Tutorial: Set Up a Client’s Site to be Editable with Cushy CMS

If you design websites for clients you know that most clients these days want the ability to update the site themselves ... , but for this tutorial we’ll just keep it at this domain). The template I’m using is Clean Biz. Clean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:57:24

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Elle's mini mobile 'blogging for today...

07:45 Is cold outside of the covers. 08:41 How did I go my whole life having never listened to Dar Williams? Folking it up and cleaning house today! ... On The Internet. Looking forward to cleaning and doing laundry. 15:02 Heading back to Blairstown before [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:03:17

When you want it clean, there’s Cyber Clean!

Are you tired of whacking your keyboard face down on your desk to get all the old bread crumbs out? ... .” Hmmm, that doesn’t sound like a very healthy substance… but most cleaners aren’t anyways [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:11:45

Detoxification and Weight Loss

by P. Valentine Have you heard about this natural healthy way to lose weight fast? I know of some one who has devised just such a plan ... do I do it”? Well your body needs a major spring cleaning and that begins with your bowel which in 80 ... ; parasite ridden but also may be so encrusted as to prevent regular movement of waste products! The first [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:12:10

20 Great Free WordPress 2.7 Themes

We recently compiled a list of 10 of the best WordPress 2 ... Themes AdsPress AdsPress - A Google AdSense friendly theme in a clean, fixed width design ... that look and feel over to your blog with this Chrome inspired 2-column theme.  A nice clean design [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:51:48

Aliza Noelle

For those of you who follow me on Twitter, this will be old news (but with new pictures!!!). Audra had her baby girl at 10:25 p.m. last night ( ... like a lunatic and cleaning out drawers I never even knew we had because I am so excited I can barely ... at least 25 miles over any speed limit I entered.When I get to the hospital, I see Audra's car in a tow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:22:00

3 for me, 3 for you

Oh man. What a great weekend. I am in complete and utter denial that its all over, as sitting, eating, crocheting, playing, talking, laughing, ... in the middle of a cold night after (yet another) bathroom trip, only to snuggle ... and cleaning up her mess with some lovely dishtowels. Send me an email with your address, to claim [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 17:31:00

Poems by Elizabeth Alexander

A Poem for Nelson MandelaHere where I live it is Sunday. From my room I hear black children playing between houses and the El at a Sabbath rattle ... hissing through elm trees through dry grassesOn a rooftop of a prison in South Africa Nelson Mandela tends ... this Sunday clean. ……………………………………………….KnowledgeIt wasn’t as if we knew nothing before. After [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:25:40

The Art of Manliness Weekly Roundup: Getting Our Lives In Order Edition

Kate and I had a wonderful Christmas, which we spent with both of our families ... Kate and I spent all day cleaning and organizing. It feels good to clean out the clutter. We’re still [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 19:22:38

AppSpout: Recent Reviews from the PCMag.com Software Team

itunes8.jpg The big software news in the PC Magazine offices is the recent release of iTunes 8 ... out of a clean system, but it's less effective in cleaning up entrenched malware, and some of its features [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 16:39:24

The Future of Chemistry

This article was written by Jeremy Faludi in July 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. [ ... to come from chemists. Chemists also produce many products in their own right: paints, adhesives, cleaning products, whole industries. So what are chemists doing to save the world? There's currently [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 19:24:34

Capture, savor, and celebrate right now.

After a few weeks of having all three of us here together Chris is back to meetings (the new legislative session begins next week) ... arrives. I finished cleaning up, clearing out, and reorganizing Simon's room yesterday ... was enough of a motivator for him to get down to business and it has been working like a charm [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:00:09

Ike Sights Texas, Gains Strength After Devastating Cuba

HAVANA — Hurricane Ike barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday on its way toward the Texas coast after crashing ... and urged coastal residents to stock up on supplies. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management agency still ... . "I'm ready to move to Canada! We have spent eight days drying out things, cleaning everything [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 14:31:57

Floors+ Lessons Learned

It’s funny how things get started sometimes. We had always planned on remodeling our new home, but the start of the remodel was somewhat unplanned ... for someone to come clean out your heat ducts… For some reason we found it a good excuse to install ... sure it worked properly. While it blew hot air just fine, upon closer inspection I found [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 13:00:50

Balance.

