http://www.livinginminnesota.com All about life in the Minneapolis St. Paul Area Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:08:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't normally just post links, but Atmosphere has just put a free, legal album that you can download immediately! http://www.rhymesayers.com/atmosphere/ For those who don't know, Atmosphere is an indie rapper from Minneapolis. Again, his album is free, so check him out! http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2008/01/03/free-legal-atmosphere-album/ What if you have a sitemap.xml file on your server, and you want to automate the pinging of search engines like google, yahoo, ask and moreover (from what I understand, the sitemaps service for MSN)? If you have a CMS such as Drupal or WordPress, it will automatically ping, or ... http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2007/12/27/ping-your-sitemap/ I have a website with a flexible layout, I guess you would call it jello, so it resizes depending on the size of the window and resolution, making it difficult to determine what to pass as width and height variables. I wanted it to fit well into its containing ... http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2007/07/25/dynamically-resizing-swfobject-to-fit-into-a-liquid-or-flexible-layout/ I try to not just post links with minimal commentary, but this tool is worth a look. I could play with this all day. I have to read about the methodology, and its hard to quantify the benefits of having your own yard for bonfires, and having whatever dog you ... http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2007/04/11/is-it-better-to-buy-or-rent/ So sign the guestbook at http://christian-and-julie.com/ http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2007/03/18/were-getting-married/ As I saw many sites begin to integrate flash elements into their site, I decided to make one too.  I wanted to make one that included navigational elements with rollover effects. As I was building the flash, I noticed that the rollover effects were too "jumpy" or happened too fast. ... http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2007/02/27/reduce-jumpiness-in-your-flash-with-some-actionscript/ 1. P.O.S. - The Audition Stunning. Punk rock meets rap meets emo meets stunningly original lyrics 2. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Fast moving, chest-thumping punk + "Riot Van" 3. The Rapture - Pieces of The People We Love A fun album full of dance music, I guess ... http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2007/02/24/best-albums-of-2006/ In a "buyers market", if you want to ensure that your home sells in a timely matter, you need to offer more than competing properties. Some things to consider would be: Paying down the mortgage rate You can offer to pay "points" to reduce the rate of your buyers mortage. This can ... http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2006/09/04/sweeten-your-deal-in-a-buyers-market/ A: How much a buyer is willing to pay for it. There are many different people who are interested in how much your home is worth. When you are purchasing your home, what the seller thinks the home is worth, what the appraiser thinks the home is worth, what your hazard ... http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2006/07/31/q-how-much-is-your-home-worth/ 1. Chris got into the University of St. Thomas Evening MBA program 2. Julie got into the University of St. Thomas Graduate Program 3. We got a new dog, Wallace! He's a Chinese Sharpei and he's been taking up a lot of time of our time as a puppy. We'll try to be ... http://www.livinginminnesota.com/2006/07/30/why-the-posts-have-been-going-slow-lately/