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• 5 Second Walk to Work & It’s Problems

  Posted on Monday May 5th, 2008 at 23:29 in bad, General, good, home, interesting, work, working

  Today was my first day at my new job. The walk to work was terrible! I had to get out of bed and walk less than 10 feet! I am used to walking quite a few miles every week for work, the gym and what...

• Arrival of New Business Cards, Night & Day

  Posted on Monday May 5th, 2008 at 22:47 in business, cards, General, interesting, print, quality

  About a week ago I ordered a small set of business cards from Overnightprints.com to replace the ones printed by PrintsMadeEasy.com. Well, they came in today (would have been friday if I was there). ...

• A Few Travel Tips For Idiots

  Posted on Tuesday April 29th, 2008 at 13:47 in flight, interesting, smell, the stupids, tips, travel

  Recently I took a flight down to Boise, ID from Spokane, WA and although it was a very short, empty and uneventful flight I noticed some things that bugged me. 1. Keep your shoes on unless you are spe...

• Business Card Misery, Printsmadeeasy.com

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 10:00 in business, cards, General, interesting, print, quality, review, the stupids

  About six months ago I designed my first business cards and was pretty happy with them. Sent the designs off to the printer and a few days later had my first set of real business cards. Printed on a s...

• Think Smarter, Not Harder

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 00:11 in cognative, fitness, General, interesting, memory, smarter, study, think

  It’s not all about the hard work ya know. As many people say, “Work smarter, not harder”. I always took that as don’t physically work harder when you can get it done better, fa...

• Domain Name Investing, Don’t Miss Out

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 18:24 in blogging, domain, interesting, internet, invest, money, name, Tech

  Domain names… had I known years ago just how valuable they would be today, I would have spent my high school years working for money to invest in buying domains. But are we past the point that i...

• Drop.io Dropping More Hot Features

  Posted on Monday April 21st, 2008 at 02:01 in data, drop.io, features, files, interesting, share, Tech

  **EDIT**: Drop.io gave away more than 20 - 5Gb 1 year premium upgrades to the first people that twittered them with a suggestion on their service! I just got one myself! This is why Drop.io rocks. Th...

• Pro-Twittering

  Posted on Thursday April 17th, 2008 at 20:05 in blogging, guest, interesting, social, Tech, twitter

  This post was guest blogged by Simon Koldyk Jarel just recently started on Twitter.com; but, I think we might of gotten him hooked. If you haven’t already go and sign-up on Twitter.com with you...

• Critical Thinking Tips - The Anti-Stupid Guide

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 23:36 in critical, decision, interesting, judgement, problem, solving, the stupids, thinking

  In college I took a Critical Thinking class and boy oh boy did I feel like it was a total waste of time. It really just seemed like common sense to me. I attended less than %60 of the class and still ...

• Learn the Tricks of Your Cell Phone

  Posted on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 at 00:20 in alarm, Cell, features, interesting, phone, phonebook, Tech, uses

  It seems like lately I’ve been using my cell phone a lot. What would I do without it?! It’s still surprising to see so many people unaware of the nifty little tricks our cell phones are ca...

• Time Managment Tips and Helpful Keys

  Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 14:02 in efficient, General, interesting, Management, organize, routine, time

  Have you ever had one of those days where you feel like you were insanely busy but you didn’t actually get anything done? Even on the days where I feel like I really accomplished something, I lo...

• Gmail Email Address Trick You Don’t Know

  Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 00:45 in email, filters, gmail, interesting, labels, spam, Tech

  I happened to come across this tonight and wow! I already love Gmail (except for the recent spam problems that should be solved soon) but this just adds yet another reason why people should be using i...

• Have You Caught the Twitter Bug?

  Posted on Monday April 7th, 2008 at 23:16 in blog, blogging, bug, follow, friends, interesting, micro, social, Tech, twitter

  I signed up for Twitter recently to see what all the fuss was about and quite frankly, I still don’t see what the big deal is. I don’t really care for it much but maybe I need to spend m...

