it’s sunday and that means it’s time for another round of Star Struck, a post series where i share a post that i ‘starred’ in Google Reader sometime this week for any number of silly reasons.

ok…honestly, i want to highlight a non-lifehacker post…but their information is just so darn unique and helpful. so, here’s a plea for everyone else in my reader to step it up so that this occasional post-series can be more than a lifehacker regurgitation!

that said, our friends @lifehacker have done it again with a great how-to on an unusual neck-tie knot.

their post illustrates (with video) the procedure of tying a ‘merovingian’ knot (per the uber-stylish folks of the Matrix).

since i can’t recommend the video they embedded (since so many people have a hard time speaking without coarseness), here’s another version:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tVqtnM8izE&feature=related[/youtube]

gotta say…it’s an ugly knot.

BUT, it has inspired me to learn a new knot for an upcoming wedding.

so come on fellows, what knot do you use?

single windsor?

double windsor?

the-knot-my-dad-taught-me?

lay it on me.

it’s sunday and that means it’s time for another round of Star Struck, a post series where i share a post that i ‘starred’ in Google Reader sometime this week for any number of silly reasons.

today’s installment is, once again, courtesy of the fine folks over @lifehacker, whose post on wednesday the 15th provided a possibly fantastic resource.

it’s called ContactHelp and it’s a web database that gives you tips, helps and techniques to getting through automated customer service lines and connected to a real life person. GOLD!

it was definitely star worthy, so, head over to lifehacker and read about it yourself.

i think i’m going to try something new on sundays, as SOME of you complained about the What Has Your Blog Been Saying post series.

so, in an effort to provide a higher level of content on everyone’s least internetted day, i have decided to share a post that i ‘starred’ in Google Reader sometime this week.

today’s inaugural starring highlights a Lifehacker post from saturday entitled: 50 Swanky Icon Sets For Macs.

i’m a sucker for icons and, frankly, any glossy graphics that i can stare at for hours at a time.

head over and check out these swell drawlings, then customize your desktop! you’ll be the envy of your cubicle!