showcase guide Tag Page

You Project Sailboat - Finding Information Online

You Project Sailboat - Finding Information Online By Trip Smith So, you have purchased a project sailboat, now its time to fix it up. But, if you have never done any repair work, painting, fiber glassing and all of the other tasks that come with fixing up a sailboat, then how do you learn. Well if you are like a lot of people in today’s society you look around the internet for some how-to websites. Myself, I was once a dreamer with my first project sailboat. I didn’t know a whole lot about w

---

Verizon bringing mobile magic to Walt Disney Parks in the U.S.

Verizon is teaming up with WaltDisney Parks and Resorts to “enhance the guest experience” before, during and after guests arrive at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort in the U.S. As a result, guests will have a personal tour guide in their mobile phones along with new services at the parks. Beginning next year, guests will be able to access an array of features on their Verizon Wireless phones while at the Walt Disney World or Disneyland Resort to help them make the most of their

---

Robert Irvine’s Romaine Salad with Two Dressings

In an America that is so replete with food of every kind, from every ethnicity, celebrating every trend and innovation, ranging from the demand for artisanal and organic products and a growing local movement, to the use of foams, gels and liquid nitrogen in the preparation of dishes, Thanksgiving remains the time of year that promises all of the comforts of coming home. Whether you’re having dinner at the White House, in a suburban home with a white picket fence, on a beach in Malibu or stati

---

SPARC's work for OA in 2008

SPARC's 2008 letter to members and three things we focused on this year, SPARC, November 4, 2008.  Excerpt: 2008 marked the debut of two game-changing policies: The landmark NIH Public Access Policy, the first of its kind in the U.S., which now ensures that the results of our collective $29 billion investment in biomedical research is made openly accessible to the public. The groundbreaking vote by the Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which served notice that Open Access is

---

~Autodesk~ CLICK HERE

ENTER HERE: >>>Autodesk<<< . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

---

10 Accessories for Book Lovers

Smart Women Read Between the Lines: A Readers’ Journal ($15, amazon.com) (CONFESSION: I think this is, like so many reader journals, unfortunately wide-ruled.) How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively & Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster ($12, amazon.com) (CONFESSION: Have not read this, but have heard many good things about it, and as a proud former part English major I come pre-packaged with enthusiasm.) Conceal: Invisible Bookshelf ($11, organi

---

Christmas markets, ice skating, films, gigs and NOISE!

It’s a busy week here at Mancubist towers so here’s a quick mid-week, mid-November round-up… The biggest event this week is surely the re-opening yesterday of the Manchester Christmas Markets. The largest one, in Albert Square, is open daily, 10am until 9pm, right through to 22 December. For more information, including opening times for the other four - in St Ann’s Square and on Exchange Street, New Cathedral Street and Brazennose Street (here’s a map) - check out the council website. Inside

---

Georgia Tech Baseball Inks Seven Recruits to National Letters of Intent

Tucker Barnhart is the top baseball recruit from Indiana FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE ATLANTA - Two prep All-Americans highlight a list of seven high school standouts that have signed National Letters of Intent to play baseball at Georgia Tech beginning next fall, head coach Danny Hall announced this week. The recruiting class, assembled under the direction of assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Bryan Prince along with Hall and pitching coach Tom Kinkelaar, includes three players that are rated a

---

Epson: Artisan 800 All-in-One

What you see above is Epson’s brand new all-in-one printer/scanner/copier/FAX.  This amazing piece of equipment is Wi-Fi capable too! I have used many, many printers over the past 12 or so years and as far as a home ink jet printer is concerned, this is where it’s at.  I have already used the printer for one big project, printing save-the-date postcards for my friends.  The quality was superb!  I couldn’t have been happier with the way they printed out. I have many more projects to do, just

---

Tuesday Tours: What’s Happening on the Web

Welcome to “Tuesday Tours: What’s Happening on the Web” where I serve as your tour guide and showcase the best contests, freebies, deals, and reads for moms on the web…all in one convenient location. Contests We own a Dirt Devil KRUZ and, although it is not super powerful, it IS convenient and attractive too (for a vacuum, that is). Amanda has one up for grabs until NOV. 19.  These BUMMAS cloth wipes are *perfect* for bath time. Enter to win a pack at The Laughs Will Go On. Deadline:

---

Not a Beggar’s Banquet

The Mediovore, originally uploaded by WBUR. Human-powered aggregator Todd Mundt trolls the interwebs and, after snaring choice bits of public media, serves them up fresh daily (?) at The Mediovore. As Mundt explains: There’s so much cool and interesting public media out there, that your local public radio and TV stations can’t begin to contain it all. That’s where we come in. We’ll help you keep up with what’s on your favorite shows, and we’ll search out some of the best content from all

---

The Daily Spoon: Warcraft Entertainment Blowout!

