I love easy contests and right now DearCrissy.com is having a super easy one. All you have to do is write 50 words about her site and you could be the big winner of 50 smackaroos! 50 for $50, I mean how easy is that!! I am fairly new to her blog but liking it more and more everyday. The layout is simple and clean and she has some funny category names. I hope her aspirations to be a full time artist can come true one day. If you have a passion for viewing art then look at some of Crissy's Art over and consider a piece for yourself. She does custom pieces and even sells some on ebay. If you just love Art, then head on over and start a discussion with her. Who knows, you could become the closes of friends.

We've all used the yellow pages but what about finding someone online? PeekYou is a unique search engine that allows you to do just that. Not only can you find that persons websites and ALL their profiles, but it also provides the freedom to edit your information or make it "unlisted" if you choose to do so.

I found it very interesting to learn several of my friends had a blog and I didn't even know it! I even did my own name to see what came up and was surprised at how many profiles I had. It shows my blogs, my social networks, and basically many of the places that I've registered with. I can even add my own photo and usernames that I have used in all the different forums and such. Here's a screenshot to give you an idea of what it displays.

I think PeekYou search engine is unique and user friendly, so head on over and Take a Peak at your profile and if you don't have one; set one up.

When I grow up I want to be an internet entrepreneur. Hmmmm...... being a newbie blogger, I would just like to learn some basics and implement them in my own blog. Surfing around for some SEO help, I stumbled across TylerCruz.com and was pleased with a number of articles. One of my favorites, Putting the Cart Before the Horse, provided tips that were very helpful and I learned a few things that were essential to know in the SEO world.

Tyler is a young man, however, he seems to be very knowledgeable in his field. I found most of the articles informative and "with the times" with only a couple of articles a "crash from the past". He owns and operates several sites that were interesting and you should check them out if you get a chance.

The layout: I like that he only has 7 categories. I think people are getting carried away these days by showing 20+ categories. BUT, I think his categories are not subject specific. I found it hard to narrow down what I wanted to view without having to go through the archives and search for an interesting topic. With that said, it was easy to navigate and I was able to find articles that were relevant to my interests. Check it out if you get a chance and consider subscribing to his feed. He doesn't have over 600 RSS readers for nothing!

Okay, so I've browsed through a million blogs & websites ( ADESBLOG.COM being one of them;) and love some of the colors I'm seeing in the designs and I'm wondering....What is that color???

So, I thought I would do some research on it when I came across a color picker called AdesClrPicker. This little number is packed full of features:

Improved Interface- new feature
Hue, Saturation, Brightness sliders for modifying the colors in Color Library - new feature
Now it picks colors in HTML, RGB, Delphi, C++, VB codes - new feature
Support for ACT and ACO formats for exporting colors to Adobe Photoshop - new feature
Automatically add colors from Floating Menu to Color Library - new feature
Color Library to store your frequently used colors
Right Click of the mouse will exit the program
Intuitive Tooltips that will show up to help new users in the beginning, this feature can be turned on and off
Easy to use & user friendly
Small in size and loads fast
Just click or use hotkey to capture colors
Outputs in either HTML or RGB color codes
Has option to include or not to include "#" in the HTML codes
Hotkeys can be set for program activation/deactivation, capturing color and displaying floating menu
Can store last 10 captured colors in the memory - this saves time from capturing the same color again
Floating menu displays the last 10 captured colors and stays on top of all other windows
Floating menu is draggable for easy positioning
It also shows the current color and last captured color codes near to your mouse - this makes it easy to check and compare the colors on the fly.
Zoom window makes it easy to select the most detailed colors

My favorite part is how it remembers the last 10 colors that you picked. Another tip, is to save or print all the colors and codes to use as a reference later...perhaps when you're redesigning your site!!

As of today(6-27-07), you can get this for an immediate download of $9.90. Hesitating a bit??? You can also download the trial version. Finally, be sure to cast your vote and rate the AdesClrPicker~~color picker

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