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2008 Weblog Awards : Get Your Vote On

I need to run or I risk being late for dinner, but wanted to throw up a link to the 2008 Weblog Awards. Voting is now, so head over there, and vote for your favorite blogs, in all sorts of categories including Culture, Technology, Music, and even Best Comic Strip. Go! (more…)
November 13, 2008
DesignDevelopment

Strom is Alive!

Ninthlink is proud to present the redesign of Strom Commercial's stromcommercial.com website! Now I don't want to pat myself on the back, but then, I didn't design it, so, big ups to Travis for that. I'll see if I can find a screengrab of what the old site looked like, so you too can appreciate the upgrade. And, to pat myself on the back a bit, I think there were some nice improvements on the development end as well... (more…)
November 13, 2008
Development

Ah, The Warmth of … the color Cobalt?

The problem was, that the swatch of Cobalt color on the spa picker, and the little icon for it, and the actual color it changed your desired spa to, and the other thumbnail image of it on the Features pages, did not all match up. Oh yea, this is for the good of our friends over at Jacuzzi Hot Tubs. Russell and Travis had tried to make it work, but it took me, the color-blind web developer, to get it…
November 12, 2008
Design

Promote Your Blog!

Every blogger aims to reach a larger audience. Unfortunately, most new bloggers don’t know much about promoting a blog when they are getting started.  Here are some tips… Search Engine Traffic Takes Time New blogs generally take several months before they gain enough trust from search engines to produce any type of significant traffic flow. If you are planning to focus on search engines as your primary source of traffic, you would be well advised to also focus on some…
November 12, 2008
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The Basics of Racing
Lesson 9: Driver Preparation & Safety

WARNING: Don’t Use This to go Get Groceries. But, it’s Standard on the Track. I’m very thankful, and so is my family, that I participate in a sport that, while it is inherently very dangerous, places a ton of emphasis on safety. In this sport “Go Fast” is trumped only by the safety of the drivers, crews, and spectators. There ate 2 aspects to “driver prep and safety”. First: A driver must be physically, mentally, and experientially prepared. We will…
November 10, 2008