I put together an email for a friend who is wanting to start going to the gym for the first time. I am basing this off of my personal experience and what has worked for me so I thought I would share it with you. ————————————————————————– Here are the supplements that you should start taking when you are able to get into a regular workout regiment. If you aren’t going to to be doing it on a regular basis then these things would be a waste...

The Effect of Friedrich Nietzsche’s “The Birth of Tragedy” on Mark Rothko This is a paper I wrote in 2008 which is about the Apollonian and Dionysian forces and the rolls they played in the work of my favorite Color-field artist Mark Rothko.    Mark Rothko believed that the art of children and the work of modern painters were directly related. They were related because of their influence of “primitive” art.  According to Rothko, it “transforms itself into primitivism, which is only the child producing a mimicry of himself.” (Jeffery Weiss 2000) He also observed...

Things to consider before launching an E-Commerce website 1) Payment Gateway Which payment gateway best fits your needs and your budget as far as fees? Paypal Payments Pro is the most widely recognized and easiest to implement. 2) Products You need to figure out your main categories. It’s best to keep this minimal. The following need to be assigned to each product: - Category: - Item Name: - Description Short: - Description Long: - Photo Name: - Item or product #: - Sort Code: - Shipping Weight: - Price: - Keywords associated with product: - Options: (color/size/scent/etc.): (If...

Part 2 of some common .htaccess tricks to help save you some time! Here are some more quick tricks to help your web development go quicker! For more tips, read “.htaccess tricks Part 1″ ! Custom 404 Error Page If the plain, white and boring default error page displayed by your server isn’t “fancy” enough, you can create your own “page not found” web design and point to it by using the code below: ErrorDocument 404 /404.html Moved or Renamed pages If you have moved files or had to rename a page, you can direct visitors to it by using this 303...

Here are some common .htaccess tricks to help save you some time! (Warning: .htaccess is a very powerful configuration file. Even the slightest syntax error can result in severe malfunction to your server. You should make a back-up of everything, included any existing .htaccess files before you begin editing. It is also a good idea to check your website throughout your editing process to ensure everything is still functioning properly. If you notice an error, apply your backup immediately). For more tips, check out “.htaccess tips part 2″ ! Enable Basic Rewriting Not all...

Facebook Profile Picture Hack I just tried this new facebook hack for my profile pic and it works pretty well! It isn’t very hard to do, and even easier if you have enough knowledge of Adobe Photoshop to take a screen shot,  slice, cut, and make new images. There are however a few set-backs when using this. The images to the right of your main profile picture are the most recent pics that you have been “tagged” in.  This means that after taking the time to set this up, someone could tag you in a new photo and it would mess up your “hack”.   You could either...

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