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I will now.. Aug 20, 08, 11:09 a.m.
be spamming the board with images of Frank Stallone.
Why? Because you deserve no better.
THE GOD.
Being A Designer May 23, 08, 12:52 p.m.
Its tough man. I mean if you really let it consume you it can change you weird. You start trying to design things that are out of your control. You want to design a better society. You see the flaws and you want to change em... but you dont know how. And you think you can fix the ineffieciencies in society but there are much more powerful entities at work that know much more than you do. And all you can do is accept the bad design and continue on. Its ahhhhh!!!!
Obama's Brother Aug 20, 08, 9:14 a.m.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/…
Is this BS or am I the only one here that thinks this is fascinating?
Didn't Bill Clinton have some kind of recluse brother as well?
And whatever happened to Frank Stallone?
Im at a party May 10, 08, 5:04 p.m.
and I have sharted....now what???
The Statue of Liberty May 26, 08, 5:05 a.m.
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
iPhone vs Flash Mar 6, 08, 7:53 a.m.
So Jobs has come out and said it: The iPhone will never support Flash. A future with Flash on mobiles seems bleak if you listen to the reality distortion field made by Jobs. He says its just not efficient to use flash or flash lite on the iphone.
http://sree.kotay.com/2008/03/ap…
Furthermore, he is recommending that web designers skip flash altogether and stick to CSS and other web standards.
Could this be the beginning of the end for Flash developers?
Slander Jun 2, 08, 7:44 a.m.
My ex-wife is slandering me. What should I do?
shorts at the office Nov 13, 07, 12:23 p.m.
hey my life sucks and i went into work today wearing shorts so i could feel comfortable. Alot of people are looking at me weird as well as coughing whenever Im around (as usual). Are shorts in the office a good idea?
Im taking it easy. Jul 9, 08, 7:17 p.m.
Again, I am getting anxiety and stressed out way too much. I know that alot of you have gone from gig to gig...how do you deal with the anxiety of freelance?
Im going to hit the Yellowtail™ to get my heart beating at a normal pace again.
These highs and lows are killer.
Am I wrong? Jul 6, 08, 1:56 a.m.
OK so I noticed that the girl I am dating does not walk side-by-side with me anymore, she just walks ahead of me.
Also, we went to a party tonight and I asked her to dance and she said no, then she started dancing with her cousins.
I threw a fucking tantrum and sent her to hell.
Whenever we are alone we have the best time, when she hangs out with other people she acts like a different person.
Why is this happening?
I broke it off with her tonight.
Canon HF10 Apr 2, 08, 11:07 a.m.
Has anyone used this new camera yet?
Any opinion on it?
Has anyone edited AVCHD video yet? Is it a hog?
Shameful? Jan 24, 08, 11:15 a.m.
Hows a designer supposed to make a living when there is this kind of crap around?
I worry about our people, man.
So is NT over? Nov 13, 07, 12:24 p.m.
When the QBN.com comes in full effect?
I Hate People Jun 5, 08, 11:01 a.m.
Now what?
THIS IS INSANE May 7, 08, 10:01 p.m.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/as…
YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- The death toll from the cyclone that ravaged the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar may exceed 100,000, the senior U.S. diplomat in the military-ruled country said Wednesday.
A girl drinks water from a container as her homeless family eat donated food in the outskirts of Yangon on May 7.
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"The information we are receiving indicates over 100,000 deaths," said the U.S. charge d'affaires in Yangon, Shari Villarosa.
The U.S. figure is almost five times the 22,000 the Myanmar government has estimated.
The U.S. estimate is based on data from an international non-governmental organization, Villarosa said without naming the group. She called the situation in Myanmar "more and more horrendous."
"I think most of the damage was caused by these 12-foot storm surges," she said.
Villarosa also said that about 95 percent of the buildings in the delta region were destroyed when Cyclone Nargis battered the area late Friday into Saturday.
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice once again called on the junta to allow aid into the country and said she is speaking with leaders from other nations who may be able to help persuade Myanmar's leaders to do so.
"It should be a simple matter," Rice said. "This is not a matter of politics; this is a matter of a humanitarian crisis, and it should be a matter that the government of Burma wants to see its people receive the help that is available to them, and so we are speaking with governments that might have influence with Burma."
Myanmar is also known as Burma.
The United States has pledged $3.25 million and offered to send Navy ships to the region to help relief efforts -- if Myanmar's government agrees.
The U.S. military has flown six cargo helicopters onto a Thai airbase as Washington awaits permission to go into the south Asian country, two senior military officials told CNN's Barbara Starr.
Villarosa said 70,000 people are missing in the Irrawaddy Delta, which has a population of nearly 6 million people. The official Myanmar government figure for the missing is 41,000.
"I can only assume that the longer the delay, the more victims that are created," Villarosa said.
Little aid has reached the area since Nargis hit, and on Wednesday, crowds of hungry survivors stormed reopened shops in the devastated Irrawaddy delta.
The United Nations urged the military junta to grant visas to international relief workers amid estimates of 1 million homeless.
