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63 Extraordinary Companies that Support the Design Community

Great resource post, and might be a good starting point to find advertisers, too.

Blog Marketing: Monetize The Comments On Your Blog | MindValley Labs Internet Marketing Blog

A great idea for making the most of what your readers are already doing (commenting). I need to think about how to use this effectively.

5 Easy Ways to Tackle IE6’s Transparency Issues – NETTUTS

The fix I’ve been using isn’t ideal, so I need to try one of these.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04/20/35-designers-x-5-questions/

I particularly like the section on fonts.

Benjamin James Lewis – a set on Flickr

Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

Sanders Says: Why birthdays are an important to your relationship life
How to Organize Mental Clutter | ThinkSimpleNow.com

Good step-by-step advice for coping with too much.

15 Simple Ways to Overcome Anger | ThinkSimpleNow.com

This post has a whole lot of good advice. I’m particularly interested in the first technique about changing the physical circumstances.

38 Creative Gift Ideas | ThinkSimpleNow.com

I usually find gift idea lists pretty uninspiring, but this one is fantastic. Almost makes me wish we were doing gifts. 🙂

Puppies Behind Bars: Puppies Behind Bars trains inmates to raise puppies to become service dogs for the disabled and explosive detection canines for law enforcement.

What an innovative charity/program: Puppies Behind Bars–good for inmates, good for society, and good for the dogs.