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The June 4th floods have raged for over 2 weeks now, and Bush finally made time to get there. In the mean time, Red Cross Midwest has set up a site on WordPress.com to provide updates, at some 240 posts over 10 days, this site provides updates that are brief and some very detailed instructions to those in the affected region.

If you are a local, drop in and meet Richmond net entrepreneurs, web designers, and network with folks interested in the internet and technology. Here’s a link to the meet up, sign up for free and stop by. I personally would like to meet some WordPress enthusiasts.

October is “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”, I might be a few days late, but I thought I will share the Java for the pink ribbon that is pinned to the right end of my site. The variables you might have to change are the left margin (currently set at 750px) to ensure it fits your site width and the “nofollow” tag, which I included as optional tag just in case you are not sure of the site you are linking to. I have included the GIF for the script from my Photobucket account, feel free to download it and use it as needed, if you need the …

I took the backseat for much of this debate that has been raging for a few weeks now, but it’s time for my response. At Headsetoptions, we are two designers with over 70 themes to our humble credit, some original, some modified and most ported from free CSS templates designed by our friends, and most of our themes created with the aid of sponsors. Why am I saying this, and why now? Well, today, there was a huge cry about “Sponsored Themes” on a popular download site and hoards of users and designers decided to jump on the “kill the designers” bandwagon …

In a recent study to assess power usage per shower, an Australian company determined that on average, users shower for about 7min daily. This number only goes up when other activity such as shaving is performed as part of showering.

Here’s the breakup:
Women that shave their legs: 10.5min
Men who shave: 8.5min
Those who brush while showering: 8.75min
The study also found out that the Taliban’s are the least energy consuming people as they perform none of the aforementioned activity.

Listen to the story on NPR

With that, time for the next poll. What in your opinion is the best way to save energy at home? Comment or poll.  

Today is world aids day, no better time to pose this question.

What in your opinion is the (most reasonable) solution for AIDS?

Answer with your comments or use the poll.

Green Day Teams With Green Group in Campaign to “Move America Beyond
Oil”™
 

Watch the intro video!

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“The world is ever changing, so should the web”
Web 2.0 is the next generation platform that allows users and owners alike to interact (and shape the web) in ways impossible in the past. Wikis, Blogs, Social-networking, Podcast, Videocast, are just a few examples of how Web 2.0 plays a role in today’s internet experience. I am introducing an additional feature to my site in the form of polls, I value your time and I do not believe in wasting it.

I find polls the fastest and easiest way to get users to interact, it only takes a few seconds, and there is no need to write something witty or clever! Just click and your are done. …

Columbia University physics professor Brian Greene says if given the chance to build a universe, he would find it hard to resist. A very interesting interview I heard on NPR. Read or listen to the story.

We are back from the downtime due to database issues we had the day before yesterday.

In less than 30 hours, we were back online and chugging, we were able to save all the data and test sites and are full function. “Live Design�? subscribers to my service can access the test site via the protected link that was sent to you earlier via email. Thanks for you patience.