Recipe for Charisma

A cup of good looks, a pint of smooth speech, an ounce of cheesy jokes, and a tablespoon of pervert and sycophant makes a charismatic person – everyone knows the recipe, but why do we always fall for it? If we know that the chemistry of a person’s behaviour is merely false, then why do we compromise their presense so nicely?

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How-to Give a Damn (Or Pretend to)

Ever go to work and bump into this one person who talks about everything possible, like what they did seven minutes ago, or how bad their life “really” is, and you’re the type that hates to inflict negative attention? Look no further! In a few more character lines, you will learn many techniques to get yourself back on the “faking-it” streamline! You’ll never feel so lie-prone in your life as you will now!

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Portfolio. Blah blah

Finally, with the troubles of finding a suitable plugin for images and making both that plugin and lightbox XHTML and CSS compatible, and working on it on and off for about six hours, I have finally created my portfolio of all of my works. Be warned as it is fairly graphic intense. If you want the lightbox effect to kick in, you may need to wait for a short period of time before clicking on the images. Anyhow, enjoy.

Oh yeah, if you’d like to see it, you may click on the “Portfolio” link on navigation bar, or you may click here to redirect to it.

HTML: <abbr> or <acronym>?

Acronym: a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women’s Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)

The definition, according to dictionary.com, states that acronyms are now groups of letters of words in a set phrase. This means that HTML can officially be considered an acronym, which opposes Craig Saila proposal that states otherwise. However, several points can still be made to argue against branding “HTML” as an acronym.

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