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Blogging, Bloggy Thursdays, Geek, Tutorials, Web

Bloggy Thursdays: Disable Hotlinking

Feb 09. 2012

Welcome to this installment of Bloggy Thursdays, where I share with my fellow bloggers tips and tutorials to maximize and better your blog. While I do not consider myself an expert, I do like to think that after 10+ years of blogging — in addition to my technical knowledge — I know more than the average blogger when it comes to making your blog more appealing to readers. Do you have any comments, questions, or topics you’d like to see covered here? Please send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy! What is hotlinking, and why is it bad? Hotlinking occurs when other sites link directly to the files (usually images) hosted on your site from their own blog, message board posts, and such. While there...

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Claire, Cute, Parenting, Personal

Toddlers and Tiaras: Claire Edition

Feb 08. 2012

We do our best not to push our girls into stereotypical gender roles or characteristics. And while we would secretly love it if they turn into tomboys, we never force them to play (or not play) with certain toys and encourage them to allow their own preferences to develop. As it turns out, our 16-month-old Claire is becoming the exact opposite of a tomboy. She is, in fact, turning into a frilly girl. Our suspicions started about a month ago, when we began to let her "choose" her own clothes. (We give her an option of weather- and activity-appropriate clothes to choose from.) And wouldn't you know it — she would ALWAYS pick something pink. And just in case it was a fluke — "Why...

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Art/Design, Beauty, Geek

Photoshopped Classic Nudes

Feb 07. 2012

In her Venus project, Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano asks the question "What would have happened if the aesthetic standard of our society had belonged to the collective unconscious of the great artists of the past?", digitally altering great classic works of art to better fit today's waif-like standards. I will be completely honest; some of the subjects of the paintings do look better after their waists have been tucked in and their breasts made fuller, like Richard Westall's The Power of Venus. However, others — like Boticelli's The Birth of Venus — just look plain wrong. What are your thoughts on Ms. Giordano's work? Via Flavorwire....

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Beauty, Cool Tool Tuesdays, Personal, Reviews

Cool Tool Tuesdays: La Mer The Powder and The Powder Brush

Feb 07. 2012

Welcome to today’s installment of Cool Tool Tuesdays, where I feature a favorite item from my life and spotlight it so that others who are not familiar with the product may also benefit from it. A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, hardware, material, or website that I have personally tried and love. Do you have any questions about today’s cool tool? Would you like an item featured in the future? Please leave a comment to this post, or send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy! As I looked around my room to find inspiration for today's Cool Tool Tuesdays, my eyes rested on a pair of products I have never written about before — and I couldn't believe I haven't,...

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Facebook, Funny, Logos/Branding, Marketing/Advertising, Twitter, Web

How Donuts Help Us Understand Social Media

Feb 06. 2012

Ed. note: It has come to my attention that the content for the image below already exists. I had seen the Google+ one from a Google+ post, was immediately reminded of the "How Pee Helps Us Understand Social Media" graphic, and made this, further inspired by the comments on the Google+ thread. (I have not seen the Instagram version since I am an Android user and do not have an Instagram account.) As a result, I have decided to remove my URL from the bottom of this image, but will keep this up with the Istagram picture linked: http://instagr.am/p/nm695/ I hope that this is a satisfactory compromise for those who believe this is straight plagirism. Last year, I had shared a small graphic...

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