How to: Use Twitter properly (Updated 2010)

January 30, 2010

This was a post I wrote back in October of 2009, that I felt needed to be edited, and reposted as it contains a lot of great information.
Many of these tips are collected through various places,
Wired Magazine , Google Search, etc.

I will try to link back as much as I can.

Using Twitter can be a [...]

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Sushi: To eat, or not to eat?

January 29, 2010

Sushi: To eat or not to eat?
Cheesy line but hey, it got your attention didn’t it?
Yes, in this post I am going to talk about Sushi. I know, you probably hate how I jump topics so much, blogging experts recommend not to do it, but I’d rather do my own thing.
Alright, enough about the beginning [...]

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7 Days to Quit Smoking with The Safe Cig

January 28, 2010

7 Days with The Safe Cig
I’m a smoker. I know. It’s horrible. My Mother and Father smoked, many of my friends smoke. I didn’t want to give up the simple luxury I enjoyed. What I didn’t enjoy was the coughing, extra mucus, burned tobacco smell all around me, and a reduction in how food [...]

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Is Nerdcore Rising?

January 28, 2010

Is Nerdcore Rising? Wait, what is nerdcore?

First off, let’s talk about what inspired this, and my interest in Nerdcore. I was using Pandora, listening to a “Kid Cudi” station, when along came a catchy jingle, with an almost ska-like sound. The song? Nerdcore Rising by MC Frontalot.
I proceeded to do what everyone else does when [...]

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Pandora vs. Last.fm Mashup

January 26, 2010

Welcome back, hope your weekend was exciting and productive. Today I’d like to introduce a showdown between two web based streaming audio giants, Pandora & Last.fm.
I have been using both of these services, alternating weekly through the month of January.

Let’s start with Last.fm
Last.fm is a popular Internet radio site for music, founded in [...]

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Time for a change. Thesis Customization

January 26, 2010

What do you think of the new layout?
I hope you like it, I do. I’ve spent a good amount of time researching, collecting the right plugins, customizing the css, and I feel very good about this design. Thanks once again to Thesis for making it some what easy to create a dynamic Wordpress design.
I’ve watched [...]

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Wordpress Cheat Sheet

January 23, 2010

The Wordpress Cheat Sheet
Even the best at times need sources of reference, some more than others at times, ha! So today I will post…a Wordpress Cheat Sheet! Created by Ekin Ertac, this table shows links and relative pages in Wordpress, from Theme structure to Navigation menu. It has become a great help to me in [...]

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Thesis Wordpress Theme Tutorial Compilation

January 22, 2010

Thesis is quickly becoming one of the most used Wordpress Theme today. This is a small collection of Thesis related links & articles for Thesis users.

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How to: Create Rounded Borders in CSS3 without images

January 18, 2010

With the apparent onset of Web 2.0, and the almost instant embrace of HTML5 and CSS3, it’s only natural that we begin working with them.
So today I will be showing you how to use the “border-radius” attribute in CSS3. This comes out of W3C’s CSS3 Backgrounds and Borders Module.
This will allow you to create a [...]

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Shorty Awards are coming!

January 11, 2010

“Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tonys. Now Twitter has the…Shorty Awards”
- The New York Times

Yes it’s back! Last year I didn’t do so well as I was still up and coming, but this year I believe I can make it!
I’m trying to gain the award for #design this year, because, well, it’s what [...]

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