The Daily Spoon: Warcraft Entertainment Blowout! By Spooner • November 18, 2008 • No Comments Lunch time! I figured that I’d take a little break from some of the more newsy type posts and guides and showcase some entertainment for the afternoon. So, there will most likely be some more guide/news/etc type articles today but i will be focussing on some very good upcoming machinima work and WoW movies, as well [...] Categories: The Daily Spoon Tags: The Daily Spoon, wrath of the lich

---

How to Impress Your Host: 10 Steps to a Perfect CouchSurfing Profile

Have you ever wondered why your pleas for a couch to sleep on aren’t returned? Do you feel doomed to travel without the privilege of a free night’s accommodation and the pleasure of great local company? Do me a favour. Log into your profile and give it a read over. If someone contacted you with a profile like yours, would you let him into your home? C’mon, be honest. What is This CouchSurfing Business? Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you’ve probably at least heard murmurs of this

---

Both/And

ROUND TRIP, PART TWO Beaver Harris and 360 Degree Music Experience From Rag Time to No Time 360 Records : 1974 BH, drums and percussion; Keith Marks, flute; Howard Johnson, baritone sax, bass clarinet; Dave Burrell, piano, Indonesian balaphone; Cecil McBee, bass; Ron Carter, bass; Sunil Garg, sitar; Titos Sompa, conga, quica, finger cymbals, Lingala; Coster Massamba, conga, Lingala; Auguste Malonga Quasquelourd, conga, Lingala; Leopoldo, percussion. Francis Haynes, steel drum. Arranged an

---

Party Favors: The Bunny Hop

CARSON CITY - Sunday morning is quiet time at the Bunny Ranch. The crisp mountain air rejuvenates the lungs after a night of breathing in a whirlwind of carnality. The parlor is tidy so there’s no remnants of Saturday night’s parties. The space is so calm that you can imagine cloistered monks nearby. The silence is broken by the occasional buzz at the front gate. Who goes to a brothel on Sunday morning? Perhaps it’s someone who went to church on Saturday night and needs to occupy his time un

---

Tech Events Guide: Mashable Reader Discounts

Here’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section. Not on this list? Contact us and let’s establish a media partnership. November 17-19, 2008, Mountain View: Mashup Camp is a free, unconference-style event focused on connecting and engaging hundreds of members of the Mashup community at a grassroots level. Chalk Talks, SpeedGeeking sessions, Best Mashup Contests, panel discussions

---

INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR

business-logo.jpgSmall entreprises steal the show at this year’s Lagos International Trade Fair, reports BANKONG-OBI The Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, located along the ever busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway, lives up to its billing as the best organised trade fair in this part of the world. This year’s fair saw the display of all sorts of goods and services. This year’s fair, organised by the Lagos State Chamber of Commerce Industry, was a visitors’ delight as investors, tourists and tr

---

CAMDEN CRAWL 2009 DETAILS ANNOUNCED

Blimey how time flies! We've barely had a few months to clean the mud off our wellies and it's time to start thinking about plans for next year's festivals again already! Well, at least you don't need wellies for this one. The ever excellent opener to the festie season The Camden Crawl has announced it's first details today and you can now get tickets to 2 days and 150+ of the best gigs (or queues) you'll find anywhere next April. 2 DAYS 40 VENUES - FRIDAY 24TH - SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2009 150+

---

Keeping Web Standards After Launch

Now that, WA Web Week is well and truely put to bed, with Edge of the Web, WebJam9 and the WA Web Awards done and dusted; it’s now time to inject some life back into this blog.   Yes the posts have been a bit scant of late.  Sorry about that, the real world has been getting in the way. So you have a site that you have lovingly designed coded and integrated into your CMS of choice.   You’ve delivered it to the client, perfect.  Not a pixel, word or image out of place, following industry best

---

3 Ingredients for Hosting Successful Networking Events in Manhattan

Business Networking is alot like great French bread the formulation for hosting a legendary networking event are easy yet the way they combine them make the difference between a delicious treat and saw dust. First Ingredient: Begin with a heaping helping of promotions. Showcase your networking event in every location possible and especially everywhere that your preferred attendees are likely to look for networking events. Cultivating a Who’s Who guest list of attendees requires boldness, espe

---