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Archives

Below you will see a listing of monthly archives. To view the archives for a particular month, click on that month's calendar abbreviation.

• 2008:
  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
• 2007:
  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

July 2007

NiceStylesheet Logo

• July 30, 2007 ·
• Filed in Logos ·
• 27 Comments

I’ve owned the domain nicestylesheet.com for a about a year and a half now with the idea that I would turn it into a CSS design showcase. I know, CSS showcases are so last year, but ever since I discovered tableless design, I’ve loved it. It’s taken me three years…

The Big 2-6

• July 29, 2007 ·
• Filed in Random Jabber ·
• 16 Comments

Today was my twenty-sixth birthday, which is the reason I’ve not written and article for a few days. Being twenty-six now, and having been around the internet in some form or another for around ten years, I wonder what took me so long to get my first site…

Icons, Icons, and More Icons

• July 25, 2007 ·
• Filed in Bookmarks ·
• 16 Comments

Who doesn’t like icons, right? If you’re a web designer, icons can be your best friend. If you don’t use them, your design could suffer (not always the case), but if you do use them, your design can really pop and stand out from the crowd. As you may have…

Random Jabber Featured On CSS Mania

• July 24, 2007 ·
• Filed in Blogging ·
• 12 Comments

I had an article come through on Google Reader a few days ago about how you can increase traffic to your site by submitting your site to different CSS galleries (sorry, I can’t remember who wrote the article. If you wrote the article, contact me and I’ll…

Improve the Functionality of Your Blog’s Homepage With One Small Change

• July 22, 2007 ·
• Filed in Blogging ·
• 16 Comments

This article was brought on by a comment I received from Armen in response to my Random Jabber is Back Online article: BTW...why is it that your recent articles when seen from the index page, aren’t in the most…

Report: Google to Acquire Earth

• July 21, 2007 ·
• Filed in Business ·
• 5 Comments

Google acquiring Earth is the heading that I expect to see sometime in the near future. If you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, I’ll let enlighten you, Google has been buying seemingly any and every company under the sun.

From Bookmarker to Obsessive RSSer

• July 17, 2007 ·
• Filed in Blogging ·
• 5 Comments

Up until about six months ago, I was a bookmarker. When I came across a site that I liked, I would bookmark it, and check it every other day or so for updates. That’s until I discovered the power of Really Simple Syndication (RSS). 

How Do You Know When You’re Writing a Great Article?

• July 16, 2007 ·
• Filed in Blogging ·
• 2 Comments

The top bloggers in the industry advise that for your blog to be successful you only write quality articles, but the fact of the matter is, there really is no way of knowing if your article will be popular before you write it. Sure, there are a few (okay, a…

Interesting Keywords That Visitors Use to Find Your Site

• July 14, 2007 ·
• Filed in SEO ·
• 2 Comments

If you’re like me, you’re always checking your site stats. I look at checking site stats as being similar to waiting to open presents at Christmas as a kid. You have this feeling of anticipation built up and it’s really relieving once you check your stats and see visitors actually…

Random Jabber is Back Online

• July 12, 2007 ·
• Filed in Random Jabber ·
• 6 Comments

You have probably noticed Random Jabber has been down now for nearly two days. When I took the site down, I really never intended for it to be down for that long, but sometimes things don’t happen as we plan. I’ve made quite a few changes to improve the design…