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As the crowd chanted "Pabst, Pabst," the celebrity judges deliberated between the so-named boxer-mix shelter dog and Rascal, a former world champion Chinese Crested to determine who would be the 2009 World’s Ugliest Dog Champion at the Sonoma-Marin Fair. First timer Miles Egstad from Citrus Heights, California was stunned at Pabst’s win. Congratulations Pabst!2009 World's Ugliest Dog Contest

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Stumbling along the web, I finally found a free, online do-it-yourself photo fixer on the web. It's called Picnik and it works...I mean it really, really works...finally! So for all you web designers who are finding ways for your clients to update their photos without getting them to do it in Paint or buy an application, they can now go here. In fact, they can resize, recolor, rotate, and do

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Located in Venice, Florida, Jelks preserve is a wonderful self-guided tour. Included is the route that I took...five miles and I'm proud of it!There are a total of 19 gates and side area walks throughout the preserve. If you go there, take the map that's in the front. The posted signs as you go along are quite small and can be easy to miss. Also, you may run into some animals. So far I've

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If you're looking for some quick advice on finance, tech, health, food, etc., give the Google Tip Jar a chance. Not only can you view the advice, but it's rated. So the good stuff stays on top while the "eh, not really" stuff doesn't get listed so well. Here's some advice that I never knew about that might come in handy...Finance"Never pay checking account fees. And if the bank happens to

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What is music? Tonight I asked this question to myself over and over again. I've been doing some exploring lately and found out about New College of Florida (located in Sarasota). It's located right next to the Ringling museum and looked quite nice (at least at night). In fact, the setup was amazing. Imagine having bands playing around you in a courtyard. When one band ends, you get up out of

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During these economic downturns, we all need to find a way to save our money. Below are some of the best methods I use to find products on the cheap...Option #1: The General Way to Shop for Coupons - this can work for almost any store.1. Go to Google2. Type in your product name plus the word "coupon" (example: Lancome coupon)Keep in mind that some sites may want you to connect with other

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I recently got a Dell Inspiron 1525 and others around me got the Dell Studio versions. While Vista has it's ups and downs, I found out something VERY annoying with these Dells running on Windows Vista - they can't sleep! I swear this was worse than putting a small child to bed after they ate a pound of sugar! In random occassions of putting my Dell "to sleep", my computer would crash & I would

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Better late than never, I finally got the time to add my cruise photos to my personal photos area. In this series, you'll see images from the Bahamas - Atlantis, Nassau, CocoCay (Royal Carribean's private island resort), Key West and the cruise boat itself. If you have thought about taking a cruise, I highly suggest it now. Prices have plummeted more than 75% and ripe for the picking. To view

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As some of you may know, 2008 defined me as my year of spiritual growth. Creating a list of universal questions, I spent most of 2008 finding my path throughout all the major world religions - Catholicism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, and Baha'i. The video above is my story. My Story (Text-Version)I was on a quest for truth. I wasn't looking for "a" truth, but "the"

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I've had some major issues with Google Desktop not indexing my files & Outlook 2003 emails in Windows Vista. I just found a fix that might be able to help you all out.Go to http://eyemagination.us/2008/11/google-desktop-solution-for-windows.htm. It details these three main steps:1. Install an Old Version of Google Desktop.2. Uninstall the Old Version. Restart Your Computer.3. Install the latest

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I was never a huge fan of pecking on the QWERTY keypad for a cell phone to send an SMS message to someone. Now there's a new (and faster) way to do it - but only on touch screen devices. One of the inventors of the T9 system has come up with a way to drag your pointer (or finger) to the word you want to come up. The system guesses (quite well I must add) at the word and adds it in. Of course, I'm

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I hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day weekend. Before I wind down and do something productive with my life this weekend, I thought I would finally put up some more photos of my life. Here are some of the 'documented' events that I've done recently:June 2008Busch Gardens - We used the year pass that I got for Christmas & went again. This time, the Jungala exhibit was open. Unfortunately,

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Here is a site that I completed awhile back: http://haircreationsfl.com/. It's a hair salon in Naples Florida that has been around since 1979. They've got a pretty cool team there toothat does some great hair cut designs. Here's what they say:"At Hair Creations we specialize in pleasing you, the client. All of us here are skilled stylist and love what we do. With that I mind we will do our very

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Some of you may know that I conduct business in Naples. Now I am happy to announce that I will be able to help out the Venice area too. I now have a home office in Venice, Florida that will allow me to meet, greet, and do all the projects that a webmaster can do. So, if you are looking for web design, internet marketing, or have a special 'only a webmaster-can-do' request, please let me know.

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I've always been fascinated at the ways people can find information about a company before they go into it. It used to be word-of-mouth. Now it's the internet. Doing a simple Google search can result in a vast amount of information tidbits. And, the bigger the company, the better chance you have to learn before you leap. I'm finding that with social networking and the whole 2.0 Internet

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View From Villa - Overlooks Golf Course If you're looking for a nice, quiet house that overlooks a golf course. And you are looking in the Naples, Florida area, take a look at my house. It's got pictures of the house, floor plan, rates, and all the details you need. As I've mentioned in my fantasy fest photo pages, it's a great way to explore other parts of south Florida while heading down to Key

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View the climb to Africa's roof at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3900111604255724726&hl=enInterested in seeing the top of Africa? I typically think it's all hot and desert. Well, as you can see by my friend's video, it gets pretty darn cold there too. Also, check out the porters throughout the video. They carry large sums of food/essentials on their back and can still climb faster than

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Have you ever tried to get inside your car within a cramped parking space. Tough, isn't it? Thanks to technology that I find throughout the web, this will be a thing of the past. Welcome to the Disappearing Car Door. What I love about technology is that there is always something just as cool but in a different way. Can anyone say "underwater car"?

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Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo. Check out his other videos too. Besides the video above, my favorite is the video on dancing with the Huli Wigmen.

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Statistically speaking, it is the future of the world through technical evolution. Taken from the shifthappens website (http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com), it showcases why the Internet is so important and influential. In fact, this video started from 150 conversations in 2006 to 5 million in 2007.SoundtrackThe soundtrack is available through their web site. However, the file is quite large

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Besides all the web and 3D work that I do, I have been getting into video production and promotion. One of the things I did recently was a video resume for my brazillian girlfriend. Her video is now spread throughout 11 different video sharing sites. I have a small favor to ask. Please take a look at her video resume and vote for her (5 stars would be great!). And, if you know anyone who is

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In my design career, I find that most people are more visual. This idea was later confirmed to me while studying (for many years) the patterns of the sites that I have designed. So, to me, it would seem natural that I should update my portfolio page to include photos instead of text links. Not only that, but I've added a special script where you can get a large preview of the site before going

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New Dubai CityAlthough I find their goals quite lofty, the area of Dubai has unmistakenly taken architecture to a whole new level. Taken from this blog, here is more information about Dubai:"Duabi or Dubai City is located on the northern tip of the united arab emeritus on the persian gulf. it has been ruled by the al maktoum dynasty since 1833 and has existed in its modern state since 1971. the

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I ran into a great website today where you can take a short quiz to find your presidential candidate. All you need to do is to go to http://glassbooth.org and give them viewpoint on the issues you care about. This site was also voted #1 by CNet.com for non-biased, election-based websites.

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From Pug Parades to New York City, take a look at what I've been up to for 2008. And, I've also updated the last of my 2007 personal pictures. What a great year it was...

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