more about it here and there is a review at Jay Is Games.

Thing #3: Consider buying the Humble Indie Bundle. It is six games - World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugara, Penumbra Overture and Samorost 2 - all from indie developers offered without DRM and at whichever price you'd like to pay. You even get to decide where your payment goes, charity, developers, or a combination of both. All games are offered for Mac and PC. I bought the bundle specifically for Samorost 2 and Aquaria. (p.s. If you find the combat bits of Aquaria frustrating email me, I have a simple fix for you.)

Essential life skill: making roses from straw wrappers | How About Orange.

Cheap BYOB/F party venue in Seattle | Ask MetaFilter.

Finding awesome jobs. At Kottke.

Clean Air Tree (NOTCOT). Neat and very green packaging.

suspect and fugitive. S&F is doing a month of giveaways for her awesome pun-tastic cards which are also masterful pieces of art. Five winners a week for a month and it's so worth entering.

What are your best recommendations for curing a hangover? | Ask MetaFilter. The thread includes links to this article at the New Yorker and this one at Lifehacker. Good luck everybody.

Deskunking Dogs, Cats, and Other Pets. Via Neil Gaiman on Twitter.

The last zipper man standing, at Kottke. When I had my small business I used to buy zippers from Feibusch and he always took care of my questions personally, I appreciated that.

shelterrific » kinda genius: google envelopes.

Make: Online : Simulated swimming pool with room inside. This is so very cool.

Color Survey Results « xkcd.
"Nobody can spell fuchsia."

You Should Read iZombie | The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper.

Does Lady Gaga do her own grocery shopping? | Ask MetaFilter.