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Meat Carpet / Rugs.

Head cheese for your feet.

posted at 8:15 am
on May. 20, 2009

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Improve your social network picture

If you want to sound even cooler, call it an avatar.

posted at 10:34 am
on May. 16, 2009

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Spare Me the Compliment Sandwich, Please!

Counter-advice for managers.

posted at 10:33 am
on May. 16, 2009

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My cousin Gina is in the running for Miss Swiss Eye 2009

Vote for her!

posted at 2:34 pm
on May. 14, 2009

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The 10 Largest ExpressionEngine sites

Hop Studios has worked on 4 of them.

posted at 2:28 pm
on May. 14, 2009

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Vancouver Restaurants Using Twitter

Not a long list yet.

posted at 8:43 am
on May. 14, 2009

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A reversible password encryption routine for PHP

Handy for me today.

posted at 4:21 pm
on May. 13, 2009

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How David Beats Goliath: Why underdogs win far more often than you think

Ignore unstated rules (but not the stated ones), and work harder than anyone else would expect you to: you're likely to win!

posted at 3:43 pm
on May. 13, 2009

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What Makes Us Happy?

This 72-year study has some answers, finally.

posted at 3:42 pm
on May. 13, 2009

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What the Media Can Make Instead of Worthless News

I savor this blog's posts.

posted at 10:30 pm
on May. 11, 2009

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Big site launch today at Hop Studios: The Reason Project

I could tell you how many hours this site took. I *could* tell you...

posted at 6:18 pm
on May. 11, 2009

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Font Embedding: Is It ‘Now’ Yet?

Dave Shea sez he's tired of waiting, basically.

posted at 3:49 pm
on May. 7, 2009

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Criticism is good. Criticism is right. Criticism works.

And I'm good at it.

posted at 11:47 pm
on May. 6, 2009

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Plants vs Zombies is a totally fun game

Yay!

posted at 2:06 pm
on May. 6, 2009

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Grade 10 class goes 7 days without using any electronics

One actually even read a BOOK. (Harry Potter, natch.)

posted at 12:17 pm
on May. 6, 2009

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Don’t Work With Soul Suckers

Good advice. What are her other lessons, I wonder.

posted at 9:43 am
on May. 6, 2009

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Afghanistan’s only pig quarantined

No joke.

posted at 3:40 pm
on May. 5, 2009

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Only Blog I’ve Ever Seen With No Header or Navigation

Nerd Boyfriend: Interesting concept, too: Pictures of cool old famous people, with links to where you can buy their clothes today.

posted at 10:00 am
on May. 5, 2009

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Do You Have Swine Flu?

Click and find out.

posted at 11:08 am
on May. 1, 2009

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Overheard

“Oh boy! Another great opportunity for personal growth!”

...who said it?

“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”

...who said it?

After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.

...who said it?

“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”

...who said it?

“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”

...who said it?

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