noma = yum-a!

In my mission to eat at the world’s best restaurants I have now had the privilege to try out Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark. Noma has long been on my list of places to try after glowing reviews by pretty much everyone who has ever stepped foot in the restaurant. Since we were attending the lovely […]

fuck yeah, cilantro!

Malthe introduced me to a wonderful food porn tumblr called Fuck Yeah Cilantro. I love cilantro. The site has pretty much ruined me. Every time I put cilantro on something, I think “Fuck yeah, cilantro!”. Tonight I went a little bit overboard with my baked potato & some sriacha hot sauce.  But you know what? […]

edie is a very talented baby

Edie is very talented.  She can sing songs at 8 months old. We find it very entertaining. Da Da Da from Nerdgirl on Vimeo.

cheat the traffic gods with tomtom

I recently upgraded my little TomTom ONE with the newer and fancier TomTom 540 Go Live.  At first, it seemed a little silly to bother with the upgrade.  My ONE was a damned good little GPS.  It got me from point A to point B without any issues.  But, of course, I wanted to get […]

psycho tv at its best

The best thing is that the psycho and her fake London accent hail from Bakersfield.  I would like to say that despite having lived in Europe for 9 years, I do not have a fake London accent.  Hm.

what is in nerdgirl’s handbag

My handbag is like a blackhole filled with gadgets, cables and foreign currency.  I decided to document it for the world… 1) Lenovo Thinkpad X300 – this is typically interchangeable with one of my other laptops, so it could be a Sanyo NC10 or MacBook Air at any given day 2) Blackberry Pearl Flip 3) […]

dear bose customer service,

I received a letter in the post telling me that my order can not be processed. I would like to point out how completely worthless your e-commerce operation is and hope that you will review your pathetic processes in order to fix the ridiculousness of your current system. 1) My order could not be processed […]

kindle DX wishlist

I’ve been thinking more and more about the Kindle DX and why I don’t find it particularly useful for myself.  This then got me thinking about it from a student’s perspective and how it could be useful.  At the end of my internal brainstorm, I was left with a bad taste in my mouth.  In […]

Kindle DX – initial thoughts

Following the success of the Kindle 2, Amazon has announced the Kindle DX today.  It is a giant sized Kindle – 2 times the size of the original.  Other than that, it seems to have the same functionality as the regular Kindle with the only additions being an accelerometer that allows you to turn to […]