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is broken"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"When an Invention Doesn't Need to Be Invented"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rjr5r0UWq4Q\/WZWHc73Lh4I\/AAAAAAAAGeo\/8FFmLB42d10-JiMI2j7gDaTgzfKQWe2OwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/soccer-ball-lamp.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"414\" data-original-width=\"621\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rjr5r0UWq4Q\/WZWHc73Lh4I\/AAAAAAAAGeo\/8FFmLB42d10-JiMI2j7gDaTgzfKQWe2OwCLcBGAs\/s400\/soccer-ball-lamp.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAccording to this \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/26\/using-soccer-to-supplant-kerosene-use\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENew York Times article\u003C\/a\u003E from January 2010, a group of Harvard students decided to tackle a problem in developing nations, replacing dangerous kerosene lamps for indoor lighting with a much safer LED alternative, powered by the energy of children that love kicking soccer balls.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis eventually lead to the launch of a for-profit company (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.unchartedplay.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EUncharted Play\u003C\/a\u003E) to produce these soccer balls, and a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/unchartedplay\/soccket-the-energy-harnessing-soccer-ball\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKickstarter campaign\u003C\/a\u003E to fund it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith backing by the likes of Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Ashton Kutcher and other celebrities and philanthropists, these soccer balls were placed in the hands of poor children in Puebla, Mexico, in 2013.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EWere these impoverished children's lives changed for the better?\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENo.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInvestigative journalists \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2014-04-08\/impoverished-kids-love-soccer-ball-powers-lamp-until-it-breaks\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etraveled to Puebla, Mexico\u003C\/a\u003E in 2014, to talk to the children that received these soccer balls, to find out how well they were holding up and if the kids still liked and used them, a year after they were distributed. What they found out was that nearly all of these soccer balls no longer worked. Many of them stopped working within a few days to a few months after the children received them, not anywhere near the 3 years that Uncharted Play said they would last.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe cost of putting one of these stupid soccer balls into the hands of these impoverished children, was about $60 each. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EWas there a better way accomplish the same goal?\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECould these impoverished people been provided with a source of light, that would be more reliable and cost effective than these silly soccer balls?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYes, and it did not require inventing something new to accomplish it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor example, you could buy a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Whetstone-36-LED-Solar-and-Dynamo-Powered-Camping-Lantern\/31427748\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E36 LED solar and dynamo powered camping lantern\u003C\/a\u003E at Walmart for $15.57. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou could probably get them much cheaper if you bought them in bulk, straight from the manufacturer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat's more LEDs and more light than the lamp that came with the novelty soccer ball.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd I am pretty sure that if you distributed these to the same kids that received the soccer balls, they would like the camping lanterns better, and after a year of use, there would be more kids still using their camping lanterns, than the soccer balls.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEven better, if you had asked the families in Puebla, Mexico if they could have spent that $60 better, they would have told you that it would have cost them less than that to be hooked up to the electrical grid, which would have provided them with much more than just light, for many years to come.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EThink before you act.\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you are going to invent something to solve a problem that has the potential to change people's lives for the better, make sure it is the best possible solution to the problem, before you begin collecting funding, manufacturing, or distributing it to those that need the solution. And make sure you involve the people that need the solution, in your research. You really can't understand their needs unless you talk to them about it, first.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBecause sometimes a better solution already exists and just needs the right people to get together and make it possible to get that solution into the hands of those that need it, rather than someone running off half cocked, to invent a brand new implementation of a useless novelty soccer ball."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7213116335392074709\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=7213116335392074709","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/7213116335392074709"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/7213116335392074709"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2017\/08\/when-invention-doesnt-need-to-be.html","title":"When an Invention Doesn't Need to Be Invented"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rjr5r0UWq4Q\/WZWHc73Lh4I\/AAAAAAAAGeo\/8FFmLB42d10-JiMI2j7gDaTgzfKQWe2OwCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/soccer-ball-lamp.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-4699767463646697428"},"published":{"$t":"2013-08-22T07:21:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-08-22T07:21:22.213-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"education"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"educational"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free stuff"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"programming"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"students"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"studying"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Free Online Educational Offerings from Saylor"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; display: inline\" title=\"Screenshot - 8_22_2013 , 7_06_27 AM\" alt=\"Screenshot - 8_22_2013 , 7_06_27 AM\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-QPCWWeC1A1c\/UhX0MJmKzcI\/AAAAAAAAEv8\/qmF6fvYnDW8\/Screenshot%252520-%2525208_22_2013%252520%25252C%2525207_06_27%252520AM%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"240\" height=\"152\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Ever consider going to college and perhaps majoring or minoring in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/computer-science\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EComputer Science\u003C\/a\u003E, but don't really have the time to show up for classes, don't really want to go into debt paying for 4 years of college, and really don't want to fuss and bother with taking a bunch of classes that have absolutely nothing to do with your chosen major? (skip things like Psychology, Modern Dance, English Literature, and Art History?)\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EMaybe you should look into the offerings at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESaylor\u003C\/a\u003E. They have 2 different Computer Science offerings, depending on whether you want to major or minor.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThey use all free materials that are available online, including materials that are unique to their program. Once you have completed all of the materials for each course, there is a final exam that you can take that does count, to prove your mastery of each course.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EOnce you have completed all of the courses in the program, they will issue you a certificate, free of charge. While this isn't exactly the same as a 4 year degree from a traditional college, you'll pretty much have the same knowledge as someone that paid for their schooling, except perhaps all the unrelated nonsense from courses having nothing to do with Computer Science, that one is usually forced to take. See their \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFAQ\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd if you aren't quite ready for taking the required math courses to complete their Computer Science program, perhaps need to brush up on Algebra first, or fill in some of the holes left over from a less than adequate high school education, you can go back and take the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/math\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehigh school math courses\u003C\/a\u003E that you may have missed out on or forgotten the material.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ENot interested in Computer Science? Perhaps \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/business-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBusiness Administration\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/communication\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECommunications\u003C\/a\u003E, or \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/political-science\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPolitical Science\u003C\/a\u003E would be more towards your liking. Or maybe you really do want \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/psychology\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPsychology\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/art-history\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EArt History\u003C\/a\u003E, or \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEnglish Literature\u003C\/a\u003E. (sorry, they don't have Modern Dance)\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EOr maybe you need some \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/workplace-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWorkplace Skills\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/job-search-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJob Search Skills\u003C\/a\u003E, or some courses to help with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/majors\/career-advancement\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECareer Advancement\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ETake a look, pick something that seems interesting and give it a shot. With \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/saylor-foundation-status\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E305 different courses\u003C\/a\u003E, you are bound to find something that you'll like or need. And you really have nothing to lose. It's all free!\u003C\/p\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4699767463646697428\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=4699767463646697428","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4699767463646697428"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4699767463646697428"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/free-online-educational-offerings-from.html","title":"Free Online Educational Offerings from Saylor"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-QPCWWeC1A1c\/UhX0MJmKzcI\/AAAAAAAAEv8\/qmF6fvYnDW8\/s72-c\/Screenshot%252520-%2525208_22_2013%252520%25252C%2525207_06_27%252520AM%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-3177040173084320979"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-28T02:14:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-28T02:14:19.905-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"educational"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free stuff"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gadgets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"poverty"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"taxes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"video"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Truth About the So-called \"Obama Phone\""},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EThere is a story that right-wing nut jobs are circulating around that says that President Obama gave all black people a free cell phone, paid for with taxpayer money. It is based on a video of a black woman's claims that she got a free cell phone, so she is voting for Obama. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ciframe height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/tpAOwJvTOio\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThe problem with this story is that it just isn't true about the phones. The woman in the video is wrong about where those phones came from. And the right-wingers are wrong about how they are paid for.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Ch3\u003ESo, what is the truth?\u003C\/h3\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EYou know that extra charge on your phone bill that is marked \u0026quot;Federal Universal Service Fee\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;Universal Service Fund\u0026quot; or \u0026quot;USF\u0026quot;? How long have you been paying that? Since before Obama became President? Do you know what that charge is for and who it goes to? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EYou have been paying into \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Service_Fund\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethis fund\u003C\/a\u003E since 1997. It is not a tax. The \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETelecommunications Act of 1996\u003C\/a\u003E mandated that all landline and cell phone service providers pay a portion of their profits into the Universal Service Fund to help ensure U\u003Cstrong\u003Eniversal Access\u003C\/strong\u003E to communications services to all citizens living within the US. Your greedy phone service provider chose to pass the cost of this along to you instead of paying it themselves. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Ch3\u003EDo you know how it is spent? \u003C\/h3\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EUp until 2008, it was spent mainly on subsidizing phone companies that service rural areas. That's right, it was used to bribe phone companies to keep providing affordable phone service to those that live in remote parts of the US. Without the bribes, the phone companies threatened to either jack up the rates to rural areas, making it impossible for anyone living in those areas to afford a phone, or they would just not provide any service at all. They say providing service to those areas is too expensive and not very profitable. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIt was also spent to help provide communication and internet services to qualifying schools, hospitals, and libraries. Thanks to the Universal Service Fund, doctors at rural hospitals could now provide better care for their patients with video conferencing that could put them in touch with specialists at larger, more distant hospitals. People without computers could access the internet at their local library. And more technology in the classroom is always a good thing, especially in poorer school districts.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIn 2008, under the Bush administration, they began using the fund to do more to help the poor obtain phone service that they might not otherwise be able to afford. That's what \u003Cstrong\u003EUniversal Access\u003C\/strong\u003E means. It means everyone has access. This is done in 1 of 2 ways, depending on the person's situation. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"01\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-B9t8bkpEFRo\/UGVAM5-4OQI\/AAAAAAAADsc\/yjoi0DHLAjI\/01%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"47\" height=\"47\" \/\u003E In urban areas, which usually have good cell phone reception, a prepaid cell phone is given to a poor person. This is a cheap Tracfone, worth about $20 at most. The recipient of this phone is given between 60 and 250 prepaid minutes every month, depending on which state they live in. It has a maximum monthly value of about $10. They have to reapply every year and prove they are still poor and still need help obtaining phone service. If they run out of minutes, they have to buy one of those Tracfone prepaid cards with their own money or wait till the beginning of the following month when they get more free minutes. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"250px-Motorola_C139\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-wguGPNW-CmM\/UGVANylM9pI\/AAAAAAAADsk\/pT_ZyXgmXmQ\/250px-Motorola_C139%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/\u003E Most people that get a free phone receive a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motorola_C139\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMotorola C139\u003C\/a\u003E. It has no deluxe features. They are NOT given iPhones or any type of smart phone, nor are they given any type of deluxe \u0026quot;dumb phone\u0026quot; with features like camera, media player, or a full QWERTY keyboard. They are not provided with a data plan. They are not even given unlimited text messaging. They can not access the internet from their phone like you probably can do with yours. It's the cheapest, crappiest, most basic cell phone and service available. Are you still jealous? Would you trade in your current cell phone and service for this? Would you even trade in your current landline service for this? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThink about the average length of one of your phone calls. How long would 60 minutes last you? Think about how many text messages you send and receive every month. In some states, a person with one of these free phones can send and receive at most, 120 messages, provided they don't use any of their minutes for talking. And yes, they get charged for receiving messages, as well as sending. As far as voice calls, have you ever been put on hold? Being put on hold can very easily eat up all the free minutes given under this plan. In my state, if you apply for unemployment by phone, you can expect to be placed on hold for over 4 hours. You don't even get enough minutes under this plan, in any state, to cover that. