The cheese shoppe may have closed, but the bonds remain… this is Abbe’s former co-worker and our very good friend, Caroline. She now works at one of my client’s stores. She misses Abbe. A lot.

Small Business/Tech Links…

• The Top 10 Reasons You Need a Blog
• The Super Simple Guide to Using and Marketing Through Pinterest – Part One
• Perception is Worth 1,001 Words
• Mac OS X 10.7.3 hits Software Update, ready to plug bugs on your Wednesday
• Facebook files $5 billion IPO, values the company at nearly $100 billion
• Showcase of the Best Google Fonts
• The Anti-Piracy Discussion We Haven’t Had Yet
• Git For Designers (Part 1)
• “Think Profit.”
• How to Make Your Company More Social
• Anti-Patterns for Technical Leaders

Funny/Interesting Links…

• Far Side of the Moon Captured on Video for the First Time
• Fascinating facts about dreams
• I do what I want (26 Photos)
• The single greatest fast-food order ever placed at a drive-thru - more people like this guy in the world are needed
• A compilation of ridiculous lip readings from all of this year’s ridiculous presidential candidates
• Don Cornelius, Soul Train creator, RIP
• Kim Jong Un Looking at Things
• The Buffalo Beast’s 50 Most Loathsome Americans of 2011
• Top five regrets of the dying

I am really saddened by Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s decision to stop funding breast screenings to Planned Parenthood. I would like to hear more from Komen on this issue. But it appears that politics played a role in a group (albeit, a private one) that is supposed to promote women’s health cutting off funding to cancer screenings. I am not donating to Susan G. Komen until further notice. They are a private organization and I am a private citizen that can also choose where to put my hard-earned dollars.

I posted this on Facebook last night with a fairly simple statement, I am not donating until I hear more – the screenings they are going to be denying women could help save women’s lives against breast cancer. And what I got from friends was pure politics due to PP being an abortion provider.

I am looking at this as the father of a daughter, the son of an amazing mother, a future husband, and an ex-husband. And all of those women in the roles I just mentioned – all have incidents of cancer in their families. I ran 40 miles about a month ago to fight cancer with Team in Training. And I have no time or money for anyone or group that stands in my way to fight that disease.

To me, this is about fighting cancer, not congressional investigations (which seriously, there is zero legal requirement for an investigation to be started by Congress, so skip that – that IS purely political). And OK, if SGK’s motives were political, why not find a right wing cancer screening group of hospitals that you could donate those funds ear-marked for PP to provide those screenings for women in need?

SGK has made waves previously for their lawsuits against other cancer fighting non-profits for using the “for the cure” slogan. While legally they were fully acting within their rights, I have to ask, are you really fighting cancer or just spending the money you are raising to pay attorneys and talk to right wing lobbyists?

One last time, I get that SGK is a private organization and they can make their own choices. Just like I and millions of others can as we make our donations this year and in the future.

UPDATE: A petition has started, sign and share please if you care to do so.

Movie Reviews…

Cave of Forgotten Dreams – this was a pretty impressive documentary. Cave art that goes back 32,000 years filmed by Werner Herzog in 3D, awesome.

Small Business/Tech Links…

• SEO Tips for E-commerce Sites
• Writing Google Places Reviews to Improve Rankings
• Google clarifies what isn’t changing with new privacy policy
• Firefox 10 out now: full screen apps, fewer crashes, disappearing forward button
• How Lanyrd Uses HTML5 for a Great Mobile Web App
• Firefox Adds Powerful New Developer Tools
• The Other 99% of Entrepreneurs
• Wunderkit Launches Beta For Its Wunderbar-designed Productivity Platform - I’ll definitely try this out, I love Wunderlist

Funny/Interesting Links…

• Top 10 Racist Cartoon Moments - thanks David
• Peavey Builds An Auto-Tuning Guitar
• T-Rex trying things (11 Photos)
• How the 7 deadly sins look when applied to your workday
• Shockingly wise kids’ answers to questions about dating
• How to let your coworkers know you’re one cup of coffee away from an office rampage - this really doesn’t mean much to my officemates, Ziggy (cat) and Titan (dog), but I still love it
• The World of Corporate Logos as Seen By a Five-Year Old
• Breaking Bad as an 8-bit RPG

Oh boy, Abbe and I both woke up feeling crummy. There is a really bad stomach virus going around our town and wow, that would really not be good if I get knocked out of commission for a day or two. I’m launching an all-out vitamin assault along with hydrogen peroxide in the ears. I hope we can fight this off.

Small Business/Tech Links…

• Google Panda and Content Farms
• What Pinterest is Doing That Facebook Isn’t
• Turn Your Facebook Timeline Into a Movie
• Pricing Strategy for Creatives

Funny/Interesting Links…

• Join Twitter Today! Recruiting Video Is So Bad It’s Good
• The Swarm: Short Horror Film Made Entirely on Phones
• Chart reveals surprising #1 reason why women end relationships
• Oh Shit!
• Alyssa Talking Backwards
• The Muppets Attack Fox News
• Project Unbreakable
• Official 2012 Honda CR-V Game Day Commercial – “Matthew’s Day Off” Extended Version

I need to have a good day of coding today. My list of projects is in good shape, a few big ones that are moving slowly, a medium sized project with a short time to deliver, and plenty of smaller tasks to fill in the gaps. Those short little maintenance to do list items really do work well as a change of pace and help clear my head. Just gotta keep swimming…

Movie Reviews…

Warrior – this movie is formulaic and filled with cliche, but Warrior is also a pretty great sports movie.

Small Business/Tech Links…

• 7 Reasons Why Pinterest Isn’t Yet Ready for Tech Brands
• How to Start A New Business in Less Than 50 Hours
• 5 Signs of a Great User Experience

Funny/Interesting Links…

• 21 Must-Follow Pinterest Users
• 10 Hysterical Political Parodies on Twitter
• When high fives go wrong (Video)
• Beautiful Day at the Dog Park
• Do you still have somebody’s stuff?
• The Snowfield

Well, we got some bad news last night, pig stomach night has been postponed (hopefully for next weekend). So Viv is already pretty bummed, but I am glad that I will get to see Bubs play ice hockey this weekend and also get a lot of work done on a project with a very rapidly approaching deadline.

Bubs really did a great job on his Divisibility Rules Chart project for math last night. He had to stay up late finishing it off, but it looks pretty good and I love seeing him show some of his creativity… (check out those evil clowns)…

Movie Reviews…

Apollo 18 - although I do like both found footage (Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity) and sci-fi drama films (Moon), this movie was a pretty solid miss.

Small Business/Tech Links…

• SEO Short Cheat Sheets
• The Shady Practice Of Spinning Articles To Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties
• Optimizing Your Business Facebook Page for Maximum Hits and Return Visits
• Frictionless Sharing: 10 New Facebook Apps to Get You Started
• Scrollorama
• 10 Simple Google Calendar Tips and Tricks to Boost Your Productivity

Funny/Interesting Links…

• The most painfully obvious spelling mistakes ever seen in tattoos
• The most terrifyingly erotic aisle in Home Depot.
• If 2012 Oscar nominated movie posters were perfectly honest (16 Photos)
• Houses in the middle of nowhere (40 Photos)
• I do what I want (26 Photos)
• Boots and Cats