It’s been said many times that images support the written word, add visual interest to articles and help to break down long posts by drawing the reader’s attention to pictures and the lines that precede and follow. Nowadays it’s not a problem to find images that support our posts with dozens of free and commercial […]
With 197 posts under the belt of Inspiration Bit I’m bound to have articles that are melting into the past just like that 2007 candle above. Did you ever wonder how many sites have you visited in the past year, how many articles have you read? It must be somewhere between fifty to hundred thousand, […]
We’ve all heard many times that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. I wonder who said that first? A quick search on Google leads me to Wikipedia with a fascinating exposé on the origins of this phrase. In 1927 an ad by Fred R. Barnard appeared in the advertising journal that said “One Picture […]
Did you ever wonder who coined a certain phrase, what is the origin of some words we often use but seldom think about how did they become a part of our vocabulary? I was writing my entry for Ronald’s Peeve Week when I stumbled upon a very interesting history on Wikipedia behind a certain word […]
In my previous article I wrote about how paying attention to details will give a distinct and memorable look to your blog or website. One of those usually ignored elements are the bullets in the unordered lists. With a little bit of CSS magic and a unique set of icons you can turn your bulleted […]
In the ever expanding blogiverse it is really hard to get noticed and be different. After all, there are over 70 million blogs tracked by Technorati with over 120K blogs launching every day. So when I stumble upon a blog that stands out in the blogging crowd I feel very lucky. But when those blog […]
A week ago I posted my Blogging Mistake That I Still Tend to Make as an entry to a bigger group project hosted by DailyBlogTips. Frankly, I expected to learn about hundreds of blogging mistakes from other bloggers, but only 48 have participated. Still it’s more than enough to learn from and avoid those mistakes […]
What is the origin of April Fool’s Day? Even though there are many theories, this one stands out: it started in the XVI century when the old Julian calendar was replaced by Gregorian calendar. Under Julian calendar the New Year was celebrated on April 1, but it’s been shifted to January 1 under the Gregorian […]
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