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January 2006

Discount plavix No Rx, Remember those kids from grade school who would rat out another kid for simple, harmless transgressions. Remember the kiss-asses who casually chatted with teachers like they gave a shit and hovered around the desk like brownie-point-seeking vultures. Or what about the kid who always had retarded commentary on whatever the subject was in class. You know him. Oh, and don't even get me started on college - that was even worse. I distinctly remember these goofs who would fight for a seat in the front row and ask all sorts of ridiculous questions during each and every lecture, Discount plavix No Rx. Sometimes I used to think that even the professors were pissed at these geniuses.

Anyway, you remember these people. I found them. All of them. Discount plavix No Rx, And now I know what happens to these people after college. Hell, I think I found out where a lot of them hang out while they're still in college. They're on the internet. More specifically, these idiots seem to be flocking towards reddit and other social promotion sites of that ilk.

A couple of months ago, I posted about how I was actively using reddit to help promote articles and gain some readers for this site. Now, however, the gig's off, Discount plavix No Rx. Totally off. Reddit has officially become a community of glassy-eyed IDIOTS. Allow me to explain.

If you've followed reddit for a few months, then you know that if Paul Graham takes a shit, everybody on reddit comes over to take a whiff. Discount plavix No Rx, According to statistics, these jackoffs all think it smells good, too. Look, I have no problem with Paul Graham or his essays. In fact, Buy tylenol, I read them, and I admire his keen insight and his very cogent presentation of thoughts. Most of his site contains really good reads which I'd suggest checking out whenever you've got some time to kill.

I didn't write this post to hype Mr. Graham, though, Discount plavix No Rx. In fact, I wrote it to prove a point that reddit's not-so-diverse community of users has adopted the collective attitude of a geekster social club. As a whole, the redditites have their favorite sites, and they've shown a predilection towards certain types of posts. Thanks to the voting algorithms in use on the site, these retards redditites, who all seem to appreciate the exact same things (more on that in a bit), are able to effectively constrain the high-traffic pages of the site to the content with which they're most comfortable.

In theory, the above statement defines a pretty solid model for social tagging/bookmarking/whatever the hell you want to call it. Discount plavix No Rx, In practice, however, it has turned into an insanely geeky game of follow-the-leader. If reddit's hard core base of idiots, who all appreciate the same nerdery, get ahold of a new article that they like, it's a lock to appear on the front page. Once it gets there, the rest of these retarded sheep who use the site flock to the promotion arrow like ants at a picnic.

These morons, who happen to be the same lame kids you knew in grade school, are using the social aspects of "Web 2.0" to gain a collective conscience, thus devaluing their own. Buy nizoral Without A Prescription, In my opinion, utilizing the web's advancements in this way allows them all to be dumber and lazier on a daily basis. They have to think less; they have to browse less to find out what the "cool kids" are doing; and hell, they don't even have to have an opinion, Discount plavix No Rx. If they see that 303 other geeks thought something was cool, they're going to hop right on the bandwagon too.

Where'd I come up with all this crackhead mess. I conducted a couple of experiments, of course. Over the last month, I've submitted articles to both digg and reddit on three different occasions. Discount plavix No Rx, The latest submission was my most recent post, which described how to make your XP desktop resemble that of a Mac OSX. On reddit, the post got flamed out, receiving three negative votes in about half an hour. I'm not sitting here claiming that it was the greatest post ever, but only a geek-snob freak would demote it. Oh, wait, maybe someone with their head up their ass about Macs would do it too.

Since I already know that last sentence pisses you off, I have some sage advice for ya. First, eat me, because you're totally missing the point, Discount plavix No Rx. Second, I LIKE Macs. I love the seamless feel of OSX, and I appreciate all that Apple does, especially as far as the design and usability of their products are concerned. Regardless, this doesn't mean that PCs are pieces of shit, and it doesn't mean that PC users can't change their old, Cheap bactroban, hideous XP desktops into something more flavorful. In this case, the Flyakite OSX theme modification does just the trick. Discount plavix No Rx, To me, it's irrelevant that it's Macintosh - I just want it to be different than that damned XP drollery.

