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Ever watch a music vid, and wonder where you could get the look your favorite star is rocking on screen? If SSENSE's approach here takes off, that would be a matter of just clicking the screen.
The Canadian clothing retailer partnered with Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, hip-hop duo FKi, and producer Diplo for a new music video that turns viewers into shoppers. Available on its website, the vid for the song "I Think She Ready" was styled by SSENSE and features an overlay of "S" icons that — when moused over — turns into clickable "Shop This Look" tags. To see a list of every high-priced item the artist is wearing and how to get them, just hit the tag.
According to SSENSE CEO Rami Atallah, "People often wonder what performers are wearing, where they can purchase that item – we have bridged that gap." It's not a bad concept, and it does accomplish that task (though with brands like Phillip Lim, Alexander McQueen, and Givenchy, you'd have to be dripping with cash to afford them). So the idea is sound. Sadly, the execution is anything but.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, with all due respect to tech developer wireWAX, I just don't like this form of product placement. In fact, I can't stand it. This approach is incredibly intrusive, with hard-to-ignore icons that sit on people's chins and full-stop pauses whenever you click on anything. And it does no justice to the artists either — this makes talented rappers come off like nothing more than product pitchmen. Now that's kind of sad. The worst part is that you can't turn off the shopping feature. If you want to see the video, you're forced to put up with the little violators.
I never thought anything could make me long for commercials, but at least with those, it's clear which part is content and which part is advertisement. It's a separate function that I can either tune out or enjoy, if the ad is good — unlike this annoying mash-up.
To see it for yourself, check out the vid below, and tell us what you think. Is tech like this a cool, useful tool or just another annoying way to shove ads in our faces?


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I am a former Atheist. Oh, I grew up in the Church. My parents were Catholic, but that didn't work for me – and sometime in junior high I told them I didn't believe in God. That honestly may have been just a case of a teenager trying to get under his parent's skin, but as time went on my doubt became real. In high school I started preparing for a career as a journalist – was trained to question everything. I spent my adult life in that line of work and saw and reported on a number of tragedies- all which only confirmed my believes that God didn't exist – if he did he'd never would have allowed something like this to happen (a tornado, a hurricane, a murder, sexual assault of a child or whatever.)
But that all changed when I was 33. For the last 5 years I've been a bible thumping, Jesus freak. However I continue to think that the biggest problem with Christianity is the Christians. And so I am here in part to show the world that we are not all judgmental and self righteous.
So I decided to create this thread; Ask a former Atheist. You can grill me or attack me here. I think one truth is that Atheist talk about God as much as believers – if not more so – because it is such a fascinating topic.
By the way – just as a plug- I 've written a book called Gradually to God which is all how finding faith as an adult. It can be purchased on amazon
Thanks for your time
Doug Wahl
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Welcome to Think Atheist. You should find that we are not here to attack anyone. Rather, we enjoy discussing ideas.
I think you will find that most of us are here for intellectual and not emotional reasons. That is to say, as far as theism is concerned, only reasoned arguments carry any weight. I'm more than open to hearing why you choose to become a theist, and why you choose the particular brand of theism that you did. I am interested to know if you consider yourself to be a rational thinker, and if so, whether or not you apply the same standards to your faith as you do to other religious and non-religious extraordinary claims.
Lee story is similar in that we are both journalists and former atheists, but his pursuit was different than mine. Honestly he really went after it as on an intellecutal basis. I went after God because I had honestly screwed by life up so badly that I had to give something else a try.
As for the contridictions - and Gaytor I am not sure you are going to accept this answer- but in the earliest days of my pursuit I had to skip the book of Genesis. Most of my big questions about the Bible coe from that book - and they are still there today. There is actually a story in Genesis about Jacob changing the color of cows by showing them a poka-dotted poll. As I sit here today I can't tell you if I honestly think that happened. It just doesn't make sense.
But the faith is not called Jacob-anity or Adamism or Noahism. So"in the beginning" I had to skip the beginning. Instead I started out by figuring what I thought about Jesus- and then kind of back tracked from there.
