Until this last weekend I had been away for awhile and didn’t post anything. While I was away I had come across several sites I took note of whether I would be able to use it later or someone I knew. So here are some of the sites!

Often times I am in desperate need of inspiration, CSS help, complimentary colors and other ideas. I ran across the following websites that I found helpful or inspirational.

• blog.html.it/layoutgala/ - Free CSS layouts
• kuler.adobe.com - Color picker from Adobe
• designmeltdown.com - Great place for website inspiration
• famfamfam.com/lab/icons/ - Neat little collection of free icons
• cssremix.com - Another place to seek website inspiration
• www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/process/ - Great for learning CSS (one method)

Before I had installed Parallels on my iMac I needed a way to test the dreaded Internet Explorer. What I was doing for awhile was using an old laptop running Windows XP. The laptop was slow to say the least and didn’t have wireless or a working battery. Then I cam across http://www.CrossBrowserTesting.com

If you need a way to test your website on multiple platforms, browsers, etc. CrossBrowserTesting is a great solution.

If you need tools, scripts, or other web solutions I found these websites to be really helpful:

• www.dynamicdrive.com - Great place for web resources
  
• builder.yaml.de - YAML CSS Builder
• 960.gs - Great solution for CSS layouts
• www.dzone.com - Kind of like Digg but for web developers
• www.forwebdesigners.com - Great place to look for solutions, help, etc.

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Anyway, hopefully something here will help you find what you’re looking for or even something new that you weren’t looking for!

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Apparently the Federal Government (aka the big stupid ass) is halting large-scale solar power projects for two years. (NYT) Why?

They want to make sure it isn’t hurting the environment or the animals. Oh, they are so thoughtful and caring. Either that or greedy bastards that want to delay alternative energy sources even longer. I wonder if they ever thought about the environment or the animals before they started using fossil fuels…yeah right!

Meanwhile the search for oil continues even if it means more harm to the environment, animals and the air we breath. Brilliant, just brilliant.

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Having worked at newspapers I have experienced countless frustrations when dealing with sales people. I came across this video that was hilarious and yet so true. You can substitute other jobs in place of the web dude as well.
Sometimes I seriously wonder about the sanity of sales people (and if they have a soul). Many people argue that sales is a hard job and that you have to be very good at it [...] Continue Reading…

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I’ve been anxiously awaiting the movies coming this summer and finally had the chance to go watch Wanted. My expectations weren’t too high but I was expecting a good action movie. Man ‘o man was I in for a treat tonight boys and girls!

If you’re antsy watching head shots, blood splatter and a little slicing action, you might find yourself cringing quite often through this flick. I found myself saying “ooooo”, “ahhhhh” & [...] Continue Reading…

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***WARNING*** this is a long read

Quite awhile ago I mentioned I would share some of my personal stupid stories with all of you. I think today I will do just that and share my 4-wheeler adventure from high school.

For those of you who don’t know me personally, I am a bit of an adrenaline junkie. Unfortunately getting the high of adrenaline for me is best achieved by fast moving vehicles. Just to [...] Continue Reading…

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Holy smoking failure! The last time I blogged was May 17th! Can you believe that?!

Although we fail horribly, we get back up and give it another go! So that’s what I’ll be doing and aiming to post once per day or at least one post per two days on the busy weeks.
While I was away, lots of interesting stuff was discovered and soon I think I might give video blogging a shot. Although the [...] Continue Reading…

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