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Question for GEEKS - Is there a way to REMOTELY cut off access to the internet in the entire house? [Background - I have 2 rebellious teens that want to do nothing but gaming].
rowlikeagirl, hecho en eu, Alex Scoble, Alex Scrivener and 2 other people liked this
You could get a router that supports remote login and control it that way. WRT54G with an open source firmware would do it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Alternately I think most routers have some sort of built-in web-based external admin option. If you set up a list of allowed/disallowed MAC addresses then you could toggle the Xbox (or whatever) on/off at will.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Agreed. Logging in to a routers admin via the web would be the easiest way. Linksys router firmware has parental type options available.
- Spencer
If the kids are really rebellious they'll soon figure out they can do a hard reset on the router to bypass you though. Press and hold the little plastic button on the back for five seconds. That's a bit of a scorched earth retaliation on their part though - there's no way they'd be able to hide that other than feigned ignorance.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I'll bet Alex Scoble would have a good answer to this - he's big on console gaming and on network penetration IIRC.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
There are things like this for TV: http://www.familysafemedia.com/token_t..., maybe they have them for games too?
- Todd Hoff
Non-geek answer: take it away.
- The Archangel ωαřмaiden
Yeah, the best way that I can think of would be to enable external management of your router, but this also opens you up to increased risks as anyone on the internet can now attempt to take control of your router. But it's usually a feature that you have to turn on while at home. You can't do it remotely the first time.
- Alex Scoble
When you leave the house, take your router with you.
- sofarsoShawn
sofar++
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
If they're dedicated, they could always just drop their own router in. To really lock things down you'd literally have to lock things down, i.e. put the router in a locked cabinet, and secure the cable run upstream of the router.
- Ken Sheppardson
I'd actually take the primary connection device if you want to prevent them from accessing the internet all day. Cable modem or whatever router,modem, etc. is provided by your service. Much harder to replace. :)
- Alex Scoble
And of course none of this helps you if you have a neighbor near you with an unprotected or poorly protected wireless router.
- Alex Scoble
Some sort of active jamming device, perhaps, Alex?
- Ken Sheppardson
Wi-fi-blocking paint? https://friendfeed.com/logical...
- LogEx
LogEx, wow.
- Micah Wittman
pull the plug
- VAL D.
Sssshhh... my oldest one gets on FriendFeed sometimes and knows how to do stuff with routers... :-| - but usually it's not him that's as much trouble (although he is right now) - it's the 16-yr old who is the worst and with him I try to avoid doing something physical like pulling the plug (I've done that before) because he can spin out of control and start breaking things in the house. :-|
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Even with all this done, couldn't they just connect to another open connection in the vicinity or crack a protected one?
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
It worries me that he is violent. :( Good luck
- Dragon Goldmaple
Your post is public as is your account. He could be reading this as we speak...
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
One of our neighbors has an internet connection that even we can access without a password or anything (although it's a weak signal)... I was thinking along the lines of cutting off the power that goes to the router..
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Well, if there are others routers around, it's kind of futile. If it's a laptop mehbe take computer away or power cord for desktop? Srsly though, some kind of agreement or discipline is best
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
Maxamad: He's sleeping right now... Plus, even if he does read it, he might get a clue the trouble he causes when he participates or assists in his 16-yr old brother's behaviors...
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
How about simple port blocking???Block everything except port 80. Or you could stick in a meter and have then pay by the megabyte. :)
- Roberto Bonini
Use the internet for something intensive yourself? If you eg torrent old films to watch (find something legal carefully) then you can pick when you're going to set that going & it'll make online gaming rather painful due to lag. Definitely recommend trying to negotiate some 'gaming times' first though - it may make them happier if they get some input & you could always use the...
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- immaterial
Maxamad - I've taken away the powercord and when I do something physical like that he can escalate out of control & I try to avoid that because the dad's out of town most of the time working. If the dad reacts too strongly, they run away. It truly is a lose/lose situation.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Maybe some time limits... during certain hours only, or for certain durations per day. Many routers have that capability. But again, you are at the mercy of alternative connections (wi-fi) or factory-reset of the router.
