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If Architects Had to Work Like Web Designers!

Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one.

Keep in mind that the house I ultimately choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in. Make sure, however, that you correct all the deficiencies that exist in my current house (the floor of my kitchen vibrates when I walk across it, and the walls don’t have nearly enough insulation in them).

Hello Media Brisbane Website Design Blog | Queensland

October 19, 2007 — 12:18 am - - Comments (0)

Funny Band Names

In need of a name for your new band?
Web manipulator and Dilbert funny man gets his readers to do all the work.

My Favorite from the 70’s - The Sex Beatles.

The Dilbert Blog: Funny Band Names

October 11, 2007 — 7:54 pm - - Comments (0)

Fundamentalist Influence In Military

Fundamentalist Christian right "para church" ministries with apocalyptic theological views have penetrated the United States military in a pattern, we’ll shortly be demonstrating, that goes from the Pentagon on down to the base level, in which evangelical organizations, under the Campus Crusade for Christ, teach Biblical literalism and "Rapture" theology. These ministries have been invited onto US military basic training facilities to run "religious education" programs and evangelize recruits.

Daily Kos: Pervasive Pattern Of Fundamentalist Influence In Military

October 7, 2007 — 7:05 pm - - Comments (0)

There is no safe harbor from change

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » There is no safe harbor from change

I continue to see news people wishing upon stars for some salvation from the change bearing down on them: fairy godmothers who will swoop in from government or foundations or rich families to provide magic money that lets them continue to do business as they have. Consider this Columbia Journalism Review piece wishing for government support of news and this New York Times report setting up the Poynter-Institute-owned St. Petersburg Times as an ideal.

October 2, 2007 — 4:09 am - - Comments (0)

How to Survive as the Family Tech Support Guy

How to Survive as the Family Tech Support Guy (or Gal) - lifehack.org

One of the most insidious pressures on tech-savvy people these days is the seemingly constant pressure to provide quick, top-quality computer and web support — to our families.

But it’s a responsibility that can quickly grow to wreak havoc on our schedules. You soon find yourself barraged with calls, making house calls, and squeezing in last-minute requests. It’s like the freelancer’s worst nightmare client, except a) you’re not being paid, b) you can’t ask them to take their business elsewhere, and c) you’re expected to offer a lifetime guarantee.

October 1, 2007 — 6:06 pm - - Comments (0)