The book of Genesis still gives me problems. But I can now read the stories without everything having to add up. Do I really believe cows changed color? I don't know....but I understand what the moral of that story is; you have to see something (the poka dotted poll) before you can become it.
"I went after God because I had honestly screwed by life up so badly that I had to give something else a try."
I was wondering if it was going to go in this direction. I am getting the feeling that you decided to become a theist for emotional reasons. I don't doubt that becoming involved with and positive community could have a very positive effect on someone going through a rut in his or her life. (though I would argue that the best theists have values that are more in line with humanism than their actual doctrines) In any case, truth is truth and how we feel about it doesn't change what is.
I you feel that theistic belief is has helped you in your life then that is good, but not relevant to atheists. We are only interested in what is true. You have to understand that belief is not a choice. I cannot choose to believe in a god. I must be persuaded to believe for good reasons.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Apple, I am going to try to respond to your first post here – and will come back to your second post in after I run an errand.
First off I do see myself as a rational thinker. Although I've never met anyone who doesn't think of themselves as a rational thinker.)
Let me say this – Christians do not have a monopoly on morality (although many believers think they do.) And at the same time nonbelievers do not have a monopoly on rational thought. For this exchange to work you have to – for the sake of argument – you have to pay me the respect that I am someone who looked at the issue from every possible angle and just came to a different conclusion than the one you arrived at.
As for "do you apply the same standards to your faith as you do to other religious and non-religious extraordinary claims." I think apply higher standards.
You have to understand how many ridicolous claims one hears when they belong to a Christian community. I actually had dinner with a older couple that had just reunited after years of seperation. She moved in with him and as they were unpacking they discovered they had the same type of salt shakers, glass wear "even the same style of furniture." They both took this as a sign from God. And hear they were telling me about th discoveries…and I am thinking this is bull shit. He left his wife and kids to reunite with his high school sweetheart. This is not of God in any way shape or form. But believers want to see God's hand in their life to such an extant that they are out there creating sings.
There is a Biblical gift of dicernment which is basically what I am discribing – it's the skeptical ability to look at things and ask is this really of God or is this someone manufactoring God.
I will answer you second post later this afternoon. ( I have to run to a school assembly) but as a tease I will tell you that I think one thing you said is a hundred percent wrong


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Jimmie Johnson absolutely dominated Sunday at Pocono Raceway for his third victory of the season.
The Sprint Cup points leader, Johnson pulled away on both of the last two restarts over the final 10 laps to pull into Victory Lane at Pocono for the first time since 2004.
Johnson also won the Daytona 500 and at Martinsville Speedway this season. He led 128 of 160 laps and was never seriously challenged a week after his run at a possible win at Dover International Speedway was taken away by a penalty off a restart.
Greg Biffle was second and Dale Earnhardt Jr., Johnson's teammate, was third. Dover winner Tony Stewart was fourth, followed by fellow Stewart-Haas Racing driver Ryan Newman.
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
A few weeks ago, I wrote in this space about the value of going to college and said I thought everyone should go and that we should find a way to make it more accessible by finding a way to control costs. ["What's a college degree worth," Aug. 22]
Those comments earned a healthy dose of criticism from higher-ed critics who responded to me online.
One commenter, M. Becker, had this to say:
"Absolute, utter hogwash. Everyone should not go to college, and it should not be available to everyone. It should be available to those who are academically qualified to go. Academically qualified, not to provide 'diversity' or in the hope of an, 'equal outcome.'"
Though he or she goes on to acknowledge that "The problem right now is that a bachelor's degree is roughly the equivalent in the marketplace with a high school diploma of 30 years ago."
I agree with the idea that in a perfect world not everyone should go to college. We should be able to agree that those who would be happier in a trade go to trade school, and to do so without the social sigma that a tradesman isn't as valuable as a professional.
And I agree that college shouldn't have such sway over potential earning potential.
But surveys of annual salaries earned by workers with only a high school diploma earn on average considerably less than their college degree-holding counterparts. According to the National Center of Educational Statistics, the average high school grad earned $32,800 annually while the college grad earned $49,800 – 50 percent more.
Now of course there are many exceptions to the rule. And many who go into trades can earn a lot more than $32,800. But they are not the rule, and we shouldn't mistake them as such.
