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NaNoWriMo 2007 Winner

For those of you who know what this is relating to, you probably understand my excitement about it. NaNoWriMo = 50K words in 30 days. No small feat. I finished mine in 24 days, and then thankfully let it lie. While it is in no way a novel, it is a great start and a wonderful exercise. While not for everyone, perhaps myself included, this is a great way to get out there and just write. I learned that I actually could write that many words about a single story. Now I am excited to go back and shape it up.

 

Free Desktop Wallpaper: JB Method

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JB Method

In messing around with Photoshop, I asked a friend of mine Jorge Bach how he achieved an effect I quite liked. He gave me very quick instructions and I followed them. While the result was not how I imagined it, I thought it turned out well.

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Jumper Falls

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Jumper Movie Poster

I just watched the movie Jumper last night and thought it sucked. The premise was flimsy and nothing was ever really explained. Not that I need handheld guidance in this genre, but it does make the experience more believable. The biggest crime was in the very opening of them film. The character tells me, “I used to be normal. A chump like you.” Do I need to be degraded for electing to watch this film?

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Can Hotshot Ad Guy Alex Bogusky Make Microsoft Cool? Nope.

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Bogusky

Fast Company last month featured this article asking a simple question: Can Alex Bogusky (pictured to the left) make Microsoft cool? Seems like a simple question. It has all the wonderings of a solid point-of-interest article. But, after reading it you are told the answer. No. He cannot.

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Bellwether Boutique

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My friend Jessica opened Bellwether Boutique here in Omaha. It fetures vintage clothes, furniture, hand-made articles, and local art. A blend of old and new, bound primarily by the keen her keen sense of fashion and style. I hope it proves to be a smashing success.

She contacted me to do some design for the store, but they ended up not using it. Still, I quite like the look / feel I developed and decided to show them here. Please click on a thumbnail to launch the gallery.

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Free Desktop Wallpaper: Abstract

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Abstract Desktop

I have been wanting to learn more about Photoshop, and figured without a project I would never make the time. My solution? Create desktops for you to use and learn in the process. These are based off of tutorials I have found, and then changed to create something of my own. I hope you find them interesting.

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FREE Get Out of Iraq Card!

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John Rambo Will Kill You!
“You can stand for nothing, or die for something.”
John Rambo

Here is how we get out of Iraq, or any conflict: John Rambo. Man, that guy can still kick butt! He is 80 years old now and does this for free. Yeah, really! He does not take money for his service. Killing is in his blood. He can’t control it and, probably, needs us to help him release all the built up rage.

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Wanted... a plot? Dialogue? Action? Okay, it has action.

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Wanted Movie Poster

I just saw the movie Wanted and I left only wanting my money back. What a waste of time. The special effects were top notch, but everything after that was thin to non-existant. I do not go to action movies with high hopes for story line cohesion, but this was just horrible. I wish the voice track could have been muted, but let the SFX rumble. That would have been awesome.

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Spain levels Germany in the Euro Cup

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I just watched Spain dismantle Germany today. All through the telecast, the announcers kept saying how Spain has been dubbed ‘The Underachievers’, but I did not see any hint of that. Instead, I saw the juggernaut Germany get served. Repeatedly. It was what I had expected in the end, a Spanish victory, but not such a decisive and resolute trouncing.

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CSS Table Styles

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Ever find yourself in the situation where you need to use a table? You ought to, because there really is a time and a place for them in modern html. However, if you (like me) have all but tossed the cursed memory of tables out of your memory and are fully embracing the css / xhtml paradigm, some style guidance is appreciated. That’s right, I just said style.

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The Best Page in the Universe

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The Best Page in the Universe

Many of you are already familiar with this site, but for those of you who have somehow missed out on it, I would like to introduce you to The Best Page in the Universe. Maddox, if that is his real name, is hilarious. His rants are merciless and pointed. But more than just being “controversal”, they are smart. Or smart-ass. Taking on topics from Puns to Crappy Children’s Art to the size of his balls, Maddox never disappoints.

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