SeanWhat the Mario?

November 10th, 2008
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Someone randomly posted this on Twitter and I thought it was unique enough to share.  Done by someone at Eegra.com… on drugs or something!  Enjoy!  Click on it to view larger image.

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SeanNew York Times article on my Teenage Blog

November 4th, 2008
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This one is actually a messup on this reporter’s part… Carlo, the guy mentioned on this article was from a different blog called BoyMeetsLife.com.  However, they linked my blog Italianize.com with him Hahah.  We were all a part of the big project together.

Carlo from BoyMeetsLife.com

Nicole from Sparkley.net

Sean (me) from Italianize.com

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E6DC1E30F934A15750C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2

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Sean2003 CNN Article on my Teenage Blog

November 4th, 2008
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I just found the CNN article on my blog I had when I was a teenager.  (Italianize dot com)

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/10/bloggers.ap/index.html

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SeanWordpress Plugin: Sociable & Theming

October 2nd, 2008
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Sociable is an interesting plugin for Wordpress.  It has a nice admin area within the WP-ADMIN that allows you to select the social networks you want displayed.  I don’t understand how to write PHP or Javascript but I can read it and understand what is going on, for the most part. 

Sociable writes a list <ul> and <li> and the only thing being writting in the <li> is a little icon.

For some reason in this theme I developed it was showing the small >> double arrow next to each social icon.  After some tweaking of the CSS it only showed in FireFox and Chrome.  So after some reading up http://wordpress.org/support/topic/192018 I was able to modify the CSS to do what I wanted. 

Open your Sociable’s .css document

\wp-content\plugins\sociable\sociable.css

Modify to look like this:

#sociable {
 padding:0px;
 margin:0px;
 height:auto;
 width:auto;
}
#sociable ul {
 width:500px;
 margin:0px !important;
 padding:0px !important;
 list-style:none !important;
 display:inline !important;
 list-style-image:none !important;
 list-style:none !important;
 list-style-type:none !important;
 background:none !important;
 text-indent:none !important;
}
#sociable ul li {
 margin:1px !important;
 padding:1px !important;
 width:20px !important;
 overflow:visible !important;
 list-style:none !important; 
 display:inline !important;
 list-style-image:none !important;
 list-style:none !important;
 list-style-type:none !important;
 background:none !important;
 text-indent:none !important;
 color:#FFF;
 font-size:0px;
}
.sociable_tagline {
 display:none;
 visibility:hidden;
}

Open Sociable.php

Search for: $html .= “\n<div class=\”sociable\”>\n<div class=\”sociable_tagline\”>\n”;

Change to:

$html .= “\n<div id=\”sociable\” class=\”sociable\”>\n<div id=\”sociable_tagline\”>\n”;

The ultimate effect is the Sociable bar being displayed in a neat row across the bottom on both Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome!

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SeanSelfInspired.com

September 25th, 2008
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I just wanted to take a second and talk about self inspiration.

Since this seems like a topic I find myself dealing with every second of every day I sit and ponder the complexities of how to get inspired, sense that feeling, and reproduce it on demand. I speak from my most recent act of inspiration where I randomly produced a godly piece of art.

Self Inspired Rule #1: “I have a competition in me.”

Quoted pleasantly from the movie There Will Be Blood I reiterate by blatantly stating rule #1 to self inspiration: For every ACTION, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I felt a sense of competition to prove myself and so I pursued an action with a burning passion. My power and energy to compose and produce a result derives from that basic primal instinct we all have. Yes, action of competition paired with one important thing.

Self Inspired Rule #2: “Hope is the stimulant of failure.”

I state that we all have fears and those fears produce the second rule ,HOPE. Hope of succeeding rather than failing. When the initiative to compete is paired with the hope of succeeding we are therefore forced to be self inspired. Inspiration being a composite of action / reaction, ergo “I became inspired and created.” This can be paired with Fate or Karma.

Remember, this all surrounds this concept of producing something creative… with a final touch on understanding how it came about.

Self Inspired Rule #3 “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

This last rule mixes it all with TIME. When formatting we simplify to get from point A to point B faster. I want to get creative more often and be able to produce and get better. So what were the order of events? I quickly jot some down:

- Browsing the net I saw a lot of awesome art by others.
- This art was commendable, high class & respectable.
- My inner voice said that I could do the same thing.
- I felt unaccomplished in that area, chance to change that.
- My environment & schedule allowed to spend time on it.
- I noticed a strong creative flow from beginning to end.
- My anticipation of feedback was exhilarating.

I conclude that I need to keep browsing around, staying in touch with the creatives in the world around me and allowing time to eat itself up while having an audience lined up. A good start is a small Stumble Vacation at the beginning and middle of my work day. Maybe a little visit over to www.SelfInspired.com to see what another mind like my own is up to.

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SeanVexel Portrait 2

September 23rd, 2008
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Thanks to Alex who shot me some cash to do this portrait of him right after I posted my first vexel portrait earlier! Turned out pretty good I think, hope he likes it.

And of course, the original:

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SeanCableONE ISP Watches Downloads

September 22nd, 2008
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Today CABLEOne suspended my internet claiming that I downloaded copyrighted material from a peer to peer network.

They were able to pin-point the file name and file type, as well as determine how many computers were alive on my wireless network.

Fortunately, since I am on a wireless network there could have been anonymous users close by who logged in through my internet and downloaded the copyrighted material. Damn them to hell.

I then had to confirm that my network was secure by speaking with a LinkSys tech guy and that there was no type of copyrighted file on my home computer in order for my internet to be turned on. From being suspended to being turned back on it was a total of 6 hours.

They said on the 2nd instance of this, I must rebuttal through a series of faxes that include certain security information and liability agreements. And that process usually takes a few days.

People, this pisses me off. The internet should remain private to the user and in no way should they have access to the types of files or information we delegate with on a daily basis. It is obvious that something higher up has sparked this sniffing out and we need to get pissed off about it.

Our privacy is slowly dwindling away…

Read this CableONE .pdf pages 5 & 6
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_110/Responses%20to%20080108%20TI%20Letter/110-ltr.080108responseCABLE001.pdf

The above document also proves that CableONE limits your internet to a “Standard Speed” if you are noted to be downloading a significant amount of data. After that number goes down then you are released into the “Extended Speed”. This was all part of the fine print.

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Sean“Vexel” Shaping

September 21st, 2008
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I have always been fascinated with how digital artists can create a vector portrait of someone. What was always hardest was deciding where the shadow layers should be, and what color etc. I spent a few hours tonight mastering these techniques… Meet Chris:

As you can see I got pretty damn detailed with the lines & shapes. I finally concluded that this process was really easy actually, all it took was the time and patience, and a steady hand with the pen tool.

And just for fun, I turned off the lights.

Oh yeah, and if you want to see the original:

So you’re probably guessing that I used Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw or something. Nope!
I used Adobe Fireworks CS3, all raster based but has a gnarly pen tool! This piece of art would officially be called a “Vexel”.

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Sean30 Kick Ass Vector Shirts

September 19th, 2008
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http://vectortuts.com/designing/30-kick-ass-vector-based-t-shirts-from-top-designers/

30 Kickass Vector T-Shirts

30 Kickass Vector T-Shirts

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SeanCollection of Blog Headers

September 18th, 2008
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http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/05/blog-headers-for-free-download/

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