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2008-04-26 15:03:00 I'm not sure how old this specialized site is, but it's been designed with women in mind. Not just any demographic as they state below, but for all women. I've glanced at it, but as a bloke, I'm not sure how much I can say about it. It does look to have some interesting content Topics range from fashion to parenting like most women's magazines. Looks like a good start, hope they can keep it up. Check it out!When we started talking about creating a new website for women, we wanted to avoid all of the common categories that advertisers or marketers tend to put us in. We didn’t want to be a site just for moms or just for single women or working women, or any specific demo- or psychographic. We wanted to create a smart, dynamic place for women to gather, get info and to connect with each other and the world around them. The important thing wasn’t how to talk to a 32.5 year-old with 2.2 kids but how to inspire you laugh, think, get mad, empathize, and be surprised and ente... More About: Yahoo , Shine , Yahoo!
W.O.W.: LDS and Mormon Blogs
2008-04-20 03:54:00 With the bastard offshoots of the LDS Church in the headlines so much right now, I thought I'd share a look form the Mormon viewpoint. This website lists many blogs written by Mormons.Here are a few examples:Mormon Matters:Mention the word “Trinity” to a group of Mormons and the response you’ll get probably will be “I don’t believe that false doctrine of Satan!” [1] Mormons often even feel more kinship with religions like the Jehovah’s Witnesses, who also reject the Trinity doctrine, than we do with orthodox Christians on this topic. But do we Mormons even understand what the doctrine of Trinity really is? Continue reading…News for MormonsFrom The Deseret Morning News: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is criticizing international news media outlets for failing to distinguish between the mainstream LDS Church and the Fundamentalist LDS Church. “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints discontinued polygamy officially in 1890. More than a cent... More About: Blogs
Write About Your Dungeon Crawl Wihtout Distraction,
2008-04-18 15:23:00 Dark Room is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, Dark Room is just about you and your text. When you first load it, you get this screen that is totally black with a green flashing cursor (kind of reminds me a bit of the old Apple II computers from my school days). One of the most things to remember is that to access the controls without having to memorize some keyboard short-cuts, just hit the ESCape-key, and you'll be home free. Try it, you'll like it.Dungeon Runners is a free to play (you can pay for better stuff and more bank space and the like) MMORPG that will leave you in stitches.As a brave hero, you’ll explore dangerous dungeons, battle ferocious monsters and discover incredible weapons, artifacts and loot. Choose to play as Fighter, Mage or Ranger in a realm of terror, magic and adventure. Unlock powerful new skills as you gain experience on your journey into the unknown. Whether ... More About: Write , Distraction , Crawl
B.O.W.: I Like To Read And Write
2008-04-17 03:40:00 For my first ever Blog of the Week, I've decided to recommend Lucy's I Like To Read And Write . Her blog is full of commentary and opinions on books she's read. Her topics cover the wide range from of genres; in fact, I'd say she's hit about every genre there is. What makes her views most interesting to me is her religious background. I'll let you look at her blog to discover what I mean.
CATHOLIC GASOLINE
2008-04-10 00:52:00 Sister Mary Ann, who worked for a home health agency, was out making her rounds visiting homebound patients When she ran out of gas.As luck would have it, an Exxon Gasoline station was just a blockaway. She walked to the station to borrow a gas Can and buy some gas.The attendant told her that the only gas can he owned had been loaned out, but she Could wait until it was returned.Since Sister Mary Ann was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car. She Looked for something in her car that she could fill with gas and spotted the bedpan she was taking to the patient. Always resourceful, Sister Mary Ann carried the bedpan to the station, filled it with gasoline, and carried the full Bedpan back to her car.As she was pouring the gas into her tank, two Baptists watched from across the street. One of them turned to the Other and said, 'If that car starts, I'm turning Catholic .'
