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Men Are Just Happier People

mickgill — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:18:00 +0000

Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.
You can never be pregnant.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another petrol station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don’t have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
People never stare at your chest when you’re talking to them.
New shoes don’t cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
One mood all the time.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
You know stuff about tanks and engines.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
Your underwear is £8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
You never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original colour.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life.
One wallet and one pair of shoes — one colour for all seasons.
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can “do” your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a moustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.

Are men or women happier? (holykaw.alltop.com)

Filed under: Phycology Tagged: Athletic shoe, Business and Economy, Clothing, Footwear, Men, Shoe, Shopping, Women

10 Templates that Solve Problems for Web Developers

mickgill — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:04:36 +0000

We live in a web centric world right now, and if you haven’t already, you’ll most likely be facing website related dilemma(s). For example, maybe you need an email template to send out your company newsletter(s) but you don’t have the first clue as to how to create one let alone create one that works with all major clients, looks outstanding and is easy to customize and reuse.

Or maybe you need a stylish but functional admin panel for a client whom you’ve just built a complex CMS for, but you aren’t a designer. There are an infinite number of possible problems you could be facing and fortunately, there are solutions.

1. Airmail! – Customizable Email Template

“Airmail is a professionally built and designed custom HTML email template! Perfect for just about anyone – usable for everything from newsletters to eFlyers to whitepapers.”

2. Simpla Admin – Flexible & User Friendly Admin skin

“Simpla Admin is a professional template with a beautiful and user friendly interface. With various smart and intuitive jQuery functions, navigating the interface is a breeze.”

3. CleanMail – Email Template Package – 5 Colors!

“CleanMail is a simple yet sexy email template package with 5 different color schemes!”

4. WordPress Wiki Theme

“If you’re looking for a Knowledge Base or Wiki for your company but don’t want or need a full blown Wiki Application. This is the theme for you. Built with a custom Frequently Asked Questions plugin to help extend the functionality of your web site. The plugin acts as a custom write panel that displays in essence short FAQs below posts in their respective categories. The FAQs are searchable and paginate and are not required.”

5. Marketplace Community WordPress Theme

“Marketplace is a both clean and stylish WordPress theme with the intent and focus on creating a community site for industry news, tutorials, etc. This theme includes many popular built in features seen in today’s industry leading community sites. This themes comes with 5 different color options to choose from.”

6. vCard Professional Portfolio

“This is a professional and clean vCard based on Tim Van Damme’s website. With this design you can use almost any background.”

7. Sleek Server Error Pages

“This is a clean, web 2.0 design for website / server error pages. It is flexible and very easy to customize. It comes with 5 of the most common error pages (404, 403, 401, 500 and 503) but it’s very easy to add more if needed. All text is real text so adding more pages is a breeze, no image editing required.”

8. NEOTERIC—The Ultimate Under Construction Page!

“NEOTERIC is a clean single page ‘Under Construction/Coming Soon’ template in 10 SKINS designed to keep your users up to date on your site’s progress.”

9. Under Construction Page with Twitter & Pie Graph!

“Make sure your visitors know whats going on with this Under construction site template that features a feed of your latest tweets (which can be easily removed if you dont use twitter) and a pie chart that is easy to change to reflect your progress!”

10. Minimo – A minimal one page portfolio theme

“Minimo is a simple and attractive one page portfolio showcase theme. This theme is built using the 960.gs grid system framework, giving it a structured and professional look and features custom designed icons. Included is a form mail script, so the entire site works out of the box, simply add your destination email address.”

Conclusion

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Filed under: Computers and Internet Tagged: Content management system, JQuery, PHP, Publishers, template, Tools, Web template, WordPress

World Cup survival guide

mickgill — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:58:28 +0000

Simple tips to make TV sports tournaments happy, healthy times

The World Cup’s kicks off, but the beautiful game can prove a nightmare for family life – particularly if some members of your household are indifferent to the silky skills of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.

It’s important not to let your family split off from each other during the month-long tournament – perhaps with your partner disappearing to the local pub, the kids squabbling over the remote control and you left feeling increasingly isolated.

“Not everyone is a football fan and the World Cup could potentially divide families – possibly causing feelings of resentment,” says Wendy Evans, an area manager with Parentline Plus. “If one parent pursues their own interests while the other is left holding the fort, it can leave those at home feeling pressured to cope with the demands of the family.”

The charity runs a free phone helpline, available to anyone facing a parenting dilemma. Wendy expects calls to increase once World Cup fever hits.

“I can see us getting lots of calls from parents who feel stressed or abandoned,” she says.

So how can you stop things reaching this stage?