I know I've asked this already, but I know I have new readers since I last asked, and some of you may have upgraded since the last time. Anyway, what screen resolution are you using? To check your screen resolution, just right click on your desktop, go to properties, and then click on 'Settings'. You'll see something that says 'Screen Resolution'.

The reason I ask this is because I want to make sure that people who are using lower resolutions can see the designs I make. I usually design using a 1024x768 template, but I try and make sure that the people who are using 800x600 are able to see it, too. However, that makes it a lot harder to come up with cool designs.

Also, I'd like to know what browsers y'all are using. My stats report it, but I get a lot of miscellaneous traffic so the results are skewed. That's also very important because I want to make sure I test for the browsers that people are using. I normally use firefox and one of my biggest internet peeves is when I go to a site that is poorly designed in FireFox. Just because it works nicely in Internet Explorer doesn't mean that it's gonna look great in FireFox! I'm also curious to see if any of you out there are using other browsers. I don't have access to them, but I'd love to use you as a beta tester for designs!

Anyway, thanks for the help...your input makes YWIM a better place to be!

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Here's a scenario, let me know what you would do in this situation. Later today I'll tell you what I did...

Let's say you're waiting for a bus to the train station. There are a lot of people on your stop to get on. You get on the bus, which was empty before your stop, and find yourself a comfortable seat.

As you're getting off the bus at the train stop, a young woman taps you on the shoulder, pointing at the ground. "There's a five dollar bill by your feet," she says, continuing with, "I don't know if it's yours or not, but if it isn't, Happy Holidays!" Then she walks away.

Of course, the money isn't yours, nor by its position on the ground was it dropped by anyone else who was on the bus as you got on. Do you leave the money on the ground? Do you pick it up and keep it? Do you pick it up and find the girl and give it to her, since she's the one who found it in the first place?

There's no right or wrong answer, but I debated over the answer for a while...but I'm curious to see what you guys would have done.

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What I Did
YOU'RE ALL WRONG!!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THE MONEY BACK TO THE GIRL!!!

I was the girl who gave the money to the guy.

I got on the bus, and I KNEW that the money wasn't his, because he came in after me and there was no way that he dropped it. During the whole bus ride I debated on just waiting til he got off the bus to take the money. But then it would have looked like I knew that he dropped the money and that I was stealing it. Then I debated on asking him if he dropped it, and if he said no, then to take the money myself. I started imagining all the wonderful things I would buy with that $5 - White Chocolate Mochas at Starbucks, ice cream at Ben and Jerry's, etc. But then I felt bad and greedy, and knew that if this guy just looked around, he'd see it. It was under his seat, so in a weird way, he had first dibs on it.

So I decided to tell him about the money. If it was meant to be mine, then he would stop me as I slowly walked down the street (and I DID walk slow, let me tell ya) and tell me that I deserved the money.

But it never happened. What became of that $5? Did it go to charity? Was it used for the next days lunch? Was it invested? Is it riding the hip of a strippers g-string as we speak? I'll never know.

Dammit, I should have taken it for myself! Damn this conscience of mine!!!

THE LINEA NIGRA IS COMING! THE LINEA NIGRA IS COMING!

...I can see the very beginnings of it starting. It's like a horror movie, it's slowly creeping up on me!

Don't know what it is? Google it!

Look at this Master Foley is doing a second stint as a guest poster at YWIM while Miss Yano is on vacation. Everyone should know by now Yano was the one who inadvertently sparked my interesting blogging, so it's the coolest thing to be able to post on her blog. I have to ask what the deal is with me getting goofy antennas on my icon but I guess is better looking than Aquaman's rabbit.

I thought I would talk about the rising gas prices. I walked by the TV in the break room that is always playing CNN. They reported that the national average is $2.52. It's 2.59 in Richmond, KY. I just asked a friend of mine that lives in Long Beach what the prices where. She said the prices were $2.63. Kentucky has alway been well below the national average on gas prices. Now we almost have the same prices as CA. WTF?

