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Weekend Inspiration: What is Graphic Design - Flickr Pool
2008-05-09 01:01:00 Zwar dürfte die Anzahl der Leser, die an diesem Wochenende tatsächlich vor dem heimischen Rechner verweilen, extrem gering sein, aber ich möchte Euch diesen Linktipp nun doch nicht vorenthalten. Im »Flickr Pool - What is Graphic Design« erwartet die Grafik-Design-Fans unter Euch eine Auswahl von über 450 verschiedenen Poster Designs, die als Grundüberlegung / Idee ...
No, that’s not a typo, UCF Ring Girls, WTF?
2008-04-29 17:37:00 While scanning through the current applicants for the Knock-Out Fight Network casting call, I came across a lovely ring girl named Dawn from Birmingham, AL. What’s so unique about Dawn, is not her Native American background, nor her lovely smile, but the UCF t-shirt that she’s rocking that not only closely resembles the UFC trademark, but the logo looks damn near the same. Who are these UCF guys? Anyone? Check out these photos of Dawn below… and why not vote for her as well? Â
Free Credit Report - A Website Typo Could Be Costly [del.icio.us]
2008-04-24 20:15:00 Tip! The Credit reporting agency will forward the request to the information provider at which time they will review and investigate the request. If the information cannot be verified, then they must remove it. In 2003, Congress passed the Fair and Ac...
Supreme Court Has a Typo in the Death Penalty Ruling: ?Cruel and Usual? Pun
2008-04-18 21:30:00 Well, this is something that doesn’t happen very often. A friend of mine pointed this out to me: in the first paragraph of Justice Breyer’s opinion on Baze v. Rees, he has a major misspelling (page 80): Assuming the lawfulness of the death penalty itself, petitioners argue that Kentucky?s method of execution, lethal injection, nonetheless constitutes a ...
Government Risk and Compliance ? No, It?s Not a Typo
2008-04-09 17:51:00 Of course we usually use this space to address GRC issues — that is, Governance, Risk and Compliance. But today the news is all-too full of government risk and compliance issues. First-up, news that internal auditors reviewing the finances of the District of Columbia are calling the CFO’s office a “material weakness” that ...
By: Audit Trail
Typo tour in the United States
2008-04-08 12:30:00 ABC News had an interesting report about a “human spell checker” who is touring the United States. This reminds me of my funny signs project where I take pictures of mostly ungrammatical, often hilarious signs around the Philippines. Incidentally, I will be posting some funny signs from recent out-of-town trips tomorrow. For now, please enjoy this ...
By: Rising Sun
Typo of the week: sweet
2008-03-27 14:26:00 A simple typo (or possibly spelling mistake) made the subs' desk chuckle today. One of our writers submitted a feature containing the rhetorical question:Would all your customers dessert you?Maybe this is what it means to put someone on ice...PS There's no picture to accompany this post because my "organization's Internet use policy restricts access at this time" to my favourite free image library, www.morguefile.com. As we also sometimes use Morguefile to source images for our publications, I can only imagine that this situation will be rectified shortly...
By: The Engine Room
Ebay Auction Typo Search Tool 1.01
2008-03-27 00:00:00 Every day hundreds of items are listed on Ebay containing misspellings or typos in either the item title or description. Ebays own built in search function cannot find these because it simply looks for the correct spellings so you need to use a specialised search tool to find them. Because they are hard to find, they get less bids and so sell for less. Grab a bargain, or sell them on again at a profit. The choice is yours ! Spyware Adware fr
By: Shareware
Everex?s CloudBook Arrives In Japan With Touchscreen, Bluetooth
2008-03-17 22:46:00 The FIC manufactured Everex CloudBook has finally made its way to Japan. What’s interesting is not its US-rooted Everex branding but the fact that the ultra-portable picked up a 7-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, and 802.11a (to augment the existing b/g WiFi) along the way without any change to the CE1200J model number. All the other specs ...