So anyway, I submitted that same article to digg.com also, where it was received MUCH more favorably. Granted, it wasn't a runaway smash hit, but then again, that was obvious from the onset. I just hoped that another poor soul like myself would find it useful for ditching project Methuselah XP's default theme (I feel like it's been here for a hundred years). Based on the response the article received within digg, I accomplished just that.

This begs the question, then, why were the responses on reddit and digg so drastically different, especially if the two systems are basically designed to do the same thing (champion good content versus crap), Discount plavix No Rx.

Fortunately, I've already answered this one for ya. All the lamers, retards, and mindless sheep who you knew in grade school (and wanted to punch) have found a nice safe haven over at reddit. The problems at reddit are the clear result of improper, irresponsible execution of the social promotion concept. The converse of this situation is what's going on over at digg, though, and that's why I'm going to give that site major props (and some viewership) from now on. Discount plavix No Rx, My impression is that the digg community is, by and large, responsible, intelligent, open-minded, and savvy.

And like I said earlier, reddit is full of idiots having their collective bitch fest. Cheap actonel Online, It's the nerd club; the lamest frat on campus. You wanted Animal House, but instead, you got Star Wars meets black t-shirts meets black jeans meets LAN parties. Yeah, you heard me. Reddit sucks.

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Discount plavix Without Prescription, For some reason, I've been on a "mod my PC" kick this week. I think I've just grown bored of the XP platform, and I've been itching to get that same silky interface vibe that I got when XP was first released. I know, I know - some of you are out there rolling your eyes at all of this, but the fact is, Tahoma with the Clear Type setting was really visually appealing the first time around. I loved it, and simply using my laptop was a pleasure thanks to the crispness and silkiness of the display.

Unfortunately, the novelty has long since worn off, and now I can't seem to resist the urge to make my display somewhat resemble that of the forthcoming Windows Vista. I hinted at it earlier with my reference to Tahoma and Clear Type, and for me, the number one most satisfying aspect of a user interface is the font in which the content is presented, Discount plavix Without Prescription. Coming from the design perspective, I've really been struck by interface-related fonts like Mac's Lucida Grande, as well as its Windows XP counterpart, Lucida Sans Unicode. Some of my recent designs (including this site) feature these Lucida fonts (which one you see depends on which OS you're running). Check out tech.erati or Jack of All Blogs to get a glimpse of what I mean. I especially like the size of the font used on tech.erati - it's wickedly smooth and legible when you have the Clear Type setting applied to it (for Windows users). Discount plavix Without Prescription, In case you don't already know about it, you can change (or check) your font display setting by right clicking on your desktop and going to "Properties." Under properties, go to the "Appearance" tab and then click on the "Effects" button, which is located in the lower right portion of the box. Now, the second setting should say "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts," and you'll want to make sure that "ClearType" is displayed in the box (not "Standard"), elimite Prescription. Voila. Instant gratification.

So anyway, I alluded to Windows Vista earlier, and if you've been fortunate enough to see some screenshots of the new OS, hopefully you noticed the awesome font that they're going to feature on the interface, Segoe UI. In my opinion, the font looks like a second cousin to the Lucida family, albeit a bit more modern and progressive, Discount plavix Without Prescription. There's actually been a healthy amount of debate about the authenticity of the font (which I don't necessarily question or care about) because it looks nearly identical to a font called Frutiger Next. According to an article I read, in 2003, the Swiss government commissioned this font for use on ALL road signs in that design-happy country, which I think is completely cool. I, for one, would rather see my tax dollars go into that than into Billy Joe Jerkoff's coffee breaks alongside the interstate with the rest of his road crew, but I guess that's neither here nor there.

To make a long story short, I love the fluidity of the Frutiger font family, so I tried (unsuccessfully) to snag the Frutiger Next type face. Discount plavix Without Prescription, I did, however, manage to snag the original version of Frutiger, which I don't think you're supposed to be able to get without a license. Believe it or not, Niaspan Without Prescription, I got the font courtesy of Microsoft, simply because they bundle the font with Microsoft Reader. All ya gotta do is download the reader (the second option), install it, and then un-install it - because you don't want that piece of crap taking up real estate on your hard drive anyway. Booyah. Instant Frutiger fonts. I think these are a must-have for designers nowadays, but what do I know, Discount plavix Without Prescription.