- LogEx
immaterial - the 16-yr old does not follow any rules or respect parental authority.. I'm going to have to activate the state "juvenile outside of control" laws on him before he turns 17.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
immaterial - I like the torrent film idea, but if there's a lag in the internet or the router has problems, he has taken the router before and thrown it across the room & broke it. :-|
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Is there a specific game they're playing? If you disabled it would they start playing something else or give up?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Well it sounds like he is going to get physical no matter what you do.
- Dragon Goldmaple
Daniel - yes, the specific game is Gild Wars - the 16 yr. old is addicted to it.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I'd definitely make him replace it himself if he did that (or just deny access completely), although I can get rather passive-aggressive. It just doesn't sound like acceptable behaviour, but if he is actually scaring you that's probably worse & more important to sort out than the gaming addiction. Do you have neighbours who could help?
- immaterial
Yeah, it sounds like you have a problem that isn't going to be solved through technical methods.
- Alex Scoble
Yup.
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
If he physically gets out of control, have you considered calling the police and having him sent to juvie? I know that seems harsh, but it sounds like it really might be time for some drastic action.
- Jill is sugar free
Is there an app that lets you filter out the people you follow whom you haven't placed on a Twitter List yet?
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Seriously though, what medical problems are there from smoking marijuana? There's a ton of propaganda from the government, but what is true?
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- Maxamad (Amazigh)
in MI, you can get it for back problems haha
- Marissa
Apparently you can still get COPD from smoking weed, but it doesn't seem as bad as tobacco http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi...
- Victor Ganata
Is that it?
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
Well, in the short term, it really does impair your cognition and makes you eat a lot more :)
- Victor Ganata
So if done just for recreation and you don't go full-blown reefer-head, it's all good? :D
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
Heh, well, the data is still coming in. I honestly don't know enough to give you an informed recommendation.
- Victor Ganata
I don't know about all the propaganda, and it definitely seems to alleviate pain for some patients and build up appetite where needed for other patients, but there are some people I know who have used it way too much over a long life, and seem to have the permanent "stoner" demeanor -- slow, slurred speech, inability to think rapidly, paranoia. I personally can't stand the smell so...
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- Stephen Mack
"The most probable adverse effects include a dependence syndrome, increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, impaired respiratory function, cardiovascular disease, and adverse effects of regular use on adolescent psychosocial development and mental health." from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed...
- Mike Chelen
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Announcing the TypePad Developer Program and TypePad Motion. TypePad Developer Program - your gateway to the TypePad Cloud Platform – and the launch of TypePad Motion, a micro-blogging community application built in Python using the Django web-development framework. - http://everything.typepad.com/
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I'd like to hear any thoughts on this. Does this make TypePad a superior blogging platform now??
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
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So, I've been working hard this week in an extreme cleaning and organizing frenzy... anyone have any great tips on cleaning and/or organizing?
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Fwd: Sooooo, does the "email to friendfeed" still work? I sent something via email and it has not shown up. :/ (via http://friendfeed.com/castill...)
Kol Tregaskes liked this
#554349 - apt: Method rred has died unexpectedly! - Debian Bug report logs - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin...:
isNSFW - The Safe For Work way to share Not Safe For Work (NSFW) links - http://isnsfw.com/
Anyone else having issues w/ getting into the "settings" portion of GReader? When I try, it just says "loading" and nothing happens. #fb
Kol Tregaskes liked this
alls fine with G-reader...just that my Gmail getting spammed a lot :) try refreshing once?
- Roshan Ramachandran
:/ This is what I see when I try to get into my settings... http://img.pikchur.com/pic_I0G...
- JA Castillo
Try a different browser? Try turning off Adblock?
- Matthew DeVries
You would think GReader would work in Chrome...
- JA Castillo
Yeah, that irony bit me a few times in my 1 month attempt to go chrome.
