Archive for December, 2006

2006 in review

By Matthew Trevino + December 31st, 2006

Taking a look back at 100 moments in the year that was 2006. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. You’ll wonder “where the hell was I?!” a few times.

Yoursite.nu is dead.

By Matthew Trevino + December 31st, 2006

OK, so it’s not technically dead. I guess dying would be more correct. I hate to say. I really do. It used to be one of my sources to find potentially interesting and insightful websites, the likes of which I would peruse for hours on end. But all of that [...]

Interesting Propaganda from WWII

By Matthew Trevino + December 31st, 2006

Paratroopers landing in a field
“Jap… you’re next! We’ll finish the job!”
“Step on it”
“Our Enemy, Japan”
“Bits of careless talk are pieced together by the enemy”
Smilin Jack comic strip
“Don’t let him down!”
“Give ‘em both barrels”
“Jap-Snake Hunting License”
“Loose lips might sink ships”
Der Gag Bag “Mein Chump”
Japanese soldier handing an olive branch to an American soldier while getting ready [...]

Waiting for midnight so I can …

By Matthew Trevino + December 29th, 2006

Waiting for midnight so I can check out the next Woot.

Resolutions

By Matthew Trevino + December 29th, 2006

2007 is almost here; what will your big New Year’s Resolution be this year?

To stop smoking?
To stop drinking?
To stop cheating on your wife?
To pay off that debt?
To only lie to one person a month?
To blow the whistle on the company’s practice of hiring illegal immigrants?

Well, whatever your resolution may be this year, don’t forget to [...]

Starch

By Matthew Trevino + December 29th, 2006

Starch is, simply put, a modification of the Pearl theme. Since I’m actually putting a lot of time and effort into modifying the Pearl theme for my own uses, I figured that I could give the modification itself a name.
Originally, Starch was going to be its own theme. But then I realized that [...]

Non-essential Pop-ups

By Matthew Trevino + December 29th, 2006

Marketing Terms.com defines the word Spam as “Inappropriate commercial message of extremely low value.” They also say that the definition is vague because everybody has their own definition for it. But I believe we can all agree that spam is an unsolicited form of advertisement.
Unsolicited, meaning you didn’t ask for it.
There are filters [...]

Pearl Workarounds

By Matthew Trevino + December 28th, 2006

Pearl & Plugins
This theme uses certain Wordpress plugins that you will need to download and activate. The one that isn’t listed on the download page for this theme is Related Posts. ((or if that site is down, download it by clicking here))
OK, so let’s take a look at the few faults of this theme [...]

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