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"02\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-nbPUHb9LctA\/UGVAOoIjGqI\/AAAAAAAADss\/QAEep6A1S4k\/02%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"47\" height=\"47\" \/\u003EIn areas without good cell phone reception or in certain cases like where the recipient might be disabled and\/or require special phone equipment, poor people can receive up to a $10 credit on their phone bill, paid directly to the phone company, to make it cheaper for them to have landline phone service. This credit doesn't cover the entire cost of having basic phone service. The recipient would still end up having to pay something, and they would still have to provide their own equipment. Prior to the Bush administration, this was the only option that was available to the poor, to help cover the costs of phone service, and was available to all poor people, regardless of whether they lived in a rural or urban area.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EYou can not receive benefits under both plans. You can have either a cell phone or a landline credit, but not both. It is limited to one per household, and only to the head of the household. There is no family plan, you have to share the one cell phone (or landline) with all family members. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThe federal government would prefer to give all low income households a cell phone instead of a credit on a landline, because providing cell phones actually goes farther towards ensuring Universal Access. Unfortunately, that isn't always possible and landline service is sometimes the only option. And sometimes, a family is so poor that even with a credit, they still can't afford landline service. This is another reason why they would prefer to give cell phones, when possible. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Ch3\u003EWhy would the government help provide phone service to poor people? \u003C\/h3\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EBecause these days, phone service is a necessity. We are not living in 1900. If you do not think it is a necessity, then I challenge you to give up both your landline and cell phone for six full months and rely only on pay phones whenever you want to make or receive a call. I bet some of you won't make it through one full day.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EOr you can just do the following:\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EImagine what your life would be like if you were too poor to afford a phone. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EImagine you or a family member, perhaps your child, being injured badly enough that someone would need to call for an ambulance. Or perhaps your or a neighbor's house is on fire, or maybe there is an intruder in your home. How are you going to call for help if you don't have a phone? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EImagine your child is at school and gets sick. How is the school nurse going to call you to tell you to come and get your child? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EImagine you are looking for a job. How likely will it be that you will be hired if you leave the phone number box blank, on an application? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWhat if you already have a job and you need to call in sick? Or perhaps someone else called in sick and your employer wants to call and ask you if you can fill in on your day off? Since you are poor, you could really use the extra money but since you don't have a phone, your employer will call someone else. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWhat if you are homeless and it is not possible for you to have landline service (not that you could afford it, any way)? Does that mean a phone is any less of a necessity to you? When was the last time you saw a pay phone? How about a working one? How about one that allows incoming calls?\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Ch3\u003EWhere did the idea for this free phone come from?\u003C\/h3\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd as far as this being an \u0026quot;Obama phone\u0026quot;, the woman in the video was mistaken. Like I stated earlier, this program began in 2008, under the Bush administration, so maybe technically it is a \u0026quot;Bush phone\u0026quot;.\u0026#160; But the idea of providing low-income individuals with subsidized phone service originated in the Reagan administration. So maybe it's a \u0026quot;Reagan Phone\u0026quot;. But then again, all of that evolved from ideas about universal access from as far back as the Wilson administration, so maybe it's really a \u0026quot;Wilson Phone\u0026quot;. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd it is not given to all black people. Race has nothing to do with it. In fact, most of the poor people in this country that are receiving free or subsidized phone service, are white. Many are disabled. And many of them are elderly, having worked their entire lives for minimum wage and are now trying to live off a $600\/month Social Security check. And you have to prove yearly, that you are too poor to afford phone service without help. So, black people that make too much money, don't get to have a free cell phone, just like whites that make too much money can't have one. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd there are a whole lot of people receiving subsidized phone service indirectly through the Universal Service Fund that are not even poor, but would be if they had to pay the proposed rates for rural phone service that the phone companies would like to charge. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ERead more: \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cul\u003E   \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Service_Fund\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EUniversal Service Fund\u003C\/a\u003E at Wikipedia\u0026#160; \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETelecommunications Act of 1996\u003C\/a\u003E at Wikipedia\u0026#160; \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2009\/10\/the-obama-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFactCheck.org\u003C\/a\u003E debunks the \u0026quot;Obama Phone\u0026quot; in 2009\u0026#160; \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/election\/2012\/09\/27\/924011\/the-truth-about-the-obama-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThinkProgress.org\u003C\/a\u003E debunks the \u0026quot;Obama Phone\u0026quot; 2012\u0026#160; \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motorola_C139\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMotorola C139\u003C\/a\u003E at Wikipedia\u0026#160; \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.phonescoop.com\/phones\/phone.php?p=857\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMotorola C139 specs and features\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026#160; \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.safelinkwireless.com\/Safelink\/program_info\/faq\/faqOverview\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESafeLink Wireless FAQ\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026#160; \u003C\/li\u003E \u003C\/ul\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EBe sure to share this post with any right-wing nut jobs that you know, that are in need of an education. I'll be more than happy to set them straight.\u003C\/p\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3177040173084320979\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=3177040173084320979","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/3177040173084320979"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/3177040173084320979"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/the-truth-about-so-called-phone.html","title":"The Truth About the So-called \u0026quot;Obama Phone\u0026quot;"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-B9t8bkpEFRo\/UGVAM5-4OQI\/AAAAAAAADsc\/yjoi0DHLAjI\/s72-c\/01%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-9008760526803444377"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-25T11:30:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-25T11:30:29.368-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"healthcare"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"news"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"poverty"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"the filthy rich"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What clueless moron would suggest that the ER is a suitable substitute for regular healthcare?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Mitt Romney thinks emergency rooms provide sufficient healthcare for the uninsured. He doesn't think they have any need for more than that. At least that's what he said in a \"60 Minutes\" interview, on Sunday night.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/369I_NfaV9A?rel=0\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEmergency room care is neither free nor affordable, nor is it a replacement for normal healthcare. Emergency rooms are for emergencies, not routine regular care.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOver-crowded emergency rooms, full of non-emergencies, reduce the level of care for everyone by shortening the amount of time that a doctor can spend on any individual patient, for both the insured and uninsured alike. Forcing the poor to rely on emergency rooms for all of their healthcare needs puts a strain on services intended for and designed to meet the needs for the treatment of acute emergencies only. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd there is an awful lot that emergency rooms just will not do.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEmergency rooms do not provide routine wellness checkups to catch and treat potential issues before they become major life threatening problems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou will never get a cancer diagnosis or treatment from an ER, even with insurance. The most an ER will do for someone with cancer and no insurance is hook them up to a ventilator when they reach the end stage and can no longer breathe for themselves, and they might not even do that. The ER does not give out chemo, does not schedule you for surgery to remove a tumor before it spreads to the rest of your body. The ER will not help you fight cancer. If you have to rely on an ER for your cancer treatment, you will lose, cancer will win, and you will die.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETreatment for gallstones in an ER for someone with no insurance is to hook them up to an IV for about 12 hours and then discharge them with the advice to \"eat a low fat diet\", without spending any more than about 10 seconds to explain what that really means. Treatment for someone with insurance is removal of the stones, or gall bladder.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWalk into an ER in an urban area and complain of pain. Unless you are bleeding or have broken bones, there is a good chance that hospital personnel will assume that you are a drug addict looking for a free fix. Whatever is causing your pain will not be taken seriously and you will be discharged with instructions to go see your primary care physician.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA diabetic can not receive testing supplies nor medication for the daily treatment of his condition from an ER. The only people that get treatment for diabetes in an ER is when they are brought in because their blood sugar is either dangerously high or low, which triggers something else happening (like them passing out). They will also not receive regular screenings for nerve damage in their feet and hands, which can lead to the need for amputation. They will not be given vision screenings to help prevent blindness.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESomeone with asthma will receive emergency treatment from an ER to stop an attack, but will not receive any treatment to prevent future attacks. Each attack will cost the tax payers in excess of $3000 if the patient can't pay, while an inhaler to prevent attacks would in many cases only cost the tax payers around $10 per month.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEmergency rooms do not dispense prescription eyeglasses or hearing aids. Nor will they straighten your child's crooked teeth with braces, fill cavities, or remove tartar build up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEmergency rooms do not prescribe or dispense birth control, except for some hospitals that will dispense a \"morning after\" pill to a rape victim.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEmergency rooms do not provide routine prenatal care to ensure that your baby has the best chance of being born healthy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEmergency rooms do not provide daycare for Alzheimer's patients. They won't watch your mom for you every day so that you can go to work.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEmergency rooms do not provide mental health services to anyone that is not an immediate threat to themselves or others. And for those that are, the care stops as soon as they are out of danger, not when they are ready to face life on their own without help.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEven Mitt Romney's example of a person having a heart attack not being refused treatment in an ER is flawed. If that person had a primary care physician and access to prescription drugs, he might not have had a life threatening heart attack in the first place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat Mitt Romney meant to say to every uninsured person in America was that he doesn't care if they die. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETelling uninsured people to use the ER for their main source of healthcare is only a step above telling them to go to the library and look up their symptoms on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/webmd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWebMD\u003C\/a\u003E, and then treat their health issues themselves with whatever they can get without a prescription. In the end, regardless of whether they go to an emergency room or not, that is pretty much what they will be doing most of the time, any way."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/9008760526803444377\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=9008760526803444377","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/9008760526803444377"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/9008760526803444377"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/what-clueless-moron-would-suggest-that.html","title":"What clueless moron would suggest that the ER is a suitable substitute for regular healthcare?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-5560747984488154374"},"published":{"$t":"2012-02-29T06:25:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-01-20T00:53:54.297-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"art"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"clipart"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Creative Commons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free art downloads"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"image"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my projects"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"That New Car Smell"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"New Art and a New Blog"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I recently redesigned and moved my old \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/art\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERussoGraffix\u003C\/a\u003E art site. 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\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"cube\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-Er73xEWrv1M\/T04LMfXFD1I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/6xwK5CFhfow\/cube%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"397\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"cube\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/art\/2012\/02\/23\/free-psp-vectors-dice-cc-by\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFree PSP Vectors: Dice\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"dice-sample\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-Xg6IMA9fcys\/T04LM0j4syI\/AAAAAAAADEI\/DU6fy0eJVgA\/dice-sample%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"242\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"dice-sample\" width=\"348\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/art\/2012\/02\/27\/free-psp-vector-balloons-cc-by\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFree PSP Vector: Balloons\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; 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\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"4-leaf-clover\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-Td80WURiI2Y\/T04LO8fpjuI\/AAAAAAAADEg\/sWdyniwLzLY\/4-leaf-clover%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"347\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"4-leaf-clover\" width=\"355\" \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5560747984488154374\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=5560747984488154374","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/5560747984488154374"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/5560747984488154374"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/new-art-and-new-blog.html","title":"New Art and a New Blog"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-1SoZD2XBNfc\/T04LLXxDeTI\/AAAAAAAADD4\/NhKVEkmr140\/s72-c\/night%252520sky%252520demo%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-6856178803603287794"},"published":{"$t":"2011-12-11T13:30:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-12-13T16:37:10.109-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogging"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DonationCoder"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"software"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Web Link Captor: A great new research tool and time saver"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.donationcoder.com\/Software\/Mouser\/wlc\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline\" title=\"wlc7\" alt=\"wlc7\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-x32hXMaNMgo\/TuT2wM5njJI\/AAAAAAAACdI\/EMZ7K_1LTKM\/wlc7%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"240\" height=\"152\" \/\u003E Web Link Captor\u003C\/a\u003E will be a real time saver for any blogger or curator of information that has a large list they need to link to other sites. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIt was inspired by my father's \u003Cem\u003EDesert Island Jazz Collection\u003C\/em\u003E...about 700 tracks of what my dad feels is the all-time best of the best that jazz has to offer. Many people have asked him to publish this list on his blog, but the amount of work involved to look up every album and link it to Amazon, with an affiliate ID, is just too much work for him to consider doing. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWith \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.donationcoder.com\/Software\/Mouser\/wlc\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWeb Link Captor\u003C\/a\u003E, a task like this will be much faster and easier, with automatic formatting of the output in HTML, bbCode, or Wikipedia markdown, depending on where you want to paste the results. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EBut it doesn't just link to Amazon. It can link to Wikipedia and a host of other sites. You have full control over everything and can fine tune it to be exactly what you want.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWatch the video and see it in action:\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cobject width=\"500\" height=\"369\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/ZgYg6JppjZ8?version=3\u0026amp;hl=en_US\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/ZgYg6JppjZ8?version=3\u0026amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ESo, if you have any enormous lists of value that you have hesitated publishing on the web because of the amount of work it would take to manually link each item somewhere that would enhance the list and make it much more interesting and useful, give \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.donationcoder.com\/Software\/Mouser\/wlc\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWeb Link Captor\u003C\/a\u003E a shot.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIt won't be officially released until January 1, 2012, but you can request an early fully functional beta version \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.donationcoder.com\/forum\/index.php?topic=29227.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eon the forum\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.donationcoder.com\/Software\/Mouser\/wlc\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWeb Link Captor\u003C\/a\u003E was created by Jesse Reichler (aka mouser) for DonationCoder.com's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.donationcoder.com\/forum\/index.php?board=304.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENew Apps for the New Year (NANY 2012)\u003C\/a\u003E software celebration. Every year the community at DonationCoder holds an event where developers pledge to release a new freeware\/donationware application by Jan 1. Most applications are pre-released to give the community time to test and offer feedback, and give the developers a chance to fix bugs, add requested features, and apply some final polishing before the official event date. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhether you are a developer or just love software, you can be a part of this great community, too. And if you spot a DonationCoder application that you really like, we encourage you to support its development in any way that you can, through donations, testing, feedback, spreading the word, etc.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6856178803603287794\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=6856178803603287794","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/6856178803603287794"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/6856178803603287794"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/web-link-captor-great-new-research-tool.html","title":"Web Link Captor: A great new research tool and time saver"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-x32hXMaNMgo\/TuT2wM5njJI\/AAAAAAAACdI\/EMZ7K_1LTKM\/s72-c\/wlc7%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-3496152901697152273"},"published":{"$t":"2011-11-04T15:13:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-11-04T15:13:18.534-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"email"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"how-to"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humor"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"my projects"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How to make people want to stop forwarding all those \"funny\" emails"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-WeRaqIPtTa8\/TrQ5TDRxPQI\/AAAAAAAACQQ\/uV9RRQ8iDss\/s1600-h\/email_send%25255B3%25255D.png\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline\" title=\"email_send\" alt=\"email_send\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-OpLYwUKWMhU\/TrQ5Tr0YY-I\/AAAAAAAACQY\/karfEW8yweo\/email_send_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E I used to have a bunch of friends that would forward me emails almost every day containing jokes and other crap. You know the stuff I am talking about. You have probably received a ton of it yourself over the years and know at least one person that is a compulsive forwarder of such crap. I say \u0026quot;used to\u0026quot; because they no longer send me this stuff. They don't want to. They now want to selfishly deprive me (and their other friends) of it, at least in the form of emails. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EI have a reputation of building websites and blogs for little or no reason other than to temporarily amuse myself. My friends know this about me. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EOne day I decided to set up a blog to post all those \u003Ca title=\"Read My Email\" href=\"http:\/\/readmyemail.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u0026quot;funny\u0026quot; emails\u003C\/a\u003E that friends were sending to me, and then sent each of them a link to it, explaining that I was not going to forward the stuff they were sending to me. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EI told them my intention was to make money off it by slapping ads on the blog. I then asked them to double the amount of \u0026quot;funny\u0026quot; emails they were forwarding to me if they could, because I needed more content for my new site. Most of them complied with my request and temporarily increased the number they sent out. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWhen they started decreasing them, I sent out emails to the slackers and politely informed them that they needed to work harder to amuse me. I started making requests for specific types of forwards. I included links to items on Amazon.com for stuff I wanted, explaining the ad revenues from my site were being put towards obtaining them. I even warned them when they sent me doubles, explaining that they needed to \u003Ca title=\"Read My Email\" href=\"http:\/\/readmyemail.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Echeck my blog\u003C\/a\u003E and send out only new material that was yet unpublished. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EI sent out occasional Thank You emails with photos of myself with some \u0026quot;new item\u0026quot; I had just acquired, supposedly paid for with ad revenue earned from their \u0026quot;funny\u0026quot; emails, and encouraging them to keep up the great work. (I actually made very little from the blog, less than $1\/month)\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EToday I receive very few of these email forwards. :-D \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWhat I essentially did was take what some people view to be a fun activity that annoys their friends and turn it into a boring repetitive task in which they receive no pleasure from, view as work, and I receive profit when they do it. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIn other words, I exploited them and let them know about it. I took the fun right out of it. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EMy actions made them think about what they were doing and some even decided the best use of their time would be to set up similar blogs (that nobody reads) instead of forwarding this crap to others. I exploited their selfish nature by making them think I was benefitting from their actions more than they were. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIt was a brilliant bit of reverse psychology.\u003C\/p\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3496152901697152273\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=3496152901697152273","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/3496152901697152273"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/3496152901697152273"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/how-to-make-people-want-to-stop.html","title":"How to make people want to stop forwarding all those \u0026quot;funny\u0026quot; emails"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-OpLYwUKWMhU\/TrQ5Tr0YY-I\/AAAAAAAACQY\/karfEW8yweo\/s72-c\/email_send_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-4585695399482363627"},"published":{"$t":"2011-09-29T17:56:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-01-20T00:54:56.322-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Creative Commons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Facebook"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free art downloads"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Free Art Download: Like Us (CC-BY)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cimg alt=\"like-us-sample\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-mu4BpKIXP9M\/ToTphpVvE2I\/AAAAAAAAB_I\/FfzuADhzMXc\/like-us-sample%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"451\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"like-us-sample\" width=\"399\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(shown actual size)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EWhat you get: This image with a transparent background in both PNG and PSP vector formats.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFont used is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/fontzone.net\/font-details\/Cooper+Black\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECooper Black\u003C\/a\u003E which you will need to open the PSP vector file.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EReleased under a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECreative Commons Attribution license\u003C\/a\u003E suitable for both commercial and non-commercial use. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis item has been \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/art\/2012\/02\/10\/free-art-download-like-us-cc-by\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emoved to my art site\u003C\/a\u003E."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4585695399482363627\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=4585695399482363627","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4585695399482363627"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4585695399482363627"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/free-art-download-like-us-cc-by.html","title":"Free Art Download: Like Us (CC-BY)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-mu4BpKIXP9M\/ToTphpVvE2I\/AAAAAAAAB_I\/FfzuADhzMXc\/s72-c\/like-us-sample%25255B5%25255D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-6332146095105983585"},"published":{"$t":"2011-09-25T23:12:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-09-25T23:12:46.284-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"economy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"educational"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"poverty"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"taxes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"thoughts to ponder"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"work"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What Republicans Do Not Want You To Know About Poverty and Taxes"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"skinny piggy\" alt=\"skinny piggy\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-Rar7ukm2X1M\/Tn_trdokQGI\/AAAAAAAAB-4\/MgLPiiuiRKw\/skinny%252520piggy%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" \/\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThe poverty line in 2010 for a family of four was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/09\/14\/us\/14census.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E$22,314.\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThe Fair Labor Standards Act, which sets the minimum wage at $7.25 per hour, is one of the most violated of all the federal labor laws.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAbout 15% of all wage earners in the US are earning at or below the minimum wage.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThe average full time minimum wage worker earned about $15,000. ($7.25 per hour x 40 hours x 52 weeks = $15,080) \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EShe paid at least 20% of her income in taxes. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EEven though it might be true that she had no federal income tax liability, she still had other taxes to pay. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EPayroll taxes such as\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cul\u003E   \u003Cli\u003ESocial Security \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003EMedicare \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003EDisability \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003EUnemployment \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003EState income tax \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003Esometimes local income tax \u003C\/li\u003E \u003C\/ul\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EShe also had additional taxes such as\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cul\u003E   \u003Cli\u003Esales tax \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003Eexcise tax on fuel \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003EUSF surcharges on      \u003Cul\u003E       \u003Cli\u003Etelephone service \u003C\/li\u003E        \u003Cli\u003Enatural gas \u003C\/li\u003E        \u003Cli\u003Eelectricity \u003C\/li\u003E     \u003C\/ul\u003E   \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003Eproperty taxes, even if she rents (it would be hidden in the cost of her rent) \u003C\/li\u003E \u003C\/ul\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, she pays for her healthcare out of her pocket because minimum wage jobs do not come with healthcare benefits.\u0026#160; She pays a higher price for a doctor's office visit than the insurance companies do. ($75 self pay vs. $35 paid by insurance) If she ever needs to go to the hospital, it could easily cost her over $4500*, even more if she has to be admitted.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EShe also does not get retirement benefits and is looking at a reduction in her income down to about $600 per month when she is too old to work and begins collecting Social Security, and will be expected to pay a portion of that to receive Medicare benefits. And that is only if there is still a Social Security system by the time she is old enough to collect. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EA typical minimum wage worker is not a teenager from a middle-class family flipping burgers for some extra pocket cash to buy CDs, movie tickets, lipstick, nail polish, and video games. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EMost minimum wage workers are women, standing on their feet all day working various jobs within the service industry. They are some of the hardest working people in this country.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EMany are single mothers with more than one child, and many of those are receiving little or no child support to help offset the costs of raising those children. They also have the additional costs of child care, if they have no family support system capable of providing free care so that they can work.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd Republicans think they make too much money and need to have their wages cut, by either reducing or eliminating the minimum wage. They also want to cut or eliminate the social programs that help them to survive. They actually think this will help the poor and lift them out of poverty.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E* I do not have medical insurance. I pay out of my pocket for all of my medical care. Back in 2006 I passed out in my kitchen, which resulted in a head injury requiring 8 staples to close the wound. I was taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital, which resulted in a bill that was just over $3000. This did not include the additional charges for physicians fee, lab work, or the MRI. Those were billed separately and were an additional $1500. My town is one of the small number in this area that provides a free ambulance service to its residents, but if they didn't, the ride would have been an additional $300. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIf you don't pay these bills, the hospital may sue you, which could result in garnishment of your wages, which has the potential of knocking a minimum wage worker's pay down to about $150\/week until the debt is paid off (with interest, court costs, and lawyers fees). There is also the very real possibility that instead of or in addition to garnishment, the court may seize your bank account (woe to you if you just made a deposit to pay your rent) and\/or the local Sherriff may come in, seize and sell off the contents of your home, leaving you with no more than $1000 in personal assets and possessions.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; float: right; border-left-style: none\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=983063d3-660d-4d13-a925-ab35b148221d\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6332146095105983585\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=6332146095105983585","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/6332146095105983585"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/6332146095105983585"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/what-republicans-do-not-want-you-to.html","title":"What Republicans Do Not Want You To Know About Poverty and Taxes"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-Rar7ukm2X1M\/Tn_trdokQGI\/AAAAAAAAB-4\/MgLPiiuiRKw\/s72-c\/skinny%252520piggy%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-6708270232638959190"},"published":{"$t":"2011-04-26T01:48:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-01-16T04:13:54.778-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"how-to"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tricks"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"You'd be amazed at the things you can fix with a toaster oven..