By: Gadgets Are Us
SEO Tip of the Week: Target a Typo of a Common Keyword and Increase Search
2008-02-26 16:09:00 Just in case you didn't make it into my devilishly devious white hat SEO trickery session, here is one of the hidden gems you can start taking advantage of today. Not ranking for your prime key terms? Target the typo. You can easily use the typos of common words to increase your search traffic by 30%. For example, on Monday of last week, we had a training session with U-Haul corporate in Phoenix. They have been targeting their prime key term, U-Haul for some years. U-Haul gets approximately 4,000 searches per day according to KeywordDiscovery. By simply removing the hyphen in the name, they could increase their daily searches to over 60,000. While this is an instance where targeting the typo would be more valuable than targeting the keyword, look at these numbers: Phoenix, 117,365 searches Pheonix 12,878 searches Clearly, in this case, targeting the typo has a great deal of value. Let's say tat you target the typo from time to time...
FLASH: Bush approval rating drops to 19%. No, that's not a typo. 81% of A
2008-02-20 20:19:00 Again, HP asks... "What took so long".We've been saying it for years. George Bush is the worst president ever. Nice to see 81% of Americans finally come to their senses.I hope George Bush is eventually investigated, arrested and brought before a tribunal. And I hope Obama doesn't pardon him. If he is not imprisoned, then I hope to see him sued in civil courts for his misdeeds, and I hope that he is hounded until the day he dies for the damage he has caused to America and the world.This has been a shameful, corrupt, illegal and just plain awful Administration. January 2009 can't come fast enough.Here's the George Bush report card, HP-style, and the latest approval rating data.* Ran the nation's debt up to $52 trillion and counting* Lost our manufacturing base* Allowed and encouraged the illegal invasion of America* Encouraged sheeple to buy homes at the peak, when the fundamentals made no sense* Bogged us down in a stupid war on false pretenses, spending over $2 trillion a...
By: Housing PANIC
Typo spurs erroneous report on Bonds drug test
2008-02-15 04:23:00 A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he failed a drug test in November 2001, one month after breaking the home run record. In fact, the
By: mini wisdom
Typo Buddy: Find Misspelled Auctions
2008-02-12 19:49:00 When I mentioned buying wholesale, Ebay and auctions where brought up. Surprisingly, for how much I am online, I don’t buy online at all. I can’t say I’ve ever won an ebay auction. I did however use Craigslist to buy a T-Mobile Sidekick. I have used both ebay and Craigslist to find bargains. Typo Buddy Everyone loves ...
Hawk Nelson Typo and Free Music from Charlie Hall
2008-02-07 20:59:00 I think this is a typo:[Name removed to protect privacy], this is a confirmation that you have entered the Hawk Nelson "Hawk Nelson Is Your Friend" Contest. If you are a winner, we will inform you via email after the contest closes on January 25th, 2010. Thanks.LOL, that's a long contest... (Thanks for sending this in!)Aside from that, I do have some music for you. It's from Charlie Hall, from the latest Passion record, and is called "Walk of the World", and let me tell you, it's popped up everywhere. To coin a phrase, it's "Fringle"--"Fringle": A free song sent to several different sites, much like a single is sent to radio stations. A combination of the words "free" and "single".Like I said, you can download the song in many places. Jesusfreakhideout.com is just one of several, but it's my favorite, so here you go:-"Walk of the World" free download-
Hawk Nelson Typo and Free Music from Charlie Hall
2008-02-07 20:59:00 I think this is a typo:[Name removed to protect privacy], this is a confirmation that you have entered the Hawk Nelson "Hawk Nelson Is Your Friend" Contest. If you are a winner, we will inform you via email after the contest closes on January 25th, 2010. Thanks.LOL, that's a long contest... (Thanks for sending this in!)Aside from that, I do have some music for you. It's from Charlie Hall, from the latest Passion record, and is called "Walk of the World", and let me tell you, it's popped up everywhere. To coin a phrase, it's "Fringle"--"Fringle": A free song sent to several different sites, much like a single is sent to radio stations. A combination of the words "free" and "single".Like I said, you can download the song in many places. Jesusfreakhideout.com is just one of several, but it's my favorite, so here you go:-"Walk of the World" free download-The Free Christian Music Blog
Typo Buddy: Find commonly misspelled deals on eBay
2008-02-06 06:08:00 We are pleased to announce a great new tool for smart shoppers: Typo Buddy is a tool to help you find commonly misspelled items, listings & words on eBay and Craigslist. Say you are looking to buy a Louis Vuitton wallet or perhaps an espresso maker. When you search for those things on eBay you’ll normally be ...
