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How much is your blog worth?

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:46:55 GMT

clipped by: glimbit

Clip Source: www.business-opportunities.biz

How Much Is Your Blog Worth?

Inspired by Tristan Louis's research into the value of each link to Weblogs Inc, I've created this little applet using Technorati's API which computes and displays your blog's worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs Inc deal.

Tags: b log

No Screaming Allowed on the Screamer

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:52:58 GMT

clipped by: glimbit

Clip Source: www.wtopnews.com

No Screaming Allowed on the `Screamer'

A suburban amusement park has gotten so many complaints from neighbors about bloodcurdling screams that it has instituted a no-shrieking rule for its scary new thrill ride, the Scandia Screamer,

"After the first complaint, our rule was no profanity," said Steve Baddley, general manager at the Scandia Family Fun Center. "Then neighbors said it wasn't just that _ it was the crazy, excessive screaming. Then they said it was really all of it, the loud laughing, everything. Eventually, we said, `Bag it, that's it _ no noise.'"

As passengers are strapped into the two metal baskets, the operator recites this warning: "We are required to remove you from this ride if you make any noise. If you feel you might make a noise, please cover your mouth tightly with you hand, like this (The operator then covers mouth with hand). If we hear any noise through your hand, we will remove you from the ride. So please remain silent and enjoy the screamer."

Tags: weird news

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Rules of Writing Fiction

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:22:25 GMT

clipped by: glimbit

Clip Source: www.janeespenson.com

1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.

3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

4. Every sentence must do one of two things -- reveal character or advance the action.

5. Start as close to the end as possible.

6. Be a sadist. Now matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader may see what they are made of.

7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

-- Kurt Vonnegut

Tags: writing

Gmail Paper - Email snail-mailed to you!

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:05:50 GMT

clipped by: glimbit
clipper's remarks: I suspect there are many office workers who wish this wasn't an April Fool's joke. Here's another (even funnier) one: http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html

Clip Source: www.google.com

Everyone loves Gmail. But not everyone loves email, or the digital era. What ever happened to stamps, filing cabinets, and the mailman? Well, you asked for it, and it’s here. We’re bringing it back.

New! Introducing Gmail Paper

Tags: google

Top 15 Unintentionally Funny Comic Book Panels

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:13:17 GMT

clipped by: glimbit

Clip Source: www.yesbutnobutyes.com

Here's a collection of the Top 15 Funniest Unintentionally Funny Comic Book Panels of All Time.

Tags: comics

Freelancers Unite!

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:22:26 GMT

clipped by: glimbit
clipper's remarks: Something to consider when contemplating a switch to freelancing.

Clip Source: www.clamormagazine.org

Freelance writers and artists may face both legal and socio-economic obstacles to organizing, but we're going to have to organize anyway, because Big Media is going for the jugular.

My advice: write about it. Write about the insane contracts. Caricature the bosses in cartoon and prose. Get past the big-money thrill of writing commodified nonsense for Time Warner or Bertelsmann and spread the word in paying indie and underground publications—choose a side and let it be the side of the rest of the world's workers. Let the kingdom of ownership fall into ruin, because we'll be better off living in a better universe, one that our bosses haven't already staked a claim to.

Clip Source: threemeninatub.blogspot.com

Tags: freelance

All hail the color palette generator!

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:01:01 GMT

clipped by: communicatrix

Clip Source: www.degraeve.com

Enter the URL of an image to get a color palette that matches the image. This is useful for coming up with a website color palette that matches a key image a client wants to work with.

dull
	`#334433`
	`#3366aa`
	`#6699aa`
	`#aabbbb`
	`#778877`

vibrant
	`#001100`
	`#0066dd`
	`#66ccdd`
	`#ddffff`
	`#77aa77`

Tags: color, palette, palettes, photoshop, tips, tools