AlanWho? http://alanwho.com Helping website owners build cool websites. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Michael Jackson Is Dead But His Music Will Live Forever http://alanwho.com/blog/michael-jackson-is-dead-but-his-music-will-live-forever/ http://alanwho.com/blog/michael-jackson-is-dead-but-his-music-will-live-forever/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:44:34 +0000 Alan Who http://alanwho.com/?p=623 Earlier this evening, at around 3:00pm pacific time it was confirmed Michael Jackson is dead. He died followed a cardiac arrest.

If you are still asking "Is Michael Jackson alive?" becayse the conventional media like CNN, Skynews and the BBC are reporting that Michael Jackson is in hospital well it has been confirmed through the web 2.0 site twitter and specifically Global Associated News that:

Michael Jackson is indeed dead.

]]> Earlier this evening, at around 3:00pm pacific time it was confirmed Michael Jackson is dead. He died followed a cardiac arrest.

If you are still asking "Is Michael Jackson alive?" becayse the conventional media like CNN, Skynews and the BBC are reporting that Michael Jackson is in hospital well it has been confirmed through the web 2.0 site twitter and specifically Global Associated News that:

Michael Jackson is indeed dead.

Michael Jackson may have just passed away. But his music will never die. Michael Jackson's music will last forever.

Together with acclaimed producer Michael Jackson, produced the best music of my youth as a child born in the 1980's.

In this post I want Michael's music to do the talking.

What I am going to do is share 5 of my favourite Michael Jackson songs.

1 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

2 Beat It

3 Black or White

4 Don't Stop Till You Get Enough

5 Rock With You

6 Thriller

Michael Jackson was a true artist who always delivered to his fans.

His music is immortal and will last forever. Michael Jackson rest in peace.

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FlickR helps you share your pictures with freinds and the world.

Skype helps you talk to your friends, family and business contacts for free anywhere in the world.

FlickR, Facebook and Skype are just 3 examples of a Web2.0 application.

These such applications change lives.

It's possible you use all 3 of the above Web 2.0 applications.

But then again maybe you don't.

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FlickR helps you share your pictures with freinds and the world.

Skype helps you talk to your friends, family and business contacts for free anywhere in the world.

FlickR, Facebook and Skype are just 3 examples of a Web2.0 application.

These such applications change lives.

It's possible you use all 3 of the above Web 2.0 applications.

But then again maybe you don't.

Perhaps you just use 1 or 2 of them.

But it's unlikely you have never heard of any them.

So, how did you hear of these applications?

I don't know.

But what I do know is personally I originally heard of FlickR, Facebook and Skype from friends.

And, THAT SUCKED!

I want to be first with the life-changing news!

I want to be the provider not just another receiver.

And I am certain you would have loved to be the first person in you're group of friends to say something like:

"Guys and girls, your attention please. There is this thing that allows you to call anyone anywhere in the world - for absolutely nothing. Zilch. Zippo. FREE! It's called Skype. You've never heard of it before. But you will be hearing about it more and more in the future. But you heard about it first from me. Yes. That's right. While you may have previously suspected that I am your coolest friend - now you know for sure. So. Go join the Skype revolution. And be on your way knowing that I was your personal pioneer who pointed you in the right direction."

How cool would you look?

Very.

To your friends you wouldn't just be "another friend".

No.

Absolutely not!

You would be the messenger of revolutionary news.

You would be their pioneer.

And without doubt their coolest friend ever.

But the past is in the past.

Opportunities only exist in the future.

So what about the "future?"

Who is going to be there right as the next Facebook, the next Flickr, the next Skype is released for the masses?

You are!

Check this out:

http://www.listio.com/web20/

Why?

Because the website above is a very cool place.

Listio includes a list of continually updated Web 2.0 apps, that you may have otherwise never of heard of.

So what?

More and more "Web 2.0" applications are being released for us all to download or simply just use to improve our lives, every single day.

Most of them are pretty silly.

There is even one to settle who's turn it is to make the tea! That one is called TeaRound!

Anyway of these applications being made available to you every single day many are actually incredibly useful; just like Flickr, Facebook and Skype.

Useful - how?

Well, in fact you can find an application that will help you pick your nose faster!

Really?

No.

While there is no application currently available that will help you pick your nose faster, if you keep checking:

http://www.listio.com/web20/

... you may very well find one!

