Humpday Freebies
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- Free Mrs. Dash!
- 16.May
Click image to go the their Facebook page... You DO have to give them your info... but hey, its free! Mrs Dash is a staple in our kitchen... I put it on Popcorn and in just about any meal that is cooking on the... Read more
How 2 Tuesdays
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- How To Lose Weight – for real.
- 16.May
I have been watching the HBO series called "The Weight of The Nation" and I am so impressed with the simplicity of some of what they are discussing. Let me begin by saying that as I sit here today and write this - I am about 50 lbs overweight and I am embarking on a weight loss regime. That said - the one thing that I feel like is THE MOST IMPORTANT place to start - before giving up soda pop and excercixing more... is portion control. Portions out of control... The... Read more
Epic + Mondays
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- Awesome Tattoo!
- 14.May
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Humpday Freebies
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- Live like a queen!
- 02.May
Holiday at the queens castle... A little known steal of a vacation can be had in the highlands of Scotland at Queen Elizabeths Balmoral Castle. There are six cottages ranging from simple bungalows to hunting lodges on the 55,000 acre estate. The rental rates range from $450 - $1120 a week - which - if you were in Gilroy would almost cover a week at the Comfort Inn... The highland estate offers an "oasis of seclusion" complete with forests, moors and miles of hiking trails.... Read more
How 2 Tuesdays
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- How to Sulk
- 01.May
Sulking is an emotional strike action. You must never agree to anything, only acquiesce. When someone asks if he should bring in the newspaper, you say, "If that is what you want to do." Out of sight is out of mind. Stay in the same room, but pretend other people are not there. Eye contact is a big no-no. Never inadvertantly smile or take interest in anything. Once you have unsulked - you cannot re-sulk. A sulk can last anywhere from seven minutes to seven years.... Read more
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Epic + Mondays
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- 14.May
- Awesome Tattoo!
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- 30.Apr
- The very latest in poop technology
Thanks to http://www.coolest-gadgets.com for featuring this gift for the man (or woman) who has everything – The Gotta Go Briefcase is certainly a brilliant invention for road warriors who constantly live out of a suitcase. Their lifestyle requires them to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice – pretty much like a nomad of yore. This briefcase might not contain a single piece of clothing, but what it does do is bring relief during the most constipated times in your traveling life…. Read more
- 30.Jan
- UPS
Failed Audition – UPS Whiteboard Campaign – watch more funny videos… Read more
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- 23.Jan
- Bubbles On
This amazing item is crafted with high quality leather exterior and 24 carat yellow gold interior. It can fit up to six people and is available in three different settings. The bathtub is equipped with lifetime Platinum Elite structure with 5 years warranty for electrical and hydraulic parts and 2 years for the outer coating. Moreover it is embellished with Swarovski crystal and crafted entirely by hand by Italian designers. It also has an audio system with subwoofers, custom massage,… Read more
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- 16.Jan
- MammaryGrams
On an ontherwise cold and cloudy Monday… as the Chistmas decorations go back into their boxes and the New Year’s hangover fades from memory… Here is a little inspiration to help you get back into the swing of things… MammaryGrams In February of 2010, a girlfriend sent some words of encouragement to her boyfriend, by writing them across her breasts. Following that, she shared the pictorial missive with friends over a few drinks, a discussion was had, and… Read more
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- 02.Jan
- Ashley Wood
A little inspiration for a rainy Monday – Sexy girls and Robots – Genius. Prolific and Awesome – Check out his Awesome blog and Awesome work… http://ashleybambaland.blogspot.com/ and this is his Awesome website too -… Read more
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- 18.Sep
- Pop Update – Our Top 25 list of best Adventure Trailers
So, Whaddya do when you are waiting to have a baby?? Well, if you are like me (or Mike Blacker) you spend your free time looking at camper trailers and dreaming of adventure. I have found that some the best travel trailers being made right now are coming from Australia and South Africa… They have a long and lauded history of Safaris in the Savannah and Trekking in the Outback from which has risen some awesome vehicles filled with wild innovations… Here in the U.S., we have a few… Read more
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- 10.Sep
- When I grow up I want to be like mommy
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How 2 Tuesdays
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- 16.May
- How To Lose Weight – for real.