It would be great if people could leave high school and get the kind of salary on which they could support families. But many of those jobs – from trades to factory work – are gone, replaced by fast-food and retail positions that pay peanuts.
So, yes, the problem is that college is equivalent to high school 30 years ago. And now aspiring professionals with hopes of good careers must go to graduate school and burden themselves even further with debt.
We live in a time when work is more specialized than ever. College may not be necessary, but it doesn't hurt, unless you consider the cost.
We can address the issue by making college more accessible, or we can figure out a way to engineer an economy and culture that reverses decades of movement away from an industrial economy to a "knowledge" economy.
I have a feeling, however, that the former option is more easily achieved.
It's appealing to call for an against-the-grain approach in which we find an alternative to higher education's grip on the world of work, but at the moment that's easier said than done.


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racerx_ needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 38 freelance designers.
Needing to redesign our youth ministry logo as its time to update the website and all our publicity. Payment by paypal
The Edge
We are the youth ministry of a church, target audience aged 13-23 and run all kinds of cutting edge youth programs and outreaches in the city, reaching hundreds of youth each week. I'm needing to redesign or revamp our logo as its past its shelf life and needs a new look.
Here is our old logo:
here is a more recent logo, and a variation of it:
here is the logo in an invitation card design:
I'm not stuck on it, but one possibility is to keep the 'teardrop' shape as the icon while tweaking or updating it a bit, but get rid of the 'e' in the center. but i'm open to other options
I'm not really looking for a web2.0 look as it should feel a bit more modern and urban, especially as it needs to span the age gap between jr high and university so needs to have a relevant look to it. Perhaps along the lines of how many skate/surf/clothing brand logos look..
you can reference some other good youth ministry designs at the following sites:
- file in vector format
- needs to say 'the edge'
- i'd like some kind of icon to go with it that would be suitable with or without the text
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- sillouette's of young people
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- crosses or any christian imagery
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Student or Learner
Sentence: "Now, she has a/the sympathy of her supporters"
My question/doubt: What would be the right article in the above mentioned sentence ? Or there is no need of any article at all before the word sympathy ?
My own sense is article a perhaps wouldn't come unless there is "exception" in countable and non-countable which I don't know of. Article the might come but not sure. Chances of no article seems more but not sure about it also. So you help/tell me.


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Local Green Wood
The journey of sustainably harvested wood for Middlebury's campus began with Bicentennial Hall, where 125,000 board feet (b.f.) of green certified wood were used. Seven species of wood common to the northern hardwood forest (red oak, hard maple, soft maple, birch, beech, cherry, and white ash) were used throughout the six-story science facility. Specifications were expanded from the traditional uniform standard in top quality wood to feature a broader standard that highlighted natural characteristics of the wood such as grain patterns, coloring and sound knots.
The college developed a partnership with Vermont Family Forests (VFF), a non-profit organization based in nearby Bristol (VT) that promotes the cultivation of local family forests for economic and social benefits while protecting ecological integrity of the forest community as a whole. Seventy percent of the wood for Bicentennial Hall came from VFF member woodlots within thirty-three miles of campus. The certified wood for Bicentennial Hall was VFF's first project. In addition to following VFF's eco-forestry program, the wood was certified by an independent third-party organization, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
The next benchmark was the enrollment of 388 acres of Middlebury College's own forest land at its nearby Bread Loaf campus in VFF's certified eco-forestry program and receiving FSC certification in 2000. According to College Forester Steve Weber, when land is enrolled in Vermont Family Forests' certification a commitment is made to create a comprehensive forest management plan, a natural community map, a stable access network, and marked property boundaries. A forest management plan for additional college forest land is currently under development in preparation for expanding the acreage under VFF's green certification program.
Sixty percent of the certified wood used in the Ross Dining Commons and adjacent LaForce Hall (a sixty-seven bed residence hall that opened in the fall of 2002) was harvested from the newly-certified parcel at Bread Loaf. This harvest, plus that from four local VFF member woodlots, produced 58,000 b.f. of beech and birch that comprise approximately 95% of the architectural wood in the buildings. Beech and birch were selected, despite the architects original plans for clear cherry, because they were the two locally available species in readily available yields.