I did some very light research and found that the yearly average increase of gas prices is between $.10 and $.30. It has climbed almost a dollar in the past six months here in KY. It is getting real painful to fill the tank up every time. I'm glad I car pool to work.

Just last week I filled up for $2.15 I believe and like I said it's $2.59 this morning. Something has to be done about this.

Did any of that make sense? Anywho have PIMPIN good time.

I'm SO tired, SO stressed, and SO homesick....

Anyway, just a couple questions I'd like to ask my readership out there, all 5 of you....

- Have any of your read the latest Harry Potter book? I'd love to have a discussion going...

- How many of you have photoshop or some other sort of photo editor? Are there any things you'd like to learn how to do in photoshop?

- Any web tricks you'd like to know?

- Any suggestions for trivia?

- Would any of you care to join a football pool next season?

OK, I think that's all...

I'm going home today! Yay!

I've been shopping at this local seafood market by my house, which carries fresh fish. It always has great deals on catfish and salmon, two of my favorite fish. An idea came to me the other day, which I was surprised I never thought of before. I called, asked my question, and heard one of the most wonderful sentences I've ever heard (right next to Dave's "I do"):

"Why yes, mam, the salmon we sell here is sushi grade. We also have sushi grade tuna and swordfish."

Bulk sushi, here I come!

YUM!

So I'm already really bored of this layout, but right now, I'm at a lost for layout ideas.

Any ideas for layouts? Maybe something summer-y and light.

Help me out, people!

This was a snippet of our conversation over our free frosties at Wendy's.

I look out the window and see some seagulls fighting over some leftover food.

Me: What are seagulls doing over here? We're in the suburbs. We're not even near a lake or any body of water.

Dave: Those aren't seagulls.

Me: Then what are they?

Dave: Birds.

(pause)

Me: Um, what kind of birds?

(pause)

Dave: Doves.

(blank stare from me)

Dave: Or bald headed eagles.

(blank stare from me)

Dave: Wow. They're really huge, aren't they?

Yeah. Those frosties. They do something to ya.

Now that I have my 'Sports' gallery done, I'm itching to start on working on another one, but I can't decide which to do. I've been wanting to finish up the project for years now, but there are so many pictures I don't know where to start.

So I'll let you guys decide - which of the following would you like to see as a photo gallery first?

Animals
Nature
Chicago
California
Objects
Travel
People

The one with the most votes wins!

I'm going to be changing around this site a bit, and I need some people to be beta testers. Anyone out there interested on doing some testing for me at the end of the week? I'm looking for people who use unusual browsers (Firefox, Opera), who are on dial-up, or who are at unusual screen resolutions (800x600) etc.

Interested? Comment or email me at kwannon-at-gmail(dot)com.

With my crazy travel schedule, it's been hard for me to watch any TV programs regularly. I feel so out of touch with what's on!

So tell me, what shows are you watching? Give me two shows that I should check out!

I was thinking that this year I'd have a little more audience interaction. It was fun when we had those little ¿yano asks a question? sessions before. So I'll present a question/situation, and you give your two cents on it. Try to read the question first and think of your gut answer, then read the conditions I put afterward and see if it changes your answer at all. Sounds like fun? Yes!

So today's topic is chatting/instant messaging. Namely, would it be appropriate for you to chat with someone of the opposite sex if you're currently in a relationship?

What if it was late at night?
What if you were chatting several other people at the same time, of both sexes?
Is it the same as calling someone of the opposite sex?
What if this person was someone you have never met?
What if your significant other didn't know you were chatting with this person?
What if you were awake already, and not up just to talk to this person?
What if that person was married/in a relationship?

I'll give my answer here tomorrow.

In the last few years I've been to Vegas, Disney World and Land, Minneapolis\St. Paul, Washington D.C., St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Sandusky OH, Kansas City, New Orleans and I've already got the Memphis music festival planned for later this year.