- Matthew DeVries
Went into Firefox and it works fine. /annoyed
- JA Castillo
Yeah it doesn't load for me in Chrome either , very annoying
- Kim Landwehr
Is there a windows manager for MS Windows that resembles GNU Screen, ratpoison, or StumpWM by chance? I doubt it myself, and I wonder how it'd work out, but still hopeful. Maybe a port of GNU Screen or one of the others to Cygwin? Even with that, would it work very properly?
Kol Tregaskes, Tyson Key and Mike Chelen liked this
I use ratpoison and screen right now and since a long time now, I feel disabled when I have to use a DE. I don't know if there are equivalents for MS Windows, so hey! Just use 'em with Linux :)
- directeur
Yeah, I have certain IRL issues for why I can't run Linux on "my" box. It seems that GNU Screen is now an official Cygwin package, so I'll try that out.
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
well you could use both worlds, take a look at Portable Ubuntu and also here http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009...
- ovigia
there are some utilities that automatically tile windows
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
haven't tried them but the links are: http://dockbox.demonastery.org/ and http://freenet-homepage.de/bug...
- Marko Đorđevic
Thank you so much!! Nothing Windows will ever quite reach Linux quality, but these are great! Thanks!
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
@Mohomed fyi 1. Linux on Windows: I use http://virtualbox.org to run instances of Ubuntu when I'm on vista, mostly when I need to do stuff that be more efficient using bash scripts and python. VirtualBox runs very smoothly and can handle all Compiz 3d effects with no problem (i.e. fast!). 2. For window tiling specifically inside Windows, I have not tried any of them, but Wikipedia offers these solutions that you can check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of VM to tell you the truth. And yeah, I've seen that portion of the Wiki link. Thanks See-ming :)
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
@Mohomed, you can give a try to windows apps on this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Berk Ülsoy
Crap. I accidently clicked "ignore" on an invitation from someone in Google reader, but I actually wanted to follow. How do I fix it so I can follow that person??
rowlikeagirl, hecho en eu, Wallace and Kol Tregaskes liked this
follow me and I'll ignore you, then I'll try to figure it out..
- Wallace
you can get that person to add you again, or you can search for them by name or add them by email address.
- Jenna Bilotta
you can also look at the list of your followers, find that person and follow them back. you can get to your list of followers from the "sharing settings" page.
- Jenna Bilotta
I didn't get a chance to ignore you, so I'll unfollow and see...
- Wallace
Ok, I figured it out. I went to Google Reader settings - http://www.google.com/reader...
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... Good article on Google Gears talking about Google mail being offline.
How do I block a website??
Kol Tregaskes liked this
:-(
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
If you mean from home, there aren't any really /easy/ ways. Probably your first option would be to install software like NetNanny or something similar. But if you've got some technical skill, another option is to start using OpenDNS as your DNS provider. You install an update client on your PC that tells OpenDNS what IP address you're connecting from. Then in your OpenDNS account you can select categories of sites to block or add individual sites to a custom block list. It works quite well.
- Jason Huebel
thank you Jason - I just solved the problem... I was getting a request for log into a separate site and was able to fix it through my subscription list settings on my Blogger dashboard...
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
???! ~ Question: I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem I'm having... Whenever I go to a certain webpage (blogger.com dashboard), I get a pop-up message that asks me to log into a separate web page!! EVERY single time I go to that webpage it ask me to sign in. I'm not even a member of that site and it's asking me to sign in! To me this is bad!
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I hope someone sees this! I don't know what to do!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I'd say that's bad. Hmm. Have you tried reporting it to Google?
- Jill is sugar free
how do I report it to google? I did post the problem in the user help Forum...
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I've tried clearing all my cookies, cache and even login passwords..
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Hey all, I've read up on the wonders of nginx the last few days and recently downloaded it....they only question I have is how exactly do you run files on it? I went to localhost in my browser, and saw that it was running, but it's not very clear how to run scripts (php, python, etc) on it. I've read a little about FastCGI, but nothing conclusive.
Mike Chelen, Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie), Morton Fox and Tyson Key liked this
This is from the guy very familiar with Apache and used to how the whole /htdocs shindig works. This is the Windows nginx server package. I've got PHP5 and Python2.6 on my box
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
...
