Chances are, you have seen these photo slideshows by other bloggers and though, “If they can do it, I CAN.” YOU CAN! This looks and sounds much more complicated than it is. You just need to do it a time or two and then it’ll be easy peasy. (I totally sound like your prom date, don’t I?) [...]
A few years ago, I really didn’t understand internet dating. I suppose I felt superior picking both my husbands the old fashioned way–drunk, at a bar. I had difficulty understanding the process of scrolling through bios and glamour shots, starting conversations, and moving to the next level. It all seemed so contrived. I did not believe [...]
There are a number of blogs out there–over half a million in fact. Many of these blogs are started with the naive intent to become rich and famous. Let’s famous it, we’d all love to get paid 6 figures (or even 3 figures) to play on the computer all day. After all, isn’t playing on [...]
Sorry, Clark Kent, Superman and maybe even Jimmy… Lois Lane is going solo. In a fascinating turn of events, the veteran journalist of Metropolis’ Daily Planet is rumored to have booted both Clark Kent and Superman, who incidentally are never seen together but that doesn’t mean anything, from her tight circle of confidantes. The upgraded [...]
When I’m “writing” (which is really typing or blogging or posting or whatevs) I go through this process. I have stuff written down all over my house on sticky notes and if I’m driving someplace I pull over and put it on a note app on my phone because OMG I HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT [...]
Dear Doctor of Adele: First off, let me congratulate you, esteemed Doctor, on being the professional privy to one of the world’s most beloved performers in the past one hundred years. What an honor, you must be so secretly proud. How I have come by this information is of no matter. There is an issue [...]
I attended a blog conference last week and was on the verge of a panic attack when I arrived. Women milling about everywhere. Women with makeup, fun accessories and fashionable outfits. Toting their iPads, Netbooks, laptops and other fancy electronic equipment and gadgets. And then there was me. Despite having been to this conference before, I was sweaty, shaky and [...]
It’s a new year, and I’m betting a bunch of you are thinking of changing up the theme on your site! If not now, maybe later. There are a few things to consider when choosing a new theme, and if you think about these ahead of time, you’ll save yourself a headache later.
Want to dress up the images in your weblog entries? Give them some chutzpah? Punch them up with a little more style? Here are three simple HTML tricks you can use to left or right align your images with a margin for spacing and add borders.
I’m nice and you’re nice. Okay, so that makes at least two of us. What do you do when the catty mom bloggers come to the cafeteria? Because, let’s face it, we’ve got cliques galore. We’ve got the memoir bloggers (the cool kids) and the coupon bloggers (chip on the ol’ shoulder) and the crafty [...]
The internet can be hotbed of frustration and anger, ranging from wanting-to-throw-the-laptop-over-the-balcony rage to slight growls of annoyance. Here’s a list of things that annoy the hell out of me online: Advertisements. I’m not just talking about those annoying pop-ups or the even more annoying videos that launch themselves and make you jump [...]
Everything I need is right in front of me in screen form, so I had no reason to even take interest in the rumors I’d recently been seeing posted on blogs, tweeted on Twitter, updated on Facebook. The 2D people I knew online were hinting at something special. There was secret talk, Facebook status updates [...]
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