After getting the font, I modded out my XP interface a bit to show the Frutiger font in my menus and such, but the changes weren't all that remarkable. Don't get me wrong - I dug 'em, but it still left me wanting for more. I could always go out and buy a Mac, but that's ridiculous considering that I really just wanted something different to look at. These days, the en vogue thing to do is get a Mac, but I don't really feel like there's a huge advantage to having one - certainly nothing I couldn't live without. Discount plavix Without Prescription, One cool thing, however, is that you get a new interface, and I think that's one of the aspects of Macs that people find so appealing. It's not that it's so great - it's just different than what you're hit with every day.

This morning, I decided to try out my beta license for Newsvine, and I saw that the second most popular (or "seeded") article was one that talked about how to turn your PC into a Mac. I didn't follow their instructions, Cheapest allegra, but I did, however follow a link that was located in the comments of the Newsvine article link. Instead of requiring seven steps to turn your PC into a Mac, this link requires only two - a simple download and subsequent install. It's called the FlyakiteOSX, and after installing it on my machine amidst a ton of skepticism, I have to admit - it's extremely cool, Discount plavix Without Prescription. I'm in user interface bliss.

The thing that I found most surprising about this XP theme mod (that's basically what it is) was the fact that I now see forms, menus, and other interface items displayed in what I think is the Lucida Grande font - not Lucida Sans Unicode, which is what I would have expected. My sites are encoded to display Lucida Grande first and Lucida Sans Unicode second, and what I'm looking at now is slightly different than what I was looking at before I installed this theme modification. To be honest, I really like how Lucida Sans Unicode is a little bit fatter than Lucida Grande, but hey - a little bit of a change never hurt anybody. Discount plavix Without Prescription, Actually, I just checked, and the Lucida Grande font (or a Windows-based adaptation thereof) has been installed on my system courtesy of the theme mod. Pretty cool. I sort of miss my Lucida Sans Unicode, but I can always change that by flip-flopping my fonts, because I currently have Lucida Grande listed first in the coding for my sites. I just re-read this paragraph, and it looks as though I was thinking out loud again. Buy aldactone Online, Oh well.

Alright, it's time for me to get back to work, but I hope some of you who are bored out of your gourds with the now-stagnant XP interface will give this a try. Tell me what ya think.

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Buying neurontin, I was in front of the laptop this morning working on some stuff for a client, and in the midst of distracting myself with unrelated thought tangents, I began to think, "Why don't I update my site more often?" Simple question, really. I have lots to say, but I sit here and say nothing, alienating my audience in the process.

I like blogging. I mean, I REALLY like blogging. Each time I post, it's a challenge to be creative and to come up with something that I think people will actually enjoy mulling over, and when I feel like I've accomplished this, I get the warm fuzzies. It's a good thing, Buying neurontin. Problem is, it takes a while to come up with good stuff. Not only that, when I started this site, I kind of established an MO where I included commented pictures in my posts. Love the pics, Order nasonex Without A Prescription. Love the comments in 'em. Buying neurontin, What's the problem. It takes a while to do it. Each day, I have to walk the line between wanting to be a big time blogger versus doing client work to pay the bills. Hell, I dunno what to do. I'd rather blog and design strictly for fun - on a full time basis.

Frankly, I think I could be successful in both arenas if I was able to devote the proper time to each, Buying neurontin. I really screwed up this whole process in the beginning because I was terribly uptight about the fact that I had no steady income. At this point, I think it would have been better to blog blog blog and try to build up this site's prestige, but then again, if I hadn't done all that design work, I probably wouldn't have some of the connections that I have today. What's worse - I wouldn't have had an income. Something about that just freaks me out. Buying neurontin, At this time, I'm fortunate enough to be doing some pretty solid contract work for some well-respected people in the blogosphere, and it's nice to feel my reputation growing because people have respect for the work that I've done. Buy crestor Without A Prescription, Does this mean I'm happy with where I'm at. Not exactly.

