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The Official Social Network Trailer

Bill Skinner — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:55:59 +0000

Here is the new trailer for The Social Network. I first saw it when I went to see Inception with Leonardo Di Caprio. Which you have to go see by the way. I haven't seen a movie this intense, and so creative in a very, very long time. Absolutely Brilliant.

Anyway, I know I kind of went of topic there. The Social Network, featuring Jesse Adam Eisenberg (playing the famous nerd Mark Zuckerberg) and Directed by David Fincher, brings you back to around 2004 when "The Facebook" was just being introduced to the Harvard Alum, then to the world. It's a tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal.

The film is distributed by Columbia Pictures and is set for an October 1, 2010 release. None of the Facebook staff, including founder Mark Zuckerberg, will be involved with the project. One of the co-founders, Eduardo Saverin, was a consultant for Mezrich’s book "The Accidental Billionaires" which this movie is based on.

http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com/site/

Eminem – Love the way you lie Feat. Rihanna, Megan Fox, and a Hobbit.

Bill Skinner — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:24 +0000

Well, here we go again. Another HUGE hit from Eminem. This time featuring the beautiful Rihanna. This song has been getting massive amounts of airplay, as it should, It's a great tune; doesn't hurt too that Megan Fox is starring in the video.

A friend of mine who is a big fan of the Lord of the Rings, also pointed out to me that the dude Megan Fox was fighting with in the video, was a Hobbit (Merry), which I thought was pretty funny.

Check it out.

Windows 8 has been leaked. No Joke.

Bill Skinner — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:35:03 +0000

It's come to my attention that confidential Microsoft Power Point slides describing their plans for Windows 8 and the future of Microsoft have been leaked onto the internet.

I have come across a web site called MSFT kitchen (Microsoft Kitchen). They did what most people wouldn't do, and post these slides on their blog. I'm assuming they got these from some guy who got them from some poor bastard who's probably been fired by now. Going through these slides, it's apparent that these are genuine Microsoft documents.

Since I am unable to post the material on my website due to copyright laws, and really I don't want to be slapped with a hefty lawsuit, visit MSFT Kitchen to see what all the hype is about. I'm sure Apple's been there already.

21 years old or younger to have a zero blood alcohol level while driving in Ontario

Bill Skinner — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:33:01 +0000

As of Aug. 1, a new law implemented by the Ontario provincial government require all drivers 21 years or younger to have a zero blood alcohol level while behind the wheel, regardless of their licence class.

Ontario Provincial Police have said the traffic deaths have almost doubled this year, after a dramatic drop in the prior two years.

"During the month of July, for example, we had 46 people killed on OPP-patrolled highways, compared to 28 last year. We relate that to what we call the big three: aggressive driving, failure to wear seat belt restraints and impaired driving" OPP Sgt. Dave Woodford said.

The new rules also include a system of escalating sanctions for young and novice drivers who repeatedly violate traffic regulations.

Adding Google Ads or Other HTML snippets to your WordPress Sidebar

Bill Skinner — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:01:26 +0000

To advertise your affiliates banners or Google ads in your WordPress sidebar is very simple. First, you will login to your WordPress administration area, then click Appearance in the left side menu. Next, your going to click on Widgets. Once you've done that, you simply drag a new TEXT widget to your side bar, click the arrow located on the top right of the widget box, then copy and paste the HTML or Javascript snippet from your advertiser into that box. You don't have to give it a title, but you can if you'd like. Click save to make your changes.

Note: for this to work, you must have a sidebar.php file located in your themes root folder, which most usually do.

Viola, you now have advertising on your sidebar.

Jaron and the Long Road To Love – Pray for you

Bill Skinner — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:16:59 +0000

I heard this song the other day and man I couldn't stop laughing. If you have it in for your ex, or your just pissed at them, then this will cheer you up.

Check out Jaron and the Long Road to Love - Pray for you.

Craig Morgan – This Ain’t Nothin’

Bill Skinner — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:48:04 +0000

I'm a huge country fan as many of my readers know, and I heard this song the other day on KICX 105.9. It had made me think about all of the negative shit I've been through in my life, and what I did to get through it. If something was to happen today, all I can say is 'It ain't nothin.'

Check out the video below. Great song from Craig Morgan.

Travie McCoy – Billionaire Feat. Bruno Mars

Bill Skinner — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:33:59 +0000

This is just one of those songs that is hard not to like. I think almost any sane person on this planet can relate to it. I mean who wouldn't want to be a billionaire. Love it.

Check out the video below.

How to make a collapsible div using jquery.

Bill Skinner — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:48:55 +0000

So lets get started. I am going to show you a basic way on how to create a collapsible div using the jquery framework, and basic html.

You will need to download the jquery framework. Once you have that, we are going to load the jquery framework into our HTML file, and make sure that our DOCTYPE is in-place. You can call this file whatever you like - maybe something like mycollapsiblediv.html (click for example).

First, open up your new HTML file within your favorite text editor, and add an HTML header. Be sure to include a DOCTYPE, and tag as shown below.

"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <br /> My Collapsible Div<br />

Second, within the body we are going to the create a request using the jquery framework to show the div using the .show function with the id="mycontainer" upon page load. We will then check to see if the collapse text has either been clicked, or not clicked. If it is clicked then show the div contents using the .show function and change collapse text to Hide, if not then hide the div contents using the .hide function and change the collapse text to Show. You will notice a 600 within the .show and .hide functions, this is the duration speed (in milliseconds) of the function. You can set this number to whatever you like. The higher the number, the slower it will be.

Lastly, within the body we will create a div with an id="mycontainer". This will be the id that the jquery request will identify to either show or hide its contents. You can put whatever you'd like within this div. This must be in place.

Since we are showing the div contents upon page load, we have set the div with the id="hideDiv" to Hide. This div is clickable and will be used to show or hide the content below it. If we did not show the content during page load then we would set this to Show.

For appearances I made the Hide text look like a link and set the cursor to a pointer so people will know it's clickable.



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Real Southern BBQ and Live Bluegrass

Bill Skinner — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:37:22 +0000

You can't go down south, and not experience real southern BBQ and live bluegrass. We were told from friends of ours, that if your going to be staying in Bryson City NC, then you have to check out The Fiddlin' Pig, in Asheville NC. Asheville is about two hours from Bryson. Well we did, and I have to say I would do it again in a heartbeat. Great food and really good music.

Me and my girlfriend had ordered the Fiddlin' Feast Platter which contained our choice of 3 meats, 2 sides, and Hushpuppies. Man I love those Hushpuppies. We decided on the 1/3 Rack of Ribs, Pulled Pork, and Chicken Wings.

Let me tell you about these wings. I was thinking that the wings would be your average size wings that you get at any pub or restaurant, boy was I wrong. When they say wing they literally mean wing. You know sometimes you get the leg, or the thigh, not here, just the wing. The WHOLE wing. These things were HUGE. I posted some pictures of me eating one, or trying to anyway, along with some other great pictures of the restaurant and friends.

Hands down the best BBQ I've ever ate - well besides mine of course.