Links for 2008-03-02 [ma.gnolia]
2008-03-03 07:00:00 [Web Design] Take Flight With A.viary. Do you love Adobe’s photoshop but lack the dinero to plunk down on the product? Do you wish you had a viable option, and by viable option I mean a product or tool that allowed you the freedom to do everything photoshop allows you to do without sacrificing quality, control or intuitiveness? If so, then you should check out the A.viary online suite of products. Saved By: Web Design | View Details Tags: Design, Internet, Applications, Photoshop, Adobe, A.viary, "Web 2.0" More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-03-01 [ma.gnolia]
2008-03-02 07:00:00 [Web Design] Not An Employee "We're tired of the assumption that we work for somebody. We work with clients and colleagues. Not for them. We work for us." (I did the design for this site.) Saved By: Web Design | View Details Tags: freelance, career, design, webdesign, not-an-employee [Apple Group] ExpanDrive - Bring your remote files closer to home. Map your SSH server as a Windows drive letter over SFTP with ExpanDrive. Your SFTP drive is a mapped network drive or network file system that gives all your Windows applications direct access to your server files. Perfect for any web developer or programmer that runs Windows, but relies on Linux. ExpanDrive connects your Windows desktop to your Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X server files through the industry-standard in security, SFTP and SSH. Saved By: Apple Group | View Details Tags: ftp, software, mac, drive [Web Design] CSS: Pushbutton Links | Mike’s Experiments | MikeCherim.com ... More About: 2008
Links for 2008-02-29 [ma.gnolia]
2008-03-01 07:00:00 [Web Design] Pixels to Ems Conversion Table for CSS — Jon Tan 陳 Saved By: Web Design | View Details Tags: web, design, css, em, px, pixels, fonts [Web Design] Unobtrusive AJAX Star Rating Bar The Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar. Saved By: Web Design | View Details Tags: star, rating, bar, ajax, php, mysql, webdev [Web Design] The Highly Extensible CSS Interface Series A four-part series by Cameron Moll about designing and coding interfaces that are flexible enough to adapt in ways the designer or developer may not foresee, while still retaining the overall aesthetic integrity of the layout. Saved By: Web Design | View Details Tags: css, web design [Apple Group] iPhone SDK Set to Disappoint? Remember that ‘special iPhone SDK event‘ Apple is having next week? It’s sounding like the news might not be as positive as everyone had hoped... Saved By: Apple Group | View Details Tags: iPhone,... More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-02-28 [ma.gnolia]
2008-02-29 07:00:00 [Web Design] Default HTML in Sharepoint 2007 Sharepoint code quality: Even worse than you thought. Still sticking up for Microsoft? Saved By: Web Design | View Details Tags: sharepoint, webstandards, friendlybit, microsoft [Apple Group] Submit, Download, and Search Custom Leopard Docks - LeopardDocks.com Saved By: Apple Group | View Details Tags: docks [Apple Group] LeopardDocks.net Saved By: Apple Group | View Details Tags: docks [Apple Group] Submit, Download, and Search Custom Leopard Docks - LeopardDocks.com Saved By: Apple Group | View Details Tags: docks [Web Design] Learning Interaction Design from Las Vegas Dan Saffer's SXSW 2007 panel presentation on learning interaction design from Las Vegas Saved By: Web Design | View Details Tags: Interaction design, dan saffer, sxsw2007, sxsw [Web Design] Table-Based Layout Is The Next Big Thing "IE8 will be the las... More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-02-27 [ma.gnolia]
2008-02-28 07:00:00 [Apple Group] Syncopation Keep music and movies synchronized across multiple computers running OS X. Saved By: Apple Group | View Details Tags: mac, osx, software, music, itunes, sync, macintosh [Apple Group] Printer troubleshooting for AirPort Extreme Do you have a USB printer that works the way you expect it to when connected to your computer, but not when it's connected to your AirPort base station for printer sharing? In that situation, this article helps you troubleshoot issues with printer recognition or sending a print job. (Or not.) Saved By: Apple Group | View Details Tags: printer, printing, woes, airport, extreme, airportextreme, apple, USB, problems, bugs [Web Design] How to Succeed at Front-end Development We asked top XHTML troubleshooter Stephanie Sullivan how a structure-focused coder can survive and thrive in this market. (An Event Apart News.) Saved By: Web Design | View Details Tags: stefsul, stephanie... More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-02-26 [ma.gnolia]
