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Laurie

calling all web developers!

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LEAP Design is seeking experienced VB.Net developers for freelance projects in Charlotte, NC. Please, no third parties or agencies. Experience with the following technologies is essential: ASP.Net — VB or C# — Web Forms — AJAX Toolkit — VS 2008 and VS 2005 SQL 2005 and 2000 jQuery Experience with the following could increase opportunities: ASP.Net — MVC framework — NHibernate — Web Services php MySQL Drupal WordPress Work would be project-priced or hourly. At this point there are no plans to convert position to full-time. Are you perfect for the job? Then by all means, contact us immediately! Do you know someone…

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winter olympics

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Was perusing the UH-MAZING Olympics photos from Boston.com’s Big Picture and I can’t stop staring at that one above. But go check them all out here and here — every one is pretty much incredible. Here are some of my favorites.

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shrinky dink valentines

By design, make something, monkeys2 Comments

When you’ve got that creative, um, inclination and you’ve got Elementary School aged kids, Valentines day can be a bit of a double-edged sword. Oh the possibilities! But oh, the work to get them all made for every kid in each of your kids’ classes. This year we went Shrinky Dinks. 54 of them. Zoe and Lucy decided we would make hearts for the girls and stars for the boys. We punched holes in them all. Then added some beaded chain. Lucy and Zoe love hanging things on their book bags, and they had that in mind as we created these….

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snow day

By food, go outside4 Comments

We got a sweet little snow last night — about 3 inches worth, light and packable — that coated our world with a crisp, bright frosting. And now it’s Saturday — the perfect time to make Snow Cream with the kids! Here’s our recipe: 1 1/2 cups Milk 2 tbs Sugar 1 tsp Vanilla Whisk together in a measuring cup. Pour a little bit over a bowl of snow (we use cereal bowls) and stir until it resembles the thickness of ice cream (not too soupy). Makes 4-6 bowls, depending on how much snow you use. Yum. And fun. It’s…

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hipster puppies

By funny ha haOne Comment

margi tells people she does “graphic design” for a living, but in reality does “nothing” ………….. Crystal turned me on to the tumblr site hipster puppies today and I cannot stop scrolling. The writing is so perfectly hipster du jour, and the crowd-sourced photos are crazy hilarious. It’s Stupid Pet Tricks meets Chai Lattes. (photo via mark h)

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mad men on the brain

By conferences, design, retro vintage ephemera, wearable8 Comments

Its February and you know what that means — Mom 2.0 Summit is coming! There are so many things at Mom 2.010 to be excited about that I can’t process it all, so I’ll take it step by step. Right now I’m spending time thinking about the Thursday night welcome party: Martinis, Music and Mad Men. What to wear? If you know me personally, you’ll know that clothes aren’t really my “thing.” I mean, I care what I wear, but I’d just as soon wear the t-shirt + jeans variation uniform every day if life would allow it (and mostly it does). But a…

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