Typo Buddy: Find commonly misspelled deals on eBay
2008-02-06 06:08:00 We are pleased to announce a great new tool for smart shoppers: Typo Buddy is a tool to help you find commonly misspelled items, listings & words on eBay and Craigslist. Say you are looking to buy a Louis Vuitton wallet or perhaps an espresso maker. When you search for those things on eBay you’ll normally be ...
Facebook, Twitter, Pownce & Co - Einer für Alle
2008-02-04 00:01:00 Einer für Alle - damit ist der Online-Dienst »Hello Txt« gemeint. Für User der Online-Services Facebook, Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, Plaxo und Tumblr, dürfte er interessant sein. Wer oft und viel in den genannten Diensten unterwegs ist und dementsprechend auch recht häufig Nachrichten darin veröffentlicht, kennt das nervige Ein- und Ausloggen. Noch dazu sollte man ...
Kostenloser Open Type Test Font: FF Good Pro Wide Light
2008-01-30 12:42:00 Jetzt gibt es für kurze Zeit was ganz besonderes auf dem Fontblog, nämlich den Open Type Font »FF Good Pro Wide Light« als kostenlosen Test-Font. Da dürfte allen Font-Liebhabern das Herz aufgehen. Da die Schrift nur begrenzte Zeit zu Verfügung steht, sollte man sich doch etwas ranhalten, wenn man den Font einmal selbst ausprobieren ...
Typo of the week: ethic minorities
2008-01-15 16:34:00 Yes, you did read that post title correctly: today is press day on our publication and we almost let through the clanger 'ethic minorities'. Not only that but it appeared twice in the same news story.Fortunately for the subs, one of our eagle-eyed proofreaders spotted the mistake."Do ethic minorities come from Ethics?" I asked him. Unusually, he not only got my joke but laughed at it."Never mind the missing 'n', we should just drop the 'e'," he then said. So of course I told him not to be ethicist.Words, eh?
By: The Engine Room
Sonwy (not a Typo) Releases 1.3MP Camera-Equipped PMP
2007-12-28 23:54:00 Sonwy Technology (doesn’t that name remind you of some other company?) has released the MP4-008C, which plays MPEG-4 videos, and MP3, WMA, WAV and DRM9-equipped audio tracks. JPEG images can likewise be displayed. A 2.4-inch, 320×240-pixel TFT display with 260,000 colors is built-in, as is a 1.3MP camera with 5x digital zoom and a USB ...
By: PMP Today
Bargain Hunting
2007-12-18 18:22:00 People who don't use spell check have always been one of my pet peeves. Little did I know I can find a bargain on Ebay thanks to those so lazy they cannot even wait for the spell checker to run thanks to TypoHoundMany eBay auctions contain typos in the title listing. For example, 'toshiba' may be spelt 'toshia'. This means that when someone searches for ''toshiba', the misspelled 'toshia' is not shown. Thus no bids are placed on the 'toshia' auction entry.TypoHound generates common misspelled variants of the keyword. This allows you to find the elusive 'toshia' listing. Since no one else can find the auction with eBay search to bid on it, you bag yourself a bargain!
By: Outside the Box
Typo fixed on Color Lines
2007-12-05 02:43:00 The last uploaded game "Color Lines for Pocket PC" had a typo on the installer, causing the application to be installed in "Programms/Games" instead of "Programs/Games" that was fixed and the new installer is ready for download.Enjoy!Leo
By: TeKnowMagic
Beware the typo
2007-11-29 10:51:00 I am used to double checking my own work but it also pays to double check what others do for you as I almost missed a typo on a transfer for a new domain, I managed to buy LivingRoomFurniture.co.uk from a company which I was quite happy about, lovely descriptive domain name that is highly competed for by advertisers, ...
By: Self Made Minds
Correction on the (typo) temp for the pumpkin pie post ...
2007-11-26 06:47:00 That should be *325* to *350* F on the temp for the pumpkin pie, not 425-450. Sorry!