For now, my dream scenario consists of the following:

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  • spending the rest of that free time expanding my presence as a blogger

A really hot topic that's been bouncing around the net for months now is the idea of making a sustainable income from blogging. I have to admit - I was intoxicated by the idea just a few months ago. Now, however, the glossy sheen has all but worn off of that idea because content-specific sites simply aren't my cup of tea, Buying neurontin. You know what. I don't care to make $100 in ad revenue off of 30 sites a month. Sure, the money sounds ok, but let's be honest - do YOU want to update all that crap. Is that really how you want to spend your time. Buying neurontin, Not me. No way. I'm all about producing things that I'm really into and really happy with. I want to spend my time developing sites and content that are directly in line with my interests. If I want to haul off and go design a new WordPress template, then by god, casodex Without Prescription, I ought to be able to go and do that without worrying about the financial or time consequences of doing so. After all, if it's what I want to do, I promise you - the results are going to be good, 'cause that's how I roll, Buying neurontin.

Anyway, I just wanted to throw that out there. I want to live my life with TOTAL productive and creative freedom. I hate boundaries and constraints because they all impinge on my right to do what I do best - step out there and make things that I'm proud of. The real trick is to figure out how to monetize all that, but I'm determined to make it all work. Buying neurontin, I HAVE to make it work, or else I'll be miserable. That's not really an option, so we'll have to see how all this plays out.

Oh, and I almost forgot. I spent the last week going through the process of migrating this site onto a new server, which I'd like to think is why there weren't any new posts. If you buy that excuse, then great. Buy clomid Without A Prescription, If not, then I'm sorry :) I had some help from Matt (ok, he did damn near everything), and now I'm up and running on the new dual Xeon platform. Speed is cool. Running this place on an independent domain is even cooler.

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Keflex Dosage, Monday marked the launch of the brand spankin' new WordPress theme I told you about last Friday, and you can check out the first rollout over at Tech.Erati. The basic idea here was to produce a template that could be used across a variety of interrelated sites, creating the look and feel of a magazine when viewed as a whole. I'll let you be the judge of how well I've achieved that. For the sake of comparison, you ought to check out Miz Liz on Biz, too, which represents the second implementation of the newly-dubbed "Eratizine."

For a couple of weeks, I had mulled over the idea of producing a template for the Erati network, but I hadn't really come up with anything that I was overly excited about. On the plane ride out to Vegas, however, I read my first issue of WIRED magazine, and I began to realize how interconnected we designers really are, Order atenolol C.O.D, regardless of our individual mediums.

Magazine design and web design are, in my opinion, very closely related, keflex Dosage. For web designers who deal with fixed-width layouts (as I do), the bond between print and web design is even stronger. Anyway, while reading WIRED, I started to pay very close attention to small, web-esque details like titles, headlines, and attetion calls to informational boxes (be they graphical, textual, or whatever). After a good hour of checking things out, Buy advair Online, all of the thoughts about the Eratizine template that had been swirling around in my head began to mesh together into a cohesive whole. I then realized what I would do for the design, and on top of that, I found a really great place to get inspiration for future sites - magazines. Keflex Dosage, Seems obvious now, but...Whodathunkit?.

Hopefully, there are a few of you out there who are thinking, "Hey, I'd like to use that theme!" Unfortunately, I'm not going to be releasing Eratizine for public consumption, as it dovetails with the Erati business model. The theme is a part of that network's branding, so that means it's off limits as far as open source themes go.

No worries, though, Buy anexil. I'll be producing a new, free WordPress theme sometime in the first quarter of 2006, so if you want to smell what the rock's cookin, you can get some of that when the time comes.

Oh, and to the guy who bashed the design (comment #4) of this site, I thought it was pretty ironic that you're using a widely-available, non-individualized theme on your personal site. Not only that, the color scheme wasn't that different from my own. I may have taken your comment differently if you'd had a wicked design, but then again, Diovan No Prescription, somebody who knows a thing or two about design probably wouldn't spout off like that, either.

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