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Building with WordPress: From sketch to prototype to company website in 5 hours: Aptana, YahooUI CSS

Building with WordPress: From sketch to prototype to company website in 5 hours: Aptana, YahooUI CSS.

a simple workflow

Were the Vulcans really the coolest of all?

announcement address about the ‘new’ Star Trek Online that is going back into production. This is one MMORPG I could see playing…

Leonard Nimoy is the MC.

http://www.startrekonline.com/

Pan of Rama

been meaning to post this picture I made years back. it’s kinda cool.

and pretty huge: 8mb version here

R.I.P. Chef (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008)

ah damn, we lost Chef :(

chocolate-salty-balls

The Eight Fold Pith* - 08:08am 08/08/08

On this day, and at this time, I find myself reflecting on my favorite number.

The luscious and curvy No. 8.

Thinking back on my early years, learning to count, learning to write, building items into clusters of 2, 4, 6, 8! I never knew just how much I DID appreciate the comfort of round, slightly bottom heavy numbers, taking them for granted.

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X-Men Origins: Wolverwho??

“I believe peeing my pants was a totally acceptable thing to do, in this circumstance”, I said saucily.

something to look forward to next year…

6 Tips on Adding a Forum to Your Blog

6 Tips on Adding a Forum to Your Blog

These are less about the technical aspects and more about how to ‘work it, baby’. Good tips… here they are summarized:

  • Presell it
  • Start with Passionate Users
  • Find Leverage Points
  • Empower Key Users
  • Incentives
  • Fun/Community

You’ll have to go read the blog entry for details. (did you see what I did there?)

A List Apart: The Survey, 2008

A list apart 2008 survey

If you work in or wtih a technical industry, more specifically web related but even computer software in general, go to A List Apart and take their survey. There is no way to measure the scope and breadth of the industry and workforce without cooperative information gathering such as this, and A List Apart have been on the forefront of the web development movement for a long, respected time.

Do you part, and play along. you don’t have to give your name… if you do you earn the right to place this pretty badge on your website/blog:

brick-roll

www.rocksolidarcade.com

This is a fabulous game… a cross between robotron, gaunlet, and one of those games where you buy and equip weapons and armor. It is a demo, but I couldn’t finish it. I played it for nearly 2 hours straight…

ROBOKILL!




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