April 2009
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Thursday 30 | Canon Press Books
Mavis of imustnotthinkbadthoughts.wordpress.com alerted me to this and I wanted to make sure you knew about it too. Canon Press – 1 Week Sale
Canon Press will be hosting a special 1 Week Sale featuring over 50 different titles on sale for $1, $2, or $3. The sale begins May 1st and ends May [...] -
Tuesday 28 | archshrk is an Architect
California Architects Board – License Verification
It’s official, I am now a licensed Architect in the State of California. A licensed architect’s responsibilities are outlined in both the California Architect’s Practice Act and the Owner-Architect Agreement, AIA B101. The architect is charged with acting in accordance with the standard-of-care in preparation and administration (responsible control) [...]
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Monday 27 | What’s being copied from your site?
A new feature on archshrk.com (and my other sites). You put a lot of effort into creating interesting content for your site. And when someone copies and pastes it into their blog or website, you should know about it. That’s where Tynt Tracer comes in.
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Wednesday 22 | Major Blunder
Below is the ad for the 2009 Lincoln MKS which is done really nicely. The Berlin Cameron Team Detroit agency produced the spot for the Lincoln MKS. It is indeed Chan Marshall aka Cat Power singing the cover of the Bowie song. She recorded it in June and it’s not yet known if it [...]
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Tuesday 21 | H.R. 1913 is not anti-christian
You may have received an email similar to this one…
Persecution today announced that there is a measure before Congress (H.R. 1913) that will effectively make it a hate crime to call homosexuality a sin. It also will make it a hate crime to call Islam a “False Religion.” Write to you congressman (or [...] -
Monday 20 | Who does she think she is, Elaine Paige?
Watch this clip from Britain’s Got Talent (with Simon Cowell) and tell me there isn’t something wrong with the world.
Susan Boyle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg
In case you’re wondering…
Elaine Paige, born 5 March 1948 is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production [...] -
Monday 20 | Save up to 10% on Select BOB Strollers
Amazon Baby is featuring an exclusive Amazon-only BOB Stroller Event from April 18 – April 27, 2009. For a limited time save up to 10% on select BOB utility and jogging strollers – a top-brand name in high-quality and durable strollers designed especially for parents on-the-go.
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Friday 17 | Your name isn’t good enough for NPR
What would your name be if you were the kind of person who would be a National Public Radio correspondent? Bob Roberts? Not likely.
Here’s the problem, NPR personalities don’t seem to have names like you and me, they have names like Jacki Lyden, Farai Chideya and Lourdes Garcia-Navarro. Who can compete against names [...] -
Friday 17 | LeapFish – Just Type It
“Search the best of the web in a click-free search”
What the heck does that mean? Well, it pretty much means what it says. As you type your search word or phrase, it shows you the results without having to hit the submit button. Wait, what? Yes, as you type in a [...] -
Thursday 16 | Shopping for Corbin
A while back Corbin had a play date with Stasi and we finally got the pictures from that day. It was a gloomy day so Iris (Stasi’s sitter) and Julia took to the kids to PlayTown in El Cajon. Owned and operated by local parents, Play Town is an indoor playground designed for [...]
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Wednesday 15 | My work ScreenSaver
Screen Saver set to Marquee
When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it. – Deuteronomy 22:8 -
Tuesday 14 | Make your own short URLs
So here’s the deal – I don’t tweet (yet) but I hope to break into the tweet world with my posts. Not likely to happen but I can dream. Anyway, there is some discussion on using tiny URLs in newspapers rather than full links. We’re talking paper and ink, not online. [...]
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Monday 13 | Easter – then and now
This is a quick post about Easter, or more properly – Resurrection Sunday. We had a good time at Mae’s again and the girls are less interested in finding and re-hiding the eggs this year. Plus Corbin had a private, beginner’s egg hunt all his own. Too bad he just wanted to [...]
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Thursday 9 | Make $5,300.04 the hard way
I’ve recently seen a slew of ads (mostly pop-up ads) that say you can make up to $5,000 a month submitting to Google. The ad links to a story about a guy who make $5000 per month just by submitting links to Google, his story sounds quite genuine with positive comments, thanks, payment proofs, [...]
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Thursday 9 | Funny Easter stuff
All I Need to Learn about Life I learned from the Easter Bunny!
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Walk softly and carry a big carrot.
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.
There’s no such thing as too much candy.
All work and no play can make you a basket case.
A cute little tail attracts a [...] -
Thursday 9 | no more Life On Mars
So I just heard that Life On Mars – ABC.com has been canceled. Too bad. Granted, it was getting a little weird in the end but it was still better than a lot of the shows out there.
Sadly, most of the shows I’ve ever really liked seem to fall victim to this fate. [...] -
Thursday 9 | Everybody’s Green on Earth Day
Earth Day 2009 is April 22, and Amazon is launching Earth Day Savings at amazon.com/earthday, where customers can save on organic groceries, home products, CFLs and more. Additionally, learn how to go Extreme Green, Ease Into Green, or be Eco-Chic.
Amazon and ENERGY STAR will also host the Earth Day Sweepstakes. Five first-place winners will receive [...] -
Thursday 9 | I’m published
Well, maybe published is too strong a word. But I did write a post on SEOmoz.com and its been well received so far. Check it out if you want – Let’s talk about changes. Basically it was talking about when a change to a site warrants an announcement and when it doesn’t. [...]
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Wednesday 8 | Walks like Frankenstein’s Monster
That’s what people say when the see Corbin coming – but give him a break, most babies start out that way. Of course, it doesn’t help that he makes monster noises when he walks…
Download Conversion of crappy cell phone .3G2 video to .mov format courtesy of Oxelon.com free Media Converter
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Wednesday 8 | Messing with Color
Today, Google announced that you can use color filters on your image search results.
Today, I’m happy to announce that you too can use our color filter in your own image searches. Just search for something the way you normally would, such as [tulips]. On the results page, click on the “All colors” drop down in [...] -
Tuesday 7 | Jesus was a Good Teacher
This was too good not to share.
Challenge: I believe Jesus was a moral example and a great sage and teacher.
Response: …who sagaciously taught that He was God incarnate, the only sufficient sacrifice for man’s sins, and the only mediator between God and man; who made worship of Him as God a moral imperative; and taught [...] -
Tuesday 7 | New Bloons Tower Defense 3
A while back I placed (hacked/stole/bootlegged) Bloons Tower Defense 2 onto my site. It was an experiment that I just left running. It hasn’t been a huge traffic generating part of my site but it has brought a few people and once you start playing, you kind of need to finish on whatever [...]
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Thursday 2 | California sales tax rises to almost 9 percent
For those of you not in California…
The Associated Press: California sales tax rises to almost 9 percent
Californians will start feeling the pain of the recently negotiated state budget fix on Wednesday, when a 1-percent increase in the state sales tax will force consumers to pay more for goods such as cars, furniture, laptops and toys.
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Thursday 2 | Bathtub IV
As my friend Teri of Velvet Vox said – WOW!
Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
This is a personal project that would not have been possible without the support of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. Thanks to the entire team for their generous access during training exercises and patrols this Summer. Since the Service began [...] -
Wednesday 1 | Welcome to Nomanisan
I’ve been thinking a lot about twitter lately, mostly because its been coming up in various places (blogs, radio, tv…) and I keep asking myself, “self, is this just another trend like facebook and myspace – or is this something that will become a lasting part of daily life?” Unfortunately, Self is a very [...]
