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Tango Pictures

7 February 2007

A couple of summers ago, I was lucky enough to travel through Venezuela and Argentina for a few months. I took a lot of interesting photographs of the landscape, wildlife and people. I was recently contacted by Miles, a fellow freelancer to use one of my photos for a project of his at TangoBliss.com. I [...]

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Reductive

11 January 2007

adj. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; “their views of life were reductive and depreciabory” – R.H.Rovere

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Hack to Open Popup Pages in Main Window

15 December 2006

I hate popups and links that open in a new window. I can control where I want windows to open. If I want a new window or tab, I’ll use the appropriate key combinations when clicking the link. If a window opens in a popup without a menu bar or url bar, hit Apple + [...]

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Deportment

14 December 2006

n. A manner of personal conduct; behavior.

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Somnambulist

6 December 2006

a person who engages in somnambulism (sleepwalking) a term used in hypnosis to indicate someone of high enough suggestibility to follow suggestions without the need for a formal trance

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ZenCart Reports Search Function

9 November 2006

The ZenCart default reports are sufficient for most uses, but with many products pages of results are a pain to look through. Adding a search is pretty simple. The example below adds a search to the products purchased report: Add the search box and form: admin/stats_products_purchased.php Line ~#64 BEFORE: </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table border="0" width="100%" [...]

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Hegemony

23 June 2006

Hegemony is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. Hegemony controls the ways that ideas become “naturalized” in [...]

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Agonist

5 June 2006

An agonist is a substance that binds to a receptor and triggers a response in the cell. An agonist is the opposite of an antagonist in the sense that while an antagonist also binds to the receptor, the antagonist fails to activate the receptor and actually blocks it from activation by agonists. Wikipedia: Agonist

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Pandemic / Epidemic

26 May 2006

A pandemic (from Greek pan all + demos people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads worldwide, or at least across a large region. Wikipedia: Pandemic

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Motility

25 May 2006

A biological term which refers to the ability to move spontaneously and independently Wikipedia: Motility

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