What I need from you faithful Yanowhatimean readers is suggestions on where to go next. I get more vacation time with this new company and I want somewhere cool to go to. Tell where to go and why. Tell me the cool, secret, off the beaten path places to visit. I want to know about kick ass restaurants, festivals and events I shouldn't miss.

Tell me Tell me Tell me!!!

Does anyone know where I can find a font/dingbat that has flowers/symbols like this picture?

Quick question for y'all out there. Who's got Photoshop? What version? If not, then what do you use for your image editing?

The reason I ask is because I'm going to continue with my tips and tricks, but I have a feeling that a lot of them are going to be Photoshop-centric, but I want to make sure that I make it as generic as possible for people who don't, but it all depends....

I know I asked this before, but what's everyone's screen resolution? Anyone out there still on 800x600? (*ahem*Melinda*ahem*) My site stats don't report that to me, and I was thinking of doing some redesigning and I want to keep the lower resolution people in mind, but if there aren't a lot of you out there, well, I'll be keeping with the 1024x768. So if you're out there, let me know! Or feel free to talk about websites and screen resolutions in general...

And to check your screen resolution, just right click on your desktop, go to properties, and then click on 'Settings'. You'll see something that says 'Screen Resolution'. :)

This is the very first yanowhatimean? reader survey. It has been brought to our attention the site is loading a bit slower than usual since we've implemented the latest template.

So I had promised an investigation into this matter - is the site loading slower for you? Nothing annoys me more than a slow loading site, but since I'm on DSL, it's hard for me to test the site speed. Are there any other things that you're running into on the site that you'd like to improve/change?

We here at yanowhatimean (all one of us) care about giving you the best worktime wasting experience possible, even IF your name is Jones and you're hated by the wrestling community, race car drivers, pro surfers and many more. Every person counts.

So tell me what you think!

This week's yanowhatimean ¿Question?

What is your favorite sport to play?

This week's ¿Yano Asks a Question?

What are some of your favorite books?

Actually, I need this info for the book club...

Still in Thousand Oaks. Bored as hell.

Posting a picture of this...just because.

There is also the original Icy Blue one, though I myself prefer the Passion Pink one. It makes me feel like a woman. Did you ever notice that feminine razors have really feminine names? Like Daisy, Intuition or Venus? Just an observation.

FYI - I'm not posting this because I've just shaved my legs. Actually, I'm going for the Chewbacca look this winter. I'm sure you wanted to know that, and I don't care if it's not going to get me any dates. I'm married.

Anyone wanna have a shaving discussion? I'm sure it would be quite interesting. *snicker*

Questions, questions, I love to ask questions.

And now, for the latest edition of ¿Yano Asks You A Question?

What's your favorite sports team?

Here's another ¿Yano Asks You a Question? It's a little more involved than the previous ones. Feel free to write an essay.

What was the best moment of 2003 for you?

On a side note, I'm so proud that I know how to do the upside down questionmark. How do I do this remarkable feat, you ask? Well, I hold down the Alt key and hit 0191. Poof! The upside down question mark. Learn something new every day! Amazing!

Here's the next installment of ¿Yano Asks You a Question?. Why? Because I have a ton of work and I have to leave to catch a plane in 2 hours. And because I'm curious, and I need something entertaining to read once I get to my hotel room.

So go ahead and answer. I'll give me answer when I get back.

What's your favorite cereal?

This is the first ever installment of Yano Asks You A Question. My first question for you is something I've been wondering about, since I moved up from my 800x600 screen resolution on my old laptop to a whopping 1400x1050 on my new one. It actually gives me a warning if I try to make it any smaller than that. Most of the pictures on this site are 400x300 and they look tiny on my new machine...

There's an actual purpose to this. On a lower resolution, some of the formatting is weird on this page. So, what screen resolution are you guys working on?

640x480
800x600
1024x768
1152x864
1280x1024
1400x1050
1600x1200

Don't know? Take a guess.

Have no fear, future installments of Yano Asks You a Question will be much more exciting than this!

Just when I called you all bastards for not signing my book, Princess Lea comes along and signs it. Thanks so much! I am loved!