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By awesome webOS developer @funkatron - Lisa Brewster from Mento

I'll need to come up with a different categorization system, but Jamie's getting lumped in with the open source group for now. :) - Lisa Brewster from Mento

Doing a daily fast then eating dinner doesn't seem to have weight loss benefits. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

Current bathroom inspiration, but I can do way more awesome than that. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

""If cortisol is high and serotonin is low, you'll seek carbs and fats, but really heavy duty on the simple carbs -- sugar-based sweets like chocolate bars," Peeke says. The reason: Simple sugars are metabolized more quickly than complex carbs, so they offer a quick serotonin fix. If cortisol is way up but serotonin is relatively normal, a woman is more likely to crave a fat-carb combo without a huge sweet component, such as a bagel laden with cream cheese, Peeke says." - Lisa Brewster from Mento

I wonder if I could pull off this curtain effect to help separate my office area... - Lisa Brewster from Mento

"Oooh! i just did this! It was a long-awaited home improvement project for our big closet that had absolutely no light. We bought a few rope lights from home depot (like this: http://www.lampsplus.com/product...) and put them around the *inside* door frame in the closet. Since there's no outlet in the closet, we drilled a small hole (1/2 inch) near the floor and door frame, and lopped the light cord through it and plugged it in an outlet outside the closet. We lightly glued the cord along the baseboard, and its totally not noticeable. Even better, we hooked the whole thing up to a motion detector so the light automatically comes on when we walk into the closet. The detectors let you angle which way you want them to point, so if you're worried about it turning on when you walk by the closet, just mount it in such a way that it doesn't point out of the closet door and only "sees" you when you step through the doorway. Best part? The whole setup only cost about $30-$40, its energy efficient, takes up no space, and gets the job done!" - Lisa Brewster from Mento

My new bathroom is super tiny and dim, and this looks like a cute way to add extra light without taking up any space. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

we demoed CrowdFlower in the TechCrunch50 DemoPit last week on Tuesday with a live task in which we scanned images of a person’s business card and asked crowdsourced workers from the Amazon Mechanical Turk channel to write five kind words about the person based on what they saw. Here are some examples of what some workers said. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

Thorough yet easily digestible (ha) article on why the American industrial food system is so horrible. Good for introducing the issue to friends and family. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

They have some potentially cute laptop bags due this winter that I'd like to check out. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

"Aaaaand...cue flashbacks from the 2007 San Diego fires. =] Seriously though, stay safe. Keeping you guys in my thoughts." - Lisa Brewster

I wonder how that would look with a colored vase, or maybe dyed lace... - Lisa Brewster from Mento

I'd need a way bigger house to justify buying something this whimsical, but I love it! - Lisa Brewster from Mento

I'm sure they're a million billion dollars, but I like the lines. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

Love the pattern on the pillow, and that's my favorite color yellow. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

"sanding and cleaning the sideboard, painting the insides a rich red, painting the outer frame white (leaving the top natural wood), wallpapering the doors, and adding new modern hardware." - Lisa Brewster from Mento

"she used contact paper to cover the top and side, painted the frame in “green grapes” paint from ace hardware and the legs and wood on the handles a glossy cream color." Also, my kitchen cabinets have accents of about the same color, and they look horrid. Dark green and corals as shown here might help my kitchen be less awkward. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

I've been considering how I want to add a "wine shelf," but a hanging wine cabinet that I can use to add lots of color might be a better approach. Black frame and maybe orange, antiqued yellow, or modern gray interior? - Lisa Brewster from Mento

I love the golden uniformity! Of course the sunlight streaming through the honey adds so much extra sparkle, but this would still work in a hall or even over a couch...where I always want to take up a lot of space, but can't afford prints and paintings in the size I'd need. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

I like how the candles are set up - Lisa Brewster from Mento

Phrase accomplishments using the CAR method: challenge, action, results - Lisa Brewster from Mento

This is the ONLY PAGE ON THE INTERNET that lists the differences between the Roomba models (and there are still more that aren't even listed here). - Lisa Brewster from Mento

Built for iPhone, but most also work well on the Pre. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a nonprofit consumer organization with a two-part mission -- consumer information and consumer advocacy. It was established in 1992 and is based in San Diego, California. It is primarily grant-supported and serves individuals nationwide. - Lisa Brewster from Mento

"TOSBack keeps an eye on 44 website policies. Every time one of them changes, you'll see an update here." - Lisa Brewster from Mento

"Sprint pits the Pre against the iPhone 3G, Storm, and G1 in a comparison chart, noting that you'd be paying $149.99, $158.98, and $124.99, respectively, for equivalent plans." - Lisa Brewster from Mento

"Beans - cumin, cayenne, chili, oregano, parsley, pepper, sage, savory, thyme Breads - anise, basil, caraway, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, dill, garlic, lemon peel, orange peel, oregano, poppy seeds, rosemary, saffron, sage, thyme Fruits - allspice, anise, cardamom, Chinese 5-spice, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, ginger, mint Potatoes - basil, caraway, celery seed, chervil, chives, coriander, dill, marjoram, oregano, paprika, parsley, poppy seed, rosemary, tarragon, thyme Salads and Salad Dressings - basil, caraway, celery seed, chives, dill, fennel, garlic, horseradish, lemon peel, lovage, marjoram, mint, mustard, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sumac, tarragon, thyme Soups - basil, bay, chervil, chili, chives, cumin, dill, fennel, garlic, marjoram, parsley, pepper, rosemary, sage, savory, star anise, thyme Sweets - allspice, angelica, anise, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, ginger, lemon peel, mace, nutmeg, mint, orange peel, rosemary, star anise Tomatoes - basil, bay, celery... more... - Lisa Brewster from Mento

"Plants for Low-Light Bathrooms: • Bamboo • Begonia • Boston Fern • Cast Iron Plant • Chinese Evergreen • Ficus Benjamina • Heart-Leafed Philodendron • Orchid • Peace Lily • Spider Plant" - Lisa Brewster from Mento

"Essentially, the way it works is that for certain contacts you give them a call priority rating (one for the boss, wife, and kids; two for your mother; three for your mother-in-law; and four for Mary down the hall). Then, when you have an important calendar appointment, you enter a call priority rating and only phone calls from that rating or higher will get through, lower rated callers will go straight to voicemail." - Lisa Brewster from Mento