For the Ross/LaForce facilities, the College also set a goal of using local services wherever possible. Two foresters, three loggers, four sawmills, four kiln drying operations and six truckers—all from Vermont and most from Addison County—cut, moved, milled and dried the lumber that accentuates the walls, ceilings and floors throughout Ross and LaForce. Three local woodcraft businesses added value to the lumber by shaping it into a thousand sets of ceiling panels, radial display cabinets for the food service islands in the dining hall, and a strikingly unique ambiance of horizontally sequenced panels for the Commons Lounge, in which one can actually trace the internal pattern of individual trees around the perimeter of the room.
Next, the College furthered its growing network within the local wood industry to include furniture and cabinet manufacturers. Beeken-Parsons, Pompanoosuc Mills and Neudorfer (all Vermont furniture manufacturers) crafted tables, chairs, couches and sideboards for the library, lounge, seminar room, residential suites and dining hall, all highlighting the beauty of character wood from green certified sources. Student Andrew Savage '04 designed a winter term independent study in January 2003 that resulted in the crafting of a table from this beech and a reflection of the meaning of this wood in an article "Lessons from a Beech Table" published in Northern Woodlands (Autumn '02).
In the same harvest from the Bread Loaf woodlot, 16,000 b.f. of spruce were cut to be used as rough-sawn board and batten siding for the exterior of the College's Recycling Center that opened in May 2002. This smaller project moved from purchase order to paint contractor in just six weeks. The kiln-dried siding was pre-primed in southern Vermont before being installed.
The College has openly shared its learning curve with such entities as the Cornerstone Project, a formal group of Vermont-based institutions gathered together under the vision of Senator Leahy to collectively explore opportunities for steering institutional buying power towards the purchase of environmentally-sound Vermont goods and services. The use of sustainably harvested certified wood from Vermont forests, based on Middlebury's success, has been Cornerstone's first major initiative. Both Fletcher Allen Health Care, and the State of Vermont are incorporating certified wood into current building projects. In addition, there are on-going inquiries from and tours with universities, colleges and private companies about the use of certified wood. In the fall of 2003, Professor Glenn Andres of the Art, History of Art and Architecture department hosted the Vermont chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for a day-long conference that included highlighting Middlebury's commitment to green certified wood.
On Earth Day 2003, the College received an Environmental Merit Award in Boston from the US Environmental Protection Agency honoring Middlebury's institutional leadership and commitment to creating environmentally and economically sustainable communities in Vermont based on the College's role as a catalyst in the use of local, green certified wood. Two weeks later, the College invited an extensive network of individuals and businesses who had worked with the College to launch a green certified wood industry in Vermont. From woodlot owners and loggers to truckers, sawmill and kiln operators, architects, building material and furniture manufacturers, the College honored these wood-related individuals and restated its commitment to the Vermont community, celebrating the outcomes of investing in locally-based ecological forestry.
The evolution of certified wood continues. Awarding a $509,000 contract for study carrels and bookends for the College's new library to a group of former employees striving to reopen a woodworking cooperative business in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont after the closing of an Ethan Allen furniture plant, this work order from the College leveraged other funds to allow Island Pond Woodworkers to receive the financing they needed to begin operation.


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This was such an insightful podcast. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom, ladies! You made so many great points about both blogging and trends. I look forward to your future podcasts!
How fun! I loved hearing your thoughts and opinions in more detail. I've never liked stainless and granite in kitchens; however, I have always liked white kitchens, marble counters and subway tile. I remodeled my kitchen (which had avacado green counters and cabinets) with these features, in 2001. Now I am taking on another kitchen remodel, and although I fear that this look is now so trendy and will probably be "dated" soon, I have decided that I don't care because nearly 10 years later I, personally, still love the look. I look forward to more podcasts :)
I'm inspired...promise on returning home from Paris I'll get the Asian twist to contemporary design blogging
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After listening carefully to both discussions I might suggest just wee bit shorter or more concise...I am sure you all will learn loads and tighten up the format just through evolution of the idea. Do keep at it
it is a fun and interesting concept.