2008-02-27 07:00:00 [Apple Group] Apple //c - a photoset on Flickr Unpacking a recently purchased Apple II from eBay. Saved By: Apple Group | View Details Tags: apple, computers, photos, technology, hardware, flickr [Apple Group] How-To: Truly reset your .Mac sync data 'As many users of syncing products know, sync can be tricky. Items can sometimes get duplicated or not synced at all, and getting the system working again can be an exercise in witchcraft. Apple's .Mac syncing features are sometimes no exception to these problems, and even though Apple provides a number of decent solutions in its .Mac sync support pages, they don't always work. Fortunately, a brief adventure using .Mac sync chat support (found at the bottom of that aforelinked page) cleared up a repeating "merge/overwrite" sync dialog problem for me, and we felt the procedure was worth sharing.' (Hat tip: Stefan Seiz.) Saved By: Apple Group | View Details Tags: apple, mac, macintosh, dotmac, .m... More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-02-25 [ma.gnolia]
2008-02-26 07:00:00 [Web Design] Twelve Things Most Sites Need - Part I | Web Page Design for Designers © In this part one a look at six of twelve things most sites should probably have as an integral part of their being. Saved By: Web Design | View Details Tags: basics, web design, article, wpdfd More About: Links , 2008
Top 10 New Year's Resolutions That I've Broken
2008-01-01 11:59:00 10 Get along better with others.09 Read the complete works of Shakespeare.08 Buy a new computer.07 Blog on a regular basis.06 Find more "me" time.05 Find a new job.04 Get my G.E.D.03 Spend more time with my family, especially my daughter. Well, this one I've been able to do a lot easier since I live in the same town. But before I moved back intothis area, I as always telling myself I'd do this.02 Get my own place: I'm trying to get this one done this year. I am really sick of living out of one room.01 Quit Smoking: although I hope to succeed at this one this year.Well, there ya have it. The things I've not been able to complete in the past or still haven't completed. Here's to a new year to you all. May you be blessed by the Lord and the Lady throughout the year. More About: Broken , Resolutions
GOGEAR stopped, but I got it GOING again.
2007-12-13 15:48:00 Ya see, I have this lovely MP3 player that I love to use at work. It gets me going in the late hours. So, I plugged it in the other day to load some new files on it, and nothing that I copied worked. I tried for two days to get it to work, so I hit the internet and found I was not alone. This is the post I found, no help was given really on the site. So, I caved in and called the tech line at Philips. After having the call dropped once, I was given a solution that worked.Thank you Philips Tech Support Staff. Rock on!Philips GOGEAR SA6045 (4 GB) MP3 Player ProblemFile Format Not Supported!?!?!I've had my 4GB for a couple of months and the other day I was loading some podcasts on it. After I finished loading them, I got in my car turned it on and it says file format not supported. This has never happened before. The stuff that was already on my mp3 was fine except the new stuff won't play. I plugged it back in looked at my list and saw that there were like two albums that ha... More About: Goin
Links for 2007-12-08 [ma.gnolia]
2007-12-09 07:00:00 Free Wiccan Pagan Information Resource - Lady of the Earth "This is an online resource for Wiccan, Pagan, Witch, Wicca, Earth Based, Shaman and New Age information. You can gain insight in many different catagories. We have files on Animals, Blessings, Candle Magick, Celtic, Circles, Consecrations, Covens, Crystals - Gems - Stones, Dedications, Divinations, Dragon Tradition, Elements, Faeries, Gods and Goddesses, Handfasting, Healing, Herbs, Homespun Treasures, Humor, Incense, Initiations, Invocations, Lessons, Magick, Meditation, Moon, Oils and Scents, Poetry, Prayers, Recipes, Religious Discussions, Rituals, Sabbats and Esbats, Shamanism, Songs, Spells, Stories-Myths-Lore-Superstitions, The Laws, Tools of the Trade, Wicca, Witches, and much more. Come in and visit for a SPELL." Saved By: MagusLEN | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: wicca, religion, pagan, occult, theology, theonomy, images, insights, world religions More About: Links
School Days
2007-12-09 02:05:00 Winter brings snow, family holidays, and memories.With the first snows this year, I started reflecting on my days at the Wray SDA Church School . This was a one-room schoolhouse, which is something you don't find often in the United States these days. It was housed in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Wray, Colorado. I attended the school from 3rd-6th grades. One of the draw backs of attending this school was the fact that I was stuck with the same teacher for all but the last year I was there. Because of this, I was stunted in some areas of learning and advanced in others. The last year I attended, we had a different teacher, so I some of my course work was at the 6th grade level and others was 7th. I enjoyed my experiences at this school and it is probably why I am the way I am today, well one of the reasons anyway.Snow brought all sorts of fun at the school. depending on the weather, we would either play outside in the snow or inside because it was snowing. Here are a few of th... More About: Days , School Days