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cem\u003EThis is a guest post by a friend of mine that wishes to remain anonymous. His only desire is that this information is shared with the public and that more people can put it to use.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Chr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3aeohMa\"\u003E\u003Cimg align=\"left\" alt=\"toaster-oven\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TbZcrkMOHwI\/AAAAAAAABVg\/w4CTB3JyiFM\/toaster-oven%5B14%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"240\" style=\"display: inline; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px;\" title=\"toaster-oven\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cp\u003EI just baked BlackBerry Cobbler (a BB 9630). It came out perfect.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe phone took a dive into a sink full of water while its owner was doing dishes, and went unnoticed until the sink was drained. It was deader than a door nail when I received it. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI took it apart, rinsed it as clean as I could with tap water, and then with 97% rubbing alcohol. I let that evaporate and then placed the printed circuit boards in the toaster oven, on top of strategically-placed screwdriver bits so-as to space the board off the aluminum foil lining the oven tray. Then I set the oven for 180 F for about 20 minutes. I did not toast the battery in the oven for safety reasons. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJust a tip.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso I have baked laptop wifi and video cards, desktop pci cards, laptop motherboards, desktop motherboards and xbox consoles with the red ring of death (the larger items in a full size oven). Quite literally, if it's toasted anyhow, what does one have to lose other than 20 minutes? Sometimes items need their solder to be reflown, and this wet-phone-drying\/toaster oven reflow soldering method honestly has saved both myself and those around me a ton of cash. Reflowing solder should be done at 230 F or so for about 20 minutes. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlastic bits on the board? Plugs? Wires? No worries! Heck, part of the BlackBerry cobbler I baked tonight (the 9630, that is) was more than 60% plastic, and I didn't even bother removing the camera before baking it. I kept the temp about 180 F since a solder reflow was not required, but if a reflow might benefit the item I do not hesitate to turn it up to 230 F.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENever leave the oven unattended, not even for a moment, just in case plastic bits start to disfigure - but they shouldn't, as plastic typically melts at a higher temperature point than solder. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDon't bake the outer shell of the phone though - bare boards only. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENever bake a battery unless it is soldered onto the board, in which case go for a higher blast of heat for a shorter period (say, broil for 7 minutes). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENext time your phone hits the sink (one of my older BlackBerry phones took a 20 minute trip into the clothes washing machine) or your laptop video or wifi card dies (these are prone to overheating due to poor cooling, sometimes they can flex some, breaking solder joints in the process, and can benefit from a reflow), etc, pop the circuit board into the oven for a little bit. What's the worst that can happen? I've fixed newer HP laser printers I was literally given because they didn't work, simply by reflowing their main boards. $75 a pop at yard sales is a nice profit for me simply having put my toaster oven to work. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen you're done, do not budge the toaster oven until it has been off for at least 20 minutes. It would suck major donkey scholng to bump a board with molten solder and have an IC with a 500+ solder ball grid array slide just enough to short circuit things even worse than they were, when some patience to let the boards cool down adequately could have had the item fixed. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this day and age, when things seem so disposable and inexpensive, so much waste gets created and is disposed of. It's a shame if that little toaster goes under-utilized and our broken disposable electronics aren't even considered for repair. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt should be noted I do not cook, thus my toaster oven is solely dedicated to the task of baking printed circuit boards. Tin and lead vapors\/molecules in or on my food doesn't appeal much to me. Then again I prefer fast food, so... \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGive it a baking in the toaster oven before you toss it, you may be pleasantly surprised at how perfect things come out. And you'll learn how stuff is assembled and disassembled in the process!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Chr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAnd for those of you that would like to use this information but need an inexpensive toaster oven, I found this one for you on Amazon:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ciframe frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822\u0026amp;OneJS=1\u0026amp;Operation=GetAdHtml\u0026amp;MarketPlace=US\u0026amp;source=ss\u0026amp;ref=as_ss_li_til\u0026amp;ad_type=product_link\u0026amp;tracking_id=cranialsoup-20\u0026amp;language=en_US\u0026amp;marketplace=amazon\u0026amp;region=US\u0026amp;placement=B07HSNRGH7\u0026amp;asins=B07HSNRGH7\u0026amp;linkId=b07a53f73650862032309d0c405b8bec\u0026amp;show_border=true\u0026amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" style=\"height: 240px; width: 120px;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6708270232638959190\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=6708270232638959190","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/6708270232638959190"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/6708270232638959190"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/you-be-amazed-at-things-you-can-fix.html","title":"You\u0026#39;d be amazed at the things you can fix with a toaster oven..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-151498978020191975"},"published":{"$t":"2011-04-01T09:58:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-04-01T09:58:36.741-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humor"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"personal"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Two Best April Fool's Pranks"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EOne I did to someone else, the other was done to me... \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline\" title=\"1592692-org\" alt=\"1592692-org\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TZXaCiFSDAI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/KLzSzJKS19s\/1592692-org%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"100\" height=\"133\" \/\u003E One year, many years ago, the start of Daylight Savings Time began on April 1st. Before going to bed, my husband and I went through the house changing all the clocks. I waited for him to fall asleep and I pushed them all ahead an extra hour. He woke up that Sunday morning and rushed off to work, without ever realizing what I had done till he arrived at work and went to change the big clock on the wall. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ENow what made this one of the best pranks ever is how for 3 days of every year, whenever Daylight Savings Time begins or ends, and on April 1, my husband goes into a time panic, thinking I am going to prank him like that again. He becomes such a wreck and I just laugh. I never have to prank him again. That one time was good enough to affect him for the rest of his life. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; display: inline\" title=\"12967-org\" alt=\"12967-org\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TZXaDEIbjCI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/fzwOXCufvow\/12967-org%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/\u003E Now the one that got me wasn't really a prank at all. When I was back in high school, I received a phone call very early in the morning on April 1, from someone that was trying to tell me that school was canceled because of snow. Even though I was half asleep, I was quite aware of the date, and wished her a Happy April Fool's Day before I hung up. I ended up getting ready for school and going downstairs to leave, opening the front door to a vision of about 2 feet of snow. Yeah, the joke was on me, that phone call was for real.\u003C\/p\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/151498978020191975\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=151498978020191975","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/151498978020191975"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/151498978020191975"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/two-best-april-fool-pranks.html","title":"The Two Best April Fool\u0026#39;s Pranks"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TZXaCiFSDAI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/KLzSzJKS19s\/s72-c\/1592692-org%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-104593272481574442"},"published":{"$t":"2011-02-21T09:31:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-02-21T09:31:13.658-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"freedom"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"marketing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"privacy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"video"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WARNINGS"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Creepy Service Wants Everyone That Can See Your License Plate to Be Able to Send You Unsolicited Text Messages"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bump.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBump.com\u003C\/a\u003E hopes that this video entices you to sign up for their service, tying your cell phone number to your vehicle's license plate. Please don't be stupid enough to fall for it.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cobject width=\"480\" height=\"390\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/Csq37RB1CFk?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=en_US\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/Csq37RB1CFk?fs=1\u0026amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EFirst of all, if you see a baby left alone in a car, you should call the police...not send a text message to the parent guilty of child neglect that is putting that baby's life in danger. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd sending a text to the jerk in front of you to give him a piece of your mind for his bad driving is a really BAD idea. It just encourages road rage, which can have deadly consequences. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EReporting a break-in in progress to the owner of a vehicle instead of snapping a photo of the criminal \u0026amp; calling the police, can result in the possible injury or death of the owner of that vehicle if they should come running out and confront the criminal. You do not know if they are armed and dangerous. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd marketing? That's not marketing...that's spamming. It won't take long before you decide to change your phone number and\/or plates, if this crap becomes popular. You'll have to, to get any kind of peace. It won't take very long for someone to start collecting license plate numbers and selling them to the highest bidder. The potential for abuse here is seriously high...worse than email because a license plate number is a whole lot easier to get than an email address. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIf you want everyone in the world to be able to send you any kind of message they please, whenever they want, including some of the most vulgar filth imaginable, then just put your cell phone number on a bumper sticker and\/or wear it on a T-shirt...or perhaps write it on the wall of a public bathroom. (no, I don't think you'd really want to do that, but using BUMP is just about the same thing.) \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EFinally, as Gail Gardner from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/growmap.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGrowmap\u003C\/a\u003E pointed out, this service conditions people to spy on their neighbors and complete strangers, eroding both our privacy and freedom. \u003C\/p\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/104593272481574442\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=104593272481574442","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/104593272481574442"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/104593272481574442"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/creepy-service-wants-everyone-that-can.html","title":"Creepy Service Wants Everyone That Can See Your License Plate to Be Able to Send You Unsolicited Text Messages"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-4819546782463332004"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-08T23:23:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-08T23:23:06.028-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"business"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"educational"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"entrepreneurs"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Recipe for Profit"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/01\/08\/business-models-and-teenage-sex\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline\" title=\"Screenshot - 1_8_2011 , 10_39_31 PM\" alt=\"Screenshot - 1_8_2011 , 10_39_31 PM\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSk4KDwi-lI\/AAAAAAAABIo\/8bsKh2BKBEQ\/Screenshot%20-%201_8_2011%20%2C%2010_39_31%20PM%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E What Exactly is a Business Model? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThe short and simple answer is that a business model is a recipe. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EJust like a recipe for anything else, it's a list of ingredients and detailed step by step instructions on how to go from ingredients to final results. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIf it were a recipe for \u003Ca title=\"Lasagna\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lasagna\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elasagna\u003C\/a\u003E, it would be a list of everything that goes into the lasagna (noodles, cheese, sauce, etc.) and step by step instructions on how to turn those ingredients into lasagna. It doesn't leave anything out or leave you guessing about what or how much you need. It's well planned out. You'll know what you need to acquire before you start, what equipment is necessary, and a general idea of how long it will take and how much it will make. If you follow it to the letter, you will make a lasagna. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIn the case of a business model, it's all those things you need and how to combine them into the result, which is profit. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ENow, how do you determine what ingredients and equipment you need and how to turn them step-by-step into profit? \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/01\/08\/business-models-and-teenage-sex\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVivek Wadhwa wrote a great article\u003C\/a\u003E that will give you a lot to think about as you decide that for yourself and formulate your own profit recipe for your business. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; float: right; border-left-style: none\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=e91bab6e-30cc-4fd6-8c49-f49d8ac9a914\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4819546782463332004\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=4819546782463332004","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4819546782463332004"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4819546782463332004"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/recipe-for-profit.html","title":"A Recipe for Profit"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSk4KDwi-lI\/AAAAAAAABIo\/8bsKh2BKBEQ\/s72-c\/Screenshot%20-%201_8_2011%20%2C%2010_39_31%20PM%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-1789415862352752029"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-05T07:57:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-01-20T00:56:32.470-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Creative Commons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free art downloads"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Free Art Download: Bat (CC-BY)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cimg alt=\"bat-example\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSRqyEfjTDI\/AAAAAAAABIk\/IZF862CquSk\/bat-example%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"293\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"bat-example\" width=\"500\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat you get:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThis image in PNG format. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAn additional image without the background (transparent) in both PSP vector and PNG formats. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003EReleased under a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECreative Commons Attribution license\u003C\/a\u003E suitable for both commercial and non-commercial use. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis item has been moved to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/art\/2012\/02\/10\/free-art-download-bat-cc-by\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emy art site\u003C\/a\u003E."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1789415862352752029\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=1789415862352752029","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/1789415862352752029"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/1789415862352752029"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/free-art-download-bat-cc-by.html","title":"Free Art Download: Bat (CC-BY)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSRqyEfjTDI\/AAAAAAAABIk\/IZF862CquSk\/s72-c\/bat-example%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-1466183335856019888"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-05T03:11:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-01-20T01:03:55.335-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Creative Commons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free art downloads"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Chop These Up and Have Some Fun (CC-BY)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Here are a bunch of desktop wallpapers that I made way back when I thought 800x600 was the standard. Since desktop resolutions are much higher today, they really aren't suitable for that purpose any more.