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
looks like somebody just had to read their documentation
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
[ADVICE REQUEST] What kind & brand of mattress do you have? Are you happy with it? What would you recommend?
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Internet Strategist, Alfredo, Paul L. McCord Jr. and 11 other people liked this
Checking out http://sleeplikethedead.com currently - trying to figure out what rates well for most people
- Nathan Chase
By far the best we had is from Keetsa. We have a King and Queen Tea Leaf Supreme: http://shop.keetsa.com/product... Added bonus of Keetsa is they ship their compressed memory foam mattresses to you by regular shipping companies.
- Cristo
We have a king size tempurpedic mattress. It's the single best investment in our house that we've made. It was very expensive (like $2500), but worth every penny.
- Internet's Tad
Tad, did you have a regular coil mattress before that? I've always slept on a coil mattress and the foam ones where you sink into them seem odd to lay on. How long did it take to get used to it?
- Nathan Chase
Comfortaire king size air bed with separate controls. I can't remember where I found it on the net but it was half the list price.
- Greg GuitarBuster
from what I'm reading, a lot of places say don't buy any brand you haven't heard of (basically get a Sealy, Serta, or Simmons).
- Nathan Chase
Nathan - we had a coil mattress before that we kept for a few years too long - it was horribly uncomfortable when we finally got rid of it. What sold us on Tempurpedic was the pillows. We each had one of their pillows for probably a year before we bought the full mattress. It took no time at all for us to totally love it - I loved it the first night. But I understand some people never get used to it. I suggest trying a pillow first.
- Internet's Tad
Mcroskey Airflex. Best mattress you may not have heard of... http://www.mcroskey.com/
- Cliff Gerrish
One thing to note is the new bed we purchased has a "bunky board" with drawers underneath, so we won't be needing a box spring... Not sure how much that changes things or not...
- Nathan Chase
Nathan, we had box springs and coil mattresses before. We didn't like them because of the movement. The Keetsa mattresses don't have that "sink into them" feeling. They are firm, yet soft on top. You don't need box springs for the Keetsa mattresses, and it's preferable if you don't have them.
- Cristo
Yeah I definitely don't like the feeling of sinking into the bed. The foam beds all feel that way to me. But I do want it to be super soft and plush feeling when i hit the bed. I keep reading that you shouldn't buy pillow-top mattresses though because they wear out fast and to get a separate pillowtop topper instead. It's all so confusing!
- Nathan Chase
I have a stuffed cotton futon. Unless you want to sleep on the floor, I wouldn't recommend it unless you affix plywood boards to the bedframe, because you _will_ feel the slats underneath if you don't.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Where's Bren?
- Derrick
I have a sleep number - would rather have a Tempurpedic - live and learn.
- William Harryman
I usually just buy a cheaper mattress and then put a feather bed on top. Best sleep ever
- Lindsey is Fierce!
I love our bed too (the Tempurpedic) and you can get some that are "more firm" than others. We bought the one that was in the "middle" for softness. It actually gets harder during the colder winter months. But I absolutely love my bed. It is so comfortable. I never wake up with some of the aches and pains I had with our previous mattress and I miss it when I travel and have to sleep on something else.
- Her Lindsay-ness
"For the money, I think [Keetsa Tea Leaf Supreme] iis just a better mattress, and it does feel more comfortable than a Tempurpedic for a lot less cheddar." --http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby...
- Cristo
We have some Unikulma's bed/mattresses which are measurement to our body. Been using that now around 2 years and still quite happy with it. Only bad thing was the price which was way too salty. http://www.unikulma.com/index2...
- Nia
I like a good firm futon best - not necessarily those that are pure cotton - the one I have has layers of some other material.
- howard shippin
The problem with futons (I've had 3 or 4 with various fillings), is they get lumpy over time, and have to be turned over and pounded out.
- Cristo
Cristo: That's what she said. :)
- Nathan Chase
We had a glorious 4 day weekend in a B&B in Astoria one year, the Tempurpedic was nearly 4 feet tall. I thought we had a pretty nice bed until that weekend. The Keetsa looks interesting, I wonder what the lifecycle for memory foam is...
