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My hot bikini pic

A little less than 30 years ago, around mid 80's, I had a brief career as a hot blonde bikini model. Note the ruffles, the hat and the yellow slippers. Also pay close attention to the stylish haircut. Photo taken in front of my old summer cottage.

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I've gotta learn to take notes

I constantly have great blog post ideas. Like an entry about why I liked this and that movie. Or why you should target women in with your social media (marketing) stuff. Oh and of course what's the difference between constructive and destructive criticism. These ideas rumble through my head usually when I have a shower or when I'm supposed to sleep. Or any other inconvenient moment. I have the whole post typed in my head. The witty side remarks and all. But when I get to my laptop and start to actually write the thing I all of a sudden don't have much anything. Only vague outlines of what...

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Quick links: Learn CSS and to code

So maybe you work with making (designing or something) websites, but don't understand much about the tech behind it. It happens. Or maybe you just want to learn how it all works. On web there are loads of different ways to learn the basics, some quite interesting too. And free. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the way of styling websites. It's pretty much how the look of a site is built. To learn CSS, see CSS 101: interactive tutorial. But CSS alone doesn't help much. In order to learn how it all really works check out Codeacademy. It's an interactive way to try and learn basics of codi...

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Hot Font #5: Erica One

Let's go with another Hot Font! This time it's a plump font called Erica One. Erica is a heavy and sort of retro. It's interesting and works well in different sizes. Created by Latinotype the font is free and licensed under SIL Open Font License (OFL). Erica One on Google Web Fonts.

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Hot Font #4: Sail

This time the Hot Font is something more decorative. Found through How About Orange, this font called Sail is neat and elegant. Sail is created especially for headlines, displays and posters. It's quite detailed and I do like the pretty uppercases. Created by Latinotype the font is free and licensed under SIL Open Font License (OFL). Sail on Font Squirrel and Google Web Fonts.

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Mummu

Early this morning my maternal grandmother, the last of my grandparents, had passed away. In a couple of weeks she would have been 91 years old. Mummu, as my sisters and I called her, was a stubborn little lady. After the death of her husband she raised her three daughters alone. She provided her family's living by working as a seamstress and also at construction sites. I hadn't seen mummu in years since we lived quite far away from each other. In time to time I called her, to congratulate on her birthday, to wish merry Christmas and so forth. Mummu used to have a flying rug. At least I...

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Blog post ideas

Have you ever had a bloggers block? I have. I'm currently having one. To get over with it I went to search for inspiration. Here's a wrap up of what I found. Chris Brogan's 100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write is an oldie but goodie. The list includes topics for professionals and company blogs as well as ideas for casual writers. Many topics on this list are quite strong ones (which is great). 11 Uncommon Blog Post Ideas for More Web Traffic is a list of ideas for blogging. The ideas are backed up with real examples and explanations on why the ideas should work. See also 5 Extraordinary Bl...

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