San Diego Web Design
Date: June 22nd, 2010 Category: Things Tags: design, technology, web [ View Comments ]
Square Orange, LLC located in San Diego, CA offers affordable web design and web development rates and is currently offering 20% off to all new clients! They do great work and have designed this blog and many other websites for us in the past. If you’re in need of website design or website development for you or your business in or around San Diego, CA give Square Orange, LLC a call. You won’t be disappointed…
Stuff White People Like Posters
Date: April 2nd, 2010 Category: Things Tags: funny, web [ View Comments ]
Stuff White People Like is a hilarious website dedicated to, well, things white people seem to like. In addition to their website they also have a coffee table book and now posters of fan favorites for sale. Here are my favorite posters which are currently available here. Click the thumbnail images below to view the full poster image.
Daniel Tosh of the show Tosh.0 gets an iPad
Date: February 10th, 2010 Category: People, Things Tags: funny, tv, web [ View Comments ]
And look how he uses it. Awesome…
25 Hilarious WiFi Network Names
Date: December 8th, 2009 Category: Things Tags: funny, technology, web [ View Comments ]
These are super funny! A friend emailed me this blog post and the WiFi hotspot names cracked me up so I wanted to repost the link here:
http://www.holytaco.com/25-hilarious-wifi-network-names
Some of my favorites:
- PicturesOfBalls
- TurdBurglar
- GetOffMyLawn
- H1N1
- JoelsADoucheBag
Free Open Source Basecamp Clone
Date: October 7th, 2009 Category: Things Tags: basecamp, open source, projectpier, web [ View Comments ]
Successful project management is crucial to even the smallest company. Having the right tools on-hand can make all the difference. I’m sure you’ve heard of Microsoft Project and possibly Basecamp as well, right? These are definitely some of the most popular software choices out there for project mangers but they can also be very expensive.
MS Project licenses can cost a ton of money depending on how many you need and Basecamp charges $24 per month for their smallest hosted plan. Enter ProjectPier. ProjectPier is an open source project management tool that’s been around for a while which you host on your own web server. It was built to basically clone the functionality of Basecamp but since it’s open source it’s free to install and use. Take a look at the screenshot below to see what my install looks like.
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As you can see not only can ProjectPier mimic most of the functionality of Basecamp it can also be made to look almost identical as well. Here’s what you’ll need:
- Download and install the latest beta of ProjectPier (v0.8.5.0) located here
- Configure your ProjectPier installation by following the install guide
- Once fully configured download and install the free BaseQamp theme for ProjectPier located here
After following the steps outlined above you’ll have a great tool to manage all those projects on your plate and some extra cash in your wallet each month as well.
Blueprint CSS Framework
Date: September 5th, 2009 Category: Things Tags: blueprint, css, web [ View Comments ]
A friend of mine introduced me to a CSS framework called Blueprint. What does it offer you ask?
- A CSS reset that eliminates the discrepancies across browsers.
- A solid grid that can support the most complex of layouts.
- Typography based on expert principles that predate the web.
- Form styles for great looking user interfaces.
- Print styles for making any webpage ready for paper.
- Plugins for buttons, tabs and sprites.
- Tools, editors, and templates for every step in your workflow.
Within about an hour or so I pretty much had it down. Check out this quick-start tutorial and this more detailed one to get yourself going. It eliminates a lot of the repetitive CSS work you normally have to do for each new project you start and creating a standards compliant layout takes just minutes using their included CSS classes and “the grid”.
TheSixtyOne
Date: August 29th, 2009 Category: Things Tags: music, thesixtyone, web [ View Comments ]
TheSixtyOne is a free music website that a friend of mine introduced me to. It’s a great place to check out new music/artists. It’s similar to Pandora but seems to feature lesser known artists and has a type of game aspect added into the service. Here is what the people who operate the site say about their service:
thesixtyone makes music culture more democratic: artists upload their work for review, but, rather than allow a stuffy suit in a boardroom to decide what’s good, thousands of listeners do. The best music automagically bubbles up on our homepage where you can listen to the most popular songs for any genre. It’s a quick way to find new music for your iPod powered by pure excitement as opposed to some contrived marketing budget.
Think you’ve got a good ear? Aside from customizing your experience, creating an account allows you to earn reputation, level up your influence, and collect badges for discovering and recommending good music that others may enjoy. On thesixtyone, tastemaking becomes fun, competitive, and trackable.
We’re on a quest to help people fall in love with something new while giving deserving artists an efficient channel for finding their audiences.
One of the more interesting things to me was that they offer a Creative Commons section of music. This just means the artists who release their music under this license allow it to be downloaded for free and used in various capacities without needing their express written permission. Open-Source music, pretty cool!