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Archive for April, 2006

Making Popular Layout Decisions

by Khaled on April 22nd, 2006

I came across this awesome Article a few days ago on Vitamin. It is really worth reading article, yet is a very well written article by the famous Eric Meyer.
If you want to avoid losing users for your website just read through this!
Take a look!

Two new projects

by Khaled on April 20th, 2006

I am starting two new big Web development projects these days.
The first one is for a research laboratory on orthopedic biomechanics. They are mainly focused on clinical research rather than fundamental research and their work is directly used to find new healing techniques. This field is quite interesting they consider the human body as a machine and try to treat it that way and it works! The orthopedic biomechanics are getting more importance each day. The site itself will be a PHP/MySQL driven portal designed with a CSS tableless layout of course.
The Second web project is a website for a lasik eye surgery guide. Well this will be an articles Portal site explaining almost everything about this surgery type including a full directory of LASIK surgeons classified by area and with a rating system.
So I have a lot of work to do these days so see you soon then.

Extreme digital painting!

by Khaled on April 11th, 2006

At the first glance you would think it is a photograph, but no it is not!
it is ‘just’ a digital painting with is very usual specs:

  • The image size is 40 inches by 120 inches.
  • The flattened file weighs in at 1.7 Gigabytes.
  • It took eleven months (close to 2,000 hours) to create.
  • The painting is comprised of close to 50 individual Photoshop files.
  • The overall image contains over 15,000 layers.
  • Over 500 alpha channels were used for various effects.
  • Over 250,000 paths make up the multitude of shapes throughout the scene.

Take a look at it: Here you Go!

In death’s embrace

by Khaled on April 11th, 2006

We’re forever captured by the embrace of death!
As Mark Gilmore said, Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we’re born. This last week I lost an uncle, he was 74, he was a very kind person! I will miss him! he passed away from a heart attack and went calmly and with no pain!

Highest paying search terms

by Khaled on April 1st, 2006

May be you don’t really realize how much the web is focused and centered on the US, just look a the highest paying search terms, it is all about the USA! And yes your guess is right mesothelioma still has a lot of interest! This is just insane, one of the rarest cancers form getting all this interest? everybody is searching for a treatment for the malignant mesothelioma, well this disease has a long latency period and just shows after decades. Moreover is anybody still exposed to asbestos these days? may be few old buildings still have it but everybody is aware of the asbestos danger and the ‘asbestos disease’ as many like to call mesothelioma! What a crazy world !Just look at the Top 60 Highest paying search words and you will see what I am talking about!!
$78.30 chicago personal injury lawyer
$73.01 chicago personal injury attorney
$69.17 lasik new york city
$64.17 new jersey car insurance
$63.10 new york personal injury attorney
$61.64 chicago personal injury lawyers
$61.38 mesothelioma lawyers
$60.74 atlanta personal injury lawyer
$60.29 new york personal injury lawyers
$59.00 lasik dallas
$58.68 new york personal injury lawyers
$58.38 miami personal injury attorney
$58.08 best equity loan
$57.95 lasik new york
$56.88 whole life insurance quote
$56.75 new york car insurance
$56.59 what is mesothelioma
$56.18 mesothelioma attorneys
$55.29 peritoneal mesothelioma
$54.81 new york personal injury attorney
$54.33 mesothelioma lawyers
$53.74 lasik nyc
$53.46 whole life insurance quotes
$53.42 car insurance in new jersey
$53.12 las vegas personal injury lawyer
$53.12 term life insurance quotes
$52.75 mesothelioma treatments
$52.41 equity loan rate
$51.78 equity loan
$51.50 new york personal injury lawyer
$51.43 arizona divorce law
$51.29 equity loan rates
$51.15 fixed rate equity loan
$50.72 causes of mesothelioma
$50.33 asbestos lawyers
$49.88 manhattan lasik
$49.38 whole life insurance quotes
$49.12 miami personal injury lawyer
$48.79 auto insurance in new jersey
$48.64 lasik nj
$48.52 beverly hills plastic surgery
$48.52 new jersey auto insurance
$48.39 apply for mortgage
$47.79 what is mesothelioma
$47.72 peritoneal mesothelioma
$47.36 laser eye surgery new york
$47.35 [refinancing mortgage]
$47.25 consolidate loans
$47.16 refinancing mortgage
$46.90 tampa personal injury attorney
$46.61 cheap car insurance
$46.09 mesothelioma symptoms
$45.61 safe auto insurance
$45.55 tax attorney
$45.51 hair removal new york city
$45.33 los angeles botox
$45.07 new lasik
$44.86 fixed equity loan
$44.51 san diego personal injury attorney
$44.19 125 equity loans
(prices are in canadian dollars)
For a larger list you may take look here
There’s also this google Keyword tool, some may know about it but I am sure many others don’t.

Opera Models !

by Khaled on April 1st, 2006

Well, I saw this today and it is just Hilarious! Really funny:
Opera Models
Thanks Vinnie for sharing it ! :)
Norway people seem to be very funny! they have a very accurate sense of Humor!
This really goes along with Google’s April fool! and for a flash back try a search with it ;)
These made my day! Hope you like them!