Hi Anon at 1:22 - I would expect that as we gain more experience, our podcasts will be more concise, although we're a chatty group - so not sure they will be shorter - just more packed with commentary!
thanks for your comments everyone!!
Thank you ladies for sharing and chatting about blogging. Great to hear from you seasoned veterans. It was such fun to hear your voices. Good luck with the upcoming posts!
What a great idea - and how nice to hear your real voices! Keep it up!
I think it will be great, try not to interupt each other let the other finish their comment, maybe equal time instead of one taking up most of the airtime.
Congrats on staring this wonderful rountable discussion. I am very open to participting if you wiuld like an artist's perspective.
Just great y'all. Loved listening! Very informative and fun.
Added a "Skirted Roundtable" button to my blog.
Thanks Megan, Joni, and Linda
All the best.
Great post! (Kidding) I loved what you said about styles~they will last 10 years. I am always buying antiques for my own home and reupholstering, etc. and people wonder why. It is just smart.
Oprah and Gale have nothing on you gals for just great chats!
It is nice that you converse just like you are sitting in a local cafe and enjoying the day with friends.
Keep up the good work!
P.S. I can't wait for the day when that shiny granite disappears. Those "Tuscany" contractor designed kitchens hurt my eyes.
Thanks for a great podcast ladies and such a great topic! I read all three of your blogs (thanks to Cote de Texas)and think they all are equally informative. Joni's comment about antiques (her reference was specifically french) not dating a design scheme was right on. I too am a designer and think that old is always better whether it be american, english or french. Too many antiques can be museum like but a house without any has no soul! Keep up the good work!
Cindy Hattersley - thanks for sticking up for me! I don't think the other girls agreed with me about the french antiques so much!! haha!!!! glad you enjoyed it - come back next week for more.
ha! I kind of was on the fence on that one.
I agree to some degree. Yes it can be timeless, but done too literally and perfectly, can be like anything, predictable. You can't be too adherent to a genre as to create lifeless-ness.
Loved hearing your voices and will be returning . I love that told the truth about every style goes out and then returns! The key is to do what you love and just love it! Thanks
muy bonito el blog, me encanta, very beatifuld!!!!
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That was fun! And very informative, especially for someone like me just getting started in the design business.
While I personally prefer white appliances in my own all-white, non-trendy kitchen, I do agree that stainless will become the third standard. But that sea of
stone countertops across America is already looking dated. What do you predict is the next trend and (what I really want to know) what's a better, more classic, lasting choice - besides marble (which is beautiful but not my thing)??
Hello. I'm hooked! I really enjoyed listening to the podcast. It was great to hear your voices. I found myself shaking my head yes in response to a lot of your comments. Can't wait till next week.
how fun! great idea and well done! look forward to hearing more podcasts - your blogs are terrific, so i have no doubt the podcasts will be just as delightful. as far as trends... i think the advice to pick items that you absolutely love and identify with are key - anything that has a personal story can be timeless. i look forward to listening to more, thanks! cheers, christa
I really enjoyed all of your comments, especially about how aqua and brown have been soo done, haha. I really agree with that. It was fun listening, keep up the good work.
Thanks for the mention Joni!! Love hearing all of your voices!
It was wonderful hearing your experiences and thoughts on design blogging. I agree that the blogs that I appreciate and comment on the most are the ones that are relatable to me and have personality. I think blogs are the new neighborhoods. So many neighborhoods these days aren't the friendly coffee klatches of yesterday. So blogs give the feeling of listening to your next door neighbor on any given topic. For me, leaving comments is like giving applause. I would never comment negatively even if I disagreed with a blogger. Comments are my kudos to you bloggers for sharing your expertise, advice, wisdom, livelihoods and lives with me, a virtual stranger - or virtual friend. And Joni especially gets my comments for entertaining me and making me laugh out loud -- and for helping me straighten out my husband regarding hiring a designer. Your responses to my comments are even more appreciated and entertaining.
Love your ideas on the trends. I said that very same thing this weekend when we were out looking in various antique and furniture stores. I don't want what we do to look dated in five years. We decided to do exactly what you mentioned -- get what we love. We love prefer classic styles and then simply update the accent pieces -- artwork, lamps, etc.
