Web Design, I’m not done yet!

Posted March 3, 2010 By Karlyn and has no comments yet.

I was just updating my site list. It’s a page here at fromkarlyn.com, that lists all the websites I own and care for.

Since around 1998 ‘ish, I have been puting together websites for myself, clients, friends and family. In 2000, I decided to be official and go from a free site service to my own dot-com.  My first dot-com and now officially my oldest site, is MomsRewards.com.

Fast forward.. Ten years and a dozen domains later.

A few of the websites didn’t last. For whatever reason, I gave them up. However, nine remain, and these are all my babies.

I’m not done yet though.. Why?  It’s fun. I really enjoy it… the whole process: from the planning, to the design, to the adding of content. In fact; it’s a little disappointing to me when I eventually finish and call it completed.  Though; it is nice to publish it and “let it fly”, so to speak.

I have no plans to create any more sites and am quite busy maintaining the ones I have, and helping friends with theirs. You never know though. The ideas are always swimming around.  :)

Websites by Karlyn.  Take a look at the update if you have a chance, thanks!

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Winning with 24Savvy

Posted February 13, 2010 By Karlyn and has 1 comment.

24Savvy is a website I happened onto from a link on someone’s blog (I think!). I can’t really remember how I ended up there, but I’m very glad that I did. I won a bundle of goodies at 24/Savvy, my first week as a member. You can see those goodies in my photo here. I posted a comment about my win at the 24/Savvy site as well.

24Savvy is a community of style news and reviews, gift giveaways and a webisode series hosted by the adorable Kathleen Monteleone. She does a great job as host and offers relevant and fun content as “Savvy Girl” member. I enjoy visiting 24/Savvy just about daily, to check out the new product reviews, vote in the new “Savvy or Silly” polls and leave comments on articles that interest me. Every Friday, members have the chance to get new products like I did and each month there is a giveaway as well. It’s really quite a fun community. If you’re Savvy, you’ll probably enjoy it too! ;)

GET SOME SAVVY!

If you are interested in joining, let me know and I will send you an invite!

24/Savvy | It’s about your lifestyle, not your bank balance.

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From 2009 to 2010

Posted January 11, 2010 By Karlyn and has 2 comments.

2010 is here and in full swing. On this 11th day of this first month, of this new year, I find myself thinking about the changes I made in 2009 and my hopes for the months ahead in 2010. I don’t normally do the whole resolutions thing, but I do see the importance of contemplating what’s most important, setting goals and making plans for oneself.. whether that be on January 1st, or April 1st. It’s just a good idea.

So, back in August of 2009, I posted briefly about trying out a vegetarian lifestyle.  I started a vegetarian diet in July ‘09 actually, and it stuck. I enjoyed it, and still do – 7 months later. I can’t do Vegan as it’s just too restrictive for me, but the Pescetarian way suits me very well. This is a change I plan to keep and continue with for a long time to come.. along with consuming more whole foods and organic foods in general. It makes me feel good, healthy and positive. I’m trying to also exercise more, though I’m not much of an exercise fan. My work on the computer finds me quite sedentary, so I have to make myself stop working, get up, out, and active. I take a walk almost every day which helps too.

Back in October, I posted information about some pain I was experiencing and researched. Cubital tunnel syndrome is what I diagnosed myself with, and unfortunately, am still dealing with. It got worse in December and then just recently, in the last couple of weeks, has improved some.. so I have hope that it is finally healing. I have spent quite a lot of time with the one of those ACE bandages on.. the one for the elbow, which I think has helped. I’m hopeful it is getting better.. slowly.

For years now, it’s been an important pursuit of mine to be positive. I’ve been trying to make physical and emotional changes in my life that promote positivity in and around me. It’s not always easy, but it will always be something I work on/strive for and I think I’m doing pretty well. I see this as so much more than just a positive attitude.. it’s a way of life. It’s what you seek, what you promote, what you say and what you do.  It’s my belief that when you give out positive energy, you receive it back as well. I think it’s a conscience choice people make. Positive, Negative.. they are directions. You can choose one direction or the other.

I hope your new year is off to a good start so far. If you’ve set goals or made plans for yourself, I wish you success with them. Whatever you do, I hope much happiness follows.

- Karlyn

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I have Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

Posted October 23, 2009 By Karlyn and has 7 comments.

I finally know what I have, and I guess that’s something anyway.. now I just need to find ways to relieve it. This pain in my arm began in June, so I’ve been dealing with it for 5 months. It sounds like a long time, but for the most part, the pain has been more of an annoyance than anything. Some days here and there would find me complaining more about the pain as it intensified for one reason or another, but before I made the trek to the Doctor, I did my own research.

Cubital tunnel syndrome is a condition that affects the ulnar nerve, on the inside edge of the elbow. The symptoms feel similar to hitting your funny bone. When this area becomes irritated from injury or pressure, it can lead to cubital tunnel syndrome.

I found a lot of useful information at this site and being the visual-learner that I am, I found the drawings helpful too. I have links to a couple of other sites at the bottom of this post.

After reading it, it all clicked and made sense. It says: “Most people with this (Cubital Tunnel Syndrome) problem have a habit of sleeping with either their elbows bent, their arms up by their head, or both. These positions aggravate the problem. Over time, this can progressively irritate the nerve, resulting in numbness of the ring and small finger, weakness of some of the muscles of the hand and forearm, and pain.” Yes, I concur. I am one of those people that sleep on their bent arm. I need to train myself to sleep a new way now. I can do it (psyching myself up!). I just hope it’s not too late to fix.

If you are having this problem and found your way here, good for you! The quicker you learn about it and start taking steps to correct it, the better! You know something funny though, this “Cubital Tunnel Syndrome” is also known as “Cell Phone Elbow”.

Okay, I have to go apply some topical analgesic and take some ibuprofen.

Until later, here are a couple more site I hope help you out too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulnar_nerve_entrapment

http://www.handuniversity.com/topics.asp?Topic_ID=8

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My Fav Firefox Add-ons

Posted October 12, 2009 By Karlyn and has no comments yet.

Spread Firefox Affiliate Button My preferred browser of choice is still Firefox. I occasionally use Google’s Chrome, but I always go back to Firefox because I feel it’s safer and way more customizable. One of the reasons Firefox is so customizable, is it’s array of fun and useful add-ons (plug-ins). Over the years, I’ve tried an assortment, and I wanted to post about my favorites here today. These are the Firefox add-ons that have proved themselves to me to be the most useful.. the ones that always download first if I do a fresh install, and the ones I always end up missing while I’m playing with Chrome. I’ll include a brief description of the add-on here and they can all be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

IE Tab – This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your web page displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox.

Colorful Tabs – Colors every tab in a different color and makes them easy to distinguish.

Talon – Take screen shots and edit images directly from your browser with Aviary.com applications.

ColorZilla – Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies.

MeasureIt – Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.

Xmarks – Install it on all your computers to keep your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords backed up and synchronized.

I use more, but like I said; these are my favs.. my must haves. If some of them are new to you, try them out and see how you like them. They may become your favorite too.

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