So I’m home this afternoon, burning a little comp time from the last round of on call when I find myself in a little bit of a funk ... to leave half of your luggage at the house of your friend in Connecticut. But I digress. Some snow fell during the weekend and the driveway was in serious need of cleaning out. That in itself [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:55:41

Tomorrow’s A Big Day

Today is the holiday celebrating the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Some quotes from Dr ... to finish the normal weekend laundry and cleaning (somewhat) this morning. I had to run to the store ... to do a little work in my new office. It’s not nearly done, but it’s organized enough that I won’t want to scream [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:27:03

Sunday

Our Sunday was spent mostly us sleeping! Although, we all went out early to catch the mass around lunch ... . I actually love it! Because he can do all the domestic things for me;) Seriously, a company man ... and cleaning the house. That’s supposed to be my work! He never really care. He always says, he will take [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:17:05

This Week’s Weird Jobs

Have you noticed that there are an awful lot of get-rich-quick schemes and odd jobs populating most work classifieds lately? ... scum in your shower, always survive. Check out this week’s gems: 1. Maine: Ex-Car Guy……… After ... repairs, do minor cleaning of common areas and generally attend to tenant needs on site. Usually [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 16:38:28

Considerations for 2009…

There’s a few possibilities for this year that I’d like to put forth for your consideration (and discussion, if you’d like to comment ) ... , and it went well. The actual event should be later in February. I’ve also been working on cleaning up and reorganizing my computer this week. After discovering that we no longer have my Windows install [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:35:14

Remaking the Republican Party

Perry De Havilland of the always readable and thinkable Samizdata has a piece about how to stop America's slide into Eurotrash ... and worse he has made handouts to incompetent companies palatable to much of the electorate. Shame ... important to fail. What a sorry state we have let them create. Well Perry says time for some house cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 16:18:41

The (Maroon) Ties That Bind

Last night my beloved Bulldogs played the Vanderbilt Commodores, and right before the game started I asked Alex if he wanted to watch, too ... to go sit in front of a bigger TV and watch. No cleaning, no toys - just basketball. It was divine ... have fallen asleep. But we had a blast. Saturday night we sat in our very own house, watched every [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:54:31

Point / Counter-Point

Michael Cook wrote a thought provoking post earlier entitled What Happens to the Early Worm ... last week. It was oversold and many companies could be purchased below their fundamental value ... then I suggest the new market has caused an industry-wide house cleaning.  Those that do not belong have seen [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 19:05:17

Managing my Home With a Pen

Photo by Vero & Vincent I don’t collect much, but if there was one thing I have a weakness for, it’s journals ... . notebook1.jpg I use basic clear sleeves to house my papers inside, and I divide them with adhesive ... , Baby Steps, Cleaning, Ideas for Kids, and Emergencies. These change as our family’s needs [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 13:08:59

Schmancy needs our help

Times is hard, especially for small business owners here in Seattle who missed out on getting a lot of the holiday gift buying traffic because of the ... around but I will be doing one of my own. I am cleaning house. I will be collecting a lot of toys ... ) in the same building as the Moore Theater, just down the block from the Moore's main entrance. It's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:42:49

Notable quotable

By David Roberts "TVA's failure to speedily install readily available pollution control technology is not, and has not been, reasonable conduct under the circumstances." -- U.S. District Judge Lacy Thornburg, in a ruling instructing TVA to clean up air pollution from four coal plants close to North Carolina [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:05:15

Michigan Woman Brightens Foreclosure With Her Paintbrush

It’s easy to dismiss the foreclosure crisis as one big, sad mess that you can’t do much about ... has been painting Winnie the Pooh characters on the boarded-up windows of a vacant foreclosed home on her street ... relations director of a nearby school. Wenzlaff has set out to beautify local neighborhoods by cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 20:42:34

