February 2006

At work, do you show these traits?

demanding
poor as team players
uncompromising
disrespectful
intimidating
emotional
uncooperative
defiant
erratic
driven to succeed

If so, congratulations, you may be a select few high-maintenance employees who could be “innovators and the people who are most often responsible for a business’s success.”
Silly me, I had it all wrong. These guys at work aren’t turds. They’re actually high-maintenance [...]

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The Black/Varsity Maize Quickstrike version of the Zoom Kobe 1 that commemorates Kobe’s 81 point scoring spree was a limited on-line release. There will be a second chance to get them on Saturday, February 18 at select retailers.

Technorati Tags: Kicks, Nike

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Looking at adding a search feature to Pulpconnection either via Google AdSense for Search or Technorati. I’m starting to forget about posts so I figured a search feature would help me find stuff on my own site.
I briefly tried adding Google’s search, but it seemed like this was a typical Google search, scouring the [...]

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Seems like the visual design of web sites is becoming simpler. Web Design from Scratch lists common traits of good looking sites. The rundown:

Simple layout
3D effects, used sparingly
Soft, neutral background colours
Strong colour, used sparingly
Cute icons, used sparingly
Plenty of whitespace
Nice big text

I like this statement:
In general, the more white space the better. It’s very [...]

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Rumors around the Net are talking about THE video iPod. If rumor is right, the current video iPod is only a placeholder for this baby.The click wheel has been virtualized into a 3.5-in screen covering the entire front of the iPod. Could very well be a fake, but there’s been rumblings that Apple [...]

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After talking to a couple of folks who use Google’s advertising services, I decided to check out the Google AdSense program. AdSense displays Google ads on your site (that’s the new orange-grey bar near the top of Pulpconnection), and the site owner gets revenue when people click on these ads. These ads are [...]

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Have to keep this site as a reference. Web Design from Scratch is your complete guide to web design. Lots of topics like design process, graphic design, site architecture, and more. Could come in handy.

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Want to learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and how to separate web style from content? Then CSS Basics.com could be for you. Eighteen chapters introducing you to the goodness of CSS.
Also check out the book Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm to learn how to take advantage of CSS. Didn’t know [...]

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This real estate site, Zillow.com, is causing a stir on the Net. It’s pretty cool. You can see the value of your home and the homes in your area. Be amazed that you live next to a million dollar house.
The site is getting “zillions” of visitors so it may be slow or [...]

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Bad turn of events at work today. Very well could signal the loss of talented people. We got money. We don’t got money. Which is it?
Not entirely convinced the fat lady is singing quite yet. Let’s see what teamwork can do…
Technorati Tags: workplace

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Wayne’s World, CCTWT, Fireswamp, slashdot, Hypebeast, Yahoo, MacNN, Engadget, and now Baby Dog Days… so many web sites to check for the latest. How do you keep up? Use RSS of course.
With an RSS aggregator/reader like NetNewsWire or the web-based Bloglines, you can subscribe to RSS feeds of your favorite sites. Instead [...]

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Jessica, Jose, and Jordan welcomed Justin, the newest addition to the family.

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Need some extra mojo this coming Valentines? Try the new Turn On soda, the beverage that’s supposed to arouse you. Made with guarana, ginseng, and caffeine, the drink is marketed as an aphrodisiac.
So forget that Spanish fly, get the Turn On! And here I thought Nelly had the market nailed with his [...]

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Wired has an article describing the basic steps needed to make your own ring tones for your cell phone. Your phone needs to support MP3 playback for this to work. Using the open source Audacity software with LAME MP3 encoder, you take a chunk of your favorite song and save it as a [...]

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A smaller capacity, 1GB iPod Nano was released today. The iPod Shuffles are still around, and their prices dropped to $69 for 512MB and $99 for 1 GB. The 1GB Nano costs $149.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Technorati Tags: Apple, iPod

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