Toluu’s tags, totally tremendous! Today’s timesink: tagging Toluu totality! Ok, enough of that, this really is great news. Caleb Elston, Toluu’s founder, tells us that tagging was the most requested feature for Toluu. I’m very impressed with the implementation as tagging really permeates the site now, it’s feels like a true integration, not a hacked together add on. When adding tags, the auto-complete will cut down on typos. Along with tagging you’ll see better sorting ...

Before we get to the assignment for this last unit in Lighting 102, I have one more technique for you to consider when using time as a variable for your flash photos. It's very useful, because it acts as a gear multiplier for those of you who may not have as many strobes as you'd like.Given that a flash can record it's subject in an instant -- even if the exposure is spread out over ...

NETTUTS ran an article last week titled 10 Principles of the CSS Masters. The article asked several CSS and industry experts to provide advice on much-discussed CSS topics and share a trick or two. The article brought up some great points and some points I didn't quite agree with. Here are my thoughts. 1. Keep CSS Simple (Avoid CSS Hacks) CSS is a simple little language and your stylesheet should reflect that. As you start ...

McCain ad highlights Senator Obama's inexperience, using his Democrat colleagues' own words:Joe Biden on Senator Obama:

Mark Steyn, writing in National Review, on Sarah Palin as McCain's VP pick:First, Governor Palin is not merely, as Jay describes her, "all-American", but hyper-American. What other country in the developed world produces beauty queens who hunt caribou and serve up a terrific moose stew? As an immigrant, I'm not saying I came to the United States purely to meet chicks like that, but it was certainly high on my list of priorities. And for ...

Tonight's voting rights video:Sigh.

Writing in the National Review, author David Feddoso discusses Senator Obama's anti-gun positions.Denver — In 2007, Senator Barack Obama stood up for a gun owner. He endorsed Chicago Alderman Dorothy Tillman in her Democratic primary. Not only was she a gun owner, but she had even pulled a gun on her colleagues during a contentious 1991 ward redistricting hearing, according to eyewitnesses. Tillman, best known for demanding to be served by black (not white) waiters, ...

As Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf coast states, people are stocking up on the usual necessities: water, food, batteries, guns and ammo:On what would normally be a slow summer weekday, the three employees at Gretna Gun Works Inc. frantically tended to a crush of customers admiring the racks of shotguns and rifles lined up behind the glass counter.Among the patrons: a jewelry store owner from eastern New Orleans with plans to stand guard ...

Article discusses the need to carry wherever you go, where legal to do so:Recently, there were two Christian musicians who were leaving a recording studio and were murdered for two dollars and their car. Initially, I paid little attention to the news reports nor did I listen to the names of the two victims. Three days later, I received an e-mail from a woman friend who had received her CHL by taking my course along ...

If you have low self esteem, criticizing others is worse than receiving criticism (as we hate to offend or upset other people) Cartoon kind permission Tom Fishburne Sadly many adults avoid promotion because they can’t face the prospect of being in authority and having to criticize others. So lets start learning to criticize, or change the behavior of others, when you have to:- 1) Take care when choosing the time and place. Ideally only the ...

Pity the poor, mere multimillionaire celebrity. With the increase in gas prices, some have been forced to abandon their private jetsetting. Sean "Diddy" Combs complained about the "... too high" price of gas and pleaded for free oil from his "Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters" in a YouTube video posted Wednesday. The hip-hop mogul said he is now flying on commercial airlines instead of in private jets, which Combs said had previously cost him $200,000 ...

No writing required for this, enjoy: Update: Sorry guys I’m having trouble blowing the pics up, click on them twice… Via Engadgetmobile

Robb’s got it: He’s also got a more serious one that I think echoes the sentiments of many RNS readers: I note in passing that there’s more evidence the Obamanauts don’t really have their ground game yet: YESTERDAY I got a text message from the Obama “machine” breathlessly informing me that the Democratic convention started Monday and I should be sure to watch it, etc., etc. Then there’s this. McCain’s official website has McCain-Palin gear ...

Article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution discussing Georgia's law prohibiting guns, even by law-abiding citizens with concealed carry permits, at "public gatherings".Next month is the 140th anniversary of the Camilla Massacre, when a group largely made up of blacks heading to a Southwest Georgia Republican political rally were shot up by white locals after being warned not to bring guns to town.Gun-rights advocates say the September 1868 massacre, in which at least nine freedmen were killed ...

There are a LOT of tech conferences out there, some of which I attend. Here are some tips for you if you’re attending any: DO IT. Seriously, if you can afford the money and time to travel to attend a tech conference I recommend you do so. Of course, this is assuming you’re in a line of business which could benefit from attendance. Bring lots of business cards. And a related tip, put info on ...

Suppose that every day, ten people go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:The first four (the poorest) would pay nothing.The fifth would pay $1.The sixth would pay $3.The seventh would pay $7.The eighth would pay $12.The ninth would pay $18.The tenth (the richest) would pay $59. So, that's what they decided to ...

Senator McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his running mate. Real Clear Politics ran an article on her as a possible VP pick a couple of months ago:At 44, Sarah Louise Heath Palin is both the youngest and the first female governor in Alaska's relatively brief history as a state. She's also the most popular governor in America, with an approval rating that has bounced around 90 percent.This ...

Today, Androidguys, among our most favorite people to communicate with have given us something if you’re like me, you’re going to be using as wallpaper on your desktop/laptop/phone…seat covers in your car. That’s right, it the Android G1 logo…<cheap halo effects take place.> I know todays news hasn’t been received well and we knew that would be the case. I can’t imagine anyone believes we thought it would go over well and you all know ...

The Tenth Circuit has ruled that against Wyoming's law that permits certain people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to petition the state for a restoration of their gun rights:CHEYENNE - A federal appeals court in Denver has ruled against Wyoming in a lawsuit over a state law that seeks to allow people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to regain their gun rights.A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled ...

From the frightened Brits, caught in the grip of blade-phobia:(Credit: UK Daily Mail)This horrifying five-foot weapon has been recovered by police during a knife amnesty.The three-handled sword with a blade at either end, designed to be swung like a paddle, shocked officers who took custody of it.They are using it to publicise a five-week amnesty during which they hope around 30,000 weapons will be handed in, mainly from youngsters.A spokesman for police in Gloucester, where ...