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 [...]

  The Four Things Meme

• 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 [...]

  Meme: 10 of 32 Questions

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  Jim Cole

• 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 [...]

  Hooked on Textile?

• 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 [...]

  How to: Blogger Excerpts

• 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 [...]

  First Impressions

• 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 [...]

  Nat & Neverborn

• 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 [...]

  Blogging Photos Using Flickr

• 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 [...]

  Wordpress v. Textpattern

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  How to: My Flickr Bar

• 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. [...]

  The Praise of a Little One

• 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 [...]

  Peer Pressure