Blogs For Days December 6, 2006 4 comments
It seems as though Blogger is the platform of choice for new bloggers. Large brand name I assume. If you’re new to blogging, have a look at Wordpress.com, where the feature set is so much more robust & it’s just as easy to get started!
I love what the Wordpress homepage has listed as their number one reason for blogging: “It’s Free!“. Hopefully there’s better reasons to start your own site.
Speaking of robust blogging platforms, we’ve been hard at work on Emericaskate.com’s Tool Shed, a spot for the kids to share their photos, videos, and yes, blogs.
A Posion Oak Thanksgiving November 26, 2006
Susan & I went camping in Big Sur for Thanksgiving and two days later I went to the Emergency room in Santa Barbara, covered in poison Oak. I thought it was poison Ivy I was really allergic too, turns out Oak spreads like wildfire on my sensitive pasty white skin. Several Aveeno oatmeal baths a day, Benadryl anti-itch spray, and a prescription to a corticosteroid called Prednisone, and the itching & swelling has subsided enough for me to be somewhat comfortable again.
My fingers are no longer too fat to type, so I navigated my way over to this set of three, free & new Ricky Gervais podcasts.
Banning Fahrenheit 451 October 3, 2006
“It’s just all kinds of filth,” said Alton Verm, adding that he had not read “Fahrenheit 451.” “The words don’t need to be brought out in class. I want to get the book taken out of the class.”
Alton Verm’s request to ban “Fahrenheit 451″ came during the 25th annual Banned Books Week. He and Hines said the request to ban “Fahrenheit 451,” a book about book burning, during Banned Books Weeks is a coincidence.
In a related story, also in Texas, a teacher was fired because some of her students saw nudity in a museum. Do we really count Texas as a state?
NeoOffice: OpenOffice.org native for Mac OS X September 8, 2006
NeoOffice: OpenOffice.org native for Mac OS X Finally, no more X11 for your word docs. “Although OpenOffice.org 2.0 is available for OS X, it is an X11 binary. NeoOffice uses a fully native Aqua interface, is integrated with OS X system services such as clipboard, drag-and-drop, and Spotlight…”
Google Image Labeler September 7, 2006
Google Image Labeler, a great way to outsource your work. Google uses the info they gather here to improve their image search.
Amazon Unbox
Amazon Unbox launched today. Each video purchase includes both a DVD-quality video file suitable for playback on a large screen (PC or TV), plus a video file Windows Media video portable devices. (via TechCrunch)
MGM Grand July 28, 2006 8 comments
I was passed along a message to have a look at the next trend in web site site development, MGMgrand.com. It looks nice sure, but what’s so special? At first I ignored everything on the home page & went straight for the main navigation. Loading messages everywhere, boxes sliding around, flash is so unfriendly. Several clicks later, I finally see some legitimate info I can try to digest.
Great, there’s photo tours that max out at 3 pics. I went back to the home page to see what I must be missing. Turns out to be the “Enter Maximum Vegas” button leading to a really slick video. That’s it.
Jody says the video “captures the experience”, hence the next big thing. I say, it’s merely a well produced video on the web. I’m led to believe it may be enjoyed by first time visitors to the site, if they can even find the thing, and that’s about it. Nothing terribly special.
Kurt June 7, 2006 2 comments
I was just checking out Kurt Cobain suicide letter Vs. google adsense that is linked from Kottke.org this morning when I was reminded of just how awful that movie, Last Days was. What an awful, awful movie.
Sidebar Links June 1, 2006 1 comment
I replaced the previous, less updated sidebar links with… More links! This time they’re of the frequently updated variety, as they aren’t specific to a single category. Prior, they were limited to “art” and “CSS” bookmarks, now they’re anything I deem worthy. So when I’m not updating the site, rest assured - the links will be piling up. They’re being pulled from Delicious, which used to require a cumbersome WordPress plugin, but now needs only a one time copy & paste, thanks to linkrolls. Suggest links by tagging them with “for:soupenvy”.
etnies Girl May 24, 2006 2 comments
We launched the new etnies Girl site this week. Still a few things to do. There’s a few comments about the new site on CSS Beauty and The Colab.
