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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
lbrandy.com » Blog Archive » Demotivating a (Good) ProgrammerDevelopers hate three things, above all else, in increasing order of painfulness… 1. Working on stuff that is easy 2. Working on stuff that is tangential 3. Working on stuff that no one will use. In other words a developer needs ...
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Delicious Industries: Which? MagazineCovers from Which? magazine from 1960 to 1980. Super cool retro illustration.
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Findings - As External Barriers Disappear, Internal Gender Gaps Widen - NYTimes.comThe personality gap among the genders seems to be widening in modern society.
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
popuri.us :: quickly check your site’s Google PageRank, Alexa Rank and more!A tool to check at-a-glance the link popularity of any site based on its ranking (Google PageRank, Alexa Rank, Technorati etc.), social bookmarks (del.icio.us, etc), subscribers (Bloglines, etc) and more!
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Typography for Headlines | Smiley Cat Web DesignA selection of headlines that have interesting and creative typography. Get your dose of inspiration here!
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
CSS Typography: Contrast Techniques, Tutorials and Best PracticesThere are a lot of really great typography resources mentioned in this post. I clicked on at least 5 of the resources mentioned.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
ContraceptionA very thorough writeup that is surprisingly unbiased given the source (secular, mainstream).
Contraception and the Bible: God’s Will in our Marriages at Deo Omnis GloriaContraception has been a divisive issue between Catholics or Protestants in the last forty years or so. The question is: who is correct? What does the ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
What is selective pruning?"The process of selecting individual branches to be pruned, rather than shearing non-selectively. The most widely recommended technique for pruning is selective pruning. Unfortunately, this is not the most widely practiced method. Selective pruning is easy to do and can reduce the frequency at which shrubs are ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
Anatomy of a Post: How to Get Blog Readers to Pay Attention | Write to DoneLet's skip the reading, here's what the post is about. A great title, interesting lead, and scannable body text is what makes readers pay attention.
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
The Man in the Mirror Study Guide: Table of ContentsI just bought this book on Amazon for 1 cent. I love that I was able to get it at such a great price. It should be fun to read with this discussion guide, if only between the wife and I.
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