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I don’t know if you guys have clicked on the new banner while checking your Sitemeter stats but Coffecup Software is offering CoffeeCup Firestarter 5.0 FREE!!!!
I usually keep my eyes out for stuff like that. A lot of these programs are really good (Instead of paying a fortune for 3D Studio Max, I made my CyberPal Doll using Anim8or… a FREE program.)
Who loves ya baby?
P.S. My apologies to all the hatemail writers about the new popup ads. It was just an experiment, guys… chill out.
The end of the Z-List? – Mike “cooties” Brown posted his final post on the Z-List blog today. (More on that later… my thoughts on the Z-List ::A lot more positive than you may think:: deserves a separate post.)
PoodleCircus is lonely… go send your love.
Metafocker redesigns – Check our Mr. Larry’s new look. Navy blue and gold, very cool, and very manly. Why don’t *I* think of color combos like that… oh and the arrow buttons sinking when you press them? Tres kewl… I *will* be studying your CSS and sourcecodes for that little secret. :0)
Mozilla 1.0 is out the door! (via Pete) – Don’t want to use Internet Explorer? Well, I’m tired of tweaking sites for flawed browsers like Netscape and Opera…. Download Mozilla 1.0 here. Read the review at CNet. I’ll be taking this baby for a spin later this week.
WASPII: A New Stinger (via Zeldman) – The WebStandards Project has fought valiantly since 1998 to force browsers to comply with the W3C’s Standards in HTML, ECMAscript, XML, RSS, etc. Phase II will focus on education. If you’re serious about web design, and what it takes to produce clean code, that can be enjoyed by all… you really need to be there.
Pirated Sites.Com – Dammit to hell, people! Ripping off a site is *not* cool!!!!
“Originality is the art of hiding your sources.” Yes we all borrow from here and there (that’s how a lot of us *learned* HTML, or at least I did…). I have folders of JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, and SMIL samples from other sites that I save on my hard drive for later dissection…
But SIF Technologies? You are SO BUSTED!!!!
Though you may have hastily redesigned to spare yourself any further embarrassment, hate mail, or any resemblance to EVOLT… however, your stupidity and lack of originality has been immortalized in a screenshot for ALL (your clients?) to see you are a THIEF (and needless to say… finished?).
The Council of WebGods have spoken. May WE have mercy on your soul…
Please leave your hubris by the door. Thank you, and drive carefully.
Say or believe what you want about the man.
But whether it was the fireworks show every fourth of July in Ozone Park, or the streets of Little Italy…
He was the heart and soul of New York City, as far as I’m concerned.
Bye, John. 🙁
A bunch of lovely new banners on EricBrooks.Com:
(And sadly, retired the Simply Lee and Fathom5 banners.)
If you wanna place a 274 x 58 banner here (for free) for some additional traffic you can go to my Banner Ad Section, where I have just redone the forms so they’re less confusing…
I found this at Deb’s (Whom we’re all chipping in to buy her a comments section)…
| SimilarMinds.com Compatibility Test |
| Your match with Deb you are 90% similar you are 92% complementary |
So, how Compatible are You with Moi?
Hmmmm…
Basically I mass emailed a bunch of you, let you know what my future plans are. With all of my maniacal ranting, and the CPS court case up for review next month… I don’t think having archives up was very wise.
Besides, I’m tired of reality.
I’m tired of doom and gloom…
I’m tired of whining.
I’m a doer, not a whiner.
I wanted to get a little goofy, put up “Rik Havyk’s Funhouse”, kind of like a puppet show for all my pals, if you will.
Well, most of you are just a tad sick of fake online personas.
The wounds are still too fresh. Hey, that’s cool.
I can still see your charred flesh and exposed layers of meat and nerves….
*stops to finish his eggplant hoagie and continues…*
So I shut it down. Temporarily.
I’m not comfortable with people seeing the real me. Knowing too much. Having too much information.
That’s how I bring people down.
I can get inside their heads, learn their fears, their weaknesses. Learn how to hear to what someone *isn’t* saying.
Of course I spoke to kd. She supports my decision, and leaving the door open for me…. the doll that she is.
I also wonder about the half truths, and the parts I keep leaving out (insiders know it all)… but is that any different from lying? I’d rather say nothing at this point.
A lot has changed in the past few weeks.
*Taps the 9″ bulletproof plexiglass walls surrounding the place; installed during one of Faith’s flame wars (Ah! The good ol’ days!)*
Ain’t nobody getting into this place, bay-bee….. you’re all safe here.
When I got home, I gathered what few kids were awake to the dinner table.
I slapped the N.Y. Post down on the table in front of them.
They read the front page, looked up at me…
All I said was “Think about it”, as I walked away and they read the story.
Yes. Think about it.
According to my referrer logs…
Moved…
gOdOfMiScHiEf Quote of the Day:
“If you’re not making enemies, then you’re not making a difference.”
Someone recently told me I still have a “Brooklyn accent” (I was asked to say “Dawg” three times.). Weird, considering most people thought I was from FL or CA because of my lack of an accent when I lived there for 21 years.
I do say “Fuck” a lot, don’t I? :0)
Seriously. It’s part of the healing process.
You’d have to understand my origins to understand me. I’m from Brooklyn… we are world-renowned for our sick humor at the darkest times.
Growing up in dilapidated house, no male role models to fix things as they broke… (My friends have been calling the house “1313 Mockingbird Lane” since Junior High School). You had to laugh at it. When I built a recording studio in my basement, to watch the toughest “gangstas” in Brooklyn haul ass, as sewer rats the size of chihuauhas came out to hear their lyrics…
That was funny as hell!
There were a lot of hard times there, it was overcrowded, it was hostile and dangerous to be a white person in that neighborhood after a while…
Humor got us through.
Early attempts to make us laugh after the tragedy was pretty bad. Poking fun at the WTC is like making fun of a rape victim (which is never funny, and when you think about it… that’s what happened to America on 9/11).
However…
Uhm… that would be total domination and worship of the “A-List”, wasn’t it?
Matt, boobalah, do you realize what a juggernaut you have created?
It’s valuable property… and if you play your cards right (ie: stop complaining about what a hassle it is to maintain.) You can make a small fortune selling it off with all your hard work and brilliant coding.
Me? I’m all for the worship of the A-List…
why?
Because there is a new “A-List”. Run by the Axis of Jon Sullivan and Matthew Rossi (as confirmed here…).
We MUST worship them! Compelling content and good discussion is what the people want… Besides, I know these guys. If I suck up to them enough,
***I can become an “A-Lister”.*** :0)
Well, maybe…
Tomorrow I face a judge on various charges for what happened over the summer… you all know what happened after that, and obviously this “Police State” isn’t done punishing us.
For what? For being stranded, and doing the best you can to stay afloat.
Will I do jail time? Will I face a stiff fine? Or will this Magistrate decide we’ve been punished enough?
Sentencing is tomorrow morning in Dingman’s Ferry if you all have nothing better to do.
I’m sure the same people who had a field day cracking “Trailer Jokes” as the Sheriffs locked us out of our home last February are going to have a field day with this one…
Oh well, at least they’ll be laughing again. Laughter is good.
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