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Pics that you don't make you laugh but are still cool I hop you don't mind if I use this thread as an excuse to post some Earth porn: My current Wallpaper, The Havasu Falls The Guilin Mountains "Elephant Foot" Glacier My favorite at the moment:

MaGeekStore GeekMom - Smart. Savvy. Social. GeekMom Smart. Savvy. Social. <img width="300" height="150" src=" class="attachment-thumbnail-post wp-post-image" alt="Legend of Oz: The Wicked West Issue 1 \ Image: Copyright Big Dog Ink" /> GeekMom: Comic Book Corner — March 27th, 2013 By Dak Wednesday, March 27 Happy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week. 35 Beautiful Landing Page Design Examples to Drool Over [With Critiques] A professionally designed landing page can improve your conversion rates. This post is all about showcasing awesome landing pages, to give you some inspiration for your next design. It’s worth stating that no page is ever perfect – or conversely, every page can be better. With this in mind, we’ll be offering perspective on what makes each page special or interesting, while providing some insight into what we would try out in an A/B test experiment to optimize for higher conversions. But what is it that makes a landing page design effective? There are many factors, but the principle reasons are an adherence to the fundamental rules of conversion centered design:

5 Real Life Soldiers Who Make Rambo Look Like a Pussy We all understand that action movies are cheesy escapism. After all, could one commando really take out a whole compound full of bad guys? Actually, yes. It turns out the history books are full of stories of soldiers doing things so badass they'd hesitate to put them into a film for fear of killing the realism. Like these five, for example. #5.

Women Who Tech Landing Page Examples Landing page examples collected from Unbounce customers and other companies marketing via pay-per-click, that you can use for design and layout inspiration. Each post includes a critique of what's good, and what could be changed or tested. Best Landing Page Example Posts 12 Beautiful Landing Page Templates Designed Just For You Reasons it's good to be a man This has been sitting on my hard drive in one form or another for years. I don't have an attribution for it. It appeared in a number of emails over the years. 50 Retro and Vintage Web Designs to Inspire You Last week, Henry posted an article with 30 Fonts Perfect for Vintage and Retro Style Design and I simply loved the first font of the list, the matchbook typefaces. By the time I saw it I could think of several good ways to use it in web design, print design on even other ways. I was so inspired that I decided to do a selection of retro and vintage websites for our weekly web design inspirational post.

55 Awesome Website Headers For Your Inspiration In the last years, the notion of “website header” chanced dramatically. If until a few years ago, the header was the place for a standard logo and a simple menu, now this can be a piece of art. Below you can see 55 superb examples of such headers.