Marines Get a Powerful New Toy

Great. Another weapon we have to worry about some whack-job getting and using against a school. Defense Tech: War is hell. But it???s worse when the Marines bring out their new urban combat weapon, the SMAW-NE. Which may be why they???re not talking about it, much. This is a version of the standard USMC Shoulder…

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links for 2005-11-15

Presenting With AJAX-S! AJAX-S (Slides) is an online slideshow created using AJAX. Quite ingenious. (tags: ajax CSS html javascript presentation software xml slideshow) The Perfect Debian Rails Server A great how-to on setting up a Ruby on Rails server using Debian Sarge and the CLI. (tags: Debian howto Install Linux Rails Ruby server configuration rubyonrails)…

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8 Steps to Better Photo Editing

Here’s a great tutorial for those of you just starting out in Image Editing and trying to develop a method to which you edit your photos. The article is contributed by Matt LeClair, author of Oreilly???s, ???Photoshop in a Nutshell??? and should help you get a basic understanding of photo editing.

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8 Email Mistakes You Should Avoid Like The Plague

How many emails do you send a day? Do you often forget to attach files? How about sending email to the wrong person? Kim Komando came up with eight easily avoidable mistakes that every business professional should know no matter what the size of their company. Here’s a quick rundown of the list. Failing to…

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Branding

Here’s one for all the designers out there. Garr Reynolds has some great insight on branding that you’re going to want to add to your bookmarks. I suggest whenever you get stuck in a project or feel you’re in a design rut step back and think, “How does this work with the brand I’m establishing?”…

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How to Clean Anything

Ok, here’s one you’re going to HAVE to add to your bookmarks. How to clean anything and boy do they mean anything. Did you know you can remove cement from your car by using a mild acid like white vinegar? You can! Check it out. Tags: information, internet

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Grossitude: Somethings Can’t Compare

I’m coining a new word: “grossitude”. Think of it as a measurement of the grossness of something. The scale is very similar to the Richter Scale and the “Hot Chick” scale. 1 – Sitting in ABC gum. 2 – Stepping on a snail. 3 – Catching your parents having sex. 4 – Finding cat poop…

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