McAfee warns of typo-squatting epidemic
2007-11-23 22:54:00 Security firm McAfee has released a new report warning of the ever-present threat of typo-squatting. The report highlights the number of website squatters registering domains using common... View my site for full content and more... (Click on subject title of paste this into your browser address bar: http://knowhitech.blogspot.com/- )
By: Hi-tech news
Wort Illusionen
2007-11-21 21:10:00 Eine Zusammenstellung von 15 Wort Illusionen gibt es hier zu entdecken. Schaut es Euch in einer ruhigen Minute einmal an und lasst Euch überraschen, welche Ergebnisse dort auf Euch warten. Viel Spaß damit!
Are domain parking companies complicit in typo-squatting?
2007-11-21 04:35:00 From this article “The domain name parking companies are providing a service. Whether or not you agree with the domain name owner?s decision to buy a certain domain name, it is not the parking company?s responsibility to police the internet and protect a company?s brand. That remains the responsibility of the brand itself. The brand or ...
Internet Typo
2007-11-18 13:59:00 I can neither type nor spell any more thanks to the Internet, but now and again I see a typo that makes me laugh. My house is invested with mice! (What do they recommend? Stocks? Mutual funds?)
By: The Twinkies
Das Alphabet mal ganz anders
2007-11-16 12:26:00 Eine Galerie verschiedenster Alphabete gibt es bei David Airey zu bestaunen. Schöne Idee, da bekommt man glatt Lust, auch mal auf die Suche zu gehen. Da sieht man mal wieder, was man alles sehen kann, wenn man nur mit offenen Augen durch die Welt geht.
Typography Guide Video
2007-11-16 08:00:00 In diesem knapp 2 Minuten langen Video, werden die Grundzüge der Typographie erläutert. Kurzweiliges, interessantes und technisch super umgesetztes Video, dass man sich gerne mehrmals anschaut.
Movie Based Typographic Videos
2007-11-15 13:45:00 Hier was für Typographie und Film Fans! Viel Spaß dabei! 1. Devil’s Advocate 2. Ocean’s Eleven - Rubens in Lest weiter, es gibt noch einige mehr!
Typo & Font Design
2007-11-14 09:27:00 Für alle, die sich mit Typo & Font Design beschäftigen oder sich dafür interessieren, gibt es hier ein kleines Video. Interessant, aber leider etwas zu kurz. (via)
Ho fatto typo-squatting
2007-11-13 11:04:00 Panoramica sul typo-squatting Proliferano i siti che sfruttano con le quasi-omonimie gli errori di digitazione di chi naviga sul web Basta registrare Anazon.com, Amazzon.com o ancora Amazons.com e si possono guadagnare delle cifre discrete, grazie alle inserzioni pubblicitarie che dai siti errati rimandano ad altri siti più o meno pericolosi e grazie agli errori umani di ...
By: PocaCola blog
Fonts For Free
2007-11-10 15:51:00 Es muss nicht immer teuer sein, jedenfalls wenn es um qualitativ hochwertige und schöne Schriftarten geht. In dieser Sammlung von insgesamt 40 Schrifttypen finden sich einige Werke, die das bestätigen. Die Fonts werden mit Vorschau und Link präsentiert, bei einigen ist auch eine kurze Beschreibung verfügbar. Lasst Euch das nicht entgehen!
10 einfache und effektive Logo Designs
2007-11-05 19:03:00 Nachdem es hier vor einigen Tagen ja den Bericht über mehr oder weniger gelungene Logo Designs gab, kommt hier ein kleiner Ausgleich. Zu sehen sind hier 10 der effektivsten und zugleich auch simpelsten Logos, die jeden Tag unsere Aufmerksamkeit unbewusst oder sehr bewusst auf sich ziehen. Schaut sie Euch mal an und entscheidet selbst, ...
I’ve Switched from Typo to Wordpress
2007-11-04 03:51:00 I’ve switched offTheHill from Typo to Wordpress. Typo has some great features; its simple, easy to set up, the pages are elegant and nicely AJAX enabled. I loved the live preview when writing new posts. Also, the Ruby-on-Rails code is elegant and simple. The problem is, I got tired of the Application Error – Rails app failed to start properly” messages, and I’m sure that wasn’t getting me any repeat readers (like anyone reads this anyway). So, I used Dreamhost’s one-click install to install Wordpress onto a development sub-domain. Then I used Max Newell’s typo4.1 migration guide to import my articles and comments. Categories didn’t seem to carry over, but since I have less than a hundred posts, I don’t mind manually updating them. I also needed to install the Textile 2 plugin because I used Textile in all my Typo posts. Now I can keep using it, and I don’t have to update my old posts. Lastly, I installed the Flic...