- Jason Wehmhoener
Nathan, LOL. You better not call any of the girls on FriendFeed "futon" now. :)
- Cristo
Haha... no, I think not.
- Nathan Chase
1939 Posture Pedic. )
- Paul L. McCord Jr.
Jason, our mattress is about 1 1/2 old and is still great. If FF is still around in 8 1/2 years, I'll post about it. ;) We like low, platform-style beds, so some of the high mattresses don't work for us.
- Cristo
Our Tempurpedic is 4 years or so old and is just as comfy as the day we bought it. No noticeable wear at all.
- Internet's Tad
Tad, that means you're not "using" it enough.
- Rochelle
I definitely prefer the look of the platform style beds, but haven't had an opportunity to test a memory foam mattress. I wish mattress material was the kind of thing B&B's advertised...
- Jason Wehmhoener
After trying out mattresses at 3 different stores - decided upon the Simmons Beautyrest. It was the most comfortable, at the lowest price.
- Nathan Chase
Before you buy a new bed check out the information about the toxins they're dipped in because they're required by law. Do you know you have to have a Doctor's prescription to buy a bed that doesn't reek of chemicals? Might be time to go back to waterbeds. Much about that online. http://www.bestbedguide.com/organic... - Potential issues with Tempurpedic:...
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- Internet Strategist
ikea. springless. super soft top. firm foam insides. i'm super happy with it.
- John O'Day
you should check out fatwallet forums - do a search for the w hotel bed - you can get it for 40% off whats listed on the w hotel web site using the code and it is supposedly an awesome bed - i will get it if i can put together the $750 it costs.
- Allen Stern
I want to know about organic mattresses. My cousin wants to buy one and these types of mattresses are expensive. I have a bad back and I purchased a Simmons, Beauty Rest. I LOVE IT!
- Anne Haynes
Ok, let's say I'd like to join the ranks to become a real geek. What are the "requirements" to be considered a geek and how would I know when I could begin to call myself one??
Kol Tregaskes, The Bohemian Penguin, mike "glemak" dunn and 5 other people liked this
I have no idea. I think it has something to do with technology.
- Jill is sugar free
I think it's genetic.
- LogEx
There are two routes to geekdom. The first requires a childhood excluded from most social groups coupled with a keen interest in math/computers/science/tech. The second simply requires an obsession with a single thing that drives you to learn everything about that one thing. I am a geek of the first type, but I have also been a geek of the second type. For instance, to become a...
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- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
+1 slippy
- mike "glemak" dunn
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Re: TypePad Platform and TypePad Motion - According to comScore, Six Apart is the leader in the blog category in the US and reaches over 183M unique visitors per month around the world - that’s bigger than MySpace - and TypePad is the cornerstone of Six Apart’s hosted services. - http://www.sixapart.com/blog...
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I'm trying to figure out the advantages vs disadvantages of this compared to other blogging platforms... Does this seem like a "closed" type of community though? Does Sixapart now have the "edge" over others?
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
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Anyone know how I can import my Tumblr "likes" into FF?
Kol Tregaskes, Chris Nixon, tomit and Mark Wilson liked this
I don't port my Tumblr stuff to FF as I have my reposts sent to FB and stuff I post to Mento shows up here and in Tumblr. Do not wish to be in duplicate hell.
- JA Castillo
...any thoughts?
- JA Castillo
Check to see if your Tumblr favorites have an RSS feed. You could use that, if it exists.
- Helen Sventitsky
I guess I should have mentioned that earlier...there is not RSS. :(
- JA Castillo
I tried to create an RSS feed for my own Tumblr likes page and it didn't work. It must have something to do with the Tumblr api protecting your likes page. I'm not all scripty and junk though.
- Mark Wilson
Yeah, neither am I. Thanks for giving it a go... :)
- JA Castillo
I'm looking for an article which tells approximatively how much money make
influential websites like abduzeedo, smashingmagazine, etc. Can someone help me
? Can't manage to find it :)
Kol Tregaskes liked this
Thanks for the like, but apparently no one knows what i'm talking about :)
- fwed
Does anyone know of a plug-in or anything that will allow one to open a GIMP file (.xcf) in Photoshop CS2?
