The same thing, only better.

Thanks to everybody who voted for Lymabean - we made it to the final round! That means we were one of the top three in the preliminary voting.

This is where it really counts, so if you can find it in the deepest reaches your heart to do so, cast your vote. You can do so once a day, and it's only for 11 days (ends the 14th). Every little bit helps, right?

Here's where you vote:



And, like before, your vote won't go through until you click in the confirmation email.

Thanks!

It's been a long time.

Yeah, it's been a long time since I've put anything here - and now I'm asking for favors. Some friend I am.

But the truth is, Lymabean has been nominated for an Open Web Award, and that's a very cool thing. The site with the most votes moves into the final voting round, and we can use all the help we can get. You can vote once every day, so it would be tremendously cool if you could come back and vote often.

Here's how you vote - just put in your email address and hit "Vote now." Then go check your email... your vote will go through once you've clicked the confirmation email it sends you.

Thanks!

HSP'SD.

Happy St. Patrick's Day. I thought it might be worth taking the time to point out what I was doing this time last year, and mention that I'm wearing the shirt again today. I think I'll wear it every year until it disintegrates.

And for this year, St. Patty's would be nothing without the Notre Dame Lymabean.


More Bean logos/avatars here.

All the news that's fit to listen to.

I was listening to NPR yesterday, and the newsperson casually mentioned that pretty soon NASA will be shooting down an ailing spy satellite.

And I can't express how much that sounds like alien spy satellite.

NASA will be shooting down an alien spy satellite.

This is why I listen to the news.

My next project.

It bothers me that the days of the week don't go in alphabetical order.

Exhibit A:
MTWTFSS

We only have seven days of the week, and yet we double two of the letters already (two T's and two S's). We sometimes compensate by doing a two-letter abbreviation (Th for Thursday) but often we go for three letters (Thu), four (Thur), or everything before the "day" part (Thurs), just to make sure we distinguish the days correctly. Think of how much easier it would be if they were alphabetical.

Exhibit B:
ABCDEFG

Which brings me to another point. I'm tired of pretending Sunday being the first day of the week. Monday is very clearly the first day of the week, and the weekend comes after the work week is over. So, under the new model, instead of saying "We're open M-F 8-5," you would say "We're open A-E, 8-5," which is way more intuitive.

Here are my proposed names for the new days of the week:

I hope we can get this implemented soon.

lymabean = love.

So, I work for Lymabean. And it's awesome.

I knew the name Lymabean long before I knew what it was, so I assume that it's the same way for other people. Fear not - we're going to get that all straight.

While we're still a few weeks away from the beta launch, we finally have something to show. I spent some time this week, making a demo video, which you can find at lymabean.com. Click on the video link at the bottom and check it out. Go!

There's a bonus, too. You get to see what Lymabean's all about, of course, but the best part is that you get to listen to my voice tell you about it.

Blog writer's block.

I haven't been writing in my blog so much lately. Not nearly like I used to.

There are lots of things to blame it on, too. Probably the most pertinent is that I am now happily married, and thus don't spend my evenings alone on my computer. I could also blame it on a job I really enjoy, or living in an awesome place. Today, though, I'm going to blame it on having too many blogs. Sheesh.

With the creation of The Anger Blog, when something new happens I'm not sure where to write about it. So I compromise and don't write on either of them. Because I'm lame, mostly.

Either that, or my brain has stop producing thoughts.

President Hinckley, you will be missed.