Today’s Starbucks Alter Egos are a two-for-one deal, from Brian and Hinedy, excuse me—I mean Heidi. It’s a rare moment—or is it—when the barista hands you not one but two misspellings. I’m sure Brian figured it out though—seems like his brain is so big it makes an impression.

Your colleagues don’t want to see your feet. None of them. Gleaned from answers given during a recent phone survey, the human resources company Adecco determined that when it comes to inappropriate office attire, wearing flip-flops were the biggest sin one could commit. Miniskirts were number two.

On July 1st, I celebrated Canada Day listening to the annual “Great Canadian Songbook” show at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan. And I led the mostly Canadian crowd in a rendition of O Canada.

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego comes from my NY1 colleague Tara Lynn Wagner, who says she’s used to getting Sara, Kara and even Tiara once in a while. But this time, she’s not exactly sure what the barista had in mind. Chev? Cherl? Neither do we.

Our apologies for the long disappearance today. There was a power problem at our hosting company that took our servers online. We’re back up now but weren’t able to update our content this morning.

Bay Gross, a Harvard computer science major, wanted a way to keep in touch with a friend who was spending the summer at a government internship. But like many corporate warriors, the friend was forbidden from using Facebook while at the office. Undeterred, Gross spent fifteen hours creating a program that turns anyone’s Facebook page into an Excel spreadsheet, innocuously titled, Daily Cash Reconciliation. Genius.

Author and Blogger John Huntington posted a fantastic time-lapse view of Monday’s Hudson River sunset and Macy’s 4th of July fireworks show. It only takes 20 seconds so watch and enjoy.

It’s back to school time! I rant about this every year when the first back-to-school ads show up in the newspaper. But this takes the prize for absurdity. I was in Target on Saturday night—three days after school let out for the summer—and they had already set up the “Back to School” section.

Ladies and Gentlemen: we have our winners! Thanks to everyone who entered the Pat’s Papers Canada Day Trivia contest.