How about doing a show regarding the dos and don'ts of hiring an interior designer - what to expect, etc.
How about having Tara Shaw on to share how to know if you are getting a good or raw deal on an antique and making sure you are purchasing a genuine antique in the first place.
Keep it up ladies. I will say it was a little bit more difficult to listen than to raed your blogs. But I thoroughly enjoyed it and will listen again.
Thanks so much for taking the time to share your wonderful talent and time with us.
~~ Victoria in Texas
P.S. Sorry for such a long post!
Sorry ladies, but one more idea popped into my head after I posted. How about having Maria of Color Me Happy as a guest host to share about the new color trends and choosing colors. I enjoy her blog and would love to hear her on your fabulous new "show!"
It would also be thrilling to hear Patricia Gray and Eddie Ross.
~ Victoria
Truly enjoyed this! Felt like we were all sitting around the breakfast table having a little chat. I love the "casualness" of it and I heard you guys saying so much of what I've thought. Had to get up in the middle of it and head to the basement...tornado watch hit and the hail was coming down. Now you know I was enjoying it if I waited to last minute in tornado/hail storm to head for the basement! (LOL) And as Max cat and I were down there, hovering on the bottom step listening to the hail and thunder...what was I thinking...darn, I should have brought the computer down with me! :-) I missed the last 10 minutes...but I'll be back for more! Susan
A comment on commenting - I read all the blogs I follow through bloglines - which strips out the beauty of carefully designed headers etc. and also doesn't display all the comments etc.
I love to read the content of blogs and look at the pics - so a blog like Decorno that relies on comments as it's lifeblood is anathema to me in that setting as it requires too much effort to follow. If I particularly want to comment I will click through to the actual blog site and comment. This is probably true of many blog followers and something perhaps that bloggers should consider when creating content for their blogs.
I am smiling hearing your voices! This is amazing.
Megan (commenter) - try blog lovin' - I know you don't want to set up another reader, but I had used Google Reader and hated it for all the reasons you listed above. blog lovin' delivers the page in the format that the blogger has created with the opportunity to comment right there - you don't have to click out. And, handy button on the bottom to move through your new posts. You can also save if you want to come back to something later. I love it.
Well thanks for that handy tip Mrs Blandings and rest assured yours is one of the ones I subscribe to!
Megan Butel
Hi! I discovered your new venture a few minutes ago and just listened to your first podcast posted. I will get to the others tomorrow. Kudos for stepping outside of the box! I am so appreciative that you share your experiences and wisdom in blogging. Being relatively new to blogging, I am learning as I go. I am working on the personal aspect of my posts. I ended up posting about the death of my grand-dog and I was so touched by the number of comments. The kindness and empathy of those comments was heart warming.
I really enjoyed listening to this pod-cast - I'm doing a marathon session this morning catching up on all 3 of your first postings! I loved your discussion on "snarky-ness" - in my Antiques Diva blog one of the criticisms I've received is that I am too "perky" liking everything I see. I am a happy-go-lucky-girl and I can always find something I adore! It's in my nature... so when I blog about destinations I tend to share the positive and skip the negative. Over the past year I've struggled with how much negative insight I should share... in general I've taken the attitude, "if I don't have anything nice to say, I say nothing at all." That said, I've oodles of good things to say about you… I'm loving your new blog and have already learned so much. At first while listening I was doing other things, then I sat down, got out my pencil and started taking notes – learning from the masters!
I am new to the world of Blogging, and I have to tell you, I found this podcast incredibly honest and informative. It was educative listening to industry professionals discuss their experiences with blogging as well as design trends. I love that I am contemplating new angles for my own blog, and how I approach design.
Would enjoy more depth into some of the discussions you touched on. (written or via podcast) Joni, where are kitchen appliance trends going? and what about Overcoming media saturation of design trends?
kind Regards and Many Thanks,
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Ladies - thank you so much for sharing with us how you got started. I'm just beginning on this blogging adventure--mainly as a way to start capturing design concepts for renovating my new old home and learn more about the interior design field. I'm a policy person by day and really enjoy having the blog as my creative outlet. I think of interior design as "practical" art, you know. Creative, yet functional. Anyway, I really value your insights and would love your thoughts on my new blog called "Design Palate." It can be accessed on www.designpalate.wordpress.com.