Links for 2007-12-07 [ma.gnolia]
2007-12-08 07:00:00 The Role Of An Autism Support Group The Role Of An Autism Support Group Saved By: MagusLEN | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: healthcare, autism, health, info, help, support groups More About: Links
Malls, Guns, and Whack Jobs
2007-12-06 23:46:00 OK, we all know what happened at the Mall in Omaha, NE on Wednesday. Yes, it is tragic. Yes, my heart goes out to the families of the victims and the nut-job. Yes, it is a sick, sick world we live in these days. I'm sure there was something that could be done to prevent this from happening again.Malachy Kavanaugh, spokesman for the International Council of Shopping Centers:The International Council of Shopping Centers has conducted focus groups with shoppers to test how they would react to even tighter "airport style" security measures, including bag checks and magnetometers.According to Kavanaugh, the results have shown that shoppers would accept the measures only if the national threat advisory system was raised to its highest level, red. Such extreme measures are "in the mall industry playbook ... but it is something no one wants to do," said Kavanaugh.Oh yes, let's do that! Let's take something that we all do from time to time and turn it into an even bigger hassle than it al... More About: Guns , Jobs , Malls , Whack
Links for 2007-12-03 [ma.gnolia]
2007-12-04 07:00:00 Digital Camera Tips and Reviews: Photonhead, The Essence of Modern Film and Digital Photography Learn to take snaps in the digital age. Saved By: MagusLEN | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: photography, photos, photo, photoshop, tech, technology, tips, art More About: Links
New Diagnosis for Old Problems
2007-12-03 18:12:00 clipped from www.time.comSensory Therapies and Research [STAR] Center, just south of Denver, which treats about 50 children a week for a curious mix of problems. Some can't seem to get their motors in gear: they have low muscle tone and a tendency to respond only minimally to conversation and invitations to play. Others are revved too high: they annoy other children by crashing into them or hugging too hard. Many can't handle common noises or the feel of clothing on their skin. A number just seem clumsy. Adults can remember kids like these from their own childhood. They were the ones called losers, loners, klutzes and troublemakers. At STAR Center they wear a more benign label: children with sensory processing disorder (SPD). Never heard of it? You're in good company. Neither have many pediatricians, neurologists, psychologists and teachers. But in the parallel universe of occupational therapy, which focuses on the more primal "occupations" of life--dressing, eating, working, pl... More About: Problems , Diagnosis
Groaner Time
2007-11-30 02:29:00 clipped from www.beliefnet.comA Well-Known MonkA wandering monk walked barefoot everywhere he went, to the point that the soles of his feet eventually became quite thick and leathery. And because he ate very little, he gradually became very frail. Several days often passed between opportunities to brush his teeth, so he usually had bad breath. Therefore, throughout the region, he came to be known as the super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis. Need I say more? More About: Time
Are you getting enough?
2007-11-28 21:53:00 clipped from news.bbc.co.ukAsk someone how they are and their response, more often than not, is "fine but a bit tired". Not surprising when one in three of us have sleep problems, according to recent research.The medical profession calls it tatt, short for "tired all the time". It's one of the most common complaints that doctors hear. Sleep is so important because it allows the brain to recover from the rigours of the day. Not getting enough has been found to increase the risk of obesity, heart disease and depression.But even if you cut back on the late nights, how to tackle the problem of falling asleep? Here are some tips:dusting down old and familiar CDsJust repeating "the" could be the solution. It's known as a blocking strategyPopular in the 1980s, power naps have a fast and effective restorative power that is hard to beatNapping at work isn't acceptable in the UK, but in Japan dozingis allowed. I loved the original headline, so had to borrow it.I could have used this artic...