To cooler websites,

Alan Who?

P.S. Get Involved Compadre!

In case you're not asleep right now and you are indeed already using Web 2.0 apps to make your life easier, tell me: What are your favourites?

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Once you have decided on what domain name you want to buy and you proceed to the checkout at GoDaddy, your shopping cart will show the default price of a domain.

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Step 1: Pick A Domain Name & Go Through The Infamous GoDaddy Ordering Process

Once you have decided on what domain name you want to buy and you proceed to the checkout at GoDaddy, your shopping cart will show the default price of a domain.

It may be that the cart by default shows you the price of registering a domain for 5 years. In the above picture this is the current price of registering one .com domain for 1 year. But we are going to save some money! $2.50 in fact. So let's make it happen:

Step 2: Enter Coupon Code And Click The "Apply Code" Button

Observe the "1" in the above picture. In this field enter the following GoDaddy coupon code to save money when buying your .COM domain name:

"OYH7"

Your form should now look like the following with the code inserted:

Now just press the "Apply Code" button and await for the magic to happen!

Step 3: Observe Your Genius! You did it! You saved money using a coupon code with GoDaddy!

You should now see an updated amount in your shopping cart!

Good job. You're now $2.50 richer than you would have been without this coupon code.

Please thank me below in a comment. Thank you.

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P.S. Two bonus reasons why the new iPod shuffle is very gay and totally sucks:

  1. You need to use Apple's crappy earphones. With the 2nd generation iPod shuffle you can use whatever headphones you want.
  2. The battery life of a 2nd generation iPod shuffle is greater than these new crappy iPod shuffles.

P.P.S. What are your thoughts? Drop me a comment below. Come on I know you are here. I can see you. Let me know what you think. Has the Apple Inc. Apple gone sour?

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But as all cool people know just because something is popular does not mean it's the best. And the same applies with website metrics.

Included in this post are 3 cool alternatives to Google Analytics. The first (Woopra), runs on your computer, the second (Mint) runs on your web server and the third is a service that runs in your web browser (pMetrics). Let's get started with the best, Woopra:

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The most popular website statistics application used by website owners is Google Analytics.

But as all cool people know just because something is popular does not mean it's the best. And the same applies with website metrics.

Included in this post are 3 cool alternatives to Google Analytics. The first (Woopra), runs on your computer, the second (Mint) runs on your web server and the third is a service that runs in your web browser (pMetrics). Let's get started with the best, Woopra:

Woopra

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In order to get Woopra you need to go to their site, create an account and submit your website for approval. If Woopra look at your site and think it sucks and suspect you suck you wont hear from them and you wont be able to use Woopra. See right now Woopra is invitation only. But if you have a good level of traffic it's likely you will get an invite. And when you do everything in your life will be brighter definitely maybe

You see running Woopra is like being in a James Bond movie as one of the baddies. You have got all sorts of colourful buttons to click on at your fingertips. The bottom line here is that Woopra is cool very cool.

I enjoy using it mainly because I can watch people in real time looking at content on my site. I can see where they came from and what they are clicking on and information about them including country, web browser, and operation system and more etc. ...

Mint

Unlike Google Analytics that runs in your web browser and unlike Woopra that runs on your computer Mint runs on your web server. The cool things about Mint include firstly the design. When you log into Mint you see one single screen where you can see all of the information you need related to your traffic numbers and where it's coming from. Secondly Mint is cool because of the extra functionality you can add onto it quickly easily and for free. You can download things called "Peppers" which add extra spice to your mint installation. Check out http://haveamint.com/peppermill/ to see what's available. Mint like a lot of great and cool things in life is not free, but it's not expensive and is worth the money.

pMetrics

pMetrics is by the guys at performancing.com It was the first service I can remember that allowed you to see what people are looking at on your website in real time. This means you can see what people are clicking on and where they came from. And the really cool thing with pMetrics is the way it works with Wordpress. When someone leaves a comment, i.e. they enter their name such as "Tom Smith" ... when they return you will be able to see that "Tom Smith" is looking at your content because pMetrics can remember visitors by name - this is very cool. When you signup they give you a 30 day trial of the pro version, when it expires it's only a few dead presidents to keep the service on and for that investment you get to watch people in real time, which is cool.