By: OffTheHill.org
Typo of the week: tea-hee
2007-10-29 17:00:00 A small but amusing typo in a Times Online article about afternoon tea in London. Here's the relevant paragraph: Afternoon tea is served daily at 2pm and 4pm (plus a noon sitting at weekends) and costs £31.50pp, or £38.50pp with a glass of bubby: book on 020 7420 2669. You've got until December 15, when the Savoy closes for a 16-moth, £100 million refurbishment.It seems that 16 moths can do a surprising amount of damage...
By: The Engine Room
The $160 billion typo
2007-10-28 19:58:00 Sean and Larry were in their office, trying to think up a good name – something that related to the indexing of an immense amount of data. Sean verbally suggested the word “googolplex,” and Larry responded verbally with the shortened form, “googol.” Sean was seated at his computer terminal, so he executed a search of the Internet domain ...
Typo Squatting the New Way!
2007-10-16 13:39:00 All of us have heard about typo squatting - The usual mode in which domainers try to register typo domains like muspace.com to make cash off the clicks from type-in’s. I’ve just evolved the concept a bit ( Its no rocket science ) to try to game these typo’s in Google and other Search Engine’s to make ...
By: The Plog
Typo 2008 - Karte gewinnen
2007-10-16 11:18:00 Vom 29. - 31. Mai 2008 ist es so weit - die 13. internationale Designkonferenz, die TYPO Berlin 2008, findet im Haus der Kulturen der Welt in - genau - Berlin statt. Der Vorverkauf hat bereits begonnen und der 1. Frühbucherrabatt gilt noch bis Ende des Jahres. So ist es bis dahin noch möglich, ...
WYMEditor for TYPO3
2007-10-09 03:35:00 For the past couple nights I've been hacking away at integrating WYMEditor into TYPO3. For those of...
By: Neverslair Blog
Please let this be a typo!
2007-10-08 08:10:00 On further inspection of the new Zune pre-order page on Circuitcity.com I noticed the Zune 80 is selling for $299.99! What gives on Amazon.com you can pre-order one for $249.99 and every site under the moon is saying it will sell for $249.99! Please don’t let this be the actual pricing for the ...
typographic superuse
2007-10-06 17:57:00 Eric Kastner wrote a small program to have your website typography being fed by available type on the famous flickr photosite. The program simply ad random chooses letters from a vast entry of pictures of letters that are available on Flickr. » <a href='http://metaatem.net/words-js/sustainable?'>original news</a>
By: superuse
Producing HTML / CSS for TYPO3 templates
2007-10-05 02:06:00 We often get clients who want to deliver HTML/CSS templates to us, which we then implement in...
By: Neverslair Blog
On the Web: Mark Luthringer: Ridgemont Typologies
2007-10-02 08:52:00 I came across Mark Luthringer’s project Ridgemont Typologies several weeks ago and put a note out to Mark hoping he’d allow me to post a few images along with a link back to his site. Mark obliged, but the post never saw daylight. Fast forward to today. While running through some email from that time period ...
By: context
MySpace Layout and MySpace Typo - 12,425 Keywords To Dominate Your Competit
2007-10-02 00:00:00 Recently I wrote a case study about long tail niche: Free MySpace Layout for Teenage Girls where a 17-year-old girl makes $70K a month from AdSense revenue by giving free MySpace layout for teenage girls in her “cotton candy” looking site. You can also have a great success with MySpace long tail niche, too! Here are ...
Fun with conservative typos
2007-10-02 00:00:00 You'd think that since he spent last week decrying the event and this weekend documenting the action, 'mo foe Peter LaBarbera would by now know the name of the FolsoM Street Fair. Judging by this headline, however, he does not:...
By: Good As You
Typography Inspiration; From Flickr!
2007-09-24 18:47:00 One of the greatest sources for inspiration is Flickr. I mean, we all know that. But how many of you use it as an inspiration source for typography? Well, until recently, I know that I didn’t. Apparently, this is a Flickr group dedicated to typography. It is definitely worth your time to check it ... |
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