I have been watching the HBO series called “The Weight of The Nation” and I am so impressed with the simplicity of some of what they are discussing. Let me begin by saying that as I sit here today and write this – I am about 50 lbs overweight and I am embarking on a weight loss regime. That said – the one thing that I feel like is THE MOST IMPORTANT place to start – before giving up soda pop and excercixing more… is portion control. Portions out of control… The… Read more
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- 01.May
- How to Sulk
Sulking is an emotional strike action. You must never agree to anything, only acquiesce. When someone asks if he should bring in the newspaper, you say, “If that is what you want to do.” Out of sight is out of mind. Stay in the same room, but pretend other people are not there. Eye contact is a big no-no. Never inadvertantly smile or take interest in anything. Once you have unsulked – you cannot re-sulk. A sulk can last anywhere from seven minutes to seven years…. Read more
- 31.Jan
- How to think like Steve Jobs
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- 24.Jan
- How to think like Richard Branson
If you’ve heard Virgin Mobile, Virgin interactive, Virgin Atlantic Airline, Virgin “everything” , you’re not alone. The exciting, unique and consistent Virgin Brand has crossed our everyday lives for quite a long time. this is due to the characteristics of the company and its founder. Virgin group is a large business conglomerate that owns some 350 companies across the globe, with a combined $8Billion dollars in sales. It’s founder, Richard Branson, whom was promoted into knighthood by… Read more
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- 17.Jan
- Shipping Containers = The Good Life
How to turn shipping containrs into your new home. Check out what this designer is doing with shpping containers – It is… Read more
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- 03.Jan
- HOW 2 Publish your own ebook online – Issuu
http://youtu.be/TcLV1CsGCJg http://issuu.com/business/howto http://issuu.com/business Issuu is the leading digital publishing platform delivering exceptional reading experiences of magazines, catalogs, and newspapers. Millions of people have uploaded their best publications to create beautiful digital editions. When will we see yours? —————————– It’s our mission to empower individuals, companies, and institutions to publish their documents across all… Read more
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- 28.Nov
- Figone’s
Visit to see olives being pressed in Nov and… Read more
- 04.Aug
- 1800 Grasshopper
This is a great service if you need a 1-800 number… Read more
Humpday Freebies
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- 16.May
- Free Mrs. Dash!
Click image to go the their Facebook page… You DO have to give them your info… but hey, its free! Mrs Dash is a staple in our kitchen… I put it on Popcorn and in just about any meal that is cooking on the… Read more
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- 02.May
- Live like a queen!