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When you take the code youtube gives you to embed video on your webpage or website, at the end of the video related videos will be shown. This means it's more likely people will leave your website. To disable related videos on embedded youtube videos you just need to make two changes to the embed code:

In your embed code there will be two references to your video URL, like this: 

http://www.youtube.com/v/DMxNkrwajN8

Append the following at the end of this link:

&rel=0

So working with the above example the link to our video in our object embed code would become:

http://www.youtube.com/v/DMxNkrwajN8&rel=0

When you make the above changes to the embed code and view your video, no related videos will be shown.

Easy peazy.

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By default when you embed a youtube video on a web page using the YouTube embed code the user has to press the play button. For all situations where you want the video to autoplay you need to make two changes to the object embed code that you get from YouTube. Look for the location of your video in the object embed code, it should be like:

http://www.youtube.com/v/DMxNkrwajN8

Then append the following at the end:

&autoplay=1

So working with the above example the link to our video in our object embed code would become:

http://www.youtube.com/v/DMxNkrwajN8&autoplay=1

Easy peazy.

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20 Things You Need To Know About Being Cool

  1. You're already cool. Whatever anyone else says is invalid. You observe what they say but you don't listen. You realize that you can't make everyone happy.
  2. You never argue. When you're cool, arguing is always cancelled. You realize winning an argument is pointless. When you know you're right you just know it. You don't need to waste time effort and energy attempting to persuade someone who hasn't seen the things you have seen ... read the books you have ... been the places you have ... met the people you have ... that they are wrong and you are right. You're right and that's that.
  3. You stand tall. You have exemplary posture. You never slouch.
  4. When you speak people listen. You speak with such confidence, that when you talk people listen. You never mumble. You look people in the eye. And when talking to people you don't look at their possible dandruff, or that mole on their chin or whatever you look them in their eyes.
  5. The only brand you advertise is your own. You wear simple but stylish clothing free from corporate logo's or slogans. You don't advertise brands like Nike on the shirt you are wearing or Levi on your jeans.
  6. Don't walk - don't run - just glide like a 747. While others on the street may choose to walk at a zombie pace and others may choose to walk so fast it's hard to decipher whether they are walking or running you just glide. Your posture is exceptional and you are cool calm and collected thus you glide when seen in public walking from place to place.
  7. Bend rules don't break them. If you're cool, you're a winner. You are not some deluded potato head who values your life above others. You realize rules and laws exist for good reason or because someone in authority thinks they are a good idea. Nonetheless you realize breaking laws or rules is never an option. But bending is.
  8. You never lose your cool. When presented with a problem, no matter how small large or catastrophic you focus only on the solution. Whining about how you got into your current predicament does not even enter your cool head. You are 100% solution focused.
  9. You say more with less. When talking, overall, you use less words in your sentences. You get to the point. You leave rambling for drunk old men who spend their life's in pubs drinking ale. When you are talking on-line in emails and websites, you get to the point. Your emails are always 8 lines or less. You just practice the mantra of always saying the absolute minimum in order to get maximum impact.
  10. You have passion about what you do. Whether you are a designer a musician an entrepreneur, a mother a call centre operator ... you realize being passionate about what it is you do is imperative. And you are passionate about what you do. You realize being able to exert your talents is something to be grateful for and you are. Conversely you realize that being passionate about something does NOT give you a license to be emotional EVER.
  11. You have your own language. If the current common trend is to say "Yo" when greeting people and "Later" when bidding farewell - you use neither. Instead you have your own versions.
  12. You talk highly of other people. When you are introducing people you know to other people. Stand tall and introduce them. Don't just say "This is my friend Jennifer". Say something like "Fred, I want to introduce you to Jennifer. I really like Jennifer for a number of reasons. She is cool. She is attractive. And Jennifer is very intelligent. She grew up in Australia. She is here in London for 1 more year to finish her masters degree from the London School of Economics. Anyway, I am sure you will work out the rest yourself. Fred, this is my good friend Jennifer."
  13. You know that every problem has a solution. Some problems may have solutions that can be implemented within seconds. Some may take minutes. Some hours. Some days. And others much longer. But every problem has a solution. You realize this. And thus you are solution focused and never ever whine when presented with a problem or problems ...
  14. You don't procrastinate. You realize that this it. This is your life. This is it. This is all you have. And you will use every moment you have as a celebration. When you have work to do you get to work. You don't attend bullshit meetings. You put yourself under pressure and use that pressure to ignite your hyper productive skills within you, to get the absolute maximum output.
  15. You never talk down to anyone ever. Everyone is equal. Everyone is a citizen of your world.
  16. You enjoy wearing black. But you're not a goth and never will be.
  17. You don't avoid fear - you head towards it at pace. You caress it. You face it. You make love to it. And you ruthlessly knock it over like a bulldozer knocking through brick walls.
  18. You are friends with all types of people. You have friends who have varying occupations. They have different religions. They are different ethnicities. And they believe in things different to you. You have friends who are authors, film makers, journalists, designers, entrepreneurs, communists, venture capitalists, politicians and so on.
  19. You are not a member of the masons or any other similar organization. You don't need to know any secret handshake to get ahead.
  20. You are always learning. You realize that people not learning are busy dying. You never stand still because you realize when you're cool you have to always keep learning. You are always looking for better solutions to bigger problems.

