January, 2006

Okay, this one “Mary](http://www.maryyerkes.com/blog/ said she tagged me, but I didn’t get the -Memo- Meme (sorry).

Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:

Receptionist Bagel Girl Telecom Specialist Assistant Manager at Nautica

Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over, and Have:

“Mad Love](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113729/ “Left Behind](http://www.leftbehind-themovie.com/ (all three) “Time Changer](http://www.timechangermovie.com/ “Joshua](http://www.livingthesolution.com/joshua.htm

Four Places I Have Lived:

“San Diego, CA](http://www.sandiego.gov/ “Ramona, CA](http://www.ramonachamber.com/ “Anaheim Hills, CA](http://www.anaheim.net/ “Fall River Mills, CA](http://www.fallrivervalleycc.org/

Four TV Shows [...]

My sister sent me 32 questions… I’m only going to answer 10 (you don’t really need to know all 32). Actually, this got me thinking… it’s a clever way to get a bunch of personal info on people. Give them 32 random nonsensical questions and then throw in a couple like… “What’s your mother’s maiden [...]

How can you tell Natalie needs some time away from the computer? When she types up a cover letter and it looks like this:

p. Dear Joe:

p. Thank you _so_ much for taking the time to review my resume and forward to the appropriate person. Bob has been really generous to pave the way for me and I [...]

I’m a person who likes things clean and simple. Excerpts do that most of the time. I use them on this site. It’s just a sampling of the post that leads to the main post. Most blogging tools have an option to do excerpts. In Textpattern it’s a box at the bottom of the post [...]

Reading today about website visitors’ first impressions, it seems there is more to be said for using vector graphics, drawings and icons in a design instead of photographs.

…a sketch is recognized more readily than a realistic photograph. While he was at the University of Montreal in the 1960s Michael Mills showed that people [...]

I’ve been featured in a cartoon! Dan Lacey is the guy behind the Faithmouse cartoons and he’s been trying to raise some funds to go to the “Blogs for Life](http://www.blogs4life.com/ conference January 23rd. For any donation, he’s making cartoons using “Neverborn” and matching the theme of the donor’s website or blog. Neverborn is a baby [...]

FOR WORDPRESS — If you’re a photo blogger, or a person who blogs a photo regularly, this is for you. If you already have a Flickr account, you’re ready to go. If not, go get one; it’s well worth your time if you’re into photos. So here’s a way to easily blog your photos, and [...]

I received the nicest comment on an earlier post (the one about my goof and the ultimate switch to Textpattern). He asked how I like Textpattern compared to Wordpress. I’d like to take a minute or two to answer this. I’ve been using TXP for a couple of weeks now, so let me do this [...]

As we were getting ready for school this morning, my three-year-old AJ watched me put my ipod shuffle over my head and around my neck. Eyes glowing, she marveled, “boo de boo” (which means beautiful) and I cracked up. She says that when she sees something she likes. I love that she can appreciate technology. [...]

Oh, the power your peers have! I just read Jason Santa Maria’s “post](http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/archive/2006/01/15/design_it_yourself.php about a new book and immediately pre-ordered it. In looking at my Amazon history, I realized I rarely buy a book unless it was first recommended by someone I respect. I suppose that saves me some money, but I wonder if Jason [...]

Nathan Smith

!(border)/images/archives/188.jpg) Nathan Smith is a web designer I met this year when I ran into his project for ministry websites, “Godbit](http://godbit.com. He has some help from some other really talented web designers who all take great care in designing with web standards. He designs and blogs from “SonSpring](http://sonspring.com/

The Interview

Did you always know you wanted [...]

I was listening to the radio this morning and Dire Straits came on. I forgot about them, but dug them up on itunes this morning and man, where have I been? I used to listen to them in highschool, but never actually bought a CD. My parents listened to them a lot when I was [...]

Quick, before we all get sick of seeing reflected images! It might be too late, but here’s a quick tip for making simple reflections on your images for buttons or tabs (see my menu above or the buttons in the sidebar).

Photoshop

Note: I don’t go into a whole lot of detail with the steps. I’m assuming [...]

The one where I talk about whether to and how to introduce your faith into your business, and why I’ll never again hide my faith from my clients.

Girls, if you watch AMC you can laugh at that title. Guys, you wouldn’t get it, so let’s move on. If you do get it, you shouldn’t. So, you’ll notice the butterflies are the default now and a lot of stuff is missing. At the nagging of some buddies (and a fatal goof that wiped [...]

A list of some of the firefox addons I’ve been using a lot lately and have found I can’t live without.