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Braided Rag Rug in Progress

Yea I know, this is usually a code blog but I’m a crafter at heart and I really wanted to share some of the things I’ve learned with the online community! A month back I decided to try my hand a quilting. All went well until I had to stitch together then sandwich (the front, [...]

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Technorati Reaction Counter API Function

A simple PHP function to help you query the Technorati API and find out how many reactions Technorati has seen other sites have about your content!

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How many Diggs? Intro to Using the Digg API

Playing with API’s is fun, here’s a quick demo of how to use the Digg API to find out how many times an individual page has been Dugg. Super easy to implement anywhere using PHP5.

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Lighting the Egg Photograph

Lighting a white egg on a white background is a fun strobist exercise. I [over]documented my attempt. Five slightly tweaked lighting setups with photos of the setup and produced image. You should give it a try and share your attempt!

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The Day I Really Lost My HDR Virginity

So I used Photomatix for the first time. Wow, it was good for me, now everywhere I look I see the opportunity for another HDR photograph. It’s like crack.

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26 Things: the alphabet game worksheet

26 Things for May 2005 PDF checklist download! The alphabet game. This is gonna be fun!

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Searchers Choice I

I’ve seen how you end up here, now I’m going to help you find what you are looking for by custom tailoring my content to your search needs.

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Photographing Flowers – The Strobeless Approach

I’ll walk you through a still-life, flower photo shoot I did. Including reflecting the subject on glass and a mirror, and achieving a solid background with items I had lying around my place.

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MySQL Queries Made Easy With PHP Functions Library

Every web developer has a library of code that they reference frequently, if not constantly. I’m sharing with you one of my most useful snippets my MySQL helper class that helps me organize my queries and easily reference commonly used functions.

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