Go To Sites

In it's current state the internet is a seething mass of ever changing text and content, that is a bit overwhelming at times. No one person could possibly read all the content that is available, nor would anyone really want to. The problem becomes, that when you need to know something in a hurry, who do you trust? These are my 'Go To' sites, that over the years I have come to love because they are good at providing the information or inspiration I need from them.

Fog

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Recently it was incredibly foggy out my back door. I set up the telephoto lens on a tripod and did some slow exposures in the low light.

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Don't Make Your Users Work!

This seems like common sense, but I continue to see the problems everywhere. I'm a bit frustrated, and it has a lot to do with artists and web cartoonists.

Scrolling. Extraneous Clicks. Javascript/Flash load times for a tiny picture.

Do you not want me to come back to your site? Is that why you stacked three banner ads across the top, and then put the daily content half way down the page? If you expect me to come back every day, your site needs to be a pleasure to use.

Chrome

Google has just released a Beta version of their new browser Chrome, and I am seeing lots of mixed reviews around the web. So far nothing disparaging has come up regarding the technical capabilities (that I have seen), but I have seen a number of complaints about the mere existence of another browser.

Lily Pads

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Photos of Lily Pads. These were taken at the Nasher Sculpture Garden in Dallas Texas. If you have never been, I highly recommend it.

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Cactus

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Cactus

In Texas there is cactus all over, and it comes in more than one variety. Here is an Image Pack in celebration of this thoroughly obnoxious plant.

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Contrast

The final pixel just slid perfectly into place. Thanks to you one more piece of the internet is beautiful. The design is breath taking, and not just because your mom said so. Or is it? You better take another look. Seems fine? Ok, if you say so.

Sunflower

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Sunflower stock photos. Free for all to use. Resolution 72 dpi, 1700~ x 1170~.

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Mustard

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A Zen sub-theme created for Drupal 5. Handles the basics for your stories and pages but is not tested as an administration theme. Includes the custom log in function described here.

To utilize a Zen sub-theme you will need:

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Scraped Vinyl

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Scraped Vinyl

Scraped the vinyl flooring out of our entry way last summer and I thought the texture was really great. Had to snap a few shots for the texture library.

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