Holiday at the queens castle… A little known steal of a vacation can be had in the highlands of Scotland at Queen Elizabeths Balmoral Castle. There are six cottages ranging from simple bungalows to hunting lodges on the 55,000 acre estate. The rental rates range from $450 – $1120 a week - which - if you were in Gilroy would almost cover a week at the Comfort Inn… The highland estate offers an “oasis of seclusion” complete with forests, moors and miles of hiking trails…. Read more
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- 01.Feb
- Get Free Wireless Internet Anytime
No Joke- You can sonnetct to the internet using yout PDA or Cel Phone for free – http://myfreewirelessisp.com/instructions.php Source:… Read more
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- 25.Jan
- Go by bus for 50 cents…
Mega Bus Last year megabus.com offered 100,000 free seats but due to the company’s continued growth – including the addition of a fifth hub in Washington D.C. which begins service today – and the increased popularity of express bus travel nationwide, it increased the total number of seats to 200,000. “We offer service to 18 cities from Chicago, 12 cities from Philadelphia, 15 cities from New York and now 14 cities from D.C.,” said Moser. “That’s a huge pool of potential… Read more
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- 18.Jan
- A Great Website for Deals – Tech Deal Digger
If you are looking to upgrade yourequipment in teh new year – check this site out. Discount sites are a dime a dozen – but this one impressed me – It does a nice job of aggregating some online sales and great values – no frills – no tricks – no signups etc. Here’s what makes us unique from other deal sites: We ONLY focus on technology deals – we leave the toilet paper deals to others We ONLY focus on the HOTTEST deals – we look for a minimum 25% or $50 savings before… Read more
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- 05.Jan
- New Year’s Resolution #1 – USAA
Get Your Financial House Shipshape See Where You Stand Start off the year with a financial checkup by taking these initial steps to find out where you are financially. I use USAA for anything I can find – They usually offer the same services at around 15-30% discount from commercial comeptitors. Begin with free Financial Assessment from USAA . It takes only 10 minutes. Calculate your net worth. Add up the value of everything you own, and subtract all your debts. Take… Read more
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- 29.Nov
- Aaron Brothers – 50% off Coupon
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- 24.May
- Picupine.com
Offering completely anonymous image hosting. This is a really interesting website – I haven’t seen anything like it. You can upload a gallery of images without any membership or registration. Then you are given a link to the gallery that lasts for 1 week. Then it expires. Perfect for the conspiracy theory nut in your family. Try it you will like… Read more
Tips and Tricks
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- 19.Jan
- Sly Dial – Puts your call straight to voicemail…
I love this concept - There are so many times that I am calling someone and really dont want to talk with them. I might be leaving some info… I might be returning a call but dont have time to talk… I might be canceling an appointment – or date. Slydial puts you straing to the voicemail so you can leave a message directly. Avoid your next awkward phonecall – isnt technology… Read more
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- 05.Jan
- To Cloud or Not to Cloud
Finally a service that looks like it has solved the age old dilemma of syncing files on multiple computers. They come and go – If you have ever used MS Exchange or Fuseware or any of the enterprise business syncing solutions – they are cumbersome – techncally intimidating – and they simply fail – time and again. LiveDrive has a few services – but the one that looks great here today is the briefcase. It is essentially a hard drive on the internet that mounts to your comuter when you sign on… Read more
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- 01.Dec
- Convert an email to text (sms) for any phone carrier
This is a great little tip for anyone who wants to send an email to a client or colleague and have them receive it on their mobile. Most carriers have a specific email domain suffix just for this purpose. In most cases you can simply add the phone number with NO punctuation to the carrier suffix and then send as a regualr email. Verixon for example is “vtext.com” (ie: 4151234567@vtext.com) – Just look at the list below for the major US carriers and follow the instructions – if… Read more
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- 11.Aug
- Thumbtack.com
This is a great new service that I have just enrolled in… What is Thumbtack? Our goal is to connect you with trustworthy local services. Why can you go online right now and buy any product you want but you can’t do the same for tutors, handymen, dog walkers, or other local services? Thumbtack is changing that. Thumbtack isn’t like typical local search directories that simply return business listings with ratings and reviews, leaving you no better off than the paper… Read more
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- 24.May
- Dooblet.com