British Schoolteacher Faces Lash Over Teddybear
2007-11-27 19:41:00 Not much I can say on this one. The responses from the general public over the world speaks volumes. clipped from news.bbc.co.uk British officials are trying to secure the release of Gillian GibbonsA British schoolteacher in Sudan may face blasphemy charges for insulting Islam's Prophet after letting her pupils name a teddy bear Muhammad. If she is convicted, the punishment could be six months in jail, 40 lashes or a fine. BBC News website readers, as well as readers of BBCArabic.com, have been sending their reaction to this story.From BBCArabic.com: My name is Mohammed. Should my parents be tried for insulting Islam? Mohammed From BBCArabic.com: Why did she choose this name in particular? There are many other names for these toy bears and children's TV shows are full of them. It is actually an insult to Prophet Mohammed. Amira al-Marani, Yemen More About: Faces , Lash , Bear
Johnny Streaked to the Bus
2007-11-22 02:00:00 clipped from www.progress.orgThe USA is suffering from a sexual-harassment mania. Originally,sexual harassment meant coercing someone to engage in sex, orexploiting someone sexually, such as when a boss pressures anemployee to provide sexual favors. These are surely bad acts.The sexual harassment mania has spread to children. Six-year-oldswho don't even know what "sex" is are being accused of being sexualharassers. A boy who kissed a little girl in school was accused ofsexual harassment and sent home. It seems that boys and girls mayno longer hug, hold hands, or show any affection or displayfriendship. Affection is now sexualized. Should we be surprisedwhen children grow up to be violent thieving drug addicts?The latest casualty to the sexual harassment mania is the nakedhuman body, including the bodies of innocent children. In Canton,Ohio, a six-year-old boy took a bath......He heard the school busoutside, and ran out to stop the bus - still naked. He wassuspended by his school fo... More About: Johnny
World Toilet Day facts
2007-11-20 15:32:00 clipped from blogs.usatoday.comAn average person visits the toilet 2,500 times a year. About 6-8 times a day.You spend about three years of your life on the toilet.Contrary to popular lore, Thomas Crapper didn’t invent the toilet.Seated toilets with drainage systems date back to 2500 B.C. The flush toilet was invented in 1596 by John Harrington. about the 2.6 billion people — half the planet — who don't have basic sanitation, according to sponsor WaterPartners International.The group estimates that 1.8 million children die each year from water– and sanitation-related diseases — one child every 15 seconds.the 2007 World Toilet Summit was held in New Delhi from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 Last year in Moscow, an expo that Mansukov helped organize featured a terrorist-proof toilet. The Times says it was strong enough to withstand a suicide bomb attack.Alexei Maksunov, deputy head of the Russian Toilet Union,as driven the Oka car outfitted with a waterless, eco-friendly porta-potty mo... More About: Facts
Never Seen A Lighthouse Like This [PIC]
2007-11-20 14:47:00 Amazing light display. clipped from www.flickr.com More About: Lighthouse
Mr. Whipple, the closet toilet-paper squeezer, has died.
More articles from this author:2007-11-20 14:19:00 A lil slow on the uptake here, so I would assume this occurred on Sunday. clipped from di-ablog.blogspot.comNinety-one-year-old Dick Wilson died of natural causes yesterday at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills.Wilson made more than 500 Charmin commercials, the first airing in 1964 where he was consumed with keeping housewives from squeezing the toilet paper. The campaign ended in 1985, but Wilson went on to play parts in "Bewitched," "Hogan's Heroes" and "The Bob Newhart Show."RIP Mr. Whipple, and when you look down from your soft two-ply white cloud (oops, wrong toilet paper), know there are generations out there who will never forget "Please don't squeeze the Charmin." More About: Toilet Paper , Toilet , Paper , Died , Closet 1, 2 |
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