• Solar Roadways, Energy and Global Warming Solution

  Posted on Thursday April 3rd, 2008 at 02:13 in Driving, energy, global, interesting, panel, road, roadways, safety, solar, Tech, warming, winter

  This review has been long over due and I’m excited to finally get to write it. Awhile ago I was introduced to the idea of solar roadways. You know, like all the roads being made out of solar p...

• Mac Inspiring Creativity, PC Users Should Switch to Mac

  Posted on Monday March 31st, 2008 at 21:58 in better, creativity, fun, inspiring, interesting, mac, PC, switch, Tech, virus

  During the day I work as a graphic designer at a local newspaper and I work on…. wait…. I’m not sure if I can say it…… Windows … 2000. Now, you can’t really...

• Finding the Tiger Within, the Soul to Blog

  Posted on Sunday March 30th, 2008 at 23:09 in block, blog, experience, fun, General, happy, interesting, Passion, soul, tiger, world, writing

  Lately I have been running into a giant brick wall when trying to write blogs. It has been terrible! I planned to blog at least once per day and that has become more of an impossible task than I imag...

• Your Blog Sucks, You Should Redesign It…The Right Way

  Posted on Saturday March 29th, 2008 at 21:41 in blog, design, eye, flow, interesting, internet, layout, page, sucks, Tech, web, wordpress

  One thing that drives me crazy is the way so many of the blogs I come across on a daily basis are designed. I’m not a design or usability expert but I am an internet user, who happens to use A L...

• A Blogger Helping a Blogger - FailureBlogger

  Posted on Saturday March 29th, 2008 at 01:08 in blogger, Failure, Help, interesting, money

  A recent comment moved me to help out a fellow blogger. He’s a young gun and has a lot to learn but with the right motivation and dedication, who knows, he could really go somewhere. FailureBlog...

• Web Based Photo Manipulation, Now from Adobe Photoshop

  Posted on Thursday March 27th, 2008 at 00:34 in adjust, applicaiton, edit, flauntr, fotoflexer, image, interesting, manipulate, Online, photo, photoshop, picnik

  By day I work as a graphic designer. By night I work as a nerd, blogger, web developer and movie enthusiast. Every now and then I’m asked what software people should use to mess around with thei...

• Want a Cartoon of Yourself?

  Posted on Wednesday March 26th, 2008 at 21:52 in cartoon, character, interesting

  I’m a little brain dead right now so I’m stumbling around the internet and I ran across a list of 11 places to get a cartoon character of yourself. I happened to find a cool character on s...

• First 5 WordPress Fresh Install Changes Plus Plugins

  Posted on Wednesday March 26th, 2008 at 16:23 in blog, feed, fresh, install, interesting, permalinks, ping, plugins, setup, share, sitemap, statistics

  If you’re new to WordPress and you’ve just setup a fresh WordPress install, you might be wondering if you should do anything else. The answer is yes. WordPress is an amazing piece of ...

• All South Park Episodes Available Online!

  Posted on Tuesday March 25th, 2008 at 01:50 in clips, episodes, interesting, Online, park, south, TV

  So many people love South Park and now so many people can watch every episode online, legally! You have South Park Studios to thank for that. They seem to be going in the right direction and certainly...

• Blogged.com Blog Directory and Rating Service

  Posted on Tuesday March 25th, 2008 at 01:33 in blog, blogged, blogosphere, Directory, interesting, rating, review, service, Tech

  A little while back Blogged.com launched and I really like what they have so far. There are tons of places to find new blogs and highly rated blogs. I’m still really fresh to the whole blogging ...

• Gas Saving Tips, Get the Most Gas for Your Money!

  Posted on Tuesday March 25th, 2008 at 01:04 in Car, Driving, fuel, gas, interesting, money, save, station

  Summer is on the way and I’m watching those gas prices start rising bit by bit. It won’t be long before it reaches, and probably passes, $4/gallon. Now I’m not driving right now (tha...

• Happy Easter! - Cool Google Easter Eggs & More

  Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 17:45 in easter, eggs, hunt, interesting, Software

  Happy Easter everyone! Of course Easter wouldn’t be the same without an easter egg hunt! There are several sites around the web doing just that. I always remember going to my grandmother’s...