This site is a useful tool for research and for anyone in the web development biz. It is a community site that operates like Google but instead of reporting search engine results – Dooblet finds alternatives to the search term you have entered. Dooblet is a search-engine to find the alternatives to a broad range of subjects. You have something you are not happy with? Feed its name to Dooblet and see what the search-engine can propose you as an alternative. It doesn’t really matter… Read more
- 29.Mar
- F.A.T
http://fffff.at/ The Free Art and Technology (F.A.T.) Lab is an organization dedicated to enriching the public domain through the research and development of creative technologies and media. Release early, often and with rap music. This is Notorious R&D.The contents of the site are all in the public domain. You may enjoy, use, modify, snipe about and republish all F.A.T. media and technologies as you see… Read more
- 24.Mar
- Babel Fish
This was originally a service that was launched by Alta Vista – now owned by Yahoo… This site can translate with text and websites from other languages with reasonable accuracy – (it is shit actually but it is great that this can even happen) This is one of those things that simply amazes me about the world wide web and technology today. Try it out. Very… Read more
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- 24.Mar
- Business + Good
B Corporations dot net I learned about B Corps through my publisher, Little Pickle Press and I am spreading the good word. The message: The Power of Business is limitless. This is another great initiative to support the conscious movement to better our planet through business and responsible biz practices. I do believe that collectively we have the ability to shift the power structure – even slightly – through our patricipation in those efforts that balance the… Read more
End of the Week
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- 03.Feb
- Iphone for the blind – Designed by Bruno Fosi
Portugal-based designer Bruno Fosi has developed a prototype iPhone case that would enable the sight-impaired to use the device. The silicon case has debossed, tactile logos, icons and characters, yet is still thin enough for the screen to register touches. Used in conjunction with text-to-speech features, it opens up a world of possibilities for those without sight. Not to mention the blind could eke out some extra battery life by turning down the… Read more
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- 27.Jan
- Disposable cardboard bed for the homeless
Disposable cardboard bed for the homeless Inspired by sun loungers and different types of chaise longue , this “Disposable B” of the young designer Nikolay Suslov is finished with five layers of cardboard corrugated , treated with a substance impervious to make it resistant to all weather conditions and – of course – fully recyclable . The structure of the bed is about 20 cm high and helps to put some ‘of the necessary distance from the ground to isolate the surface… Read more
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- 20.Jan
- Zorbing and The Zorb Ball – You heard it here first…
It’s a Human Hamster Ball – Now turned into an adventure sport… Holy crap I wish I had these as a kid. Here is a view from the inside -… Read more
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- 13.Jan
- Conrad Roset – Beautiful Drawings
Check out his Flicker Sets – http://www.flickr.com/photos/conradroset/sets/72157621931512720/ Very Egon Schiele meets Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN Illos… So good -… Read more
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- 02.Dec
- Ludon
This is Luda Melnykova – She is from Kiev, Ukraine – I love her photos Check em out: click here …. Read more
- 04.Sep
- The Admiral Nelson Theory
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- 24.May
- Suzannah Scully
Every so often I get to work with an individual that becomes a poster child for what I believe in. Suzannah Scully is one of those success stories that I like to tell. Taken from her “Revisit Yourself” newsletter, now years after we started working together, I am proud to be quoting her here: “Do you find that some things in life come really easily for you and other things feel really hard? And what I mean by that is that there are areas in our life where we don’t believe we are destined… Read more
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- 23.May
- Gorilla Pete’s
I think I may have found the perfect Hot Dog! Now, you have to know, it was admittedly after a concert at the Independent that we ran into Gorilla Pete and his magnificent cart of deliciousness…. and we did have a belly full of beer… but I do believe it is exactly at that moment when that one is in the perfect state of mind to judge the perfect hot dog. Check out the wares of this crafty craftsman of the venerable dog. Simply put – Gorilla Pete’s puts the hot in hot… Read more
Life is Art + Art is Now
In the life of a freelancer, the equation is simple - Design or Die...
Art is Now is an ongoing collection of writings and resources for both the aspiring artist and seasoned professional alike.
It is drawn from my life long quest for inspiration and my experience survivng as a freelance illustrator and designer.
The information herein is questionably intended to provide some suitable utility with annotations salt and peppered in for flavor and easy digestion...
Art Is Now is an ethos.
I believe in the art of living and that through collaboration, we as artists, grow sronger and create with more passion.
If that sounds like you cup of tea - Join in - Juice up your skills - and Make more art.
~ Thank you, Chris Blair
He who has a why to live, can bear almost any how.
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