A United Nations official said that nearly 2,000 square miles (5,000 square km) of the hard-hit delta are still underwater. See amateur video of the cyclone's crashing ashore »
Charity workers have gathered at Myanmar's embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, with vehicles, emergency food supplies and medicine, waiting for their visa requests to be approved.
"We need this to move much faster," said John Holmes, U.N. humanitarian chief, after reading a statement from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
There were reports of "civil unrest" in the worst-hit areas where people are scrambling for limited food supplies, a U.N. spokesman said.
In the flood-soaked Irrawaddy delta townships, U.N. assessment teams observed "large crowds gathering around shops -- the few that were open -- literally fighting over the chance to buy what food was available," World Food Program spokesman Paul Risley said Wednesday from Bangkok.
There were also also reports of price gouging in urban areas around Yangon, Myanmar's largest city and former capital.
"There were long lines of people trying to buy what food was available, even at those higher prices," Risley said.
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The delta, Myanmar's rice-growing heartland, has been devastated by Cyclone Nargis, threatening long-term food shortages for survivors, experts said.
"We can't delay on this; this is a huge disaster, and the longer [Myanmar] waits, the worse it's going to become," International Rescue Committee spokesman Gregory Beck said.
The Rome, Italy-based U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that five states hit hardest by Saturday's cyclone produce 65 percent of the country's rice, The Associated Press reported.
"There is likely going to be incredible shortages in the next 18 to 24 months," Sean Turnell, an economist specializing in Myanmar at Australia's Macquarie University, told AP.
Holmes said 24 countries had pledged financial support, with a total of $30 million expected in aid.
The WFP, which has started feeding the estimated million homeless, said there were immediate concerns about salvaging harvested rice in the flooded Irrawaddy delta. An iReporter documents the destruction »
The cyclone battered the country with winds of 240 kph (150 mph) and 3.5-meter (11.48 feet) storm surges.
Damage was also extensive in the country's largest city, Yangon. Much of the former capital is without power and littered with debris and fallen trees. See photos of the destruction »
CNN's Dan Rivers, the first Western journalist into the devastated town of Bogalay, said Wednesday that it was difficult to find the words to describe the level of destruction. Watch Rivers describe the critical situation »
"Ninety percent of the houses have been flattened. ... The help that these people are getting seems to be pretty much nonexistent, from what we've seen."
He saw members of Myanmar's army clearing roads but handing out little food or medicine.
"There has been scant help, really. I think we saw one or two Red Cross vehicles in the entire time we were driving," Rivers said of his travels over a 12-hour period. Learn more about Myanmar »
Hundreds of World Vision staff are in Myanmar with limited supplies, according to spokesman James East.
Tons of supplies have been readied in Dubai and can be brought in quickly once clearance is given.
"Even when aid comes in, it's going to be a logistical nightmare to get it out to the remote delta region," East said.
However, Yangon is almost back to normal, World Vision health adviser Dr. Kyi Minn said. Roads have been cleared of debris, and electricity and potable water are available.
The Myanmar Red Cross has been handing out relief supplies, such as drinking water, plastic sheeting, clothing, insecticide-treated bed nets to help prevent malaria, and kitchen items, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said.
Other countries and world bodies offering help include Britain, Japan, the European Union, China, India, Thailand, Australia, Canada and Bangladesh have also pitched in.
Based on a satellite map made available by the U.N., the storm's damage was concentrated over a 30,000-square-kilometer area along the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Martaban coastlines, home to nearly a quarter of Myanmar's 57 million people.
Id really like to meet Feb 27, 08, 11:51 a.m.
beautiful creative females that are not squares and have a sense of humor and a passion for life.
Preferably a girl that knows how to walk the line between trash and glamour with a touch of class.
She has to be into videogames but also into architecture. A girl that wants to go outdoors and enjoy the beach yet wants to shoot photos,check out art galleries and then go play pool and get trashed.
A girl that wouldnt mind getting photographed erotically in a pool of fake radioactive ooze.
My therapist made me write this.
Weirdest Kung Fu Jul 10, 08, 9:28 a.m.
So whats the most obscure old school kung-fu flick that you have ever seen?
Any favorites?
Thank You, Marketing Jan 23, 08, 12:45 p.m.
This is not a personal stab at the marketing people where I work, they are all good people.
But man, the marketing mentality is so lame.
I created this badass, hollywood style Flash banner with strobe effects and lighting effects and perfect sense of timing in both message and delivery...
but NOooo. They think its too flashy and that the effects dont add anything to it. They just want a guys head floating there with a logo next to it and the text right there with no animation. Straight to the point and boring. Why do I even bother giving them that good stuff when it just gets castrated to the point of it being just another boring ad?
I gave them something that would catch everyones attention and they just dont get it.
Anyways...
Surprisingly Long-lasting Logos (not Gum related) Jan 16, 08, 1:23 p.m.
Heres my idiot thought of the day:
Have you seen any logos that have been around you all of your life and give you an almost safe, parental feeling in that they will always be there, no matter what? McDonalds? Dominos? Sure...but what about those unassuming mainstays?






