I Heart Cool Stuff

Thanks to thatgirl, I have functioning smileys once more. Yay!! Notice “tv head,” I’m working on making him smaller so he doesn’t take over my entire site. But thank you so much for your help woman! I don’t have many working brain cells today as my body is giving out. Yay!!

I swear, communities like Flickr and DeviantArt so rule. You find the most amazing work, and the inspiration you get from looking at the stuff is overwhelming. I’m a huge fan of Peanuts, the comic strip not the nuts. The whole gang are my favorite characters, which rarely happens in my life– me actually falling in love with all the characters instead of one or two. Anyway, DeviantArt user *duss005 uploaded this image last week of this Charlie Brown custom munny, I just had to share.

A gal from the IMO team spotted my “reviews” for instant messaging programs like; Trillian and Digsby. She’s part of the team that is working on releasing IMO, a new instant messaging system that is merging; aim, yahoo, msn and gtalk. They’ve recently added a facebook application too. Currently IMO is still in alpha stage and not ready for public use (well, by the buttload better said). I used both the online access and the desktop system and here is what I think.

After I tested IMO, I responded to the email that was sent to me, and asked who the intended market was, and recieved this response:

In terms of the market we are targeting, our system is definitely very user friend and easy-to-use. For that reason, it has appealed mostly to less computer-efficient people. We are hoping, however, to target all audiences and increase user participation.

It was clear to me when I was using the program that it was overly simplistic. I don’t think this is a negative, especially for their intended market. I’m simply in the need for more features all the time, that this simply was not the messaging application for me. When you visit imo.im, you’re able to log onto your aim on a web-browser window the same way Meebo allows you to. This is a good feature if you use this at work and don’t want to be so obvious about your lack of actual labor.

When incoming messages are coming in, everything is kept in the same window. I know that Trillian introduced the tabbing system, so did dead aim and aol aim, this however just keeps it all to one window. This would’ve been an awesome feature if it hadn’t been that Digsby has also done this.

The sounds are pretty limited to one, which is okay, because it was a whistle. One that wasn’t annoying and wasn’t too loud either. All-in-all, the system would be perfect for people who aren’t dazzled by many features and want something simple that will simply work. I would probably recommend this messaging system to my boss, it’s basic and self-explanitory and won’t confuse the man either. If you want to check it out for yourself, please follow this link. [IMO.im], tell me what you think.

I’ve had this sitting on my desktop for a while. I wanted to apologize for the lack of posts this week– and it seems my site was down all day yesterday. I was working with HostGator to fix the problem, but I gave up because I was making myself feel worse. I don’t like when my site dissapears, its very chilling. Anyway- I’m back up. I don’t have too much information on the above show, but going on the satisfaction I’ve experienced at many other MPH shows, I’m sure its going to rock.

Submitted by: Paco19821123

Titled: Mom!! Something’s Wrong With This Egg

I thought this shot came out great. I believe the Qee egg was created by Gary Baseman. I actually don’t own any of the Qee Egg series, but this is one that I would love to own. Click on the image to visit his flickr. Thanks Paco for submitting it to I ♥ Toy flickr group. I really appreciate the addition.

Hello,

I am in the beginning hours of the new day and what am I doing instead of sleeping? I’m working on the looks of the site. I apologize about the changes. I realize there is a lot of white space on the site [if you come to it directly- does not apply to rss feeds], and I plan on changing the color schemes. I was going to keep it underwraps until the transformation was complete, but then it hit me– I tell you guys all the time that I’m teaching myself css/html and decided that I wanted you to notice me succeed or fail at such attempts. Also, if you happen to know css/html, maybe you want to hook me up with some of your skills?

Anyway. This unfortunately is still not the last time I will change the “theme” of the site. I’m working on something– which I hope really pans out to really make what I think is a serious transformation. I am quite happy to have your support during this time and your patience is most appreciated.

Also, it has very recently come to my attention that my site acts bonkers on Safari. I have Safari on my computer, but it lacks a lot of what I want, therefore, I don’t use it. I had an interview with Jon Schiller and it seems that Safari doesn’t display it. So, please open up the firefox to read the interview. That’s all for now.

P.S. I apologize about the lack of posts this week– it’s been super crazy in my life. I’ve got midterms and stories due… I’m surprised I was able to post anything. I need a vacation. x____x

I’ve mentioned in a previous entry that I’m learning Photoshop on my own these days. Well, whenever people post tips or how-to’s, I rush to my PS application and try my best to replicate what the the piece is teaching. Well, last night, Tina from Swissmiss Blog, posted a “Photoshop Disasters” post and it is hilarious. The post was referring to a Blogger account titled, “Photoshop Disasters” which features lot’s of PS no-no’s. Check out the site, I swear you’ll get a kick out of it. I’m sure I’m going to pay more attention to the images around me now, just to check for mistakes. [Visit Photoshop Disasters]

Current Mood: Sleepy

I found this on one of the forums I go to. I won’t specify which one, because apparently it’s a leaked image and would never want to compromise people and their relationships to the artists. In any case, if someone contacted me about it, I’d take it down– or would (if they asked) give them the source I got it from. ** What do you think? It’s not specified what it is yet, but I like it. He’s cute… and I love the shape of the head and the expression on its face. BONES!!

**Note: In certain situations, to protect sources, I will NOT give them up.

So, I had a ’sit down’- in a very loose sense of the saying- with Jon Schiller, creator of Little 9 and Friends. If you haven’t seen his stuff, you might consider seeing the following posts; Plastic and Plush and ToysREvil for more info. I recently purchased Mookie, the little Earth dog from his collection [image located above] and was a little more than curious to know about him and the designs. Check out the interview after the jump. (more…)

And so the of the IceBot keychain giveaway has been determined. Congratulations to Christopher., number 16. I’ll be waiting for his snail mail in order to send his goodies. Thanks for participating people, I only wish I had many more of them to give.

Proof is located above, in case anyone was interested.