Guilty: First time on treadmill in 2009

Yes, I’ve been slack in getting started this year, but I admit that I feel fantastic after the fact, so it’s good motivation to keep going ... , yum!) and get some cleaning done. Have a great rest of the day, and don’t hesitate to get started… ... Weight. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:12:35

Little Window Shoppe

Did we survive Halloween? I was successful at getting rid of all our candy! Only for my son to bring home even more than we gave out ... really......too bad) But I bet you could do the same thing but with natural cleaning products ... sections besides a blog. She finds the coolest products, crafts, etc. so you don't [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 20:28:56

Ask The Audience: Advise The Newlyweds

Ivy says: Our fabulous commenter Laura wanted to know: What is C.O.R.N? ... it, Home Eccers. So, C.O.R.N. is a simple acronym that means “Clean out refrigerator night.” In my mom’s house, it was called “fend for yourself” night, but I think Heather takes this even farther [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:50:25

Ahead Of Myself

I keep forgetting that it's the middle of January. That there are three months until Easter, ... are sleeping, I'm going to finish cleaning and preparing for next week's onslaught of activities ... to replace cracking grout? It's behind the kitchen sink and will need to be taken care of pretty soon before [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:38:00

Postcard from London continued . Day Two

Sometimes people ask why we like to come to London so much. Today was the perfect answer to that question ... downstairs to a hotel breakfast. We are out by ten heading to the Royal Academy on the top deck ... to have arrived with the toothbrush I normally use at home for cleaning the bathroom sink). Also popped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:41:00

Hilary Duff is a Titty Cutter of the Day

Hilary Duff is speaking my language….there’s nothing sexier than a blade to a perky young tit…at least that’s what this hockey player once told me when I was working for a cleaning company that happened to have the contract for the Montreal Canadiens changing room and where I’d happen to hear conversations these fucking guys would [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:14:11

How Did the Banks Get Agents to Shoulder the Load?

In Virginia when you sign a listing agreement with a seller it states that the “seller retains full responsibility for the ... to make it easier for the owner. Nor would we agree to take on the responsibility for cleaning their home ... they are required to call the lenders “preferred” contractor. If an emergency repair is needed [more...]

Date: 2008-07-06 10:37:43

Internet Explorer Repair

Unlike its name would suggest Repair IE is more an Internet Explorer tweaking program than one that can actually repair the Microsoft browser ... for Windows operating systems that provides access to the five tabs Appearance, Browser Features, Network ... malicious software leftovers after cleaning a computer system. An option to set everything [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 16:01:38

The Roundup: Bob Davie Hearts Tim Tebow and Alicia Sacramone’s TV Career is About to Take Off

You see Leighton Meester here and think … great blog idea - bad photos of homes for sale … female German teacher gives her students Halloween treat ... . (Inside Track) Pretty sure we linked this earlier, but while doing some cleaning, we stumbled upon ... . (CGB) So she only finds the money because of the contractor, and then tries to stiff him, spends [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 13:00:12

This Week’s Weird and Unusual Jobs

Pickings for this post certainly are slimmer these days--meaning it would be smart to know how to set yourself apart–but the weird: ... companies. SUPER EASY RECESSION PROOF SALES!!! Even lions, tigers and bears will buy in this economic ... this time. We had trouble cleaning up after you guys last time you came. 1. Arizona: PROTECTION [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:19:32

How to spend $825 billion

By Kate Sheppard Enviros are heartened by much of what they see in the newly released summary of the House's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ... funds will be spent. The bill includes a section focused on "clean, efficient, American energy ... for highway construction $31 billion to modernize federal and other public infrastructure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:05:15

modern bathroom reno

There were two big dollar rooms that were not included in the cost of our addition, the kitchen and the bathroom ... cleaning easier we had a suspended walnut vanity with a concrete countertop that I made, as well ... when possible. Our white subway tile was from Home Depot and was way more affordable than a lot of other [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 17:00:48

Dentist Day

It’s dentist day for both the boys! We received the appointment letter a few weeks ago that we have to be there today around 9am so off we go! ... some medical words for me. Lil pea wasn’t too happy when the nurse had to try out in cleaning his teeth ... portrait of him. He likes to just walk around the living room, to the kitchen and then back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:49:21

Improve Your LeBron Six Experience - Change The Laces!

