http://diaryofasmartchick.com A smart's girl's inner world Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:33:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en March 20th is Obscura Day, a day designated for celebrating wondrous, curious and esoteric places. The celebration is going on in cities all around the world. There are special events going on at strange places ranging from visiting a dead body in a sculpture park in Lucas, Kansas to checking ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/03/tomorrow-is-obscura-day-celebrate-wondrous-things/ Check out that tiled OLED light wall. When it's not in use, it's a mirror. It's cutting-edge green technology but I'm just in love with it because it's a super-cool, fun, smart thing that would be neat to have in your home. Of course, it costs close to $7000 so ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/03/smartchick-wants-oled-light-wall-mirror/ I recently had the opportunity to do some research and writing into the t-shirt industry. One of the things that interested me most was that there are a lot of different ways to alter t-shirts and recycle t-shirts rather than just throwing them away when you don't want to wear ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/03/smartchick-at-the-blog-carnival-with-edgi/ Can you name someone who has been a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize? Probably (most of us can at least name one, right?). How about a non-human entity that has won the Nobel Peace Prize? That one might not be quite as easy for most of us to conjure ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/03/non-human-winners-of-the-nobel-peace-prize/ I was just reading an article in a design magazine about a very unique design approach that has been taken by a Japanese mental health clinic located in Tokyo. The design uses a variety of different tricks that would likely confuse the mind. For example, there are doors located all ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/03/can-mental-health-patients-be-aided-by-hidden-rooms/ When I first moved to San Francisco, the phrase "hella" was everywhere. It hadn't yet reached the rest of the nation so it sounded foreign and strange. To be honest, I still think it's a little bit weird when people use hella (or worse, hecka) to describe something. Nevertheless, I've ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/03/how-to-make-hella-an-official-number/ Sometimes I browse through the instant movies that are available on Netflix and I don't find anything at all worth watching. Sometimes I start a movie and get bored a few minutes into it. A lot of times I keep a movie on in the background while doing something else ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/03/smartchick-watches-echo-of-murder/ As I mentioned before, I'm one of the lucky 300 bloggers participating in Blog It Forward, an idea launched by SFGirlByBay. We're all writing about what inspires us personally. We're each being introduced by the blog before us (thanks to my intro blog, Diary of a Budget Fashionista!!) and we're ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/03/100-things-that-inspire-me/ 3D printing is something that is starting to take off in certain industries. It provides a way for you to work on creative projects that may be far more interesting and easy-to-understand than working on your computer screen might be. It also lets you create cool prototypes that can entice ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/02/invest-in-a-3d-printer-make-your-own-cool-shoes/ Way back in the mid 1980's, the city of Lima was about to do something progressive with green transportation. They were going to build an electric train. Unfortunately, the project never really took of. For all of these years, the ruins of the project have just been sitting there. They've ... http://diaryofasmartchick.com/2010/02/lima-gets-free-green-park-where-once-was-only-trash/