REAL LIFE DRUG STORY VIDEOS – Drug Addiction Experiences – Teenage Drugs Stories The best way to convey the truth about drugs is through the words of those who have “been there.” By telling their stories, they can pass on what they have learned so others avoid going down the same path. Share this information with your friends. Drug education saves lives. “My goal in life wasn't living...it was getting high. “It started with the weed, then the pills (Ecstasy) and acid, making cocktails of all sorts of drugs, even overdosing to make the rushes last longer. “I ended up homeless and on the streets, living and sleeping in a cardboard box, begging and struggling to find ways to get my next meal. “I asked myself if this is rock bottom, and I believe that it was.
Most used CSS tricks Earlier before I have written an article about current best CSS hacks which you can see here And now here’s the list of today’s most used CSS tricks – tips. I have added image examples for most of them because of critics on CSS hacks article. If you think I have missed any please let me know 1. Rounded corners without images 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Short Stories About Drugs, Alcohol and Addiction In these short stories, characters will be dealing with drug or alcohol addiction. Often, we will see the effect of this on the user and those around them. These stories will show the consequences of the user’s behavior, and sometimes chronicle their struggle to quit. These stories might interest an avid reader, or might be suitable short stories for middle school kids. Sonny’s Blues | James Baldwin The narrator is a teacher in Harlem; he has managed to keep away from the bad influences around him. Read here Big Blonde | Dorothy Parker Hazel Morse was a beautiful blonde, an ex model who was fun and popular with men. Read here Customs of the Country | Madison Smartt Bell A young mother tries to get her life back in order. Where I’m Calling From | Raymond Carver The narrator goes to a rehab facility. Read here Murphy’s Xmas | Mark Costello Murphy wakes up with an injured fist and no memory of the previous night. Babylon Revisited | F. Read here To Hell with Dying | Alice Walker Mr. Read here Read here
30 Websites to follow if you’re into Web Development I’ve made it a goal to learn at least one useful thing each day so that I can stay sharp and well-versed on the topic of web development and design. To that end, here’s some of the websites I keep track of to find new techniques, resources, and news about building websites. Most of these sites are updated frequently, so there’s never a lack of new content that fills up my Google Reader. Because the role of the web developer is ever-expanding, I’ve also included a variety of sites that covers fields relating to web development – such information architecture, user interaction, and web/graphics design. NETTUTS is a recently launched blog/tutorial site that provides "spoonfed web skills". 2. woork Woork is a blog by Antonio Lupetti, a developer from Italy. 3. 4. I won’t say much about Smashing Magazine since most of us have probably heard of it, but if you haven’t, Smashing Magazine is an excellent resource for web designers and developers looking to be inspired. 5. 6. 7. 8. Signal vs. 9.
20 Websites That Made Me A Better Web Developer | Six Revisions : Web Development and Design As a web developer, if you’re to be successful, you have to have a constant yearning for learning new things. In an industry that evolves rapidly, you’ve got to keep up or you risk being obsolete and outdated. Keeping up with trends, weeding out the fads, and adopting new techniques to your web-building arsenal is an essential part of being a web developer. I spend (literally) most of the day in front of the computer and even in my spare time, I choose to read, learn, and keep up with web technology news. This leads to a massive collection of bookmarked links, but through the years, there are only a handful of websites that I frequent. I’d like to share 20 websites that have broadened my knowledge, expanded my skill set, and improved the quality and efficiency of my web development projects. 1) Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability Alertbox is Jakob Nielsen’s bi-weekly column that discusses web usability. 2) TheBestDesigns.com 3) A List Apart 4) Getting Real by 37 Signals 7) mootools
DesignTips+Freebies+Inspiration What makes a web-designer a great web-designer? Guts and information – and bit of talent. All designers have to defeat the same monsters. Inspiration blocks;Lack of material, like and unvectorized logo;Poor quality images or their non-existence;Low or no budget;Unhelpful clients; May I continue? Images It is 3 AM; you are pretty tired, your stomach can’t bear another dose of caffeine and you still need that Pretty Business type picture to use in your project, but you don’t have the budget to afford a stock image from gettyimage. www.sxc.hu This is my site of choice, I’ve been using it using for years, god pretty usable navigation; lots of great quality photos, many ways to sort them.More great sites : flickr.com/creativecommons/ The biggest photo community site where you can also find perfect pictures for your work. commons.wikimedia.org Wikimedia imagesearch in 64 categories. picfindr.com yotophoto.com vecteezy.com HUGE index of free vector files from the best designers in the world. Logotypes
100+ Resources for Web Developers | BlogWell Photo Credit: SMITHMag Update #1 – March 14, 2008 Update #2 – September 22, 2008 Translated into Italian at Geekissimo There is some amazing stuff out there on the Web–resources, tools, tricks, and tips. So we’ve put together a list of over 100 resources to help make your life as a developer easier; where to find snippets of code, sites that automate processes, cheat sheets, lessons, useful tools and a couple of silly videos to give your brain a break if you make it through to the end. Code Photo Credit: Josh Lewis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. .htaccess Creator Online tool to create .htaccess files 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. jQuery jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you write your web pages. Cool Online Tools Photo Credit: Stavros Markopoulos 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Documentation and Reference Photo Credit: Perreira 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. Testing Photo Credit: Sebastian Bergmann 49. 50.
Web Developer's Field Guide - Your Ultimate Resource Jatecblog » Links for Making Your First Web Site Without Paying a Dime Top 25 Free Icon Resources for Web Designers | Speckyboy - Wordpress and Design Please note that this post is fairly old, for the latest free icons you should browse the Free Icons category. 1. Fam Fam Fam (www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.Fast Icons (www.fasticon.com/freeware/ 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. and the rest… Attention Geeks and Nerds: Use These Sites to Become Super Geeks and Nerds Increase your intellectual dominance: The Learn List Can you use every tool on the learn list? If not; how will you ever design the perfect website to hypnotize a horde of internet users and build up an army to attack Microsoft with? Also remember W3schools for more web for world domination. Programming Tutorials How many programming languages have you mastered this week? Safari Books Online Really good books! Lecturefox How about a free university lecture on a geeky subject like: Collective intelligence or electronics on plastic. You already think like a geek, now look like one: ThinkGeek Every geek knows ThinkGeek but here are a few categories’ you need for your new improved super nerd/geek image: T-shirts for the internets best t-shirts that jocks don’t understand. Design Loot Visit them for a few really good nerd shirts. Make money the nerd way: Make money to buy all your geek gadgets. Ideas! Plant a few smart ideas in your over-sized brain for making money. Triond e-Monetized J-box Dealextreme