Who am I? I am a professional at being Ukrainian, sleeping, and tripping when no one is watching. My name is Lara Chelak. What is this thing? It’s a personal notebook of sorts; quick thoughts and musings on just about anything (although I’m a web-nerd at heart). I run a company and work as a full-time student in the great city of New York as well. Tumblr (3.0; @larachelak)http://larachelak.com/<a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/">Internet Meme Database | Know Your Meme</a>: <p>Wow. What an effective design for some thoroughly silly memes.</p>http://larachelak.com/post/438335252http://larachelak.com/post/438335252Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:57:59 -0500<a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/foursquare-introduces-new-tools-for-businesses/?src=tptw">Foursquare Introduces New Tools for Businesses - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com</a>: <p>Pivotal. </p>http://larachelak.com/post/438302202http://larachelak.com/post/438302202Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:41:22 -0500<a href="http://rajark.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/how-to-split-wordpress-content-into-two-or-more-columns/">How to Split WordPress Content Into Two or More Columns</a>: <p>Great solution!</p>http://larachelak.com/post/432869111http://larachelak.com/post/432869111Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:24:35 -0500<a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-of-best-wordpress-404-error-page-designs/">Best of Best WordPress 404 Error Page Designs</a>: <p>Note: make a 404 page like this!</p>http://larachelak.com/post/431288501http://larachelak.com/post/431288501Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:30:27 -0500<a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2007/11/14/easily-adaptable-wordpress-loop-templates/">Easily Adaptable WordPress Loop Templates: Basic Loops, Mullet Loops, and More.. • Perishable Press</a>: <p>Gotta love the Mullet Loop!</p>http://larachelak.com/post/428899545http://larachelak.com/post/428899545Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:52:44 -0500<a href="http://newmediatutorial.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/the-home-stretch-readings-and-assignments-for-the-rest-of-the-semester/">The Home Stretch: Readings and Assignments for the Rest of the Semester « New Media, New Democracy</a>: <p>Fun find.</p>http://larachelak.com/post/422684492http://larachelak.com/post/422684492Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:51:25 -0500<a href="http://crowdflower.com/">CrowdFlower</a>: <p>Outsourcing.</p>http://larachelak.com/post/421634365http://larachelak.com/post/421634365Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:29:56 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/europe/02history.html">World War II Figure Inflames Passions in Ukraine - NYTimes.com</a>http://larachelak.com/post/421070641http://larachelak.com/post/421070641Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:27:50 -0500<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/234248">George F. Will: Immature Men Won't Grow Up - George F. Will - Newsweek.com</a>http://larachelak.com/post/420543846http://larachelak.com/post/420543846Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:01:18 -0500<a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/02/how-to-salt-and-season-food-properly.html">How to Salt Food | Serious Eats</a>: <p>Salt salt salt!</p>http://larachelak.com/post/420111785http://larachelak.com/post/420111785Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:02:10 -0500““You can’t choose history. But it could have been different.””<br/><br/> - <em>Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian author, in <i>The Moscoviad.</i></em>http://larachelak.com/post/411570431http://larachelak.com/post/411570431Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:07:05 -0500<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/03/01/100301fa_fact_gessen">Ukraine after the revolution : The New Yorker</a>: <p>Obscene and absolutely demeaning article by the <i>New Yorker</i>. “Ukrainians practically are Russians” … right. I’d say go back to school, but most colleges don’t even teach or provide the academic means necessary to properly understand Eastern Europe at any level. Doesn’t ANYONE else realize that the current “president” of Ukraine is a convicted felon? (Voter fraud, rape, etc…)<br/><br/>Thank you, Columbia University, for being a small light in the storm.</p>http://larachelak.com/post/410472130http://larachelak.com/post/410472130Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:29:00 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/nyregion/23bigcity.html?ref=nyregion">On the Playground, All Is Sweet Until the Snowballs Fly</a>: <p>NYTimes: You’ve outdone yourself in terms of pretentiousness with this one. Say Dean & DeLuca one more time. How more out of touch with reality could you be?!</p>http://larachelak.com/post/407697144http://larachelak.com/post/407697144Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:32:16 -0500<a href="http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-302501.html">Ukrainian President starts using Twitter (Yushenko) </a>http://larachelak.com/post/407449995http://larachelak.com/post/407449995Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:58:48 -0500<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukrainian/entertainment/2010/02/100204_internet_ukr_is.shtml?s">BBC Ukrainian - Життя - Інтернет в Україні як право на інформацію</a>http://larachelak.com/post/405103272http://larachelak.com/post/405103272Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:26:29 -0500<a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-sacre-bleu-france-mulls-tax-on-web-ads-to-bail-out-old-media/">Sacre Bleu! France Mulls Tax On Web Ads To Bail Out Old Media | paidContent</a>http://larachelak.com/post/395897866http://larachelak.com/post/395897866Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:30:56 -0500journalismold media“Razorfish found that the primary drivers of “friending” or “following” a brand were promotions and discounts. Over one-third of social network users and 44 percent of Twitter users engaged with a brand through discount promotions.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://mashable.com/2009/12/08/social-media-promotions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29">HOW TO: Manage Successful Social Media Promotions</a></em>http://larachelak.com/post/395831097http://larachelak.com/post/395831097Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:53:20 -0500<a href="http://mashable.com/2010/02/07/social-gaming-education/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">How Social Gaming is Improving Education</a>: <p>I’ve always believed in this.</p>http://larachelak.com/post/395826477http://larachelak.com/post/395826477Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:50:07 -0500<a href="http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ukraina/study_in_ukraine/ukrainian_through_its_liv/">The Ukrainian Culture, Language & Literature Program : Ukrainian through its Living Culture</a>: <p>Hm… may give this a go in two summers :)</p>http://larachelak.com/post/395122543http://larachelak.com/post/395122543Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:47:42 -0500<a href="http://jesuskirkandvinny.tumblr.com/">Jesus, Kirk and Vinny</a>: <p>“Hi, I’m Vincent “Vinny” Van Gogh…artist, mad man, dead guy.I live with James T Kirk and Jesus in the City of Industry—where we pretty much just watch TV all day.This is my blog about it.”</p> <p><b>Latest favorite follow. </b></p>http://larachelak.com/post/384376115http://larachelak.com/post/384376115Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:13:22 -0500