\u003Cbr \/\u003EI have decided to re-release them under a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECreative Commons Attribution license\u003C\/a\u003E, and let everyone have some fun chopping them up and turning them into new art. Just give credit by linking back here, anywhere that you display them or works created with them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUpdate: these have been moved to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/art\/category\/backgrounds\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emy art site.\u003C\/a\u003E Go there for the full sized images.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"a-brick_wall\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnpEz7W5I\/AAAAAAAABHU\/nWD_whDNXWk\/a-brick_wall_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"180\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-brick_wall\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"a-bubbleangels\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnpnJkQaI\/AAAAAAAABHc\/s_Os9Vrl0Lw\/a-bubbleangels_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"180\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-bubbleangels\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"a-colored_glass\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnqpcZq0I\/AAAAAAAABHk\/3J9rMchsn0E\/a-colored_glass_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"180\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-colored_glass\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"a-eclipse\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnrFE8iUI\/AAAAAAAABHs\/VZHpKjrZ5wc\/a-eclipse_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"180\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-eclipse\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"a-first_mountain\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnr-Hzb8I\/AAAAAAAABH0\/TnNGr9I91zI\/a-first_mountain_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"180\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-first_mountain\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"a-red\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnsj3N_yI\/AAAAAAAABH8\/YJ9GoIQrnck\/a-red_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"180\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-red\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"a-second_mountain\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQntAG0u_I\/AAAAAAAABIE\/8wd1GIrS9QU\/a-second_mountain_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"180\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-second_mountain\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"a-solunar_eclipse\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQntzuskKI\/AAAAAAAABIM\/705CzfWT1IM\/a-solunar_eclipse_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"180\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-solunar_eclipse\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"a-space_thing\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnuVDSZZI\/AAAAAAAABIU\/ZRPsAsUWUb0\/a-space_thing_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"171\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-space_thing\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"a-winter_oak4\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnvUzu8HI\/AAAAAAAABIc\/mPbraN9r5gU\/a-winter_oak4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"180\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"a-winter_oak4\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"cc88x31\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnvk3evZI\/AAAAAAAABIg\/O3QCLMBYWXY\/cc88x31%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"31\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"cc88x31\" width=\"88\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1466183335856019888\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=1466183335856019888","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/1466183335856019888"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/1466183335856019888"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/chop-these-up-and-have-some-fun-cc-by.html","title":"Chop These Up and Have Some Fun (CC-BY)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TSQnpEz7W5I\/AAAAAAAABHU\/nWD_whDNXWk\/s72-c\/a-brick_wall_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-8720724499922665665"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-24T13:27:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-24T13:27:00.285-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogging"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ideas"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A full year’s worth of blog post ideas"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EI got this \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.whiteleyenterprises.net\/shopping-at-the-mall-inspires-the-best-blogging-i-have-ever-had\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ebrilliant idea\u003C\/a\u003E from Chris Whitely a few years ago. You can literally buy 365 fantastic niche-specific blog post ideas, in a single pack. All you have to do is tear off the top page and write about whatever it says, each \u0026amp; every day. Don’t copy them word for word, just use them as your springboard to get you started.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd if you know a blogger that is struggling with ideas for what to write about, it would make the perfect holiday gift. Just be sure to point out that it’s a blog-post-idea-a-day pack, because it might not be that obvious to them to use it for that purpose.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ETo make it easier for you, I dug up these from amazon.com. If you have a blog related to any of these topics or want to start one, these will be perfect for you.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TRTl3NJHd8I\/AAAAAAAABF4\/MzbvS6gezu8\/s1600-h\/61RQw%2BrBBsL._SL160_%5B2%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: inline\" title=\"61RQw rBBsL._SL160_\" alt=\"61RQw rBBsL._SL160_\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TRTl3lgzaQI\/AAAAAAAABF8\/R5rU9jwUSeY\/61RQw%2BrBBsL._SL160_%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004819MVK?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B004819MVK\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: inline\" title=\"61etVgXFYML._SL160_\" alt=\"61etVgXFYML._SL160_\" 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One of us would check it out, and keep it for as long as possible, renewing it for the maximum number of times allowed. Then the other would grab it before the librarian could put it back on the shelf, and repeat the process. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWe did this for years. I am really surprised my parents never bought us a copy, but to their credit, they remembered this and bought my daughter a copy when she was about 5 years old. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EEd Emberley teaches that if you can draw a few basic shapes (circle, square, triangle, lines, dots, and a few numbers and letters), you can draw anything that you can imagine. From building a heart shape from two circles and a triangle to more complicated things like castles, dragons, and even the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_flag\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECanadian flag\u003C\/a\u003E, Ed shows how easy it really is.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EBut it's not \u0026quot;just a drawing book\u0026quot;...it's a whole lot more. It's a child's first technical how-to manual. It sets them on the right path for acquiring the skills needed to self-educate. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/93243688@N00\/3024269066\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; display: block; border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none\" alt=\"Ed Emberley\u0026#39;s Drawing Book: Make A World\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3040\/3024269066_985b627666_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp style=\"font-size: 0.8em\" class=\"zemanta-img-attribution\" align=\"center\"\u003EImage by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/93243688@N00\/3024269066\"\u003EAustin Kleon\u003C\/a\u003E via Flickr\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIt's really good for teaching kids how to follow step-by-step instructions, especially ones that contain no text...a skill that will come in handy later in life if they have to build IKEA furniture. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIt also teaches a valuable life skill by changing how you look at the world. It teaches that anything in life that seems too complicated and hard to do, is made much easier when you analyze it and break it down into much simpler parts. The earlier in life a child learns this, the more doors will be open to them, and the list of possibilities greatly increased. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIt's not enough to tell a child that they can accomplish anything in life that they set their mind to. They need to be taught how, and this book is a great place to start.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPurchasing this book through my \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0316789720?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0316789720\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAmazon affiliate link\u003C\/a\u003E will not increase your price and is a great way to show your appreciation to me for introducing you to this book.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv class=\"zemanta-related\"\u003E   \u003Ch6 style=\"font-size: 1em\" class=\"zemanta-related-title\"\u003ERelated articles by Zemanta\u003C\/h6\u003E    \u003Cul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\"\u003E     \u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.coolhunting.com\/culture\/ed-emberley-fri.php\"\u003EEd Emberley and Friends\u003C\/a\u003E (coolhunting.com) \u003C\/li\u003E      \u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2010\/07\/23\/draw-a-sasquatch-the.html\"\u003EDraw a Sasquatch the Ed Emberly Way\u003C\/a\u003E (boingboing.net) \u003C\/li\u003E      \u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/laist.com\/2010\/08\/04\/last_week_to_see_ed_emberley_friend.php\"\u003EThe Creatures, Devils and Weirdos of Ed Emberley \u0026amp; Friends at Scion Space\u003C\/a\u003E (laist.com) \u003C\/li\u003E   \u003C\/ul\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cdiv style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; float: right; border-left-style: none\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=28a5b637-0c11-4b28-b64d-fd0d7d8c4e70\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2335686865945717755\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=2335686865945717755","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/2335686865945717755"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/2335686865945717755"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/single-most-important-book-i-was-ever.html","title":"The Single Most Important Book I Was Ever Exposed To"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TIZuu9V_RrI\/AAAAAAAABFA\/Iq9s3pOdf0I\/s72-c\/61Sb5CXRA5L._SL160_%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-2671793714086606821"},"published":{"$t":"2010-07-28T18:14:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-08-26T08:27:34.900-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"advice"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"educational"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"how-to"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"HTML"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"linux"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"programming"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tips"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WARNINGS"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Windows"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"CaSe Matters"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline\" title=\"abc\" alt=\"abc\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TFCr20HoErI\/AAAAAAAABEk\/GzsEXyn3xuk\/abc%5B9%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/\u003E Budding young web designers and developers usually learn this pretty quick, when creating a page on Windows and not using the same case as the files and folders they are linking to. They often will use lowercase in all the URLs, regardless of the case of the actual file and folder names. And this will work fine when viewed on their Windows machine. But as soon as they upload it to a server that is running something else, like Linux, it stops working. Their page is full of broken images and dead links, because they used something like \u003Cb\u003Emypicture.jpg\u003C\/b\u003E in place of the actual file name of \u003Cb\u003EMyPicture.jpg\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003Eabout.html\u003C\/b\u003E in place of the actual file name of \u003Cb\u003EAbout.html\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOr they upload an \u003Cstrong\u003EIndex.html\u003C\/strong\u003E and wonder why when they visit their site they still see the default \u003Cstrong\u003Eindex.html\u003C\/strong\u003E page provided by their web host and why when they check on the server there are now two index files and not one.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the domain name part of the URL it doesn't matter. That part is not case sensitive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4 align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eexample.com\u003C\/b\u003E is the same as \u003Cb\u003EExample.com\u003C\/b\u003E is the same as \u003Cb\u003EEXAMPLE.com\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the rest of the URL it could matter, depending on what operating system is being run on the server that is hosting the site.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; display: inline\" title=\"windows-logo_c\" alt=\"windows-logo_c\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TFCr3Sdw73I\/AAAAAAAABEo\/uxqLfjQ5f1c\/windows-logo_c%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"32\" height=\"31\" \/\u003E If the server is running \u003Cb\u003EWindows\u003C\/b\u003E, case doesn't matter. The reason for this is because you can only have a single file or folder of a particular name in a folder, regardless of the case used in that file or folder name.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4 align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eindex.html\u003C\/b\u003E is the same as \u003Cb\u003EIndex.html\u003C\/b\u003E is the same as \u003Cb\u003EINDEX.html\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll three will lead to the same page.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Windows, adding a file or folder of the same name with a different case to a folder, \u003Ci\u003Eoverwrites\u003C\/i\u003E the original. Only one can exist.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; display: inline\" title=\"linux-penguin-full1_2\" alt=\"linux-penguin-full1_2\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TFCr3zffy0I\/AAAAAAAABEs\/pwi8knY5Zq0\/linux-penguin-full1_2%5B11%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/\u003EIf the server is running \u003Cb\u003ELinux\u003C\/b\u003E, case matters, as you can have multiple files and folders of the same name within a folder, each having a different case.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4 align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eindex.html\u003C\/b\u003E is not the same as \u003Cb\u003EIndex.html\u003C\/b\u003E and not the same as \u003Cb\u003EINDEX.html\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Linux adding a file or folder of the same name with a different case to a folder, \u003Ci\u003Edoes not\u003C\/i\u003E overwrite the original. Linux will allow all three to exist in a folder, and each are considered different. If you change the case of a file or folder in the URL path and the server is running Linux, and that variation does not actually exist on the server, it will result in a \u003Ca title=\"Wikipedia: HTTP 404\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTP_404\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E404\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd if you upload a file of the same name but a different case, it will not overwrite the original. You will have both on the server, and lowercase is the default index file. This is the reason why the place holder \u003Cstrong\u003Eindex.html\u003C\/strong\u003E supplied by your web host is still seen, even though you have uploaded your \u003Cstrong\u003EIndex.html\u003C\/strong\u003E file, and why you see two index files when you view it in your FTP client.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is always best to assume the server runs Linux when creating links to pages on the web and when typing URLs into the addressbar of your browser. It is the only way to ensure that if case matters, that you are using the correct URL.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is also best to use all lowercase in the folder and file names of your website when creating the files and folders, regardless of what operating system you are using locally. Always assume the site will be run on a server that is case sensitive. That way there is a set standard of practice you follow that leaves less room for error. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStep 1, before you begin coding, should always be to fix all your file and folder names so you won't have to worry about it later.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C!--22f8a5fa64cd4b4aae91aa92d7fc4e2a--\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2671793714086606821\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=2671793714086606821","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/2671793714086606821"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/2671793714086606821"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/case-matters.html","title":"CaSe Matters"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TFCr20HoErI\/AAAAAAAABEk\/GzsEXyn3xuk\/s72-c\/abc%5B9%5D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-2294090426715688554"},"published":{"$t":"2010-07-20T01:03:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-01-20T01:05:43.911-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Creative Commons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free art downloads"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Free Art Download: Blame Game (CC-BY)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"left\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sample\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TEUuPm5uoDI\/AAAAAAAABEc\/pG6T1LWz_6A\/sample%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"250\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin: 25px auto 0px;\" title=\"sample\" width=\"500\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EWhat you get: This image, about twice the size, without the watermark text, on a transparent background, in both PNG and PSP vector formats.