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If you miss the square pizza from school, the America's Test Kitchen blog, Feed, has instructions. Only better.

(Cue non-Americans going "Square pizza?")

Also, I found out today that Ciaran Hinds and Dame Diana Rigg are both going to be in Game of Thrones this series. CANNOT WAIT.

Ladybug season is here

Ladybugs are swarming! For values of "swarming" that mean "I usually see none, and now I see 5 or 6 whenever I go outside."

Not to mention their engaging in certain immoral, shocking behavior! In public even! It might scare the horses!

Recommendation!

Right, time to squee: After having spent MORE money on something suggested in it, I'm going to take the time to recommend a weekly newsletter for web designery-ish people that I'm subscribed to. It's the newsletter put out by the Webdesigner Depot blog, which comes out once a week and is packed with both free and pay resources for web designer-type people. Often at a discount, or with a coupon. I'm currently taking a class at Udemy.com for work on usability in web design that I got through the newsletter for 60% off, and this particular post is spurred by getting a logo design course at Udemy for half price. (And no, I'm not getting compensated for this, in case it sounds like a post-for-pay! I just want to say: if you do any sort of web design, sign up for it!)

I've also got a bookmark folder full of the free stuff they point out. :) For one, I'm running through a free Web typography course supplied at Hack Design that I found through the newsletter. (On work time, even! Because while my work highly encourages relevant continuing education, they really like free relevant continuing education.) I've also now got a digital library of Smashing Magazine ebooks, alas not for free, but bought in bundles after being pointed out by the newsletter.

Jewelry question!

So. As I totally avoid malls as much as possible, and I haven't bought jewelry other than my wedding ring and a pair of earrings and necklace because we got a coupon from the place Toby got his wedding ring, I find myself in need of help for finding place I can buy jewelry online or offline.

I've got a new haircut and I don't like it that much as it's too boyish (long story, may tell it later, a bit too short to fix for a few weeks). I feel the need to femme myself up, and the best way to do that id through accessorizing. Especially dangly earrings. And I'm considering actually buying stuff that coordinates, shocck! horror! instead of buying stuff at random, like I usually do.

So! Suggestions! My tastes tend to vintage, 1930s or earlier, silver or silver-colored, with colorful accents. I have a pair of large silver hoops that are my favorite earrings now, for example. Think the 1928 brand.

I tend not to like wrapped-wire stuff or earrings that are beads on wire. Things like elisem's works leave me cold, alas, for I love the stories and names she gives them! Although one of you gave me a pair of silver-wire hoops with simple beads strung on them that I wore for years until I lost one!

I'm mostly looking for earrings and necklaces. I've got plenty of pendants on long chains, but they don't work well with the necklines I'm wearing a lot of lately, and I break bracelets almost as soon as I put them on.