NerdSpawn
Dork: Computers, MMOs, Web-forums and Fantasy Sports.
First-and-only-time mother.
Amateur cook and garden-dabbler.
Professional complainer.
NerdSpawn Recent Blog Posts
WordPress CMS: Plugin Must Haves
on Feb 10, 2009 in Wordpress Working from Home Register Plus Role Scoper Simple:Press Forum Website Creation Wordpress CMS I’m a stay-at-home’r. After being offered to build my work’s site, I gave it a go despite being a complete novice. Once I decided to go down the CMS route and ultimately decided on WordPress as the back-end of choice, I entered unkn...
From one obsession to the next…
on Feb 9, 2009 in Dork Stuff Online Gaming So, I’ve been away … forever. Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Years and Happy Valentines (to come). It has been a long, long time. Been back to the US over Christmas. Ugh. Not that it was “ugh” going to the US.
Mad Men Returns
on Feb 9, 2009 in TV UK TV BBC 2 Mad Men Tonight on BBC 2 BBC 4, the second season of Mad Men will begin. Haven’t seen a more stylish show in quite some time. Can’t wait! Posted in TV, UK TV Tagged: BBC 2, Mad Men...
Chivalry Not Dead … but should be?
on Oct 6, 2008 in American in the UK Expat Life We had a dead car sitting in the driveway for over a week. Initial hunches pointed to the battery. Called my father for some advice, as I do in these situations. - Having replaced a battery before, I took it upon myself to go ahead and get under the...
Another (UK) Food Post
on Oct 6, 2008 in American in the UK Expat Food As much as I like to complain about the lack of choice here where we live, we can drive into Glasgow and buy peanut or coconut mochi and pancit noodles. It’s not that bad, really. It’s mostly the convenience factor that’s lacking. I...
Facebook. Oh god.
on Oct 2, 2008 in Dork Stuff Internet I’m not sure why I did it. Well, I do, really. I’m a thoroughly, 100% bonafide nosy person. But my alternate, legitimate excuse is: you can share pictures with people easily. Finally, I succumbed to Facebook. Well, for at least half a yea...