Baron Fig Notebook

To this date, this is by far my favorite notebook. I take it with me everywhere. There are three types of paper for the Baron Fig Notebook: blank, ruled, and dot grid.

I purchased both the dot grid and blank version. The latter I use for sketching and the former, I use for planning my day.

Force Facebook Open Graph to Scrape on Publish in WordPress

On a recent project, the problem that we ran into is that on the first share Facebook has not scraped the content then it won’t pull the proper description or image for sharing.

Facebook debug tool allows you to test to see if Open Graph is being utilized properly for your content. The problem is many times once it has been “debugged” the API is just scraping the content so it has what it needs. You either have to wait until someone shares your content first, if that works well, or manually scrape it yourself.

New Awesome Bar in Google’s Chrome Canary

In Google’s Chrome Canary the awesome bar has been tweaked. Not a fan of the interface adjustment. From the perspective of a search engine, it makes sense. However, from the perspective of the user it is a bit more confusing.

Once the page has loaded, the URL is now in grey on the left hand side and the user can search on the right hand side. This reminds me of old versions of Safari but with a twist.

Nod: Gesture Control Ring

Is that a ring on your finger? Nod is a gesture control ring that lets you turn your movements into commands.


Nod uses micro-gestures ( swipe, rotate, multi finger and 3D gestures ) which are much more sensitive than traditional gestures that have been used previously.

It allows you to type in the air, control interfaces across the room, and even adjust a smart thermostat such as Nest.

Localized Product Designs: LG Microwaves

Inspired by a Pogo video, I researched the microwave displayed, and what I found was varying products depending on the geographic region.

American Microwave

The product geared towards Americans, a microwave / oven combination. Now you too can warm up pizzas, frozen foods, and biscuits. Talk about stereotypical fattening American cuisine. Leaves one wanting something to actually help you cook. Perhaps the goal was to focus on “heating”.

It even has an “Auto Pizza Mode” that “… automatically adjusts cooking times for fresh or frozen pizzas in addition to various baking treats and frozen foods.”