tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133350322009-03-26T22:41:35.965-04:00Web 2.0 tutorials, interesting articles about web development, Jenn Mears Web Design news and the occasional "wild card" post.Jenn M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287970963637748276noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13335032.post-39455224029829971322009-03-21T12:26:00.003-04:002009-03-21T12:31:14.776-04:00

Big up to Jim Champoux for recommending this island of misfit web sites!

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I've often wondered who the geniuses are behind Yo Gabba Gabba, a Nick Jr. feature that makes up for the sensual assault of shows such as "Toot and Puddle" and "Pinky Dinky Doo". And now I know! They have a blog! It's awesome, go add to your blogroll right NOW.

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Widgetbox has some cool widgets to track the progress of your own little "widget".BTW, if you are looking for a fun way to share the news...

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See the BDP video here!Found via the Huffington Post: Apparently the mayor of Los Alamanitos has sent out an email with an image of watermelons planted on the White House lawn to a local business woman and city volunteer who is African-American. No Human Stain style misunderstanding here. And no, it's not the same as those Bush-era broccoli jokes either.

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Found via Artfire on Twitter. Neon-hued vegan eyeshadow! Finally, a reason to stop smearing on that mixture of butter and food-coloring! (oh c'mon like you've never considered that while making xmas cookies)

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The Onion has a great writeup today on the Oscars. Which, due to childcaring issues, I wasn't able to watch, but apparently I didn't miss much. Still, too bad, I really wanted to see Mickey Rourke win an Oscar. I love that "I think I may be living in an alternate universe right now" sensation.Brought to you by the Jennsweb Morning Coffee series.Bonus link here!BTW, my three year old asked me

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My latest client wanted to have some RSS feed buttons in a sidebar of their company blog. Turns out, chicklets come in all shapes and sizes and they wanted everything to line up in a nice little grid. What to do?Step 1. Get your chickletsI found two good places to get feed chicklets. The client had a Feedburner account, so I signed in, and went to the feed I wanted to connect the chicklets to

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At least I wasn't the only one left staring at a blank hole in the middle of my Google homepage yesterday...

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I could see it out of the corner of my eye when I sat at the computer: a fish tank stand/utility shelf brimming with coloring books, art supplies, old greeting cards and boxes of photos. It was the living room catchall, a place where items that either weren't immediately useful or didn't have a place to go ended up. Finally, I couldn't take it any more. My mother-in-law had given our daughter

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Lux Interior, born Erick Lee Purkhiser has died at a California hospital at the age of 62 and the world has lost an incredible artist and music legend.The Cramps always had a great show whenever they played in Boston, or anywhere for that matter. Lux would push himself like Iggy Pop on crystal to give a performance that defied explanation, reason or good taste which is why he will be so sorely

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So I have 2 different film magazines with big 2008 fall movie lineups both with big photo spreads on the Hillicoat-directed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road". I figured they might be worth something someday because both covers trumpet the November 2008 release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" days before Warner Brothers announced delaying the film until July 2009 in order to

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It's been a busy busy busy day. Chloe's got a bad head cold and it's too cold to take her outside, but in between swiping her nose with a tissue and infusions of orange juice, I found some fun stuff today:1) Combination birdcage and aquarium on Fazai38's blog.2) Techcrunch wrote a good post on how to increase your Twitter following.3) I found a pretty cool video on Youtube for a post I did on

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Mashable has a really useful post about 25 Great Blogger Widgets. Stay tuned to see some of them showing up here soon!

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Fun find of the day on Youtube. For all you Sick And Twisted fans out there.

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In the same week that Barack Obama took the Oath of Office (twice; just to be sure he knew what he was getting into), my web design company launched RCTerry.com. It's was a very timely project to be working on in two ways. It's the dawn of a new era in both national and personal politics, just like in 1961, the year when Robert Terry went to work with the Peace Corps. It's also the type of web

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Finally, someone who gets the Tony Soprano Rule Of Business. To read the full text of Obama's speech (and bookmark so one can check on how he's lived up to his word over the next 4 years) click here.

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1: If you have already signed up for an Adsense Publisher ID #, then you can place ads on your Blogger posts without having to go through your Google Adsense manager. (Blogger will not display code generated via your Adsense account manager.)2: Some forms of Adsense code will only show up on individual post pages and not your home page. For example: on my blog, the horizontal banner ads show up

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The NYT's Chandler Burr takes issue with the artificial strawberry notes, but you can't argue with the packaging. Tattoo has come a long way since the days when people had clandestine visits by New Hampshire tattoo artists arranged by connected friends. There are now tattoo parlors all around my neighborhood in Salem, which fits right in with the local maritime flavor.

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I mean really, where would the internet be without access to other folks' pastry-based misfortunes?Cakewrecks.com

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Recommended by Elge Premeau, Good Reads is like an online bookclub, without the added pressure of being responsible for the baked goods. (Users seem to have a love/hate relationship with "Twilight")

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All this because I had to join in order to post a simple comment.(boo hoo)

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-Seemingly directed from beyond by Sam Peckinpahview video here (easy download too!)

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So apparently, Bomoms, Boston.com's blog for moms, posted an article called "Does Facebook Make You a Bad Mom?" Talk about a great way to build comment traffic! Suggest to any mother that she may be ignoring her children for 2 seconds while she does something that doesn't revolve 100% around them and sit back and watch the she-wolf come out.

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My sister-in-law gave Chloe a present in this cute little take-out gift box. Serendipitously, I needed an image of a take-out box for a project I've been working on, so I decided to try and get an image I could easily work with in Photoshop. So I grabbed Chloe's easel paper, draped one end over the speaker, positioned the desk lamp and used a sunshield for a bounce card. There you go, instant

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Interesting article in the New York Times about how tough economic times often bring out the best in the design world. Name-checks include Russel Wright and Charles and Ray Eames.On the nostalgia tip, my dad bought an Eames chair and ottoman like the one pictured above and I learned to walk by holding myself up on the ottoman seat which rotated with me as I staggered around. When my parents

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