Thanks so much for your beautiful, insightful posts and for engaging the design blogger world in conversation.


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2:30 pm
Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac "Bread Box" Who doesn't want a beautiful natural bread box for their kitchen, especially if it features a fabulous tambour door? The tambour door has been around for hundreds of years, and though it looks like it would be hard to construct, it is made of just a few slats of wood stuck onto a canvas.G
3:00 pm
MotorWeek "Fisker Karma" Road Test: 2012 Fisker Karma. Road Test: 2012 Audi TTRS. Goss' Garage: Electronic Add-ons. D
3:30 pm
America's Heartland Singer-Songwriter Jewel shows off her music and her Texas ranch. A Mississippi farmer celebrates Blues music as part of his farm's rural roots. And North Carolina farmers show their stuff when it comes to bluegrass music. D
4:00 pm
NOVA "Why Ships Sink" NOVA investigates the safety of cruise ships, which carry 20 million passengers annually on vacation aboard these deluxe "floating cities," which have doubled in size during the last decade. Some engineers fear these towering behemoths are dangerosly unstable. NOVA brings together marine engineering and safety experts to reconstruct famous cruise disasters, including the recent Costa Concordia to consider the questions about cruise safety.G
5:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow "Atlanta, GA - Hour One" Highlights include a decorative egg with a Faberge mark, purchased for $15,000 that may not be all it seems, and a 1787 land grant signed by Benjamin Franklin. A New York Chippendale corner chair, purchased as part of a large collection for $785-$800, is valued up to $300,000. Part 1 of 3G
6:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow UK "Hughendon Manor 2" Michael Aspel and the team return to the High Wycombe site where they uncover the previously secret story of the vital role played by Bomber Command at the house in World War II. Among the objects uncovered are a set of Victorian fairground figures, a 17th-century water flagon and a valuable painting of an Irish landscape.G
6:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Basque Country" Rick visits the proud and resilient Basque people's homeland, which is split between France and Spain. From his base in San Sebastian, Rick tours the ancient Basque capital of Gernika, the dazzling Guggenheim Modern in Bilbao, and then crosses into France for more Basque Country charms. From tapa bars to lightning-fast jai alai games, he shares the experiences of Basque culture.G
7:00 pm
The Lawrence Welk Show "25th Anniversary Show" Lawrence and Champagne Lady, Norma Zimmer, open this celebration by waltzing to the "Anniversary Song." Jack Imel repeats his 1966 debut performance of "Sleep." Lawrence leads the band in "Calcutta," his first gold record, and Bobby and Elaine dance to "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles."G
8:00 pm
Are You Being Served? "New Look" Grace Brothers promotes the Great Gatsby style, with appropriate musical accompaniment.G
8:30 pm
Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "Daisy's Toyboy" Hyacinth's social standing at a church function is jeopardized when Daisy tries to encourage Onslow to become more ardent.G
9:00 pm
Last of the Summer Wine "Howard and the Great Outdoors" Hobbo and his team turn Howard into a tramp in order to convince Pearl how rough he has been living so that she will take him back.G
9:30 pm
Outnumbered The Brockman Family must face some tough decisions about work, video games, and who to take to a family funeral. The vicar probably wishes they would all stay away.G
10:00 pm
The Red Green Show "The Mayor Race" Red runs for mayor of Possum Lake. Then, he tries to run the lodge electrical system from a car cigarette lighter. Bill goes backpacking with a shopping cart.G
10:30 pm
Vicar of Dibley "Love and Marriage" Geraldine prepares for Alice and Hugo's wedding day - discussing Alice's dress, sorting out a best man, and planning a bachelorette party. Then, Alice reveals a serious hitch, involving the wedding.G
11:00 pm
Doctor Who Series "Victory of the Daleks" The Doctor is summoned by his old friend Winston Churchill but in the Cabinet War Rooms below the streets of blitz-torn London, he finds his oldest enemy instead.G