Bacon Lover - Beer Enthusiast - Tech Connoisseur - Variety Commentator
I have added two new pages to the site. The first one is called “Sightings”, were you will learn what Mr. Baconpants is. If you see one, take a picture and send it to me right away. The second page is called “Objectivism”, here I talk a little about the philosophy and were you can learn more about it.
I hope you enjoy the new additions, there are more on the way.
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I found this great article about websites in 1996 (click here to read). It shows you how they all sucked back then. What is scary is people are still designing websites like this. You see it all the time. I think I might do a feature on modern websites that look like they were designed in 1996.
If you are wondering were they found the old websites the got them from a site called, “The Way Back Machine”.
I would like to let everyone know that the new podcast is up and ready to give your ears some sweet lovin. Just head over to Shinyfire.com and download them all.
Remember to send us your topic ideas at gondek@shinyfire.com or at MySpace.com/ShinyfireRadio.
Here are to site that I found and wanted to share.
Polaroid-o-nizer : You upload an image and it turns it on to a polaroid. Give it a try is free.
Imagination Cubed : This one is fun. You draw images on the screen, and then you can save or print them or send them to someone via email. It’s great for sending a quick sketch to a client.
If you find any “Net Tricks” and would like to share them just send me and email. jmosley[-at-]gmail[-dot-]com
Here is another installment it the ever popular Ask Google. If you have no idea what I am talking about. Then you should check out these links (link 1 / link 2). They’re the original features that appeared on shinyfire.com.
From: amanda c
Date: May 13, 2006 1:20 AM
Subject: google question
what is the meaning of life?
From: Brushwell
Date: Jun 11, 2006 3:34 PM
Subject: Google Question
Enjoy!
I found this article talking about the top ten things they don’t teach you in design school. The article hits a lot of good points that I feel would have been important for them to teach. Most of them are just learned though experience but still they could have mentioned them. This article is kind of funny but so much of it is true at the sametime.
10. The rest of the world counts.
If you hope to accomplish anything, you will inevitably need all of the people you hated in high school. I once attended a very prestigious design school where the idea was “If you are here, you are so important, the rest of the world doesn’t count.” Not a single person from that school that I know of has ever been really successful outside of school. In fact, most are the kind of mid-level management drones and hacks they so despised as students. A suit does not make you a genius. No matter how good your design is, somebody has to construct or manufacture it. Somebody has to insure it. Somebody has to buy it. Respect those people. You need them. Big time.
This on hits home. It’s funny how sometime you think that you don’t need anyone and that your better then anyone else. Then you realize that we all have something to offer. I hope realize this before is when you find yourself lacking and someone else, you thought to be below you, takes the lead.
I just updated were I lived and added the fallowing,
Just in case you’re really that obsessed with me, here are some of my claims to fame. In the early days of “Shinyfire.com”, I created a feature call “Test of Manliness”. It got linked on a bunch of sites and everyone made fun of me for not eating the pork. The next big feature that got popular was, “Ask Google”. It too got linked to many popular sites and gets around 8,000 visits a month. Since the first on was a hit I created a second one too called, “Ask Google: Part II”. My latest claim to fame is becoming co-host for the funniest podcast on the net, Shinyfire Radio’s, “Next Topic”. Well that all of them so far, but don’t worry when there’s more I’ll let you know.
That’s about it. Enjoy!
I went to the Pittsburgh Regatta Saturday and found the best thing in the world. FREE ICE CREAM! Yes you read that right, ice cream that was free. It was from Turkey Hill of Lancaster, PA. The funny thing is I used to live there and know that Turkey Hill is really just a mini mart. So them selling milk and ice cream would be like if UNI Mart owed a dairy and sold it all over the state. Its strange to me that they would sell there stuff at Giant Eagle. Enough about that it was still good free ice cream!
The Violent Femmes also played there that day. I am not sure if I am a fan of this band but they were still entertaining. So many crazy people (crazy hippies) like this band.
After that it was off to the South Side were everything was soring. So I am not going to write about. If you must know we just walked around and enjoyed the nice weather. Oh and watched stupid drunk people stumble around.
Congratulations you have reached the end of the uneventful post. Oh did I mention free ice cream?