If you read our Zoom LeBron VI Review, you know that we’ve had only two complaints about this sneaker regarding its basketball properties - traction ... . As for the first issue, the only thing you can do is… play on clean courts. However, there’s always ... was there. So if you have any Vs lying around the house, beat up after the last season, take [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:04:15

Uhma Spa

No vacation should be complete without some pampering so when I decided to hit up South Beach, I immediately booked an appointment ( ... .  Practically everything in the spa and store are 100% natural and organic.  The walls and furniture are made from sustainable wood, the paint is VOC free (non environmentally damaging) and even the cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:45:06

Why I'm Giving Henna a Second Chance

Henna is very messy and gross smelling. That's the honest truth. I used it about a year ago and because it was so messy I never tried it again ... issues you should be very vigilant about what cosmetics and cleaning products you're using. Consider ... . I just recently found out about this after reading a box of Clairol Natural Instincts. Clairol Natur [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:00:00

Foreclosure / Short Sale Mess in Tacoma

We’ve seen plenty of these kinds of articles and news reports about the foreclosure situation down in southern California, but I don’t think many people ever would have expected to see such a piece written about the Seattle area: Foreclosures mean work for “trash-out” specialists Contractors who specialize in cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:45:17

Bill Nye The Science Guy’s Paper Recycling Factory: Awesome Or Torture?

Even if the 18th playing of your John Denver Christmas CD has barely left your stream of consciousness, ... for some major disappointment,” writes one mom on Amazon. “The kit provides only enough cleaning (drying ... well, hopefully parents will be more receptive to Nye’s next educational toy: The Broken Glass [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:49:40

How To Build A Dog Kennel

Building a dog kennel is actually a fairly easy venture if you have a basic knowledge of construction and some important tips about how to do it ... openings are facing the road or a neighbors house, then you can expect far more barking and howling ... and concrete are easy to clean and maintain. Proper ventilation is your next concern in building a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:00:16

Wrap Up

I’ll post my round up tomorrow morning. I’m so dead tired already. Later this afternoon, I did general cleaning in the house. As in the whole house ... . Are you fairly capable when it comes to fixing things around the house, car or work? Or do you usually depend on others (like maintenance)? + I can do a lot of fixing. But car stuff isn’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 12:26:03

Where are the cupcakes?

A quick note: A co-worker gave me a scented oil diffuser for Christmas - you know, a bottle of oil with the decorative reeds coming out of it ... . Now they just get angry that I don't have cupcakes.) And as a side note, I had a dental cleaning this morning ... that the driver-side door of the car next to mine had smashed into my car. I turned around and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:51:35

iSysCleaner Pro removes temporary data

Every new application that enters the “temporary data cleaner” category has to stand its ground against established programs like CCleaner which seems to be the application of choice for most cleaning enthusiasts but did receive some bad press ... and the operating system with a concentration on Windows, other Microsoft applications like Microsoft [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 07:45:45

Evacuations begin in Texas ahead of Hurricane Ike

HOUSTON — The frail and elderly were put aboard buses Wednesday and authorities warned 1 million others to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed ... Louisianans were still cleaning up from Hurricane Gustav, Cameron Parish residents were told ... -old retired plant operator at Dow Chemical Corp., boarded up his house a mile from the Gulf [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 05:28:47

Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Ferrets Out the Hidden Gunk

Do you have a computer that is much slower than it once was, and seems to pop up regularly with inexplicable problems? ... up front. After about a two-hour scan of the older Windows system I was cleaning up (not my primary ... end up with rogue problems, especially if you’re on a Windows PC. I had a Windows PC at home acting [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 23:00:02

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