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Steampunk My Hero

ed — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:37:58 +0000

STEAMPUNK: Defining the Indefinable

“STEAMPUNK = Mad Scientist Inventor [invention (steam x airship or metal man/baroque stylings) x (pseudo) Victorian setting] + progressive or reactionary politics x adventure plot.” (Steampunk Bible , Jeff Vandermeer)

A hero is implied in the equation, but for those of us who love our romance, we also need to: + a heroine who refuses to be limited by her circumstances (or her corset) = a burgeoning panoply of books and stories that bust out of the familiar genre boundaries with airships and automatons and steam-based ray guns.

Robert Appleton had this to say about steampunk: “From westerns to pirates to magicians to automatons, we’re stretching the genre every which way. The commonalities—Victorian era mis-en-scene, hyper-advanced steam technology, a fun reimagining of history—are the main draws as always, but the genre’s such a Rorschach for authors (and readers) right now, it’s a case of pretty much anything goes.”

(The Way It Should Have Been, Carina Press Blog)

That means the author can take the reader through alternate realities, on a trip through time, or even out of this world. It ranges from the fun and whimsical to dark and dystopian. All we ask is that you a) don’t judge the books only by their covers (though some are smoking fun!) and b) don’t judge all steampunk books by any one book.

Guest post I found at Steampunk Novel Reaction by Pauline Baird Jones…

Web Design Resources

ed — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:41:19 +0000

Best of Web & Galleries

Awwwards: Most prestigious websites
Creattica: Design Inspiration Gallery
Design Charts: Weekly Top 40 Website Design
MobileAwesomeness: Mobile Web Design
Onepagelove: One Page Html addicted
The FWA: Web awards at the cutting edge

Tutorials & Resources

1stwebdesigner: Web design, tutorials and inspiration
Freelance Switch: Freelance Adivce and Jobs
Nettuts: Web Development & Design Tutorials
Tutorialzine: Web dev tutorials and resources
WebDesignerLedger: Blog, Tutorials and Inspiration
Webdesignerwall: Design Trends and Tutorials

Utility & Others

Clean Css: A good Css Formatter and Optimiser
Html-Ipsum: From Css Trick get now your html text
Lynda: Indulge your passion for knowledge
Stockxpert: Royality stock photography
W3C: The W3C Markup Validation Service
Word Reference: Free online translation

love web page design

ed — Thu, 19 May 2011 02:38:04 +0000

These web pages are some very inspirational websites where I get all my ideas. These web design sites are some of the best that the internet has to offer in design, color, layout, and just plain coding fun… CSS and simple are all it takes.

How It Should Have Ended Connie

ed — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:59:15 +0000

Happy Birthday CONNIE…

You have just GOT to go to this website for a visit ! You have to watch a commercial, but, ITS FREE !

how it should have ended.

This is absolutely HilAiriOuS ! Guaranteed not to disappoint.

This is typography perfection

ed — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:44:49 +0000

Using patterns of letters to display content is a very particular art. Sneh at myinkblog.com gives us a perfect example of how layout, text, and a little creativity can really make a web site stand out. Keep it simple !
patterntap.com

http://squaredeye.com

inspiried by : Sneh

News is different

ed — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:01:11 +0000

When it comes to internet surfing, finding the right news is crucial. Don’t just take one side of the story. Find another source and explore opposing viewpoints. You will be rewarded in your brain.

the guardian
the daily mail
the sun
world newspapers
news of the world

Global Warming Hoax ?

ed — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:31:20 +0000

Hundreds of damaging emails from scientists who are falsifying Global Warming data:
Telegraph.co.uk

whats up with that.com about the alleged emails and what the scientists said.

Even Australia’s Blogs Crikey picked up on the story.

Rebuttal from Real Climate.org saying that the suspect emails and data are just a diversion from “Global Warming” naysayers seeking to publicize their no “global warning climate change” agenda. Posts and +900 comments for 20 and 23 nov right after the “hoax” email break in.

To me it looks like some of the “human” (anthropogenic) caused global warming stats were manipulated by naysayers (to global warming) just to make the “science” of the data and reporting procedures look really, really, bad.

There is no global warming, the sky is not falling, but tons of other resources and reputable scientists dismiss this “break in” as old news.

Some of the emails and information (if not altered and are genuine) are over 10 years old and do not reflect reputable current statistics and fact gathering, by diverse independent worldwide experts that use data that is taken from other than “peer reviewed” resources. (i.e. “closed” resources). National Meteriological Services in the USA and other governments, do not release the best factual data because it is a “National Security” issue…

Who do you believe??

WordPress Security Must Have !

ed — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:04:45 +0000

Goes without saying you need to HARDEN your WordPress installation. Get busy!

BULLETproof your WordPress site with these extensive five ways, and you will thank me FOR…..ever. Sew My Head On gets ALL the credit.

Too many bad guys and web-cooties out there that want to MESS YOU UP, just for no good reason.

lightbox jquery

ed — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:01:48 +0000

Simple chunks of letters and numbers. Commas and semi-colons. One would figure that after nearly ten years of making webpages, one would learn where the stupid little things go. And the spacing issues. Drive me Crazy! Where did all that space come from?

Choke a stick

ed — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:43:42 +0000





	This place is a true internet wonder! The monstrous amount of links on its pages could choke a stick… Anything favorite that you might be looking for is ALL right here. You won’t believe this. No Really!