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EReleased under a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECreative Commons Attribution license\u003C\/a\u003E, suitable for personal, non-commercial, and commercial use.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis item has been \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/art\/2012\/02\/10\/free-art-download-blame-game-cc-by\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emoved to my art site\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2294090426715688554\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=2294090426715688554","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/2294090426715688554"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/2294090426715688554"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/free-art-download-blame-game-cc-by.html","title":"Free Art Download: Blame Game (CC-BY)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TEUuPm5uoDI\/AAAAAAAABEc\/pG6T1LWz_6A\/s72-c\/sample%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-4994158388447109582"},"published":{"$t":"2010-07-11T10:49:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-03-05T16:24:07.479-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Creative Commons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free art downloads"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Free Image: Instant Photo (CC-BY)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cimg alt=\"instant-photo-sample\" border=\"0\" height=\"436\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TDnZ8Zh9v5I\/AAAAAAAABEY\/awNASogi_GU\/instant-photo-sample%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"instant-photo-sample\" width=\"431\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat you get:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis image (drop shadow is included), about twice the size, without the text, on a transparent background, in both PNG and layered PSP formats.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the layered PSP, you can easily insert the image of your choice over the black area.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EReleased under a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECreative Commons Attribution license\u003C\/a\u003E, suitable for personal, non-commercial, and commercial use.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis item has been \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/russograffix.blogspot.com\/2012\/02\/free-image-instant-photo-cc-by.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emoved to my art site\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4994158388447109582\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=4994158388447109582","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4994158388447109582"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4994158388447109582"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/free-image-instant-photo-cc-by.html","title":"Free Image: Instant Photo (CC-BY)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/TDnZ8Zh9v5I\/AAAAAAAABEY\/awNASogi_GU\/s72-c\/instant-photo-sample%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-4998077867393681386"},"published":{"$t":"2010-05-24T07:36:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-24T08:13:15.217-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"business"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"creativity"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"educational"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"food"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"history"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thank you, Henry Ford, for another fine product."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsford.com\/about\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; display: inline\" title=\"Charcoal_bag\" alt=\"Charcoal_bag\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S_pkxH9AbAI\/AAAAAAAABCQ\/qOyTHz7EjPc\/Charcoal_bag%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"141\" height=\"176\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EHenry Ford didn't waste anything. Wood and sawdust byproducts from automobile fabrication were used to make charcoal. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWhile he didn't invent the charcoal briquette (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.hpba.org\/consumers\/barbecue\/fun-facts-about-barbecue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EEllsworth B. A. Zwoyer\u003C\/a\u003E did, in 1897), he did found the Ford Charcoal company, which later became the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsford.com\/about\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKingsford Company\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWhen E.G. Kingsford, a relative of Ford's, brokered the site selection for Ford's new charcoal manufacturing plant, Ford Charcoal was renamed to Kingsford, in his honor. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ECreative thinking and frugality turned a waste disposal problem into a money making opportunity, leading to the founding of a company that today manufactures about 80% of the charcoal briquettes sold in the US, and recycling about 1 million tons of wood scraps, each year.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThanks to Henry Ford being such a frugal guy, and a smart one at that, Americans have come to enjoy the ritual tradition of going outside on a beautiful summer day and cooking our food there, with a smoky barbeque, rather than in our kitchens and heating up the whole house. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cdiv class=\"zemanta-related\"\u003E   \u003Ch6 style=\"font-size: 1em\" class=\"zemanta-related-title\"\u003ERelated articles by Zemanta\u003C\/h6\u003E    \u003Cul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\"\u003E     \u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/notecook.com\/main-course\/chicken\/simplest-way-to-barbeque-chicken-wing\/\"\u003ESimplest Way to Barbeque Chicken Wing\u003C\/a\u003E (notecook.com) \u003C\/li\u003E      \u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/notecook.com\/main-course\/meat\/barbecue-recipes-the-best-which-you-can-ever-think-of\/\"\u003EBarbecue Recipes: The Best Which You Can Ever Think of!\u003C\/a\u003E (notecook.com)\u003C\/li\u003E      \u003Cli class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703880304575236511225717650.html\"\u003EThe Grill Looks East\u003C\/a\u003E (online.wsj.com)\u003C\/li\u003E   \u003C\/ul\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E  \u003Cdiv style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; float: right; border-left-style: none\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=bf0e319d-a5a3-4e60-939d-9abec968b070\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4998077867393681386\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=4998077867393681386","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4998077867393681386"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/4998077867393681386"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/thank-you-henry-ford-for-another-fine.html","title":"Thank you, Henry Ford, for another fine product."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S_pkxH9AbAI\/AAAAAAAABCQ\/qOyTHz7EjPc\/s72-c\/Charcoal_bag%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-290928795419470440"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-18T00:48:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-08T15:43:17.087-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rants"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"this is broken"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Twitter"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WARNINGS"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bit.ly is Harmful to Your Reputation"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EIt all started with a simple innocent tweet. As \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vwadhwa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVivek Wadhwa\u003C\/a\u003E was finishing up his excellent post on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/04\/17\/should-tech-startups-outsource-product-development\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eoutsourcing\u003C\/a\u003E he tweeted about it and I replied with a tweet of my own: \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/app103\/status\/12254993302\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"my original tweet\" alt=\"my original tweet\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S8qPH07cFOI\/AAAAAAAABAo\/GYCL7M2RpYU\/Screenshot%20-%204_17_2010%20%2C%201_16_32%20AM%5B7%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"439\" height=\"228\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ENote the URL I tweeted to him was shortened using the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/xrl.in\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Exrl.in\u003C\/a\u003E service. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ENow, Vivek is a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tweetdeck.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETweetDeck\u003C\/a\u003E user, and TweetDeck uses \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bgtDBv\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ebit.ly\u003C\/a\u003E to shorten links, even links that don't need shortening, like mine. So what do you think happened when he retweeted me and responded? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vwadhwa\/status\/12255054933\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"Vivek\u0026#39;s retweet\" alt=\"Vivek\u0026#39;s retweet\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S8qPIk8Y0cI\/AAAAAAAABAs\/yKyNJA7k5sY\/Screenshot%20-%204_17_2010%20%2C%201_11_22%20AM%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"439\" height=\"230\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThat's right, my already shortened link was reshortened with bit.ly. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ENow what do you think you see when you click that link? The site I was trying to link to? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ENo, you see a warning page that implies that my original link leads to a malware, phishing, spam, or forgery site. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S8qPJfJ-FKI\/AAAAAAAABAw\/Y_Vdvz9bF3U\/s1600-h\/bitly-warning%5B5%5D.png\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"bitly-warning\" alt=\"bitly-warning\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S8qPKJAP2BI\/AAAAAAAABA0\/AlMtOaz0Z9c\/bitly-warning_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"439\" height=\"236\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ESo my link to a reputable site is being called a bad site by bit.ly because I used a competing URL shortening service in my original tweet. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ENote that there is an email link to report mistakes on bit.ly's warning page. What do you think happens when you click it and report a mistake? Do they check the link and remove the flag if the site is ok? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ENo, they don't. They told me to make a new bit.ly link and give it out to people, as if that would undo the damage that was done, change the links in other people's tweets, and prevent others from retweeting the bad reputation damaging bit.ly link that I never made in the first place. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThen they apologized and told me some day their service will be better, still not removing the reputation damaging flag from the link.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/appsapps.info\/blog\/bitly-email.png\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"bitly-email\" alt=\"bitly-email\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S8vV4t1-j5I\/AAAAAAAABBI\/khq1baVSHow\/bitly-email.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"439\" height=\"732\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ECan something like this affect you and your website? You bet it can. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIf you or anyone else ever tweets a link to your site using a competing URL shortening service, and that link gets retweeted with any twitter client that shortens all URLs with bit.ly (whether they need it or not) the resulting link to your site will be flagged as a bad site. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWhat happens when the average person clicks that link and sees that warning page? Well, the average person believes it and won't visit your site. And if your name is on the original tweet, it will also be on the retweet, giving you the reputation of passing out links to bad sites. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWill a smart web savvy user believe the bit.ly warning page? Maybe, maybe not. But the average person probably will. As a developer I have seen the average person believe a lot of things that were not true, placing their complete trust in things like that bit.ly page and other false positives, and believing the worst, even spreading the word about it as if it were the truth, telling others that a website or application was harmful. They think that companies don't do things like this without ironclad proof, so they believe every word of it.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EWhat alarms me the most is the attitude of bit.ly with regards to this problem and how they refuse to remove the flag from innocent links. They don't care if your reputation is damaged. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd it is in the best interest of bit.ly not to fix the problem, since it makes more people use their service, worried that if they use another service and get retweeted, they could end up with a reputation damaging link to their site. So this whole problem serves to make more people use bit.ly, out of fear, rather than convenience or because they have a better service. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EI am not a bit.ly user because it is not convenient for me. I have a browser plugin that uses xrl.in, that with a single click of a button, copies the shortened link to whatever page I am on to my clipboard, ready to paste anywhere I want. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EOther links in the stuff I tweet use ff.im, because they are cross-posts from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/friendfeed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efriendfeed\u003C\/a\u003E. I was pretty sure if I post something on friendfeed, cross-posted to twitter and it gets retweeted, reshortened with bit.ly, it will result in one of those warning pages, too. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EBut I was wrong, it doesn't. In fact, there are a few other shorteners that don't get warning pages either, probably because they are so popular that they would get noticed pretty quick if bit.ly decided to pick on them. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EBit.ly does white list the following shorteners: \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cul\u003E   \u003Cli\u003Eff.im \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003Eyoutu.be \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003Egoo.gl \u003C\/li\u003E \u003C\/ul\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThere is no reason why bit.ly can't white list the rest of the popular shorteners if they can white list those. But those others are competing services and they don't feel like being nice guys about it. They would rather ruin the reputations of innocent people like you and me. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ESo what can you do to ensure you won't become a victim of bit.ly's \u0026quot;bad site\u0026quot; interstitial page? \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThere are only 2 things you can do: \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E1. Always use bit.ly to shorten your links and make sure everyone else in the world does too. (highly impractical, because you can't control what other people do.) \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E2. Let bit.ly know this is unacceptable. Tell them to play fair and white list the other shorteners. The choice of url shortener you use should be yours and not theirs, and you should not be punished with a reputation damaging warning page because you use a competing service. (easy to do) \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cul\u003E   \u003Cli\u003ESend them an email: \u003Ca href=\"mailto:support@bit.ly\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esupport@bit.ly\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003ETweet them: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Hey%20@bitly%20play%20fair!%20Kill%20the%20interstitial%20page%20and%20just%20don't%20allow%20reshortening!%20Stop%20damaging%20our%20reputations!%20http:\/\/xrl.in\/53zh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E@bitly\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003ESpread the word by tweeting this post \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003EShare this post on social networking sites \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003EBlog about it \u003C\/li\u003E    \u003Cli\u003ETell your friends \u003C\/li\u003E \u003C\/ul\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EDon't stop making noise about this till bit.ly stops damaging the reputations of innocent people. