Not a review, not a post of more things you want to buy, just a question. On daily post sites/blogs/rants. Are there rules to this? I mean anyone can get some webspace, find an engine like Moveable Type, and hit the web running with content, ideas, images, absolutely anything. So is there an unspoken code for newbies? Proper do’s and don’ts? For example Patrick Bennett commented today and asked why i hadn’t emailed him about posting about him, am i supposed to? Email everyone i talk about?

Also on content. I read a lot of sites, blog like, art like, friend’s randoms… so i tend not to repost things i find, as much fun as they might be… all the other sites seem to do that enough themselves. Should i be? Showing you the things that intruigue me?

And on feeling late… so many things i have/use end up blogged on other sites which starts that possibly competitive “i had that ages ago” feeling. Should i post all i find as i find it? … examples that craiglist rentals+google (BRILLIANT), the silly egg timer mom gave me a few months ago, Tiger launch, gheehappy’s indian gods on boing boing today after i posted about it?

So just curious, as readers, browsers of the internet, fellow daily posters… whats the proper code of conduct? or is this back to the wild wild west, and the rules themselves are just beginning to evolve?

OOhh new weezer album? Although i’m not sure about that “beverly hills” song… weezer has always been somewhat amusing, and around since the early 90’s, and still function as my feel better driving cd’s. And at least now there’s a chance at hearing some of the new stuff at Coachella…

… and on another note, this is my 100th post! which feels like i need to celebrate… and it also so happens to be Vegas’ 100th Centennial as well. So while not my celebration, but another 100th party, not to mention FREE… Red Hot Chili Peppers and Weezer in Vegas on July 2nd… not sure how to get tickets, but it says to come back to the site on April 18th. Happy 100th! (to notcot + vegas + hope to see you there!)

April Fool’s Day. But i didn’t find this today. I found it many many days ago, and it is puzzling and bizarre yet strangely funny. So hm, go Rent-A-German!

Did I miss something?  Is “elmo” the new “smurf?”  Someone, who shall remain nameless, tried to open up Adobe ImageReady CS for the first time, and got this interesting error message of “Could not elmo!!!!! The Great Elmo!!!!”  Hmm.

Everybody’s favorite cartoon band is back.  Well, they’re MY favorite cartoon band at least.  I’m talking about Gorillaz.  They have a new single & video out, called “Feel Good, Inc.”  The floating windmill in the video reminds me of Hiyao Miyazaki’s “Castle in the Sky.”  However, I don’t know why the hell he’s singing about a windmill.  And why is there gyrating cartoon ass in the video?  Anyway, Gorillaz’ new album, “Demon Days”, is to be released on May 23, and the single will be out on May 9.

Links to check out the video can be found on their fansite here:
http://fans.gorillaz.com/news.php

Ok so I’ve always wondered what the right way to fold clothes was. Maybe it’s all those years of obsessive origami training. This video totally blows me away though.

For all I know this is an old trick, but it’s totally made my day.

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How could anyone make one more charity silicon bracelet? After LiveStrong everyone had been jumping on the bracelet bandwagon, but this one is for the Humane Society, and Urban Decay has been very animal conscious with their products from the beginning. So this one’s for them.

We don’t do animal testing, and we never have. A lot of you buy our makeup for that very reason. Thanks to Sandy Lerner, an animal activist who co-founded the brand, every single Urban Decay product proudly sports our cruelty-free motto: “We don’t do animal testing. How could anyone?” 100% of Urban Decay’s profits from this bracelet will be donated to our friends at The Humane Society of the United States, with a minimum donation of $25,000. We believe in their work, and encourage you to check them out! —- URBAN DECAY

But seriously, where do all of these go? You know people must be buying loads of them for their various organizations, but how many people do you really see wearing them anymore? Given the indestructable (relatively) nature of the bracelets, i think we need to find some new uses for them… slip a few around a water bottle to make it slip-resistant? keychains? cable ties? let me know what you think of… to get your creative juices flowing a visual repository of random bands follows.

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Just when you think things start to work, CSS bootcamp proves to be far more hardcore and painstaking. Todays horror after sorting out EM instead of px and small-med-large text sizing is BROWSERS! again! everyone needs to buy a mac and use safari to view the site apparently. It looks best in it, check it out in the image here… and compare it to yours if you’re looking at something else? I’m working on optimizing… IE is still a real pain… firefox is ok on mac, ok but slightly less due to a lack of text smoothing on the pc.

Browsing through everyone elses blogs and sites to learn and absorb fascinating little details that help make a site more than just a site. Although he doesnt post all that frequently, i just LOVE this guys site, and he has done amazing work as well.

journal : // hicksdesign

His menu close up

seriously though, how can you not love someone who appreciates/collects up menubar icons too? and just incredibly nice/usable design.

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WOW 7am… aka bedtime, but it is so sunny out, how does anyone get to sleep? did i mention i’ve been at this all day? since waking up from yesterdays 6am bedtime and being too ill to move for a while. adding an entry just to add an entry right now… got the title bar, linear timeline of a calendar up… tomorrow/future to dos….

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Blah blah trying to get educated on CSS… blah blah blah, probably wishing i was doing what will pop up in the picture here if this works… finally. there is no problem v.2 yea. work damnit. pop up. and pop up normal sized not monstrously freaking big sized. pop up.

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you gotta start sometime… so why not start now? this is the beginning of something. If only to stop being bored and having anyone around get annoyed with my restlessness, and perhaps even propel me out of this lull that i’ve rolled into. A little momentum is useful, and perhaps necessary.

and it isnt.