Do I Know You? – Don Charisma’s Mini Guide To Social Retards

It’s one of those social questions that gets my back up. Until I’d read my Keith Johnstone book, I didn’t really have a way to explain why I detest this question. Now I’m half way through the book, I have … Continue reading Do I Know You? – Don Charisma’s Mini Guide To Social Retards

Web/Graphic Design – Icon Preview, DonCharisma.com

I’ve been working on my revamped commercial website DonCharisma.com. We needed some icons for the animated “buttons” on the homepage: One for the building websites page, one for the SEO page and one for “contact us” page. So I came … Continue reading Web/Graphic Design – Icon Preview, DonCharisma.com

SEO Tip – Images And Photos In The WordPress Reader

I like to look myself up on Google, the WordPress reader, Yahoo and a few other places. I would call it vanity, if I thought it was, but it’s not, it’s work for me. Monitoring how I’m doing let’s me … Continue reading SEO Tip – Images And Photos In The WordPress Reader

Crappy Design Of Reddit.com

I’ve been getting quite of lot of traffic off of this link that was posted on Reddit.com last year :- http://www.reddit.com/r/CrappyDesign/comments/1stjpa/doncharismaorg_because_anything_is_possible_with/ Quite funny really that someone would go to the trouble of posting about my blog on Reddit.com, publicly criticising the … Continue reading Crappy Design Of Reddit.com

Testimonials For SEO – Don Charisma’s Guide To SEO

As someone who’s built many websites, I’ve often been called upon to include testimonials. Why ? Well there’s a certain class of customer who will look for testimonials. Testimonials are a way to develop trust with customers, and trust is … Continue reading Testimonials For SEO – Don Charisma’s Guide To SEO

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A Shit-Hot Photo Library – Don Charisma’s Guide to SEO

This topic came up in conversation with a friend who I was discussing SEO with. Promoting a website or blog is about many things, it’s a multi-skilled discipline. One of the things another good friend of mine taught me early on … Continue reading A Shit-Hot Photo Library – Don Charisma’s Guide to SEO

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Photographic Authenticity – Photoshop – Alchemy Or Evil ?

I’ve had some discussions recently over authenticity in photographs. What I mean by this is true-to-life representations in photos. It’s a common misconception is that “straight-off-the-camera” equals an exact representation of what the eye would have seen. Not so for … Continue reading Photographic Authenticity – Photoshop – Alchemy Or Evil ?

This is me…

Originally posted on foodbod:
Good morning/evening/afternoon, whatever bit of the day you are on, I hope it’s a good one!! I recently wrote this piece for my friends health and fitness blog about my history with food; please do have a read and if you think it may help someone else who is going through any food struggles, please do pass it on. If I can help someone else to not waste years and years fretting about what they eat, it would make me very happy 🙂 http://www.hateitchangeit.co.uk/exercise/the-foodbod-philosophy/ Thank you xx Continue reading This is me…

Fellow Blogger – ME!!!!

Originally posted on It Goes On:
Although for a greater part of this past week, I have felt like two different people, rather than interviewing myself, the Diva has kindly stepped in to take my place this evening. 😀 Any references you may have about my sanity (or lack thereof) can be addressed in the comments 😉 Hi Suz, welcome to my couch. I’ve been looking forward to interviewing you all month. You have some really hard acts to follow after the talent that has been here before you, you know.  There was this one guy that threatened to bring… Continue reading Fellow Blogger – ME!!!!

CHARM IS MAgic – but what kind of magic is it?

Originally posted on An Upturned Soul:
“Charisma is the numinous aura around a… …personality. It flows outward from a simplicity or unity of being and a composure and controlled vitality. There is gracious accommodation, yet commanding impersonality. Charisma is the radiance produced by the interaction of male and female elements in a gifted personality. The charismatic woman has a masculine force and severity. The charismatic man has an entrancing female beauty. Both are hot and cold, glowing with presexual self love.” ― Camille Paglia (please note – I removed one word from this quote because of what that word conjures… Continue reading CHARM IS MAgic – but what kind of magic is it?

Fellow Blogger – Don Charisma

Originally posted on It Goes On:
I am having the best fun doing these Fellow Blogger posts. In the fifteen days I have been running this series, I have shared many fellow bloggers with you. Some of these bloggers I have known since the beginning of my blogging and some are relative newcomers to my corner of the blog world. However, each is wonderful in their own way. This week, I have been enjoying featuring some of my closest blogging friends and tonight is no exception. I am pleased to count this man amongst that group. His support and friendship… Continue reading Fellow Blogger – Don Charisma

DonCharisma.org Yancy's Secret Beer Garden Logo Redux

Don Charisma’s Sunglasses Turn Up On Yancy’s Secret Beer Garden

I’ve been keeping abreast of developments on the “Yancy’s Secret Beer Garden” forum. I logged in today to check my messages and was greeted with a customised “The Good Soldier Švejk”, their logo, who now has Don Charisma’s sunglasses. They’ve … Continue reading Don Charisma’s Sunglasses Turn Up On Yancy’s Secret Beer Garden

Sunset panorama

Originally posted on Danny Boy:
The sunsets during the winter months are more spectacular for me. The lack of haze means the colours are much more vivid. This panorama is a series of 8 photos which has been blended together using the free tool Hugin. I have only started using this software and have hit a few bugs. But I hope you agree the results are pretty awesome. BTW, the dimensions of this image have been reduced from 13450 x 3633 or a massive 47 megapixels. If you have any questions about how to do this, do leave me a… Continue reading Sunset panorama

Tiny Indian Squirrel

Originally posted on TalesAlongTheWay:
Though it looks like our chipmunk, this is a  squirrel found only in parts of  India.  We noticed them scooting up the trees and across the lane where we lived in Ahmedabad.  The  first significant encounter I had with this  tiny animal was in Agra.  You might remember the  most famous building in Agra is the sublimely beautiful  Taj Mahal . I was walking through the windy, narrow streets with several of the girls going  back to our hotel.  We noticed that at the nearby intersection, traffic was completely  stopped.  Several men were standing in a circle in the center of… Continue reading Tiny Indian Squirrel

Holy Cow

Originally posted on TalesAlongTheWay:
Mother Cow is the queen in the pantheon of sacred Indian animals. In fact, she stands head and shoulders above the rest. There are group all over Indian demanding the government name the cow as the national animal to replace the tiger which currently holds that honor. You might wonder how this all came about.  Many years before the  pyramids were built in ancient Egypt, or written law chiseled into stone by Hammurabi,  or paper invited by the Chinese, the Indian people had given up their nomadic wanderings. They had settled down to an agricultural lifestyle.… Continue reading Holy Cow

The walking trails along Onondaga Lake shouldn’t be a dirty little secret

Originally posted on Mark Bialczak:
It’s cold and beautiful at Onondaga Lake Park, just outside of Syracuse. Sometimes I let too much time go by between my visits to the shores of Onondaga Lake or the winding creek that feeds it. My view, you see, is that the body of water smack dab in the middle of New York State has lots going for it. Reputation be damned. My fellow Syracusans know the history. Here’s a short primer for the rest of the world: For too many decades, a big chemical plant used the waters of Onondaga Lake as its… Continue reading The walking trails along Onondaga Lake shouldn’t be a dirty little secret