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Chr \/\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUPDATE May 8, 2010:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E Bit.ly has changed their interstitial page, slightly. Instead of the top banner saying \u0026quot;WARNING - visiting this website may harm your computer\u0026quot; it now says \u0026quot;Stop - there might be a problem with the requested link\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EBut it goes on to say\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cblockquote\u003E   \u003Cul\u003E     \u003Cli\u003ESome URL-shorteners re-use their links, so bit.ly can't guarantee the validity of this link. \u003C\/li\u003E      \u003Cli\u003ESome URL-shorteners allow their links to be edited, so bit.ly can't tell where this link will lead you. \u003C\/li\u003E      \u003Cli\u003ESpam and malware is very often propagated by exploiting these loopholes, neither of which bit.ly allows for. \u003C\/li\u003E   \u003C\/ul\u003E    \u003Cp\u003E     \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe link you requested may contain inappropriate content, or even spam or malicious code that could be downloaded to your computer without your consent, or may be a forgery or imitation of another website, designed to trick users into sharing personal or financial information.\u003C\/p\u003E \u003C\/blockquote\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S-W-cd4hOuI\/AAAAAAAABB4\/5Y8l3TExLKk\/s1600-h\/bitly-warning2%5B12%5D.png\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"bitly-warning-new\" alt=\"bitly-warning-new\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S-W-c5ICU1I\/AAAAAAAABB8\/IKan4J7g_Vo\/bitly-warning2_thumb%5B10%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"439\" height=\"291\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EI still consider this unacceptable. If bit.ly can detect a shortened link at the time someone clicks, they can detect it at the time someone submits it for shortening, and just not allow it. That page is completely unnecessary and can still be damaging to someone's reputation.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ECome on, bit.ly, just do the right thing! How hard is it to just not reshorten?\u003C\/p\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/290928795419470440\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=290928795419470440","title":"40 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/290928795419470440"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/290928795419470440"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/bitly-is-harmful-to-your-reputation.html","title":"Bit.ly is Harmful to Your Reputation"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S8qPH07cFOI\/AAAAAAAABAo\/GYCL7M2RpYU\/s72-c\/Screenshot%20-%204_17_2010%20%2C%201_16_32%20AM%5B7%5D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"40"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-7766664349091192809"},"published":{"$t":"2010-03-27T05:59:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-06-09T05:06:45.963-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free stuff"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"image"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"lists"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"photos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"public domain"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Tons of Free Stock Photo Sites – Commercial Use OK – No Attribution Required"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"When you are a blogger, web designer, developer, or creating a product for resale, you might need photos for your posts, templates, and other designs, but you can't just use any photo you find on the internet. That would most likely violate someone's copyright and get you into a heap of legal trouble.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E    \u003Cbr \/\u003ESo what are you supposed to do if you don't have a camera or any photography talent?     \u003Cbr \/\u003E    \u003Cbr \/\u003EStock photos? Sounds good, but most stock photos cost money.     \u003Cbr \/\u003E    \u003Cbr \/\u003ECreative Commons licensed photos from Flickr? That could be good too, but that requires a link back and there may be restrictions against commercial use. Can you imagine having to put a long Flickr URL on every t-shirt and mousepad you make?\u0026nbsp; How would you go about giving proper credit on a small 125x125 ad? And if you are making web templates it might not be the best idea to trust people that use your templates to keep the attribution links intact.     \u003Cbr \/\u003E    \u003Cbr \/\u003ESo where can you get a whole bunch of great photos to use, that don't require an attribution link, won't cost you a dime, and allow for commercial use, too?     \u003Cbr \/\u003E    \u003Cbr \/\u003EFortunately for you, I have done some research into this and found quite a few sources.     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width: 601px;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/us.fotolia.com\/FreeContents\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_16_30 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63W9SDei_I\/AAAAAAAAA-4\/GTbsgmUQ2kQ\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_16_30%20AM%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"121\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_16_30 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/us.fotolia.com\/FreeContents\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFotolia\u003C\/a\u003E has a section on their site where they give away free stock photos. The selection is limited, but they change the photos offered on a regular basis. Good for web use. Files must not be displayed in a size bigger than 640x480 pixels. Can not be used in items meant for resale (no printed t-shirts, web templates, etc). Free membership is required. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.freestockphotos.biz\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_18_37 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63W9-61_lI\/AAAAAAAAA-8\/QTV40fP-Zsw\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_18_37%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"140\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_18_37 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.freestockphotos.biz\/\"\u003Efreestockphotos.biz\u003C\/a\u003E has tons of photos with varying licenses, many of which allow for commercial use, including items meant for resale. Check the license terms included on the page with each photo.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.burningwell.org\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.burningwell.org\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_20_34 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63W-eESBOI\/AAAAAAAAA_A\/WlIFIBCI0vc\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_20_34%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"124\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_20_34 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.burningwell.org\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.burningwell.org\/\"\u003EBurningWell.org\u003C\/a\u003E has nothing but public domain photos. You can do anything you please with them, including items for resale.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.creatingonline.com\/stock_photos\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.crestock.com\/free-image.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_23_11 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63W_XLFJdI\/AAAAAAAAA_I\/ATvCq-2IAig\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_23_11%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"143\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_23_11 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.crestock.com\/free-image.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECrestock\u003C\/a\u003E gives away one free stock photo each week. If you hit the site every week, you can build quite a nice collection. Sometimes they even give away a vector instead of a photo. All material they give away is covered by their \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.crestock.com\/legal.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Estandard license agreement\u003C\/a\u003E. Free membership is required.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.freemediagoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_25_30 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XAgsbPUI\/AAAAAAAAA_Q\/1kEvebdrvKA\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_25_30%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"194\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_25_30 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.freemediagoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFree Media Goo\u003C\/a\u003E provides free images, audio files, textures and flash files that you can pretty much do whatever you please with them except use them in propaganda, pornography, or anything suggestive, according to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.freemediagoo.com\/gooinfo.asp\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etheir license\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/freerangestock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_26_39 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XBJ9I5-I\/AAAAAAAAA_U\/6w8XF1oSz4A\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_26_39%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"174\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_26_39 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/freerangestock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efreerangestock\u003C\/a\u003E offers photos you can use for just about anything. They request that you give credit, but they also say it isn't required if you don't want to. There is a credit and link requirement if you use their photos as part of a web template, though.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.imageafter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_27_59 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XBlBguuI\/AAAAAAAAA_Y\/wrzlHItlB5A\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_27_59%20AM%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"152\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_27_59 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.imageafter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EImage*After\u003C\/a\u003E lets you do anything you want with their photos, as long as you don't use them to set up a stock photo site that competes with theirs.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/free_image.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_29_21 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XCIeHkUI\/AAAAAAAAA_c\/dymjFodNKNA\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_29_21%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"148\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_29_21 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/free_image.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EiStockPhoto\u003C\/a\u003E gives away one free stock photo each week, under their \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/license.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Estandard license\u003C\/a\u003E. They also give away a free vector, video file, and audio track each month. Free membership is required.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.keystockphoto.com\/keystock\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.morguefile.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_31_46 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XDPPyE-I\/AAAAAAAAA_k\/mT5ePeHR5ZE\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_31_46%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"194\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_31_46 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.morguefile.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMorguefile\u003C\/a\u003E has some very \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.morguefile.com\/license\/morguefile\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Egenerous license terms\u003C\/a\u003E that even allow you to sell the images, as images, as long as you have altered it so that it isn't identical to the original.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pdphoto.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_32_59 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XD_Vk83I\/AAAAAAAAA_o\/BDLzAYfrjCg\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_32_59%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"172\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_32_59 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pdphoto.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPDPhoto.org\u003C\/a\u003E has some really nice images that you can do whatever you please with, as they are all dedicated to the public domain. There are a few sections containing photos that are not public domain, but that collection is a rather small part of the site.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.photogen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_34_00 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XEre_TuI\/AAAAAAAAA_w\/X8YO5kCs9nQ\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_34_00%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"191\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_34_00 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.photogen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPhotogen\u003C\/a\u003E has images that are good for the standard commercial uses that don't involve redistribution or printing on products for sale.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.photorack.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_36_21 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XFAn_IkI\/AAAAAAAAA_0\/wrhatWJqp_A\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_36_21%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"162\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_36_21 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.photorack.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPhoto Rack\u003C\/a\u003E says there are no limitations on the use of their images.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelperfectdigital.com\/free_stock_photos\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_37_23 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XFYWCE3I\/AAAAAAAAA_4\/4gk7hcpXIdw\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_37_23%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"143\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_37_23 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelperfectdigital.com\/free_stock_photos\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPixel Perfect Digital\u003C\/a\u003E has lots of great images, but you can't use them for items for sale or redistribution, and that includes not using them in web templates.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.public-domain-photos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_38_40 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XGFqea0I\/AAAAAAAAA_8\/u5O9Mc_NqCk\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_38_40%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"184\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_38_40 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.public-domain-photos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPublic-Domain-Photos.com\u003C\/a\u003E has images you can do anything you want with, no restrictions.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.publicdomainpictures.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_39_44 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XGs1z3QI\/AAAAAAAABAA\/wARWr8RP-FA\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_39_44%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"120\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_39_44 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.publicdomainpictures.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPublicDomainPictures.net\u003C\/a\u003E is a repository for free public domain photos. You can do anything you want with them, but keep in mind that none of the photos have model or property releases. If you want that type of photo, they do sell some cheap, in the bottom section of the main page.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.unprofound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_41_22 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63XHFMtKjI\/AAAAAAAABAE\/ekPu364Oz0s\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_41_22%20AM%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"188\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 3_27_2010 , 5_41_22 AM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.unprofound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EUnprofound.com\u003C\/a\u003E was created by designers, for designers and will pretty much let you do anything with their photos except redistribute them as stock photos. The only payment they want is the pleasure of knowing what their work has become. All they want in return is to be able to see what you have done with them, which means either sending them a photo of your product, screenshot of your software, link to your website or template, or whatever other way you can show them what their images have become part of.           \u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E           \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pixmac.com\/free-pictures#\/page\/1\/obj\/12\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.norebbo.com\/\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ro9nBDoQT34\/UY-CEno3BHI\/AAAAAAAAEPk\/xkwXNUhe-dM\/s1600\/Screenshot+-+5_12_2013+,+7_47_47+AM.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"actorName\"\u003E\u003Ca data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;;\u0026quot;}\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=123021734544742\u0026amp;extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22stream%22%7D\" href=\"http:\/\/www.norebbo.com\/\" id=\"js_2\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENorebbo\u003C\/a\u003E has some great 3D renderings that would be perfect for illustrating technology related blog posts, creating web templates, Powerpoint presentations, and many other types of projects. The free images are ENORMOUS compared to similar free images offered by other artists. Norebbo\u003C\/span\u003E has some very generous terms of use for his free images, too. You may use them any way you wish, except redistributing them, as-is. And while a link back to his site is appreciated, it is not required.\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003EAnd if you need even larger versions than Norebbo is offering for free, you can buy them in his \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.norebbo.com\/store\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eshop\u003C\/a\u003E.               \u003Cbr \/\u003E              \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E       \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"225\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sxc.