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Proud

I heard this stuff makes your back straight. Shit, my back is straight. Fire water done right.

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Jay Leno's "Rendezvous" in L.A.

Richard Cohen is... nuts.

sick.

"Wha tha faaa?"

If he had a Mac, I don't think this would have happened NSFW

I think J.R.'s explaination would be no better

President Obama keeps it real.

President Obama takes a moment in a meeting to poke fun at DC for being a bunch of wimps. Being a Chicagoan our President is NEVER bested by the cold! Neither are his children!

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Hopefully the movie is better than this appearance on Letterman

my favorite Daily Show clip (that I saw) of 2008

I love you!

it looks just like the movies

The First Black President

Arj Barker

CHANGE

vote or die

The following video should remind you of something other than how Americans should vote. It should remind you of our friends in the middle east. The people who vote purely based on who is the most faithful to Allah and their religion. Not who is most interested in choosing the most forward direction for our country. It's these types of people who make me think America is lost.

(The video was removed from YouTube.)

The next video demonstrates the blind following of Republican party members. I really wonder why some people just can't make up their own mind.

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just... just sad...

a collegehumor original

good shared story

So I've been designing websites and stuff for a while now. I mean... not necessarily actively for many people but I do design. Either way no one ever really realizes that you can't be great at everything. Below is an entry from graphics.net where a "Mike B." explains some of these concepts about web design. I mean, it makes sense to want the world from your designer but it's not really reaslistic. Enjoy...

I have a friend who knows a guy whose son does websites.
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008, by Mike B.

I have a friend who knows a guy...

Ten years ago, selling websites was, for all intents and purposes, easy. You needed a royal blue shirt, charcoal grey pants, business cards, and a promise. Everybody needed a website but only a few companies and individuals were providing the service effectively. It was an Economics 101 lesson in supply and demand. Almost everyone was self-taught and had barely any experience under their belt. Luckily, expectations for websites were lower back then. A site could be published with merely a home page, five pages of static HTML content, a spinning �e� email icon, and some blinking text. The client would practically jump for joy. It gave us all time to learn and practice.

That guy
�Hey, you know anyone who can build a website?�

�Actually, my co-worker�s brother does web design. Want me to get his number?�

I got my first business through a personal connection. No proposal. No sales pitch.

At the time, I didn�t recognize or appreciate the ease of it all. Soon enough, I was snapped up by an entrepreneur with a start-up company (BrowserMedia, a WashingtonVC asset) and got to work side by side with numerous talented individuals. Being part of an ace team was the way to learn.

It�s a different landscape
Building websites �today� is all but completely different. Between the eCommerce, blogs and wikis, social networking, forums, content management, shopping carts, audio/video, search, and server/hosting, there are many moving parts to integrate into a cohesive presentation. We haven�t even scratched the surface of user interface design, studying analytics, search engine optimization (SEO) or marketing sites post launch. A professional web design firm can provide your company with solutions to all of these challenges.

But, I�m trying to save money
Can you still hire someone to build your website the old way?

Yes. Well technically, yes.

These days, there are more than enough freelance web designers and programmers out there. In a lot of cases, they are willing to drop their hourly rates to fight over work. However, this doesn�t mean you�re going to get a great site. Most freelancers are good at either programming or design. If they are good at programming, they tend to be good at using one or two languages or integrating a handful of software tools. Even designers tend to be better at Photoshop, Illustrator, or Flash. Chances are this isn�t how they will portray themselves to you. Nobody wants to talk about their strengths versus weaknesses. You�ll need to hope their exact talents match your exact needs. Either way, chances are they aren�t an expert in everything.

Quarterbacks and Linebackers
Finding someone who can do it all isn�t realistic. It�s like trying to lead your baseball team in pitching and hitting; like trying to play quarterback and line backer at the same time. At a certain (low) level of competition, it is done. However, in the big leagues when you�re practicing eight, ten or more hours a day and playing games, there simply isn�t enough time to be great at everything. There simply isn�t enough time to learn all the plays and perfect their execution. Your coach expects you to pick something and be an all-star at it, to specialize.

Having a team is a good thing.

Experience
Nothing can replace industry experience. Books are great. College teaches responsibility and the learning process among other things. But, nothing replaces actual hands-on learning. This especially comes from year after year watching trends, reading and doing, making mistakes and learning from them, and being around colleagues with different specialties.

That is the key difference between hiring a professional company and a friend of a friend. Individually, the people are more experienced, have a broad understanding, and a specialty. Collectively, the team is better prepared to meet the challenges of your site and rise to the occasion.

my zoo walls

When I was a kid I remember doing a photo shoot for some local weekend magazine. Me and my brothers and sisters were each given a budget at certain stores, I think, to go out and buy some clothes. No restrictions really, just buy some clothes. I remember getting the most hideous shirt ever. And I had it tucked into my jeans. Looking at this picture now, I wonder what I was thinking... But who the fuck knows. My siblings never live it down.

Either way, we were each interviewed as part of the segment. When I was interviewed by the magazine they asked me what I liked to do. I said draw and paint and things like that. Art, ya know. They asked me a follow up question along the lines of, "Are you working on anything now?" And one of the crazy things I thought would happen as a kid but never ended doing was my answer. I said that I had recently been to the zoo and decided I was going to make my walls in a zoo mural referencing the pictures I took. I can still imagine the images of what I would have created for my walls. Oh well.

So I was reading one of the "quips" from Speak Up and saw that some guy with a few Sharpies decorated his whole basement. It just reminded me of the previously told story. Anyways, check it out.