I make stuff for a living. Some of that stuff includes Sabotage, PugSpot and TrackThePack. Twitter: @ShpigfordTumblr (3.0; @shpigford)http://jo.shpigford.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4xzly2BzO1qz4kkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Baxterz!</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/762320216http://jo.shpigford.com/post/762320216Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:05:52 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4xj77x0wB1qz4kkp.jpg"/></p> <p>So I’ve got a small obsession with Starbucks Frappuccinos. Specially, the bottled ones you’d buy at a gas station or grocery store. The ones you get at Starbucks are usually too rich for me (minus the Java Chip flavor!). </p> <p>Since Savannah was born (over 10 months ago) I’ve been drinking these things like water.</p> <p>Then a couple of months ago, Ashley had the great idea of me just making them myself instead of forking over a bunch of moola, not to mention they’d probably be healthier (however healthy coffee, cocoa and sugar could be).</p> <p>So, after trying out a few recipes we found online, I finally tweaked mine to be just right.</p> <p>It doesn’t taste exactly like what you’d buy at the store, but it’s still magically delicious.</p> <p>So here’s the lowdown on how to make your own. I actually kept a few of the frapp bottles I had purchased before, and just make them in those, but you could put this in anything, obviously.</p> <p><strong>Ingredients</strong><br/> 1/2 tablespoon instant coffee <br/> 1/2 tablespoon cocoa powder (could probably use chocolate syrup as an alternative) <br/> 1 tablespoon sugar <br/> 1 cup milk</p> <p><strong>Directions</strong><br/>Combine all the dry ingredients and mix them well.</p> <p>Poor in the milk.</p> <p>Shake like polaroid picture. Seriously. Shake it. A lot.</p> <p>Typically, the cocoa powder doesn’t dissolve very quickly, but I usually make mine the night before and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight so it’s super chilled in the morning and by then the cocoa has dissolved. If you don’t want to wait, the chocolate syrup I mentioned would probably be a better bet for you.</p> <p>So, there you have it!</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/761357770http://jo.shpigford.com/post/761357770Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:12:35 -0500starbucksfrappuccinorecipe<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4we96PeOx1qz4kkpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>2 hours of mouse movement <a href="http://iographica.com">tracked</a>. The circles are when my mouse didn’t move for a period of time.</p> <p><em>(Hat tip to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/luxuryluke/4752211919/">Luke Dorny</a>)</em></p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/758965631http://jo.shpigford.com/post/758965631Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:27:05 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4w7l6AnPm1qz4kkpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/07/01/peru.levithan.whale/index.html?hpt=C1">‘Sea monster’ fossil found in Peru desert</a></p> <p>Gotta love sea monsters!</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/758539169http://jo.shpigford.com/post/758539169Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:03:06 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://jo.shpigford.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/757518464/tumblr_l4vq4nokC41qz4kkp&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>From Delphic’s new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Acolyte-digital-booklet/dp/B003SAHWPU/">Acolyte album</a>. So. Good.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/757518464http://jo.shpigford.com/post/757518464Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:45:59 -0500<a href="http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=13390">Amazon, Woot, and You: But Mostly Woot</a>: <p>Probably the greatest email a CEO has ever sent. Ever. Of all time. Definitely worth reading the whole thing.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/757347061http://jo.shpigford.com/post/757347061Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:29:02 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4s1z21Gsn1qz4kkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Determined to catch whatever little creature keeps digging this hole…</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/749574131http://jo.shpigford.com/post/749574131Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:11:17 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47znxTm5Q1qz4kkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cheeeeeez!</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/712009361http://jo.shpigford.com/post/712009361Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:09:26 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47trdkVL91qz4kkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ashley’s whipping up some eggplant for Savannah to try today.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/711682022http://jo.shpigford.com/post/711682022Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:01:57 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47pt08Q1j1qz4kkpo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dribbble.com/players/craighenry">Craig Henry</a> pretty much consistently makes me punch myself in the face. He’s only capable of producing pure awesome.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/711472644http://jo.shpigford.com/post/711472644Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:36:36 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l466e3uQiw1qz4kkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>She does this all day…just sits and stares waiting for me to acknowledge her.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/708573883http://jo.shpigford.com/post/708573883Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:39:33 -0500<a href="http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/detail.html/herbal-teas/sleepytime">Sleepytime Herbal Tea - Celestial Seasonings</a>: <p>Have been drinking a mug full of this stuff at night. Could be completely psychological, but I get reeeeeeallll sleepy after I drink it.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/706486941http://jo.shpigford.com/post/706486941Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:26:46 -0500<a href="http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/2010/06/14/iphone-gui-psd-v4/">iPhone GUI PSD Version 4</a>: <p>From the good folks at Teehan+Lax…an updated iPhone GUI PSD for iOS4. Good stuff, folks. Good. Stuff.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/706477114http://jo.shpigford.com/post/706477114Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:23:21 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l44akwVVEi1qz4kkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Baxter.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704996872http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704996872Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:14:52 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l444tx9YYl1qz4kkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Savannah<br/><br/> <img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l444tx9YYl1qz4kkpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Baxter as a puppy<br/><br/> <p>Today Savannah is 10 months old and Baxter is 5 years old.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704687253http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704687253Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:10:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l441m3Fbec1qz4kkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Frame for some motion junk I’m working on. Imagine those glowing orb things spinning really fast and then bursting into miniature a-bombs. BOOOMM!</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704531480http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704531480Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:01:15 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l43yjmxEVS1qz4kkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s a beautifully woodsy morning.</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704393531http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704393531Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:54:52 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l42vkw3Zac1qz50x3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/702403440/svijet-oko-nas-the-world-around-us-is-a-1960">mrgan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Svijet Oko Nas</em> (“The World Around Us”) is a 1960 encyclopedia published in the ex country of Yugoslavia. This is where I grew up, and I had the encyclopedia. I wondered if it was really wonderful only in my memory, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35213081@N04/sets/72157613532755448/">these scans</a> by Sandra Eretovic confirm that it is indeed gorgeous in reality as well.</p> </blockquote>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704294966http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704294966Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:06:49 -0500<p><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:527673" width="512" height="319" wmode="opaque" type="application/futuresplash" flashvars="configParams=id%3D1641468%26vid%3D527673%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A527673%26instance%3Dvh1" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" base="."></embed></p> <p>“Little Tater Tot’s crying man!” Haha, love this show! <a href="http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/527673/taking-care-of-the-baby-test.jhtml">Dad Camp on VH1</a></p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704292124http://jo.shpigford.com/post/704292124Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:05:33 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="225"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=5239398&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5239398">CRAZY ENOUGH - Title Sequence</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/jrcanest">Jr.canest</a>)</p>http://jo.shpigford.com/post/701204381http://jo.shpigford.com/post/701204381Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:22:41 -0500