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05-16-07 ‹› General

RIP Jerry Farewell…

Jerry Falwell Doing a Weak Saturday Night Fever ImpressionThis post is really off the beaten blog-path but I just wanted to share my “sadness” at the passing of the Religious Right’s mouthpiece. To help us all mourn his loss below are some quotes from the…

05-02-07 ‹› General

I’ve Decided, the Apple Mighty Mouse SUCKS!

Being the Apple fan-girl that I am, when I saw that the Mighty Mouse was released and my old mouse had officially bit the cheese, I scurried off to purchase the Mighty Mouse. I should have saved myself the trip and the cheese.

04-30-07 ‹› General

Have I Vanished? I Think I Have!

Some folks have been emailing me asking what happened to me and the blog. I don’t normally write the “I’m so busy” posts but since I’ve been getting lots of questions, I’m writing a quick, “I’m really friggin’ busy” post. Work has been streaming in…

04-06-07 ‹› General

I Dream of Jetta’s

I received a letter from my local VW car dealership this week telling me I qualified for refinancing. I thought to myself, “Who can’t stand to save some money?” Well, after 5 hours in the dealership yesterday, I drove away in a 2007 VW Jetta…

03-28-07 ‹› General

Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do!?

This post is way off-topic and I mean way off-topic. I’ve recently become addicted to the British television drama “Bad Girls.” I had seen series 1 that had been released in the US but none of the other series were released (as of yet) in…

03-14-07 ‹› Link Tank

Link Tank: Humpday Linkage

David Seah: The Printable CEO
Keep track of your work with paper.
Getting Real: Use Real Words
37 Signals writes about why using real text for dummy text is better than using standard lorem ipsum.
Tweak!
Tweak! is a podcast created specifically for the creative entrepreneur by a…

03-11-07 ‹› Tutorials

Creating an Interactive PDF

Here’s a quick run-through on how to create an interactive PDF. It goes along with “Increase Productivity: Create a Client Questionnaire.” I’m currently using Acrobat Pro 7 but the steps should be similar in other versions.

Once you have your document designed in either Illustrator or…

03-01-07 ‹› General

My Experience with HostiCan After 29 Days

I decided to write a little mini-review updating my experience so far with HostiCan. As I wrote 29 days ago, I switched from Siteocity to HostiCan because I wanted to use ActiveCollab. I was also having some issues with Siteocity’s uptime—it seemed I was down at…

02-28-07 ‹› General

I’ve Been Invited to be a Guest Blogger

Sessions Online School of Design, which offers several different design courses, has a blog called Notes on Design. I was recently contacted by their blog editor to be a guest blogger for a week.

The blog is intended to give tip and tricks to the students…

02-25-07 ‹› General

I’m in Love With…

Sad I know but it’s still love and now I must decide whether or not to purchase. I went and sat on it yesterday and it’s quite comfy. It’s from the company EQ3—a company that provides “modern” furniture at a more affordable price.…

02-21-07 ‹› General

You Are Being Followed

I finally got around to installing a plugin to allow link following in my blog comments. So all you regular commenters are getting some link love now. If you’re interested in doing the same you can download DoFollow from Kimmo Suominen. Hat tip to Andy…

02-14-07 ‹› General

Subscribe to Pop Stalin Designs’ Design Blog

Some folks don’t dig using an RSS reader and I get that, so I’m offering the option to subscribe via email. Get my blog posts directly in your inbox every time a post is published. All you have to do is enter your email address…

‹› Link Tank

Link Tank—Humpday Linkage

Urban Curators
The goal of the Urban Curators project is to engage the public in the celebration of the decaying urban environment, recog- nizing its inherent aesthetic qualities as well as the important role that it plays within our cultural habitat. The project achieves its goal…

02-13-07 ‹› SEO

Blogg-Buzz: Digg-like Site for Your Blog

I know there are many Digg-like sites out there, some more popular than others but I thought I’d pass on this tip to anyone looking to promote their blog by using this service, Blogg-Buzz.com. This site could end up being a good SEO source because…

02-07-07 ‹› Link Tank

Link Tank—Humpday Linkage

Poolie Studios: Iconize Textlinks with CSS
Links are fun, but sometimes we don’t know where they take us. With this little CSS technique a user can identify a link by it’s icon. This whole thing was inspired by the “Showing Hyperlink Cues with CSS” article of…

02-05-07 ‹› SEO

bla.st: Free Business Card Directory

Seems the bla.st folks in the UK have come up with a refreshing way to run a directory—using business cards instead of text links. The service is free but you can also bid for higher placement a la Google’s Adwords. I’ve received a few hits from…