There are 20 bullets in the list above. I could write more. But 20 is enough.

Why?

Always remember when you are cool you can think for yourself:

You don't need a teacher.

You have already realized that the best teacher in the world is, you.

P.S. If you're on twitter then follow me already. There are many many reasons why following me provides an outrageous return on your investment of clicking that single link that says "follow" ... Here are a few ... When I find a great website I will tweet about it. When I read something kickass from a cool magazine or cool book I tweet about it. And when I think of something outrageous to say or ask I tweet. Yes, follow me already (if you want) at http://twitter.com/alanwho. I guarantee you will get richer much richer a lot richer - definitely maybe.

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Ages ago I released some keyboard icons for a standard PC keyboard layout in ICO, PNG and also in vector form. So today I though "hmmm what about all those cool cats on the mac? ... Maybe they could do with keyboard icons for their projects? Maybe I should go have them created?"

From that moment on I knew keyboard icons for a standard Mac keyboard layout must be created. So I met with my imaginary team and had them created pronto. You can download the results in .ICO and .PNG format. Vector versions are available on request by contacting me.

Download Mac Keyboard Icons

Download "Mac Keyboard Icons"

What you get ...

Every key on a standard Mac keyboard in both .ICO and .PNG format.

License

Creative Commons License

  • Apple Mac Keyboard Icons by Alan Who? is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.
  • This means you are free to to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work entitled "Apple Mac Keyboard Icons" for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.
  • You are also free to make derivative works.
]]> http://alanwho.com/icons/apple-mac-keyboard-icons/feed/ 4 30 Colorful Free Website Navigation Icons http://alanwho.com/icons/30-colorful-free-website-navigation-icons/ http://alanwho.com/icons/30-colorful-free-website-navigation-icons/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:25:41 +0000 Alan Who http://alanwho.com/?p=303 Free Website Navigation Icons

Description

A free icons set containing 30 colorful website navigation icons created for the following common website navigation themes:

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Free Website Navigation Icons?

A free icons set containing 30 colorful website navigation icons created for the following common website navigation themes:

  1. Home
  2. About
  3. Blog
  4. Comments
  5. Contact
  6. FAQ
  7. Team
  8. Testimonials
  9. Products
  10. Downloads
  11. Support
  12. Tools
  13. Shop
  14. Resources
  15. How to ...
  16. Popular Posts
  17. Archives
  18. Tutorials
  19. Jobs
  20. Photo's
  21. Authors
  22. Links
  23. Social Networking
  24. Reviews
  25. Press
  26. Members
  27. Newsletter
  28. Podcasts
  29. Demo
  30. Visitors

Enjoy!

Download The Free Website Navigation Icons

Download "30 Colorful Free Website Navigation Icons"

What you get ...

You get 30 free website navigation icons in both .ICO and .PNG formats.

License

Creative Commons License

  • 30 Colorful Free Website Navigation Icons by Alan Who? is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

  • This means you are free to to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work entitled "30 Colorful Free Website Navigation Icons" for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.
  • You are also free to make derivative works.

Get Website Navigation Icon Vector Files (.EPS and .AI Vector Versions

The vector versions of these icons allow you to scale to any size or resolution without losing quality.

Vector versions (.ai and .eps) of these icons are available to download for instant delivery at $17 via PayPal. The .AI and .EPS vector versions come with the clear advantage of being scalable, without any compromise in quality. Both .AI and .EPS format are available, download is available instantly via paypal. Unlike the free version above these are not restricted under a creative commons license.

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