I was hopping around the net yesterday reading articles from my usual spots when I can across this interesting little piece posted at graphics.net. It is an interesting read as it breaks down how things used to be and how things are today in the wide world of web development. I think the title is fantastic, and should make you interested to read the article.
I know that some of the items he speaks about apply to me, while others don’t as much simply because I am a one man shop who occasionally brings on another fellow from time to time to help me deal with the larger projects. Whether this applies to you or not, this really is a great article. Check it out…
Now you can! My buddy Nate sent me this little nugget of internet goodness. This link alone has validated my high-speed internet bill for the month of September.
You can head over to this site and download your own Hasselhoff paper doll. Make sure to print yours on some thicker card stock so that you have it for years to come. It will be the conversation piece on your desk at work that will draw people to your cubical. Don’t believe me? Just try it. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
As I wrap this post up, let me leave you with a couple of special quotes from Mr. Hasselhoff himself. The Hoff has a website as a matter of fact, and this is what he has to say about it:
“My web site is so fresh. The paint is still wet, but stay tuned, because I have lots of personal things, specifically about what is happening day-to-day, that I will keep updating daily.”
In case that first quote was not enough, I do have one more:
“My wife is the dancer, but I certainly know how to sing.” (The Hoff singing..)
I think that is enough said. Enjoy this awesome and very posable paper doll.
It has officially been one week and some odd hours since I have been without power thanks to the hurricane known as Ike. Now, I realize that there are many more important things that were effected by Ike than my electricity situation, but being without power is certainly an annoyance after a couple of days.
As I am writing this I am sitting in a hotel in Bryan, TX where I will be attending a wedding later this evening. I figured I would take advantage of their electricity as well as their free wifi, and just let anyone who cares to know that I still am alive. I have contacted my current clients and let them know I am away from all things technology related until I get power again. In the mean time, I continue to work as I can on the generator at my folk’s house in Houston.
We will be getting power again on Tuesday (9/23) of this week I am told, so we will see how that plays out. Once that happens I am hoping that life can start to get back to normal sooner than later. I miss getting to play on my trusty Mac all day long.
I am off for now, but hopefully will be back for real in the next few days. Until then…
So what is really so great about Songza? Let me tell you…
I seem to find myself on this site checking out all sorts of different artists. I guess you should probably be doing the same, as this might be one my favorite sites to hit the net in a very long while. This is up there with hulu.com in my book. Here is one great little gem I found on there recently. It is one my favorite songs of the moment, so you can take a second to check it out or just head over to songza.com yourself and find your own musical treasures.
Did I mention that you can embed songs into your site? Cool, eh?
So here is my new little gem that I have been using as of late. With a pretty crazy development schedule over the next couple of months, I have been looking for a very simple solution to keep things running locally. There are several ways to go about keeping a server live, but this is by far the most simple solution.
Download the rather beefy download (130 MB) and just drag it into your Applications folder, and you are ready to roll. And yes, this is a Mac only treat. If you are not in the club, I am sorry, but you had a choice…and you bought a PC.
Whether you are wanting to develop web projects locally, or maybe just run a Wordpress install on your computer for journalling purposes, this is a great free tool to check out.