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg align=\"left\" alt=\"Screenshot - 7_25_2013 , 9_07_04 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-Yz0CYK7KMWk\/UfHUqv4rj2I\/AAAAAAAAEqQ\/JYBjypwiDTE\/Screenshot%252520-%2525207_25_2013%252520%25252C%2525209_07_04%252520PM%25255B9%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"206\" style=\"display: inline;\" title=\"Screenshot - 7_25_2013 , 9_07_04 PM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E        \u003Ctd valign=\"top\" width=\"377\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sxc.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EStock.xchng\u003C\/a\u003E offers lots of high quality stock photos, free of charge. Their \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sxc.hu\/info.phtml?f=help\u0026amp;s=7_2\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elicensing terms\u003C\/a\u003E allow for commercial use, with only a few limitations. If you'd like to use a photo for certain uses (web templates, print on demand items, etc.), you will have to contact the photographer and ask for permission, first. Some photos also require you to notify the photographer that you plan on using it for something that will be displayed, publicly. So, for example, if you plan on using it for a blog post, contact the photographer and give him a link to your post, so he can see it. Some photos may have additional terms, set by the photographer. Check the page before downloading. And be sure to rate and leave comments on the photos you use. Photographers love getting feedback on their work. Free membership is required.\u003C\/td\u003E     \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDo you know of a stock photo site that I might have missed that will allow you to use their images commercially, without attribution? Leave me a link in a comment."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7766664349091192809\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=7766664349091192809","title":"15 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/7766664349091192809"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/7766664349091192809"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/tons-of-free-stock-photo-sites.html","title":"Tons of Free Stock Photo Sites – Commercial Use OK – No Attribution Required"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S63W9SDei_I\/AAAAAAAAA-4\/GTbsgmUQ2kQ\/s72-c\/Screenshot%20-%203_27_2010%20%2C%205_16_30%20AM%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"15"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-5510690369494677111"},"published":{"$t":"2010-03-25T19:32:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-03-25T19:32:37.378-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free music downloads"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"free stuff"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"music"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Free Music Download: New Century Classics – Natural Process"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EI came across this great post-rock album on my travels yesterday.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EIt's from a Polish band called New Century Classics.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EEvery track is great, from the first to the last. This is how music was meant to be. It's not like the albums produced by most of the artists signed to the major labels where it is one or two good tracks and the rest are just filler. \u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThis is all good.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAnd it gets better…\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EThe artist allows you to name your price and pay what you think it is worth, including $0.00 if you don't want to pay or are not quite ready to support their work just yet. And it's high quality audio files. Not only can you name your price, you can choose your file format and bitrate, too! You get your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, OGG, AAC, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003ESo take a listen and then \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/newcenturyclassics.bandcamp.com\/album\/natural-process\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ego get the album\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u0026#160;\u003C\/p\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cobject classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" \u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer.swf\/album=2494596430\/size=venti\/bgcol=000000\/linkcol=aadd99\/\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"always\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer.swf\/album=2494596430\/size=venti\/bgcol=000000\/linkcol=aadd99\/\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" quality=\"high\" allowScriptAccess=\"never\" allowNetworking=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003Cnoembed\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/newcenturyclassics.bandcamp.com\/album\/natural-process\"\u003EPost-Cards by New Century Classics\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/noembed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E  "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5510690369494677111\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=5510690369494677111","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/5510690369494677111"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/5510690369494677111"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/free-music-download-new-century.html","title":"Free Music Download: New Century Classics – Natural Process"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-7765780197983859119"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-07T13:12:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-06-10T02:01:44.847-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"guest posts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"jazz"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"music"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Become a Jazz Fan"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cimg align=\"left\" alt=\"00007194\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S28CfTv0T8I\/AAAAAAAAA8A\/y9S-rSg_e80\/00007194%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"display: inline; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\" title=\"00007194\" width=\"192\" \/\u003E I wasn’t born a jazz fan, but I did form an instant “addiction” at age 13. How does that happen to some one? \u003Cbr \/\u003ESo you heard some music you liked and were told it was jazz, and you wanted to hear more, and you did. Bang! You’re a jazz fan! \u003Cbr \/\u003EBut that wasn’t the whole story. Many years later you wound up with a collection of thousands of albums by ten times that many musicians. And now you’re a serious jazz fan. “Back in the day”, that was a hit or miss proposition, but now there’s a mountain of resources to get you there. So here is the shortcut path. \u003Cbr \/\u003EFirst, there’s radio. Chances are your area doesn’t have much jazz radio on the FM band, although there are many full-time jazz stations around the world. Many colleges in the US support part-time jazz programming, and if you live near a college or university, that may be a resource. Fortunately, many of these stations are also on the Internet and you can find them from New York to Vladivostok and Tokyo and many cities in between, all in a day’s search (or less). My smart phone has an application called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWunderRadio\u003C\/a\u003E [sic] that can pick up in excess of 35,000 Internet stations (I have managed to bookmark 27 full-time jazz stations, without having to even look hard). \u003Cbr \/\u003EUnfortunately, fulltime jazz stations are usually listener supported and consequently have to appeal to the largest possible audience. As a result they tend to exclude almost all but the most widely popular music, which is not always the “best” in jazz. \u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you truly want to broaden your interest, you must dig deeper. One example of true excellence is WKCR (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wkcr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewww.wkcr.org\u003C\/a\u003E Columbia University) that has had continuous jazz programming since the 1940’s (the oldest jazz station in America). Although they only broadcast jazz on a part-time basis, their programming covers the entire spectrum, and they run many specials where they sometimes focus on a single player for 24 hours straight or more. Their music is streamed over the Internet, and they also have archived music for your listening enjoyment. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutjazz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg align=\"right\" alt=\"Screenshot - 2_7_2010 , 12_21_39 PM\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S28CfhLVY1I\/AAAAAAAAA8E\/-30_Q6br_y4\/Screenshot%20-%202_7_2010%20%2C%2012_21_39%20PM%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800\" style=\"display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;\" title=\"Screenshot - 2_7_2010 , 12_21_39 PM\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Another good starting point, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutjazz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewww.allaboutjazz.com\u003C\/a\u003E describes itself as the web’s premier resource for jazz-they are, without question, the largest Internet site devoted entirely to the music. They publish news and reviews and conduct forums and include a streaming service. AllAboutJazz also publishes an excellent hard copy jazz newspaper that you can subscribe to for the cost of postage. Like WKCR, they believe in a full spectrum approach. \u003Cbr \/\u003EInternet jazz pages seem almost endless-and not just American music. Run searches for German Jazz, French jazz, Japanese jazz…-you’ll be amazed by how many countries you can come up with. Two of my favorites are Norway and Poland where jazz has really taken hold in a big way. \u003Cbr \/\u003EMany musicians and groups now have their own web page, and, if you develop any favorites, be sure to look them up. In some cases you will find samples of their music along with complete discographies of all the albums they have performed on. \u003Cbr \/\u003EYou can also find tons of material on sub-genres of the music, all the way from Dixieland to free jazz and the avant garde…and, subjects you might think would be obscure, like who was the most famous bass clarinet player in jazz or what was The October Revolution of 1964. The answers to these and a myriad of other questions are usually covered in extreme and extraordinary detail. \u003Cbr \/\u003EThere are also numerous discussion groups on the Internet devoted to jazz where you can meet other fans and musicians and chat about the music. Some of them can be quite informative, and you will also have a chance to ask knowledgeable people direct questions to broaden your understanding and interests. The largest and most active of these forums that I am aware of is on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/tag\/jazz\/forum\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAmazon.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0471768448?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0471768448\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg align=\"left\" alt=\"Screenshot - 2_7_2010 , 12_24_23 PM\" height=\"127\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S28CgJIF2vI\/AAAAAAAAA8I\/AHfbAA1EfZw\/Screenshot%20-%202_7_2010%20%2C%2012_24_23%20PM%5B8%5D.png?imgmax=800\" style=\"display: inline; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\" title=\"Screenshot - 2_7_2010 , 12_24_23 PM\" width=\"100\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Want to read a book? You could start with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0471768448?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0471768448\"\u003EJazz For Dummies by Dirk Sutro\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=0471768448\" style=\"border-style: none ! important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E . Beyond that, there are history books galore and encyclopedias, some of which categorize the music by sub-genres with discographies bursting from every page. If you need an exercise program and you don’t mind weight-lifting, you might want to build a reference library. \u003Cbr \/\u003EHere are some books I have found useful over the years: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/087930717X?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=087930717X\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVladimir Bogdanov - All Music Guide to jazz\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=087930717X\" style=\"border-style: none ! important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0826429726?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0826429726\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAlyn Shipton - A New History of jazz\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=0826429726\" style=\"border-style: none ! important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1843532565?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=1843532565\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EIan Carr - Jazz The Rough Guide\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=1843532565\" style=\"border-style: none ! important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0879100036?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0879100036\"\u003ENat Hentoff - Jazz Is\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=0879100036\" style=\"border-style: none ! important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0195183592?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=0195183592\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBill Kirchner – The Oxford Companion To Jazz\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=0195183592\" style=\"border-style: none ! important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/019532000X?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=019532000X\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ELeonard Feather – The Biographical Encyclopedia of jazz\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=freeprogeboo-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=019532000X\" style=\"border-style: none ! important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EEven if you don’t read them, a collection like this will impress the hell out of any vagrant musicians who happen to be visiting you. \u003Cbr \/\u003ESo, after all these years, what are the resources I use most? Well, for one thing, whenever I run across a new musician I particularly like, I check out the other members of his group to see what they’ve recorded. I also look into what other musicians they have previously played with. \u003Cbr \/\u003EMy smart phone also has two Internet stations I find invaluable: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/last.fm\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ELastFM\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pandora.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPandora\u003C\/a\u003E. With both of these you can create your own “stations” by feeding in the names of a few musicians you like. These websites then stream back to you music that is similar to that played by the musicians you selected, often introducing you to players you never heard of that match your taste perfectly! (Personally, I think that what appeals to me about jazz is that it expresses the entire range of human emotion-the good, the bad, and the ugly-on a truly grand scale.) \u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd last, but not least, there’s live jazz. I live near New York City so it’s easy for me to find entertainment that suits my tastes. I don’t travel much, but I still attend a festival occasionally where large groups of musicians get together to play-sometimes as long as a week or more at a time. Most large cities today have at least a club or two where live jazz can be heard. Some even have “house bands” that perform regularly. \u003Cbr \/\u003EJazz musicians often find it difficult to make a living and many of them teach at local schools or take on individual students. In any case I feel these guys deserve whatever support I can give them. They have given me so much. \u003Cbr \/\u003EOh, and in case you are wondering how a jazz musician can end up with a million dollars? The answer is, by starting out with ten million dollars. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Chr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cimg align=\"left\" alt=\"dan-bresnahan\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S28Cgjc28MI\/AAAAAAAAA8M\/VUwUKfXlRs8\/dan-bresnahan%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"display: inline; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;\" title=\"dan-bresnahan\" width=\"50\" \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThis has been a guest post by Dan Bresnahan. Follow him on \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dmbtiger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETwitter\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E or \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/friendfeed.com\/dmbtiger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFriendfeed\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E and let him know if his article has helped you. You can also read and subscribe to his blog, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/outtolunchjazz.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EOut to Lunch Jazz\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7765780197983859119\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=24223743\u0026postID=7765780197983859119","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/7765780197983859119"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/24223743\/posts\/default\/7765780197983859119"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/cranialsoup.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/become-jazz-fan.html","title":"Become a Jazz Fan"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"App"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04973805741360160102"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"29","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/R3IdGtifr2I\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/Udg6F8D8i2g\/S220\/mucha-resize.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qlCAUZtia6Q\/S28CfTv0T8I\/AAAAAAAAA8A\/y9S-rSg_e80\/s72-c\/00007194%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}}]}});