You have posterous / tumblr / twitter / facebook / flickr / youtube etc... do u still need a self-hosted blog powered by wordpress? what do u do with yourname.com ? make it a landing page ? any idea ?
Michael Lynton, Kol Tregaskes, Ken Sheppardson and Matt Ellsworth liked this
i've often wondered this myself.
- Matt Ellsworth
My feeling is that yourname.com is the best thing to always have. You can make it a landing page, host your blog, put widgets of your other spaces, whatever. Things like blog, posterous, etc can be on subdomains. If your main place on the internet is branded and owned by someone else, you are at their mercy and at risk of changes you may not like.
- LogEx
@LogEx: I want to keep the domain. but not sure what to do with it.. lol
- Nilesh
@Matt let us know if u discover any idea...
- Nilesh
I like @LogEx idea of making kind of a jumping point. but with everything else out there - i'm not sure you necessarily need a blog -- especially with things like utterli which is a great place to rant and cross post.
- Matt Ellsworth
My internet utopia is where we don't have proprietary social networks anymore, we have people with their own domains with widgets for federated social networking protocols. It's your home page, also your landing page so others can see how to interact with you, and it may look different to each person who arrives depending on what permissions you have given them within your services.
- LogEx
I've been playing with Posterous since they launched, but was waiting to dive in until they had themes. Now that you can customize the look, I think I'm going to change KenSheppardson.com to a landing page, then use a Posterous blog at kshep.net as a hub to push stuff out to other sites. I'm starting to think of yourname.com in terms of "If I had a business card made up with only my name and this link on it, what would I want on the site"
- Ken Sheppardson
Some examples - http://www.queness.com/post...
- Ken Sheppardson
Blog banner - Words For Living - I attempted to create a blog banner... I'm not really good at this... Is it getting cut off? too large, etc.? - http://www.wordsforliving.net/
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I never like anything I do - I need to know what I can change to make it look better...
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
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oh come on. It's perfect. I love it! :)
- Bicentennial (Franc)
Really? Thanks! I think the black edges of the butterfly is possibly distracting/ugly.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
not at all. they add contrast. and that blue is awesome.
- Bicentennial (Franc)
I'm making some changes...
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Oh - I like the blue, but not the black edges... shouldn't lighten it? (I'm a perfectionist and don't like things I do - picking things apart)...
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Maybe add some shadow to the letters. :)
- Bicentennial (Franc)
Any thoughts if you can import shared items from google reader when the google reader shared page is "protected"? Is there a ff google user to add?
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Fwd: If I was interested in a domain that was short and interesting (a la ---> bit.ly) and the domain would not end in your typical ".com", ".net", etc., is there any way of actually acquiring such? Is such a thing possible? (via http://friendfeed.com/castill...)
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I need some information as to why people in today's world need to know computers and technology in general. Any article will do. Please send me them as soon as possible.
Kol Tregaskes liked this
The information that I mostly get is stuff on how to repair a computer. Any pointers on what I should be looking for in google?
- Matt Stoddard
Fwd: Busy setting up a new blog. Almost ready to start adding content. It's very "plain" with an all white background. Simple and uncluttered. It may not be flashy to others, but I really like it. I have a FriendFeed Real-Time Widget on it... (via http://friendfeed.com/blogger...) - Question - Is DISQUS still the comment system of choice?
Kol Tregaskes and Holden Page liked this
why don't you just use the default?
- Holden Page
and what's the URL of the blog?
- Holden Page
You could also try checking out IntenseDebate or JSKit Echo--they are all fairly similar. Nothing wrong with DISQUS tho.
- Mac64
Holden - I don't have any content posts on it yet, so it's blank except for the sidebar! I don't really like the default comment system. I have Disqus on the other blogs I've set up. I hear some complaints about Disqus occasionally, so I wasn't sure...
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
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