R.I.P. Tim Russert Jun 13, 08, 12:44 p.m.

Sad, sad day.
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/…

Alive and Breeding Apr 17, 08, 9:15 a.m.

Web pages that grow, morph, etc., to suit the audience:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth…

One Day Poem Apr 14, 08, 4:30 p.m.

I happened upon this and really enjoyed it.
http://people.artcenter.edu/~jso…

The movement of the sun displays a short poem, one line at a time, throughout the day.

Great ideas make me smile.

Custom vs. Hosted Solution Feb 29, 08, 5:08 a.m.

There are plenty of industry-specific Web solutions available for, say, auto dealerships, realtors, etc.

When trying to help a client decide which option is the best fit for them (custom vs. hosted), what are some questions you would ask?

Note, this is not to 'sell' them either way, but a means of determining which avenue best suits their business.

Raceless Jan 25, 08, 1:33 p.m.

I was listening to the Stephen A. Smith show today and he was commenting on the Tiger Woods/Lynching Comment/Golf Week Noose. At one point he stated that this country loves you, "as long as you're raceless."

This morning, while getting my son ready for school, we were discussing Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Civil Rights movement. I was explaining why it's so important to pay attention to and learn from these people and that time in our country's history, and that racism continues to be an ongoing problem.

I went on that, "that's why, around here, we treat everyone the same. We don't care about skin color, whether they're tall or short, fat or skinny; it doesn't matter." Etc., etc., and more along the lines of distilling race down to a non-issue.

So my question, global and diverse QBN community: Is there merit in teaching 'racelessness'? Are there detriments I'm overlooking? My personal approach has always been to purposely look beyond race, and I'd never looked at that as anything but a positive, solid approach.

Thoughts?

Underhanded SEO Jan 10, 08, 6:11 p.m.

I had a holding page up for a site while it was in development. The site went live and the owner searched Google for the company name.

The results are the page title and description, but the URL is for another (unrelated) company.

Checking the "cached" version of the page reveals that someone copied the logo from the holding page, the page title, and the metadata to a page on their site, then submitted it to, at least one, search engine.

First, I don't understand the benefit of someone doing this.

Second, can I assume that following general SEO protocol will have this squared away in relatively short order?

Oh yeah, and "fuck you" to the cheating asshole that did that.

website statistics Oct 17, 07, 3:25 a.m.

What are some recommended options for web stats?

Free, reasonably priced, whatever.

pet portraits Sep 18, 07, 1:33 p.m.

my friend rachel specializes in animal portraits. she was recently interviewed by ZooToo, who created a time-lapse video of her doing one of her illustrations:

rachel's a very cool and talented lady and i just wanted to share the link with you folks.

her site:
http://www.petartstudios.com/

lil' help Sep 12, 07, 9:25 a.m.

i only have access to illustrator v8 and this logo is in a newer format.

can someone save it down to version 8 for me, please?

http://www.brianlaw.org/nt/vecto…

thanks.

edward gorey v. star trek Sep 4, 07, 6 a.m.

http://shaenon.livejournal.com/4…

^ found on the morning news.

drains of canada Aug 28, 07, 4:17 a.m.

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/200…

would you say he is an urban explorer or modern spelunker?

cool photos either way.